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The library at Mount Char / by Hawkins, Scott,author.;
After she and a dozen other children found them being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, Carolyn and her "siblings" begin to think he might be God. When Father disappears, they square off against each other to determine who will inherit his library, which may hold the power to all Creation. As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come she has a play. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Libraries; Imprisonment; Magic; Orphans; Adopted children; Gods;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Any other family / by Brown, Eleanor,1973-author.;
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different women facing an impossible question: What makes a family?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Adoption; Families; Motherhood; Vacations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mutual rescue : how adopting a homeless animal can save you, too / by Novello, Carol,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Pet adoption; Animal shelters; Animal rescue.; Human-animal relationships.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Self-portrait with nothing / by Pokwatka, Aimee,author.;
"Aimee Pokwatka's novel Self-Portrait with Nothing is "fraught and deeply moving ... the work of a genuinely exciting new talent." (Booker Prize winner, George Saunders). If a picture paints a thousand worlds ... Abandoned as an infant on the local veterinarian's front porch, Pepper Rafferty was raised by two loving mothers, and now at thirty-six is married to the stable, supportive Ike. She's never told anyone that at fifteen she discovered the identity of her biological mother. That's because her birth mother is Ula Frost, a reclusive painter famous for the outrageous claims that her portraits summon their subjects' doppelgangers from parallel universes. Researching the rumors, Pepper couldn't help but wonder: Was there a parallel universe in which she was more confident, more accomplished, better able to accept love? A universe in which Ula decided she was worth keeping? A universe in which Ula's rejection didn't still hurt too much to share? Sometimes living our best life means embracing the imperfect one we already have ... "--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Adoption; Doppelgängers; Multiverse; Painters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The shadow sister : Star's story / by Riley, Lucinda,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Adopted children; Life change events; Sisters;
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Before I wake [videorecording] / by Flanagan, Mike,film director.; Bosworth, Kate,1983-actor.; Jane, Thomas,actor.; Tremblay, Jacob,actor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay.A young couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Adoptive parents; Orphans; Children's nightmares;
For private home use only.
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Modern family. [videorecording] / by Bagdonas, James.; Bowen, Julie.; Burrell, Ty,1967-; Levitan, Steven.; Lloyd, Christopher,1938-; O'Neill, Ed,1946-; Vergara, Sofi̓a,1972-; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.;
Ed O'Neill, Sofi̓a Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.The honeymoon is over, but the laughs continue in Season Six. As freshly hitched Cam and Mitch acclimate to the realities of wedded bliss, Phil and Claire find their marriage stressed by annoying neighbors, Thanksgiving dinner gone awry and Claire's online snooping. Meanwhile, a spy-camera drone wreaks havoc in Jay and Gloria's backyard and a close call on the highway leads to amusing changes in various members of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentaiton ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Adopted children; Families; Gay parents; Stepfamilies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Plain paradise : a daughters of the promise novel / by Wiseman, Beth,1962-;
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Subjects: Love stories.; Christian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Teenage girls; Adopted children; Amish; Birthmothers;
© c2010., Thomas Nelson,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The family tree / by Dixon, Sean.; Snowden-Fine, Lily.;
A young girl struggles with being without a family history when she is asked to fill out her family tree for school.LSC
Subjects: Genealogy; Adopted children; Families; Belonging (Social psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Child of mine / by Lewis, David(David Gerald); Lewis, Beverly,1949-;
"Desperately clinging to the hope of finding her long-lost daughter, will Kelly miss out on the chance to find love--and a family--once more?"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Love stories.; Mothers of kidnapped children; Adopted children; Identity (Psychology); Amish;
© c2014., Bethany House,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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