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3) Ellen Foster
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 26
Language
English
Description
Having suffered abuse and misfortune for most of her life, a young girl searches for a better life and finally finds it in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.
4) The locket
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 46
Language
English
Description
The story of a wise woman who teaches a troubled young man an invaluable lesson about not giving up easily in the quest for both real love and a fulfilling life.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 28
Language
English
Description
When Scotty discovers a poignant letter written by a mysterious woman called Lizzie he cannot get her out of his mind. Putting thoughts of his upcoming wedding aside, he is compelled to write Lizzie a letter of his own. A romantic correspondence ensues and flourishes into a love so powerful, not even a century and a half of time can keep them apart. Spanning an era from the Civil War to the present day, the perils of Lizzie's war torn present threaten...
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 34
Language
English
Description
A mysterious stranger appears at the Kansas farm of Jacob and Sarah Witting. The stranger is Jacob's father, John, who abandoned him and his mother when he was a child. Although John establishes relationships with Sarah and his grandchildren, he struggles to reconcile with his son. Third part of a trilogy.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 35
Language
English
Description
When a social worker tries to take two small children from their mother and place them in a foster home, their aunt Emilie flees with them and takes shelter in an old unoccupied house, where they are mistaken for the home's missing heirs. Though it is just a matter of time before they are discovered, Emilie tries to stay just long enough to give the children a Christmas to remember.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 3
Language
English
Description
After the sudden death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent from their home in India to the English estate of a distant family friend. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident occurred there. With the help of a local boy and Colin, her guardian's invalid son, Mary's spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
9) Skylark
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 5
Language
English
Description
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 72
Language
English
Description
When a supposed deaf-mute overhears a scheme that could hurt the people he loves, he enlists the help of an unlikely ally -- the local trash hauler.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 50
Language
English
Description
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
12) Plainsong
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 51
Language
English
Description
Tells a story of redemption, healing, and the power of hope in a small Colorado prairie town.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 53
Language
English
Description
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 58
Language
English
Description
A young woman finds herself back in her hometown again after making some poor relationship choices. She has brought her son back with her. She revives lots of her friendships while back in town by starting a candle making shop. She is back in town for a purpose though and it will be a hard one to sell.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 57
Language
English
Description
Vicki Miller (Marcia Gay Harden) is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby (Taylor Handley) shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes that he's run away, she takes him in. From that point on, Vicki is bound to Bobby. This story tells the tale of two people trying to find themselves and make their way...
16) The piano lesson
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 16
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...
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 60
Language
English
Description
"Based on a true story, Crossroads : a Story of Forgiveness follows a family struggling with a sudden loss as they face the future together. When the beloved wife and daughter of Bruce Murakami (Dean Cain) are killed in a tragic accident, he begins a desperate search to find out what actually happened. Aided by a determined lawyer (Peri Gilpin), Bruce discovers that they were innocent victims of a street racing incident and he begins a campaign to...
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 61
Language
English
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Description
"Abandoned as a baby, twelve-year-old Hollis Woods has been in more foster homes than she cares to remember. Edna Reilly, her dedicated social worker finally places Hollis with Josie Cahill, a retired art teacher whose home is filled with her whimsical creations. Beatrice is Josie's cousin and loyal friend. Josie is delighted to discover that Hollis is also an artist and Hollis responds to Josie's warmth and openness. But she soon realizes that Josie...
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 64
Language
English
Description
Janice and Abel live in their own world. A world of signs. Signs they are ashamed to show. They are quite young when they leave deaf school to marry, and they must fight for their lives in the hearing world. The depression is hard, but being unable to hear often means tragedy for their family. Their daughter Margaret can hear, and becomes the link for Janice and Abel to the world of hearers, a world they don't understand and don't trust. Margaret...
20) The Russell Girl
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 62
Language
English
Description
Sarah is a young woman who has recently discovered that she has leukemia right before she also discovers that she has been accepted to Northwestern University's medical program. She decides to put her school on hold so she can travel back home to tell her parents Gayle and Phil about her recent diagnosis. However at the same time Sarah is convinced that this is retribution for a tragic accident that involved her neighbor Lorainne's baby.