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Hardcover Fiction

Week of June 20, 1982

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THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
Jeffrey Archer
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THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER

by Jeffrey Archer · Linden Press

3 wks on list

Florentyna Kane inherited a vast hotel empire from her father, but his greatest gift to her was a love of America. She knew from childhood that it was a debt she would someday try to repay by running for the highest political office in the country. Along the path to power Florentyna finds fulfillment in love and family, but still she struggles with the burden of her duty and responsibility. Then, only a heartbeat away from her ultimate goal, she may lose everything in a mire of betrayal. Is the price of power higher than even Florentyna Kane can pay?

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THE ONE TREE
Stephen R. Donaldson
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THE ONE TREE

by Stephen R. Donaldson · Ballantine/Del Rey

8 wks on list

Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery begin their search for the One Tree that is to be the salvation of the Land. Only he could find the answer and forge a new Staff of Law--but fate decreed that the journey was to be long, the quest arduous, and quite possibly a failure.... Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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EDEN BURNING
Belva Plain
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EDEN BURNING

by Belva Plain · Delacorte Press

2 wks on list

Violence, political upheaval and clandestine love all occur in the Eden that is the Caribbean island of St. Felice.

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CELEBRITY
Thomas Thompson
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THY BROTHER'S WIFE
Andrew M. Greeley
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THY BROTHER'S WIFE

by Andrew M. Greeley · Warner/Geis

10 wks on list

The direction of Paul and Sean Cronin's lives was shaped the day their father, a self-made multimillionaire, decided that one of his boys would grow up to be a cardinal while the other would become president of the United States. For his elder son, Paul, the father had even chosen a wife—the beautiful Nora, who had come to the Cronin home as an orphan child years before. Obediently, and with a genuine vocation, the younger son, Sean, went into the priesthood. With a more cynical view, Paul went to Notre Dame to prepare for a life in politics until the Korean War intervened. Then came the news—Paul Cronin was missing in action. "If he dies," Sean's father told him, "you must leave the seminary and marry Nora." The words sang in Sean's head. Could he renounce his sacred calling—and marry the girl he had always loved? Long out of print, Thy Brother's Wife is a classic tale by one of America's most loved storytellers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT
Anne Tyler
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DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT

by Anne Tyler · Knopf

7 wks on list

* One of the Daily Telegraph's 100 GREATEST NOVELS OF ALL TIME * A beautiful book on family to guide you through this festive season. Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore are no exception. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now, as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and with it its secrets. **ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE** 'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce 'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali 'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks 'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson

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SPRING MOON
Bette Bao Lord
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SPRING MOON

by Bette Bao Lord · Harper & Row

29 wks on list

At a time of mystery and cruelty ... in an ancient land of breathtaking beauty and exotic surprise ... a courageous woman triumphs over her world's ultimate tragedy. Behind the garden walls of the House of Chang, pampered daughter Spring Moon is born into luxury and privilege. But the tempests of change sweep her into a new world -- one of hardship, turmoil, and heartbreak, one that threatens to destroy her husband, her family, and her darkest secret love. Through a tumultuous lifetime, Spring Moon must cling to her honor, to the memory of a time gone by, and to a destiny, foretold at her birth, that has yet to be fulfilled.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.