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What We Keep - Elizabeth Berg
From Publishers Weekly"I don't like my mother. She's not a good person." So declares Ginny Young on a trip to California to visit her mother, Marion, whom she hasn't seen in 35 yea... -
U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton
SUMMARY: This title is from Diamond Dagger winner Sue Grafton - Kinsey Millhone's latest compelling case. In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned... -
Tick Tock - Dean Koontz
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Tommy Phan is a successful detective novelist, living the American Dream in southern California. One evening he comes home to f... -
The Woman Warrior_ Memoirs of a - Maxine Hong Kingston
Amazon.com ReviewThe Woman Warrior is a pungent, bitter, but beautifully written memoir of growing up Chinese American in Stockton, California. Maxine Hong Kingston (... -
The Mystery of the Moaning Cave - William Arden
Product DescriptionWhile vacationing on a California ranch, three boys decide to investigate strange wails that come from a mysterious cave where a famous outlaw disappeared. ... -
The Mountains of California - John Muir
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The Mermaid's Mirror - L. K. Madigan
From School Library JournalGr 9 Up–Lena has always been drawn to the sea and has spent her life on the Northern California coast watching her friends surf. As her 16th birthday app... -
The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you ... -
The California Roll - John Vorhaus
From Publishers WeeklyVorhaus's amusing thriller about the misadventures of a con man in Los Angeles hums along for a while through gags and gaffes and witty dialogue, but never ge... -
Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck
In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene...