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Beautiful scars : Steeltown secrets, Mohawk skywalkers and the road home / by Wilson, Tom,1959-author.;
""Bunny told me there were secrets about me that she would take to the grave, secrets that no one would ever hear, including me ... ". Tom Wilson always felt something wasn't quite right. His parents, Bunny and George, were much older than other kids' parents. There were no baby photos of him in the house. At school, classmates called him Indian, despite his parents' Irish-Quebecois background. And as he got older, friends, lovers and even family members remarked on his uncanny resemblance to Bunny's closest relative, her niece Janie Lazare, whose father was a Mohawk from Kahnawake, Quebec. Tom wouldn't learn the truth about his identity until he was fifty-three, when a tour handler whose mother had known Tom's now deceased parents let it slip that he was adopted. It would be another two years until he worked up the courage to confront Janie with what the handler had told him, what all his life he had suspected. Janie--the woman whom Tom called cousin, whom he'd known his whole life, who had lived with Tom and Bunny after George died--immediately broke into tears and confessed. She was his biological mother. In this incredible story about family and identity, carefully guarded secrets and profound acts of forgiveness, Tom Wilson writes about growing up as an outsider in two families--the family he lost, and the family who took him in. His story takes us from working-class Hamilton of the 1960s and '70s, neighbourhoods peopled by fall-guy wrestlers, broke mobsters and WWII vets, to today, as he continues his journey to connect with the man he now knows to be his father and with his Mohawk heritage and relatives, discovering Kahnawake chiefs, Brooklyn "skywalkers" and nomadic Arnold Palmer groupies among them. With a rare gift for storytelling and a remarkable story to tell, Tom Wilson writes with unflinching honesty and extraordinary compassion about his search for identity and for the truth about his family. Moving, captivating and at times hysterically funny, Beautiful Scars is a story about the families who raise us, and the families who course through our veins."---
Subjects: Biographies.; Wilson, Tom, 1959-; Wilson, Tom, 1959-; Birthparents; Adopted children; Mohawk Indians;
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Murder marks the page / by Smith, Karen Rose,author.;
"New York State's Belltower Landing is a lakeside resort town where tourists spend their summer days boating, floating, and paddle-boarding on the water. It's also the perfect place to cuddle up with a good book and enjoy a cup of tea, courtesy of Tomes & Tea. Owned and operated by Jazzi and her best friend Dawn Fernsby, the book bar is beloved by vacationers and locals alike, but browsers grabbing brews in the off season aren't enough to help them make ends meet. Between brainstorming social media publicity ideas for the shop and fending off flirtatious men she has no interest in or time for, Jazzi befriends a woman named Brie who has recently made contact with her biological father. As an adopted child herself, Jazzi is more than happy to give Brie emotional support, especially as her wealthy father's wife and children see her as a threat. But Brie is also looking to start a family of her own. Unfortunately, all the potential princes she's met through a dating app turn out to be frogs. Then, when Brie is found murdered, Jazzi finds herself playing detective. With a list of suspects ranging from jealous half-siblings to less-than-suitable suitors, Jazzi may need to consult some of her shop's bestselling mysteries to help her uncover a killer ... " --
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Adopted children; Adoptees; Bookstores; Female friendship; Murder; Tearooms; Women;
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The enchanted egg / by George, K.(Kallie),1983-; Boiger, Alexandra.;
Mr. Jams brought home an enchanted egg and Clover can't wait to find out what kind of creature the shell contains.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Animals, Mythical; Pet adoption; Magic; Eggs;
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Modern family. [videorecording] / by Bowen, Julie.; Burrell, Ty,1967-; Ferguson, Jesse Tyler.; O'Neill, Ed,1946-; Stonestreet, Eric,1971-; Vergara, Sofa̕,1972-; Levitan Lloyd Productions.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.;
Disc 1. Pilot -- Run for your wife -- The bicycle thief -- Come fly with me -- The incident -- Coal digger.Disc 2. En garde -- Great expectations -- Fizbo -- Undeck the halls -- Up all night -- Not in my house.Disc 3. Fifteen percent -- Moon landing -- My funky valentine -- Fears -- Truth be told -- Starry night.Disc 4. Game changer -- Benched -- travels with Scout -- Airport 2010 -- Hawaii -- Family portrait.Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez.Modern Family takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age. Multicultural relationships, adoption, and same-sex marriage are just a few of the timely issues faced by the show's three wildly-diverse broods. No matter the size or shape, family always comes first in this hilariously 'modern' look at life, love, and laughter.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation (1.78:1), 5.1 Dolby Digital, dual layer.
Subjects: Adopted children; Families; Gay parents; Stepfamilies; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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A world elsewhere / by Johnston, Wayne,1958-;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Adoption; Fathers and sons;
© c2011., Knopf Canada,
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A secret shared : a novel / by MacLachlan, Patricia.;
Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Secrecy; Families; Adoption;
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I color myself different / by Kaepernick, Colin,1987-; Wilkerson, Eric.;
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Subjects: Kaepernick, Colin, 1987-; African American children; Adopted children; Race awareness; Individuality; Self-esteem; Self-acceptance; Self-confidence in children;
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Parallel lines / by St. Aubyn, Edward,1960-author.;
"It's the summer of 2021, and Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him grappling with his fragile grip on reality and his persistent hunger to connect with the biological mother who abandoned him as a child. His therapist, Martin, is facing challenges of his own, including his adopted daughter's tenuous relationship with her own biological mother -- a predicament that makes Sebastian's struggle feel uncannily proximate to her own. Olivia is producing a radio series on catastrophic natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life, as her best friend Lucy faces a grave diagnosis, and her husband, Francis, pursues his mission of re-wilding the world. Over the course of the next year their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, as each of their destinies is revealed in a marvelous new light."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adopted children; Conduct of life; Families; Fate and fatalism; Interpersonal relations; Mental illness;
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Dumb and dumber to [videorecording] / by Carrey, Jim,1962-; Daniels, Jeff,1955-; Farrelly, Bobby,1958-; Farrelly, Peter.; Holden, Laurie.; Murray, Bill,1950 September 21-; Riggle, Rob.; Turner, Kathleen,1954-; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Jeff Daniels, Bill Murray, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Jim Carrey, Rob Riggle.Harry pays his first visit to his parents since the early '90s, and discovers a two-decade-old postcard from a gal he hooked up with (Kathleen Turner) informing him that she's pregnant. It turns out she had a daughter and put the girl up for adoption. Harry is moved by the prospect of having an adult child out there somewhere (and it just so happens that he needs a kidney transplant), so he and Lloyd embark on a road trip to track down his daughter.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Adopted children; Best friends; Birthfathers; Comedy films.; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Male friendship; Road films.;
© c2015., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
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Luster / by Leilani, Raven,author.;
"Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage. Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties--sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She's also, secretly, haltingly, figuring her way into life as an artist. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and falling into Eric's family life, his home. She becomes a hesitant friend to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie is the only black woman who young Akila knows. Razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged, socially disruptive, Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way."--
Subjects: Novels.; Novels.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Young women; African American women artists; Adopted children; Domestic fiction.;
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