Adult Braille Books – Fiction
Family Stories
BR74018
Lisey's story by Stephen King.
7 v. of braille.
Maine. Lisey, the widow of prizewinning author Scott Landon, hears her husband's voice while organizing his papers, caring for her catatonic sister, and avoiding a stalker. Lisey enters Scott's imaginary world of Boo'ya Moon and fights his demons as well as her own. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006.
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General Fiction
BR74349
Charles the Bold: the dog years : a novel by Yves Beauchemin ; translated by Wayne Grady.
5 v. of braille.
1966. The rest of Montreal is excited by the new subway system, but the birth of Charles Thibodeau is a big event for his parents and their east-end Montreal working-class neighbours. Charles endures the death of his mother, the October Crisis, being taken away from his drunken, violent father and becoming part of the Fafard family. His adventures in school, a part-time job and camp lead him to fully earn his title, Charles the Bold. Followed by "Years of fire" (BR74375). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006. (Charles the Bold ; 1)
BR74443
The birthday party by Panos Karnezis.
3 v. of braille.
As dawn breaks on a small island late in the summer of 1975, a tycoon wakes up to oversee the final preparations for his daughter's birthday party. Finding out that she is pregnant, he tries to persuade her to end the pregnancy, as his private doctor - and oldest friend - is standing by to perform the procedure. Intersperses the events that unfold during the day of the party with the tycoon's rise to wealth and fame, from childhood in Asia Minor to old age, via Buenos Aires, New York, London and Paris. Some descriptions of sex. 2007.
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BR74774
Where the heart is: a novel by Billie Letts.
5 v. of braille.
Novalee, 17 years old and 7 months pregnant, has been abandoned at Wal-Mart with just $7.77 in change. Luckily she is about to discover hidden treasures in this small southwest town; a group of down-to-earth, deeply charming people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl living secretly in a Wal-Mart store. 1995.
BR74034
Consumption by Kevin Patterson.
5 v. of braille.
An Inuit girl spends her teen years in the 1960s in a Montreal TB sanatorium, learning French and mathematics from nuns. Upon returning to Hudson Bay, Victoria feels like a stranger, and soon marries a white man. When her husband accepts work from a South African mining company that wants to dig for diamonds in the frozen tundra, things come to a boiling point. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006.
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BR74446
The housekeeper by Melanie Wallace.
2 v. of braille.
After her mother dies, 17-year-old Jamie leaves home and heads toward an isolated valley where her family was originally from. Her sudden presence in what is left of that dying town sets off a bizarre chain of events that irrevocably changes her young life. Descriptions of sex, explicit strong language and violence. 2006.
BR73892
Before I wake by Robert J. Wiersema.
4 v. of braille.
Karen and Simon Barrett make the painful decision to take their 3-year-old daughter Sherry, victim of a hit-and-run driver, off life support, but when they do, she spontaneously begins breathing on her own. Henry Denton, the driver who struck Sherry, is haunted by the accident and attempts to take his own life, only to be saved by an unexplained force. Sherry's nurse discovers that the little girl has the power to heal, and when word of her gift leaks, the sick begin lining up to be saved, and a mysterious stranger sets his sights on vanquishing the believers - and the Barretts. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2006.
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Historical Novels
BR73753
Vandal love by D.Y. Béchard.
3 v. of braille.
A family curse causes the Hervé children to be born as either giants or runts. Book I follows giant Jude Hervé's career as a boxer, his escape from that life with his daughter, and her eventual decision to enter into a chaste marriage with an older man. In Book II, runt François spends years searching for his missing father. In the end, none of the Hervés can abandon their longing for a place where they might find others like themselves. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2006.
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Love Stories
BR63906
Adam's fall by Sandra Brown.
2 v. of braille.
Lilah Mason would do almost anything for her sister Elizabeth. But what Elizabeth is asking her to do now is impossible. Lilah cannot stand Adam Cavanaugh, her sister's boss. Although Adam has a serious spinal cord injury, Lilah, an excellent physical therapist, refuses to help him. Elizabeth convinces her to try, and when Lilah arrives in Hawaii to work with Adam, the sparks fly! Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1993.
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Mysteries (Fiction)
BR74260
Anarchy and old dogs by Colin Cotterill.
3 v. of braille.
1970's communist Laos. Siri Paiboun, national coroner, starts to investigate when blank papers are found on the body of Dr. Buagaew, a blind dentist hit by a truck. Paiboun quickly discovers encoded writing in invisible ink, which he eventually realizes are a series of chess moves. A trip to the southern Laotian city of Pakse draws him deeper into complex political intrigue. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.
BR73744
Dead money: a Rick Redman mystery by Grant McCrea.
5 v. of braille.
When lawyer Rick Redman's boss puts him on the Jules Fitzgibbon case, Rick suspects he's being set up - the murder victim was found dead after an argument with a young man with an unhealthy fondness for sharp implements. But Jules' father is an important client, so Rick turns to someone he can trust for help - Dorita, a leggy dame with a sharp wit. Meanwhile, with Rick's wife slowly drinking herself to death, Rick escapes to his bar, where he meets Jake, who asks him to join a high-stakes poker game. But like everything else in Rick's complicated life, there's more to Jake than meets the eye. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, strong language. 2006.
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BR74049
The water's lovely by Ruth Rendell.
4 v. of braille.
Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream, a dream where she and her mother saw a body with a submerged face floating in a glassy lake. The dead man was Ismay's stepfather, Guy. Now, nine years on, she and her sister, Heather, still lived in the same house. They never discussed the renovations done to the house, still less what had happened that August day. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2006.
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Short Stories
BR74400
Gargoyles: stories by Bill Gaston.
3 v. of braille.
Stories crafted around the idea of the gargoyle - the concrete representation of extremes of human emotions; the physical manifestations of the disfigurements and contortions to which human beings subject themselves. Each story has a strange and unique gargoyle guardian spirit whose sometimes benevolent, sometimes malevolent, presence informs the characters and their actions. Strong language. 2006.
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Suspense
BR72913
Birthright by Nora Roberts.
7 v. of braille.
Ancient bones are uncovered at a construction site in Maryland and archaeologist Callie Dunbrook and her ex-husband are asked to investigate. When a local woman claims that Callie is her long-lost daughter - kidnapped twenty-nine years earlier - Callie must search for the truth. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2003.
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