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020			_a9781542024815 _q(paperback)
020			_a1542024811 _q(paperback)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1357556422 _z(OCoLC)1314051492
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100			_aProwse, Amanda, _eauthor. _921900
245	1	0	_aPicking up the pieces / _cAmanda Prowse.
260			_aSeattle, WA : _bLake Union Publishing, _c[2023]
300			_a335 pages ; _c20 cm.
520			_a"As Nora and her British Army officer husband, Gordy, pack up yet another home and leave the sun of Cyprus for the drizzle of England, she can't shake a feeling of regret--at her failure to follow her own dreams, but also, if she's honest, at having ended up an officer's wife at all, drifting through a life of temporary homes and temporary relationships. Since losing her parents at a young age, Nora's life has been lacking an anchor: someone or something to make her feel secure. Her marriage has been her only permanent relationship, and just as even that appears to be fizzling out, a tragedy forces Nora into the role of legal guardian to her seven-year-old nephew, Ted. Faced suddenly with a responsibility she never dreamed of, how can Nora possibly offer the boy the kind of unconditional love he deserves, when she's never experienced it for herself? But as she navigates the precarious and unfamiliar world of parenthood, Nora begins to see herself through Ted's eyes, as someone worthy of love and even joy. When she's welcomed into the previously intimidating huddle of mums at the school gate, she has to wonder: is it too late to smash down the other barriers she's built--and to have a second chance at a happy marriage with Gordy?"--
650		0	_aHusband and wife _vFiction. _94662
650		0	_aWives _xEffect of husband's employment on _vFiction. _952565
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction. _91501
650		0	_aLife change events _vFiction. _92839
650		0	_aSelf-realization _vFiction. _983
650		0	_aMarriage _vFiction. _9457
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _9128
650		0	_aHappiness _vFiction. _914907
650		0	_aNephews _vFiction. _944547
650		0	_aAdoption _vFiction _914718
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xArmed Forces Officers _vFiction. _952566
655		0	_aRomance fiction. _2lcgft _922433
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948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 90 OTHER HOLDINGS
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