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Finding Grace earned the 1999 Colorado Authors' League Award for Adult Mainstream/Literary Fiction. This novel is the sequel to Saracino's 1994 Minnesota Book Award nominated first novel, No Matter What.
span class="maintype"> span class="maintype">The sequel to No Matter What, this novel focuses on the explosive aftermath of protagonist Regina Giovanni’s mother’s decision to leave her husband and two sons and run off with her three daughters and her lover, a Catholic priest. Finding Grace is an unforgettable story of love, loss, grief, betrayal, and finally hope, as a family struggles to redefine itself and heal after being torn apart. Finding Grace won the 1999 Colorado Authors’ League “Top Hand” Award in the category of Adult Mainstream/Literary Ficti | |  | | Heretics: A Love Story
Set in the 1480s, HERETICS: A LOVE STORY tells the tale of Shardana and Sarda—twin sister healers in Orune, a remote village in the mountainous Barbagia region of Sardinia—and their encounters with Antonio Albóndiga, a heretic-obsessed Spanish priest who is exiled to the island after a series of unfortunate incidences in his homeland. Will the twin sister healers and the villagers be able to transform the hate that holds his heart hostage? Or will Antonio prevail?
Set in the 1480s, HERETICS: A LOVE STORY tells the tale of Shardana and Sarda—twin sister healers in Orune, a remote village in the mountainous Barbagia region of Sardinia—and their encounters with Antonio Albóndiga, a heretic-obsessed Spanish priest who is sent to the island after a series of unfortunate incidences in his homeland. When Shardana wakes from a troubling dream, she senses that something portentous is about to happen. Life goes on as usual until the malcontent Antonio arrives in town. The sisters welcome the priest, and their families try to integrate him in | |  | | No Matter What
A poignant coming of age tale of family love, betrayal and redemption.
span class="maintype">This novel, a 1994 Minnesota Book Award fiction finalist, tells the story of family love and betrayal in the haunting voice of its ten-year-old narrator, Regina Giovanni. As the oldest daughter in her working class Catholic family, Regina is her mother’s confidante. However, as her mother’s extramarital affair with a Catholic priest begins to destroy her family, her mother’s secret soon becomes too much for Regina to bear. In praise of No Matter What Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina, wrote: “Unflinching, insightful, beautifull | |  | | The Singing of Swans
The Singing of Swans takes readers on a multi-century, magical journey to uncover secret rituals, ancient spiritual beliefs and long-silenced traditions.
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This memoir chronicles the author's four-year journey to reclaim her voice after the onset of a rare voice disorder.
Shortly after Saracino’s first novel was published in 1993, she began to experience an inexplicable clenching of her vocal cords. Over a four-year period, she was increasingly unable to speak without great strain. In 1997 the mysterious problem was diagnosed as a rare voice disorder. This memoir is the compelling story of the author’s journey and her struggle to reclaim her voice on physical, spiritual and emotional levels. It is ultimately a tale of epiphany, recovery and redemption.
Praising the memoir, Louise DeSalvo wrote: “A stupendous achieveme |
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Helios
by Dean Cambourakis
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 Helios is an award winning novel about a brilliant inventor of new technology, a fallen CEO seeking redemption, and an idealistic youth who comes of age in corporate America. |
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