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The discovery of one woman's heirloom hope chest unveils precious memories and helps three people who have each lost a part of themselves find joy once again.
Ever since she was diagnosed with ALS, fiercely independent Mattie doesn't feel like herself. She can't navigate her beloved home, she can't go for a boat ride, and she can barely even feed herself. Her devoted husband, Don, doesn't want to imagine life without his wife of nearly 50 years, but Mattie isn't likely to make it past their anniversary. But when Rose, Mattie's new caretaker, and her young daughter, Jeri, enter the couple's life, happiness and the possibility for new memories return. Together they form a family, and Mattie is finally able to pass on her memories from the hope chest she received from her mother. With each item - including a favorite doll, family dishes, an embroidered apron, and an antique Christmas ornament - the hope chest connects Mattie, Don and Rose to each other and helps them find hope again in the face of overwhelming life challenges.
A beautiful story about the unconditional love and support of family, The Hope Chest will remind you that hope can be found where and when you least expect it.
Critic reviews
"Saugatuck, MI, springs to life in this nostalgic, gentle story of lifelong love along with the emotional support and care that families and friends can provide." (Library Journal)
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On the shores of Lake Erie sits the enchanted little town of Chancellor where fairy tales live, dreams come true, and happily ever afters always reign supreme. In this three book boxed set, you'll find a heart-warming collection of sweet romance fractured fairy tales. From mermaids to witches to faeries, the residents of Chancellor are far from ordinary. Enjoy these twisted fairy tales loosely based on The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and classic witch tales.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Can't believe I am not able to return!!!
- By Patt on 08-15-17
By: Melanie Karsak
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Making Spirits Bright
- By: Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan, and others
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4 out of 5 stars 141
Melanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly...until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side....
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4 out of 5 stars
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So so book
- By John on 08-25-22
By: Fern Michaels, and others
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On Mystic Lake
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,031
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,662
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,654
On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter, Izzie.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Never been so disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 12-28-10
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Sound of Glass
- By: Karen White
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer, Susan Bennett
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,862
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,837
It has been two years since the death of Merritt Heyward's husband, Cal, when she receives unexpected news - Cal's family home in Beaufort, South Carolina, bequeathed by Cal's reclusive grandmother, now belongs to Merritt. Charting the course of an uncertain life - and feeling guilt from her husband's tragic death - Merritt travels from her home in Maine to Beaufort, where the secrets of Cal's unspoken-of past reside among the pluff mud and jasmine of the ancestral Heyward home on the Bluff.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You'll LAUGH, LOVE, and maybe CRY a little
- By Jennifer on 08-08-15
By: Karen White
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The Look of Love
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Jio
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to literally see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her 29th birthday, she receives a card from the midwife who delivered her. Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her 30th birthday - or face grave consequences. When Jane falls for a science writer who doesn't believe in love, she fears that her fate is sealed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommend!!
- By Riley Pennington on 09-19-19
By: Sarah Jio
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Garden Spells
- By: Sarah Addison Allen
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,046
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,381
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,392
The Waverleys have always been a curious family, endowed with peculiar gifts that make them outsiders even in their hometown of Bascom, North Carolina. Even their garden has a reputation, famous for its feisty apple tree that bears prophetic fruit, and its edible flowers, imbued with special powers.
Generations of Waverleys tended this garden. Their history was in the soil. But so were their futures.
Together again in the house they grew up in, the Waverley sisters realize they must deal with their common legacy - if they are ever to feel at home in Bascom - or with each other.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I so want to give it 5 stars...!!!!
- By Joihelene on 10-09-10
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A Nantucket Christmas
- A Novel
- By: Nancy Thayer
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4 out of 5 stars 113
Holidays on this Massachusetts island are nothing short of magical, and the season’s wonderful traditions are much loved by Nicole Somerset, new to Nantucket and recently married to a handsome former attorney. Their home is already full of enticing scents of pine, baking spices, and homemade pie. But the warm, festive mood is soon tempered by Nicole’s chilly stepdaughter, Kennedy, who arrives without a hint of holiday spirit. Determined to keep her stepmother at arm’s length - or, better yet, out of the picture altogether - Kennedy schemes to sabotage Nicole’s holiday preparations.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Hohumbug
- By Kindle Customer on 12-23-17
By: Nancy Thayer
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The Beach Trees
- By: Karen White
- Narrated by: Ki Gottberg, Gin Hammond
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 612
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 550
For Julie Holt, travelling to the beautiful but ravaged coast of Biloxi, Mississippi, is a journey into a secret past, and a life she never expected.... Julie first knew loss at the age of 12, when her sister disappeared, never to be found. As her once close-knit family grew apart, Julie's mother obsessively searched for the girl, and when her mother died, Julie took up the search, never letting go of the hope. Then, at an art exhibition in New York, she meets Monica....
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4 out of 5 stars
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The ending was very weak
- By Missi Boyd on 10-31-16
By: Karen White
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The Butterfly's Daughter
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 155
Every year, the monarch butterflies - las mariposas - fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to their winter home in Mexico. Now Luz Avila makes that same perilous journey south as she honors a vow to her beloved abuela - the grandmother who raised her - to return her ashes to her ancestral village. As Luz departs Milwaukee in a ramshackle old VW Bug, she finds her heart opened by a series of seemingly random encounters with remarkable women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous
- By Dee on 10-28-18
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The Witch of Little Italy
- By: Suzanne Palmieri
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 136
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4 out of 5 stars 126
When young Eleanor Amore gets pregnant, she returns to her estranged family in the Bronx, called by the "Sight" they share. It is the first time she has been back since she was 10, and while everyone else remembers that summer, Eleanor can’t recall anything earlier than the moment she left. With her past coming back to her in flashes, she becomes obsessed with recapturing those memories. Aided by her childhood sweetheart, she learns the secrets still haunting her magical family.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Kept me entertained......
- By Barbara on 05-25-13
By: Suzanne Palmieri
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The Lost Girls
- A Novel
- By: Heather Young
- Narrated by: Alice Rosengard, Laurel Schroeder
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 712
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Story4 out of 5 stars 645
In 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family's vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys the family - her father commits suicide, and her mother and two older sisters spend the rest of their lives at the lake house, keeping a decades-long vigil for the lost child. Sixty years later, Lucy, the quiet and watchful middle sister, lives in the lake house alone. Before her death, she writes the story of that devastating summer in a notebook that she leaves, along with the house, to the only person who might care: her grandniece, Justine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engaging story spanning three generations.
- By LilMissMolly on 09-23-16
By: Heather Young
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
- By: Leslye Walton
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 446
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 400
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Story4 out of 5 stars 398
Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and Haunting Fairytale
- By FanB14 on 07-24-15
By: Leslye Walton
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Lost Lake
- By: Sarah Addison Allen
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,480
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,299
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,299
The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was on a picture postcard. Just an old photo and a few words on a small square of heavy stock, but when she saw it, she knew she was seeing her future. That was half a lifetime ago. Now Lost Lake is about to slip into Eby’s past. Her husband, George, is long passed. Most of her demanding extended family are gone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Sarah Addison Allen
- By tooonce72 on 01-27-14
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Boardwalk Summer
- A Novel
- By: Meredith Jaeger
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel, Marisol Ramirez
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
In this new novel from the author of The Dressmaker’s Dowry, two young women two generations apart discover the joy and heartbreak of following their dreams. Aspiring Hollywood actress Violet makes a shocking choice in 1940, and 70 years later, Mari sets out to discover what happened on that long ago summer. Santa Cruz, Summer 1940: When auburn-haired Violet Harcourt is crowned Miss California on the boardwalk of her hometown, she knows she is one step closer to her cherished dream: a Hollywood screen test.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful Story set in Santa Cruz.
- By Christina on 11-02-19
By: Meredith Jaeger
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Casting Off
- By: Nicole R. Dickson
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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On a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland, the fishermen's handmade sweaters tell a story. Each one is unique - feelings stitched into rows, memories into patterns...It is here that Rebecca Moray comes to research a book on Irish knitting. With her daughter, Rowan, in tow, she hopes to lose herself into the history of the island and to forget her own haunting past. Before long, the warm embrace of the townsfolk wraps Rebecca and Rowan in a world of friendship, laughter, and love...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great yarn...
- By Shewhee on 03-07-21
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- 03-26-22
Loved it!
Wade you write the best books! Can't wait to read the next one! And the next one.......
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Great story!
I have loved this book as much as The Recipe Box & The Charm Bracelet. What a wonderful story teller!!
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Great story!!
I enjoyed the story very much.
Quick and easy read. This is my favorite of the authors writings.
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- Mary Kate
- 01-29-22
Wonderful!
Yet ANOTHER wonderfully written book by Viola Shipman. I’ve read 4 so far. The book was so good for me. It is inspirational. It came at a good time for me and taught me a lot of things I needed to learn. The narrator did an outstanding job!
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- 04-06-23
The hope chest
I loved it! My sister had ALS, she was very courageous. Reading this book gave me an insight into the struggle she faced. This book is well written, a must read for anyone wanting to understand more about ALS. This is a beautiful love story between a man and a woman,between a dying woman and God and joining families in order to resolve losing a loved one. Read it, you will be happy you did!! I am.🤗
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- MELISSA PERKINS
- 08-08-18
absolutely a Great Book...
absolutely a great book. A little bit of a tear jerker but the illustration and the narration you feel like you're there with the characters. so family probably most likely going to read this book again
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- PattieLynn
- 10-03-22
My Heart
This Author has the ability to touch my heart. This story is uplifting and heartbreaking all at the same time. Mostly it speaks of simple hope. The narrator was excellent as well. 💗
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- EJ
- 01-30-21
Touching Story
This writer is an expert at engrossing the reader and taking them through every emotion possible. Beautiful story about love, loss, and family.
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- KLM
- 05-01-18
Good book
Heartfelt. Good insight into ALS and how it affects not only the person with the disease but family, friends and caregivers.
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- molly
- 11-13-22
Tender Story
Loved how humans can come together to show great love and regard for each other.
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