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Author
Language
English
Description
America has been at war since 2001, and a sizeable percentage of the soldiers deployed have been women. Soldier Girls follows the lives of three of them over twelve years, on their paths to the military, overseas to combat, back home, then overseas again for two of them. We watch as they become friends, interact, and separate. We see the effects on their lives and their families. Deeply reported and powerfully moving, their story is truly groundbreaking....
3643) The shadow of the wind
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1945 Spain, the young son of an antique-book dealer searches for more books by Julián Carax, an author he has recently discovered, and finds that everything Carax has ever written has been destroyed--and that his search has put his friends and family in danger.
Author
Series
Missing pieces volume 6
Publisher
Random Acts Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Motherhood adds and subtracts at a feverish pace. More belly laughs and moments of awe. Far less sleep and hardly any self-care. With the toddler years in full effect, Gwen has found herself both overwhelmingly happy and suddenly rudderless. Seeking a work/home balance proves baffling as she watches her identity float off like pollen in a summer breeze. When a family friend seeks out her expertise as a geneticist to solve a long-forgotten cold case,...
3645) Most perfect you
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A little girl learns to love each part of herself, from her spectacular hair to her big heart.
3646) Crying for help
Author
Publisher
HarperElement
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The author recounts her experiences with her family's second foster child, a troubled thirteen-year-old girl with Addison's disease who witnessed her mother's suicide attempt, and who was physically abusive of her foster family.
Author
Publisher
eLectio Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Born into a family ravaged by genetic disease, Darcy Leech shares a coming of age story as much about beginnings as endings in exploring the life lessons learned in losing her brother and mother to myotonic muscular dystrophy. Leech narrates a moving meditation of the enduring mysteries of what dormant harbingers of genetic disease lurk within, the surprising possibilities in loss, and the deep resilience of the human spirit. The narrative highlights...
3649) The lifeguards: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The bonds between three picture-perfect, viciously protective mothers are tested when their sons uncover a horrible crime in this provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. In Austin's Zilker Park, vigilance and money are enough to keep one insulated from the world's problems and inconveniences. Here, three mothers-Whitney, Annette, and Liza-have grown thick as thieves, and so have their fifteen-year-old sons....
3650) We hear voices
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An eerie debut about a little boy who recovers from a mysterious global flu that's killed thousands and inherits an imaginary friend who makes him do violent things... Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and that's all that matters. But soon Delfy...
3651) Tennyson
Author
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
[2009], �2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After their mother abandons them during the Great Depression, Tennyson Fontaine and her little sister Hattie are sent to live with their eccentric Aunt Henrietta in a decaying plantation house outside of New Orleans.
3652) Postcards from the edge
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the century, a time when women had few choices, Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy - not only of wealth but of determination and desire, making her truly a woman of independent means. Adapted from the epistolary novel, this film follow the life of Bess Steed Garner from her childhood in 1899 to her death in 1977. Bess endures life's trials and triumphs of life with unfailing courage and indomitable spirit: the sacrifices love sometimes...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Language
English
Description
A talented young singer grapples with the death of her mother, anxiety, and love during her first year at a prestigious performing arts school. "Anglophiles, music and theater nerds, and those looking for some classic will-they-won't-they romance will all find something to enjoy here." --Kirkus Reviews Former West End performer and author Vanessa Jones delivers a well-crafted journey of grief and healing in her debut YA novel. Nettie Delaney...
3656) Hard girls
Author
Series
Jane and Lila Pool thriller volume 1
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two estranged twin sisters hunt down their elusive mother-and face down the darkness they tried to escape.
3657) The Strawberry Thief
Author
Series
[Chocolat series] volume 4
Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend. But when old Narcisse, the florist, dies, leaving a parcel of land to Rosette and a written confession to Reynaud, the life of the sleepy village...
3659) Can't live without you
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 6
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dory's separation anxiety from her mother turns into a ghostly, goofy escapade.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who is also a war...
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