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  • Christmastime 1946
    Linda Mahkovec
    Christmastime 1946 continues the stories of the Christmastime series. The war is over but life has dramatically changed for many people. The millions of women who joined the workforce during the war years must now leave their jobs in order to make room for the returning men. Rosie the Riveter must go home and discover, if she can, a new purpose to her life. What does this mean ...
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    10,25 €

  • Valentine’s Day 1946
    Linda Mahkovec
    The love continues in this sequel to the beloved Christmastime series.In New York City, the playful antics of Gabriel and his friend Billy bring together an assortment of people to celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Red String Curio Store-with unintentional results.In rural Illinois, Jessica attempts her hand at matchmaking, against the advice of her family to leave well enough a...
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    10,32 €

  • The Notebooks of Honora Gorman
    Linda Mahkovec
    Not a love story-and yet a story of love. Love for a city, the artist’s way, and dreams.When the indomitable, though introverted, Honora Gorman moves to New York City to pursue the writer’s path, she is both awed and overwhelmed by the city’s beauty and energy. Yet she’s convinced that this is the place where her true self will finally emerge. Her beloved notebooks will chronic...
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    11,73 €

  • And So We Dream
    Linda Mahkovec
    'A lucidly described coming-of-age tale' [with] 'a mysterious, almost mythic feminine glamour.' - Kirkus ReviewsFrom the author of the best-selling CHRISTMASTIME series, comes AND SO WE DREAM, a coming-of-age storyset in 1970. Twelve-year-old Joey Roland is sent away to family friends while his parents try to work things out. He’s eager to leave sadness and secrets behind in Ch...
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    12,74 €

  • Christmastime 1945
    Linda Mahkovec
    In the final book of The Christmastime Series, the war is over. After years of grueling combat, heavy losses, and heartbreak, the first Christmas after the war promises to be a memorable one. Millions of servicemen are hoping to make it home in time for Christmas. Lillian Drooms anxiously awaits the return of Charles, fearing a final disaster. Izzy has opened a line of communic...
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    9,74 €

  • Christmastime 1939
    Linda Mahkovec
    CHRISTMASTIME 1939: Prequel to the Christmastime Series introduces the reader to the world of Christmastime. Set in Brooklyn, we meet the young widow Lillian Hapsey and her two sons, Tommy and Gabriel. Even though the Christmas season is just around the corner, Lillian has no Christmas spirit. Alone, unhappy with her job, and plagued by financial concerns, Christmas has become ...
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    9,53 €

  • Christmastime 1942
    Linda Mahkovec
    In Christmastime 1942: A Love Story, Book Three, the Axis forces are winning, and America struggles to find its footing in the war. Men leave to fight and women join the workforce. New York City vibrates with energy, romance, tension, and urgency. Yet love burns brighter than ever, bringing people together and giving them hope for the future. The famous Stage Door Canteen in Ti...
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    10,46 €

  • Christmastime 1943
    Linda Mahkovec
    In Christmastime 1943: A Love Story, Book Four, the war intensifies, the Christmas season arrives, and love is kept alive on the home front. In New York City, Lillian Drooms struggles on her own while her husband, Charles, is away at sea. She volunteers with “Artists for Victory” at a hospital for wounded soldiers, but soon begins to doubt her ability.Meanwhile, on a farm in Il...
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    10,35 €

  • The Garden House
    Linda Mahkovec
    Turning fifty opens up Miranda’s life in ways she hasn’t expected, forcing her to come to terms with both old and new concerns. Chief among these is the mystery surrounding the tenant who is renting the family garden house for the summer. Is he the nice man he appears to be? Or is he the reason behind her increasingly disturbing dreams? ...
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    10,56 €

  • Christmastime 1940
    Linda Mahkovec
    Christmastime 1940: A Love Story, Book One in the series, is set in New York City against the backdrop of impending war. It tells of the unlikely romance of a struggling young mother who is trying to make a fresh start in life and a man who has lost his connection to humanity.The curmudgeonly Charles Drooms is content with his life as the owner of a successful accounting firm. ...
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    10,04 €

  • Seven Tales of Love
    Linda Mahkovec
    Seven brief tales depict various expressions of love – unwanted, unrequited, passionate, and enduring — from the bright beginnings of youth, through the doubts and changes of middle age, to the comfort and familiarity of old age.  ...
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    4,00 €

  • Christmastime 1941
    Linda Mahkovec
    Christmastime 1941: A Love Story, Book Two, opens two days after Pearl Harbor has been attacked. War has just been declared, and New York City is in a state of chaos and panic as it tries to prepare for possible attacks. Following the same characters established in Book One, and introducing a few new ones, it tells of the power of old loves, new loves, and friendship.It continu...
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    10,38 €

  • The Dreams of Youth
    Linda Mahkovec
    These six interrelated pieces tell the story of Maggie, a vibrant individual who is also Everywoman: daughter, dreamer, nurse, friend, wife, mother. Spanning over eighty-five years, they follow her from her youth in Depression-era Illinois to the time when she ventures forth to 1940’s Hollywood and coastal California, and her return to the rural Midwest. Bittersweet and poignan...
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    3,91 €