Brett Butler
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Grace Under Fire volume 3
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English
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Grace meets her new boss, John, who is buying time until he can retire. She also has money problems resulting in cutting back on child care costs and allowing Quentin to babysit.
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Grace Under Fire volume 8
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English
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Grace has some financial difficulties, and when she learns that Jimmy has won some money in a lawsuit, she decides to go after him. She drags him to court with the help of a law student and wins some money. Everybody makes fun of Russell due to a bad divorce settlement.
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Grace Under Fire volume 16
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English
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Quentin is obvious in his dislike for Ryan. Quentin orders a heart-shaped pizza for Grace, unaware that she has plans with Ryan. Feeling awkward, Ryan leaves. Faith and Russell break up. Nadine and Wade find baby-making to be a chore.
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Grace Under Fire volume 5
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English
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Nadine talks Grace into going to the Second Time Around dance, hosted by a group for divorced and widowed persons. Grace runs into Nadine's first ex-husband. Nadine and Wade invite the couple to dinner.
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Grace Under Fire volume 10
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English
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When the oil refinery has an explosion, Grace finds that Quentin and Libby just aren't interested that she could have died. Meanwhile, Grace takes a temporary job as a secretary at the refinery and realizes it's not her forte.
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Grace Under Fire volume 20
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English
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Grace wins two tickets to the opera and goes alone when she can't find someone to go with her. There, she meets a tall, dark stranger she believes was a set up by Nadine. She later meets up with Russell to visit his father.
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Grace Under Fire volume 7
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English
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Grace goes on a blind date with a man who admits that the shirt he's wearing was "found" on top of the neighbor's trash. His repeated demonstrations of frugality wear Grace down. Meanwhile, Libby is having a difficult time relating to her baby brother.
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Grace Under Fire volume 13
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English
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Grace sends a story to the local paper and is thrilled when she is told they will print it. Quentin tells Grace he wants to live with Jimmy; she finally relents for a two-week period.
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Grace Under Fire volume 17
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English
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Grace takes the kids camping, but when Quentin pushes a little girl in a neighboring camp, she finds out that Jimmy has told Quentin that Grace hit him during their marriage.
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Grace Under Fire volume 15
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English
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Ryan asks Grace to go to Chicago with him for the weekend. When they miss their flight due to a freak accident, they decide to spend the night at his place. Grace tells him a story her father told her about finding a piece of a shooting star.
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Grace Under Fire volume 9
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English
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Nadine discusses starting a family with Grace. Grace's supervisor Bill lies to his wife about helping Grace build a jungle gym for her kids as an excuse to go to the track. His wife confides in her and tells her that she knows the truth. Wade has a long talk with Grace about his job.
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Grace Under Fire volume 22
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English
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Grace's car breaks down. She gets fed up and decides to sell it. She takes a car loan from her company and buys a used car with Wade and Russell's help. Libby's friend Sam visits and they play house. When Sam's mom catches the kids kissing, she freaks out and takes Sam away.
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Grace Under Fire volume 20
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English
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It's Mother's Day and Grace invites her mother to visit, and Faith is clearly upset. Quentin confides his dislike for Ryan to his grandma and she consoles him.
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Grace Under Fire volume 10
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English
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When the management decides to fire the temp staff, Bill makes Grace and Wanda permanent in order to save their jobs. Grace gets a raise and insurance but must work the regular night shift. Nadine, Russell and Wade help her out.
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Grace Under Fire volume 15
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English
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Grace speaks to Nadine about Travis' controlling nature and how she feels it might be a problem she needs to work on for herself. Grace and Travis break up, but for differing reasons. At the refinery, Vic thinks his wife is cheating on him.
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Grace Under Fire volume 19
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English
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Grace's first child Matthew visits in order to get to know Grace's other kids better. When Quentin treats him badly, Grace asks Matthew to step into another room so she can speak to Quentin alone. Matthew then realizes he's mad at Grace for giving him up.
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Grace Under Fire volume 6
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English
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Grace feels pulled in too many directions with a demanding boss, a shoplifting Libby and Nadine crying on her shoulder about Wade.
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Grace Under Fire volume 26
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English
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Jimmy gets a new job that requires him to move to Ohio. Grace goes to a dinner of businessmen with Russell. Fred from "Fred's Copy" down on Third talks to Grace while Russell follows her to her car, trying to convince her to go back to his place.
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Grace Under Fire volume 2
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English
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A new woman is brought into Grace's crew but is transferred back to her old crew when she complains about the men's language. Nadine and Wade have fertility problems.
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Grace Under Fire volume 21
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English
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Grace takes a road trip to Memphis with Faith and Russell for her little sister's wedding. Along the way she meets an enigmatic stranger who seems to know things about Grace and her visit.