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1) Heartwishes
Author
Series
Edilean volume 5
Language
English
Description
Historian Gemma Ranford and Colin Frazier must work together to find the Heartwishes stone that's been missing for over one hundred years -- and with an international thief also on the hunt, the clock is ticking. Because in the wrong hands, no one named Frazier will ever be safe.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride...
Author
Language
English
Description
Faded photographs of a glamorous couple in postwar Europe. Old letters hinting of tragic loss. And a breathtaking array of magnificent jewelry, spectacular stones in exquisite settings. These are the contents of a safe-deposit box long abandoned in a New York City bank. If no heir can be identified, the jewelry will be auctioned. But who was the woman who left such a fortune and no will? Two people, drawn together by chance, begin to unravel the mystery....
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The residents of Llanelen are brimming with excitement. Antiques Cymru, a regional take on the popular national TV show, is coming to the Welsh town and people are flocking from miles around, hoping their attic treasures turn out to be worth a fortune. On the day of filming, quiet local sheep farmer Haydn Williams brings a generations-old long-case clock for evaluation, while the woman he's always admired from afar, Catrin Bellis, turns up with a...
Author
Language
English
Description
When religious scrolls guarded by a family for centuries are stolen by a bitter wife and taken to New York for sale, the husband uses his young daughter to retrieve the scrolls.
To Manhattan editor Dani Arnold, it might have sounded like something out of a novel. But when she impulsively comes to the aid of a lost child, she finds herself plunged into a mystery more dangerous than anything on the city streets -- with an enigmatic stranger who threatens...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Through an heirloom charm bracelet three women will rediscover the importance of family, love, faith, friends, fun and a passion for living as the magic of each charm changes their lives. Lolly, still lives in the family cabin on Lost Land Lake where her mother gave her the charm bracelet that would become Lolly's talisman and connection to family past and Lolly hopes the present, but her daughter, Arden, and granddaughter, Lauren, haven't visited...
Author
Series
Antique shop mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Join Maggie Watson in the charming town of Somerset Harbor on the coast of Maine as she unearths a treasure trove of antiques and adventure. After inheriting the Carriage House Antiques shop and Sedgwick Manor, Maggie finally understands exactly what her beloved aunt meant when she said 'antiques are filled with stories -- secrets just waiting to be discovered'. Maggie and the lively members of the historical society set out to unravel mysteries...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Sensitively counsels readers on how to downsize a family home filled with a lifetime of memories, sharing practical recommendations for strategies based on the expertise of antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers and psychologists.
"It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Sofia Parker is presented with a valuable heirloom trunk on the eve of her grandmother's funeral, she is stunned. She never thought she'd be chosen as the next guardian. For generations, the trunk and the precious silk quilt hidden inside it have been protected by the women of her family, all highly skilled in the art of needlework and worthy of the honor. But Sofia, a 41-year-old mother of four, still struggles to thread a needle in less than...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Upon her grandma's death, Izzy Fontaine finds herself in possession of a Wild Goose Chase pattern quilt that supposedly leads to a great treasure. Of course, once the rest of the family finds out, they're determined to have a go at the treasure. And if that weren't enough, a local museum curator tells Izzy that Grandma Isabella promised him the quilt. What is it about the quilt that makes everyone want it? Is Izzy on a wild goose chase of her own,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Judith Kratt inherited all the Kratt family had to offer - the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder that no one talks about - and she knows in her old bones that it's time to make an inventory of her household and its valuables. But she finds that cataloging the family heirlooms can't contain their misfortunes, not when her wayward sister suddenly returns, determined to expose secrets that the Kratts had hoped to take to their grave. Interweaving...
14) Gothic
Author
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks-a famous, but struggling, horror writer-receives an antique desk from his partner, Sarah, in the hopes it will rekindle his creative juices. Perhaps inspire him to write another best-selling novel and prove his best years aren't behind him. A continent away, a mysterious woman makes inquiries with her sources around the world, seeking the whereabouts of a certain artifact her family has been hunting for centuries....
15) The wedding veil
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Four women. One family heirloom. A secret connection that will change their lives...and history as they know it. Present Day: Julia Baxter's wedding veil, bequeathed to her great-grandmother by a mysterious woman on a train in the 1930s, has passed through generations of her family as a symbol of a happy marriage. But on the morning of her wedding day, something tells Julia that even the veil's good luck isn't enough to make her marriage last forever....
Author
Series
Secrets from grandma's attic volume 1
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Pearl Allen passes away the day after her 100th birthday, her granddaughter Tracy begins the difficult task of sorting through her beloved grandmother's belongings. She finds a worn, marked-up King James Bible and a trove of journals and scrapbooks in her grandmother's cedar chest. Within is a handwritten family tree with the name Ezekiel Collins listed as one of Pearl's children. There has to be a mistake because how can she have an uncle she's...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
390L
Language
English
Description
One rainy day while his father listens to his old records, his mother polishes a silver platter, and his brother enjoys his baseball card collection, Little Bill discovers his own treasure, a talent for storytelling.
18) For love of Eli
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When unspeakable tragedy leaves young Eli an orphan, two families are devastated. Taylor, Eli's aunt and legal guardian, helps him remember his parents by creating a Memory Quilt. As she pieces together the moments of his parents' lives, the young family's story emerges and Taylor and Eli begin to heal. Slow to let go of the past, Eli's Uncle Reece still blames Taylor's brother for his sister's death. Can their shared love for Eli pave the way to...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
In his attempt to make this the best Christmas ever, Jack accidentally breaks a very old ornament, releasing a tiny fairy who teaches him something about the true Christmas spirit.
20) The imperfects
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Millers are far from perfect. Estranged siblings Beck, Ashley and Jake find themselves under one roof for the first time in years, forced to confront old resentments and betrayals, when their mysterious, eccentric matriarch, Helen, passes away. But their lives are about to change when they find a secret inheritance hidden among her possessions--the Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow gemstone that went missing from the Austrian Empire a century...
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