Lynne Hugo

• Jul-1998
• / General Fiction
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Terrified of the water but needing to learn how to swim, Laurel convinces Marna, a former swimming champion who had given up her Olympic dreams for marriage, to give her lessons, a request that marks the beginning of an extraordinary friendship. Tour...

• Sep-2005
• / General Fiction
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Like so many children from divorced families, Jessica finds herself dealing with the pressures and anger that come when both her mother and father remarry and she has two whole new families to live with, each with different rules. She feels angry bec...

• May-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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"She was always crazy. Looking back, I see no doubt about it. It was a deceptive craziness, though, sometimes luminous and joyful. Even when it was, my brother and I knew it was important not to relax...." Sometimes things -- no matter how hard a ...

• Oct-2006
• / Contemporary Romance
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Everyone knows sisters like the Sams girls--three women trying their best to be good daughters, mothers and wives. Lydia, married to Wayne, worked a dead-end job to make sure her daughter, Anna Claire, had the best in life. Madaline, the mother o...

• Jun-2009
• / Contemporary Romance
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When she died, Christine O'Gara left behind a fragile, fractured family--estranged, embittered and at odds over custody of her only child. But in time, they'll see that Christine's legacy is strong enough to finally give a young girl the father she d...

• Aug-2014
• / Romance
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• Apr-2016
• / Literary
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Imagine a hawk's view of the magnificent bluegrass pastures of Kentucky horse country. Circle around the remnants of a breeding farm, four beautiful horses grazing just beyond the paddock. Inside the ramshackle house, a family is falling apart. Ha...

• Jun-2016
• / General Fiction
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In a poignant, tenderly told story, a little girl feels confused and overwhelmed by her birth Dad and his new wife and children and her step Dad. Unlike her friends, she has two dads, two homes and two sets of rules. Jessica's Two Families tells in a...

• Feb-2019
• / Women's Fiction
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From award-winning author Lynne Hugo comes a witty, insightful, refreshingly unsentimental novel about one woman's unconventional path from heartbreak to hope . . .

After losing her husband, Harold, and her beloved grandson, Cody, within the pas...

• Aug-2020
• / Women's Fiction
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Award-winning author Lynne Hugo returns with a life-affirming, poignant novel in the spirit of A Man Called Ove -- a story brimming with both wit and warmth about how a family gets on . . . and goes on. CarolSue and her sister, Louisa, are best f...

• Jul-2023
• / Women's Fiction
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From award-winning novelist Lynne Hugo, "The Language of Kin is a beautifully written and poignant tale of compassion and love for the people and creatures that surrounds us." -- Book Trib Zookeepers Kate McKinsey and Marco Lopez are torn between ...

• Apr-2025
• / General Fiction
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From award-winning novelist Lynne Hugo, Mothers of Fate, a masterful story of three women and a young man navigating the complexities of adoption and its aftermath that raises a question for every reader. Does fate direct our lives—or do o...