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When Candida Pugh fell in love with a friend’s giant poodle, she decided to find one for herself. But the poodle she found at a Fremont, California, shelter resembled the other dog only in his keen intelligence and outgoing personality. In fact, she was advised not to adopt Henry because “he’s a biter.” If that had summed up his defects, it...

A Marin County housewife buys a gun as her family disintegrates around her. Her husband drinks and can't hold a job, her older daughter has a child but no husband, and her younger daughter seems to despise her. But she's wrestling with even more destructive demons.

In 1961 Mississippi, facing violent opposition from segregationists, Freedom Rider Jeri Turner plunges into a mystery, in the end demonstrating that good intentions often lead to trouble, even placing innocent people in great danger.

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