Linda Holmes
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"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...
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In letzter Minute sagt Laurie ihre Hochzeit ab. Sie ist, glaubt sie, nicht dafür gemacht, ihr Leben mit einem anderen Menschen zu teilen. Als dann ihre geliebte Tante Dot stirbt, übernimmt Laurie es, ihren Besitz im Küstenstädtchen in Maine zu sortieren. Denn zu Dot flüchtete sie als Kind, wenn es in der eigenen Familie zu trubelig wurde. In einer Holztruhe findet sie eine bemalte Holzente. Und einen Brief, in dem es heißt: "Denk dran: Wenn...
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Evvie sitzt schon im heimlich gepackten Auto, um ihren Mann zu verlassen, da erfährt sie, dass er tödlich verunglückt ist. Doch wie sagt man der trauernden Familie, den mitfühlenden Freunden, dass dieser Mann nicht der perfekte Ehemann, Arzt, Freund war?
Dann zieht Dean, ein New Yorker Baseballstar auf der Flucht vor der Presse, bei Evvie ein. Erste Regel der WG: Ihre Ehe und seine Karriere sind tabu. Bis sie merken, dass der jeweils andere genau...
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"Smarting from her recently canceled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety-three. Alongside boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie's curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line...
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Naval Institute Press
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©2010
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"Linda Goetz Holmes has done it again. As with her seminal work, Unjust Enrichment, that exposed the depth of Japanese industrialists and manufacturing companies' involvement in the pursuit of war profits, she now reveals the truth behind the rumors and horrors of the Mukden prisoner of war camp. -- Back Cover.
Like an onion, Holmes peels away the layers of secret horrors, one layer at a time. At last, we see the proof of Japanese medical experiments...
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Professional Book Nerds
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2023
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Linda Holmes returns to the Professional Book Nerds podcast to discuss her new book, Flying Solo, which is set in the same town as her first novel. Linda discusses how Antiques Roadshow inspired her new book, duck decoys, and more.
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Hosted by Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson, NPR's popular new podcast features spirited round-table discussions covering a wild and unpredictable landscape of pop culture subject matter, from the 50th anniversary of Gilligan's Island to 'Pop Culture Carbon Dating' (why some things age well, and others not at all) to the 'What's Making Us Happy' segment of the show, which always leaves listeners with a smile. The conversation is energetic, insightful,...
