Lorna Landvik
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Sometimes life is like a bad waiter-it serves you exactly what you don't want. The women of Freesia Court have come together at life's table, fully convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can't fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together-the foundation of a book group they call AWEB-Angry Wives Eating Bon Bons-an unofficial "club" that becomes much more. It becomes a lifeline. The five women each...
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A comedy on two sisters running a beauty parlor in Minneapolis which they turn into a women's support center. One sister is Patty Jane, whose husband skipped town just before she gave birth, the other is Harriet, whose rich boyfriend was killed in a plane crash before they could marry. A first novel
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No one steps up to lifes banquet, holds out her tray, and orders, "Grief, please!" But as a child, Candy Pekkala was served a heaping helping of it. Every buffet line has a dessert section, however, and when a cousin calls with a Hollywood apartment to sublet, it seems as though Candy is finally offered something sweet. Its good-bye to Minnesota and hello to California, where a girl who has always lived by her wits has a real chance of making a living...
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1999
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A film shoot brings romantic intrigue to the woods of Minnesota. Fenny Ness who runs the bait shop is hired to star in the movie, which attracts the attention of Big Bill, a half-Indian musician. Which in turn provokes jealousy in the redhead who runs the local diner. By the author of Your Oasis on Flame Lake.
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2017.
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"Set adrift when her mother sells the salon which has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more taxing than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two chance encounters, however, will have enormous consequences and her get-a-way turns out to be more of a retreat from her daily life than she ever imagined. But Nora is the do-or-die-trying daughter of Patty Jane,...
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[1997]
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A novel on family relationships featuring the trio of Dick Lindstrom, a car salesman in White Falls, Minnesota, his wife and their daughter. They operate a bring-your-own-booze night club in the basement of their home, which becomes the gossip mill and action center of the community.
8) Oh My Stars
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[2005]
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At the dawn of rock'n'roll, a down-and-out woman falls for a budding musician. With a ten-city tour.
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[2007]
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Joe was a hockey player and Kristi a cheerleader in high school, now Joe works in the local grocery store. The path Kristi has charged down, on the other hand, is as wild as Joe's is tame--or at least that's how it appears. But who has really risked more? Who has lived more? And who is truly happy? As Joe discovers, sometimes people are lucky enough to be standing in the one place where the view of the world is breathtaking, if only they'll open their...
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[2008]
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Alienating everyone with her public misbehavior and fresh from a stint in rehab, heiress Caroline Dixon is looking to turn her life around, going into seclusion to avoid vicious paparazzi haunting her every move, until a correspondence with her former nanny, Astrid Brevald, and cowboy Cyril Dale teaches her a valuable lesson in truth, forgiveness, love, and redemption.
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c2022.
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"Newly installed at All Souls Lutheran, Mallory "Pastor Pete" Peterson soon realizes that her church isn't merely going through turbulent waters, but is a sinking ship. With the help of five loyal members of the Naomi Circle, the young, bold minister brainstorms fundraising ideas. They all agree that the usual recipe book won't add much to the parish coffers, but maybe one with all the ingredients on how to heat up relationships rather than casseroles...
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[2017]
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Set adrift when her mother sells the salon that has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two chance encounters, however, will have enormous consequences, and her getaway turns out to be more of a retreat from her daily life than she ever imagined. But Nora is the do-or-die-trying daughter of Patty Jane, who now...