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Wayward / by Spiotta, Dana,1966-author.;
"A moving, funny, engrossing novel about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning, from the renowned author of Stone Arabia and Eat the Document On the heels of the election of 2016, Samantha Raymond's life begins to come apart: her mother is ill, her teenage daughter is increasingly remote, and at 52, she finds herself staring into "the Mids"--that hour of supreme wakefulness between three and four in the morning in which women of a certain age suddenly find themselves contemplating motherhood, mortality, and, in this case, the state of our unraveling nation. When she falls in love with a beautiful, decrepit house in a hardscrabble neighborhood in Syracuse, she buys it on a whim and flees her suburban life--and her family--as she grapples with how to be a wife, a mother, and a daughter, in a country that is coming apart at the seams. Dana Spiotta's Wayward is a stunning novel about aging, about the female body, and about female difficulty--female complexity--in the age of Trump. Probing and provocative, brainy and sensual, it is a testament to our weird, off-kilter America, to reforms and resistance and utopian wishes, and to the beauty of ruins. Tremendous new work from one of the most gifted writers of her generation"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Middle-aged women; Mothers and daughters; Presidents; Feminism; Suburban life;
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Bear necessity : a novel / by Gould-Bourn, James,author.;
"Danny's life is falling apart. He's become a single father to eleven-year-old Will--who hasn't spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash a year earlier--and Danny has just been fired from his construction job. To make matters worse, he's behind on the rent and his nasty landlord is threatening to break his legs if he doesn't pay soon. Danny needs money, and fast. After observing local street performers in a nearby park, Danny spends his last few dollars on a tattered panda costume, impulsively deciding to become a dancing bear"--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Fathers and sons; Grief in children; Selective mutism; Street entertainers;
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Savvy Sheldon feels good as hell / by McCoy, Taj,author.;
Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around the cracks in her life: her high-stress and low-thanks job, her clueless boyfriend and the falling-apart kitchen she inherited from her beloved grandma--who taught her how to cook and how to love people by feeding them. But when Savvy's world starts to crash down around her, she knows it's time for some renovations. Starting from the outside in, Savvy tackles her crumbling kitchen, her relationship with her body, her work-life balance (or lack thereof) and, last but not least, her love life. The only thing that doesn't seem to require effort is her ride-or-die squad of friends. But as any home-reno-show junkie can tell you, something always falls apart during renovations. First, Savvy passes out during hot yoga. Then it turns out that the contractor she hires is the same sexy stranger she unintentionally offended by judging based on appearances. Worst of all, Savvy can't seem to go anywhere without tripping over her ex and his latest "upgrade." Savvy begins to realize that maybe she should've started her renovations the other way around: beginning with how she sees herself before building a love that lasts.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Dwellings; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Overweight women; Self-esteem in women;
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(untitled) by Barnes, Paul,1951-editor of moving image work.; Botstein, Sarah,1972-television producer.; Burns, Ken,1953-television director,television producer.; Coyote, Peter,narrator.; Ewers, Erik,editor of moving image work.; Mellish, Craig,editor of moving image work.; Novick, Lynn,television director,television producer.; Reidy, Tricia,editor of moving image work.; Reznor, Trent,composer.; Ross, Atticus,1968-composer.; Squires, Buddy,director of photography.; Ward, Geoffrey C,screenwriter.; Florentine Films,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.),production company.;
Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Craig Mellish ; original music, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross.Narrated by Peter Coyote.In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
For private home use only.
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A dog's promise / by Cameron, W. Bruce,author.;
The dog who thinks of himself as 'Bailey' knows one thing for sure: all dogs go to heaven after they have fulfilled their purpose on earth. But Bailey's work on earth is far from finished, there are still so many more humans that need a dog's talent for unconditional love. There is one family in particular that needs Bailey's help, a family that is on the verge of breaking apart. But if Bailey helps this family he won't remember his previous lives, the connections he's made, and the humans he's met and loved. Bailey must decide whether to sacrifice everything to heal this one, desperate family.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Mutts (Dogs); Dogs; Families; Human-animal relationships;
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The second woman / by Philby, Charlotte,author.;
"Two women are found dead. Both had a secret. Both had a choice ... Artemis leaves the remote Greek island she grew up on to start a shiny new life in 1990s London with her British husband, a successful entrepreneur. Finally, she has escaped the ghosts of her past. Until she is found hanging from the stairs of her beautiful family home. Two decades later, the apparent suicide of an heiress uncannily mirrors Artemis' mysterious death. And when the ensuing investigation uncovers links to a criminal cartel, National Crime Agency officer Madeleine Farrow begins to pull apart the web of deceit surrounding the two women."--Publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Criminal investigation; Family secrets; Greeks; Organized crime; Suicide; Truthfulness and falsehood; Women and death;
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Heartbreak and happiness / by Harris, Rosie,1925-author.;
It's not always easy living in a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else's business. Growing up in a quiet West Country village, butcher's daughter Rebecca Peterson and her best friend Cindy Mason are keen to expand their horizons and see more of the world. On leaving school, Rebecca heads off to university in Cardiff, while Cindy gets a job at the new local supermarket - but dreams of becoming a model or actress. The two friends promise to keep in touch. But when tragedy strikes, rumours and suspicion engulf the village, and the longstanding friendship between the Peterson and Mason families looks set to be torn apart.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Female friendship;
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Village weavers : a novel / by Chancy, Myriam J. A.,1970-author.;
"From award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy comes an extraordinary and enduring story of two families forever joined by country-and by long-held secrets-and two girls with a bond that refuses to be broken. In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship-until a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After Francois Duvalier's rule turns deadly in the 1950s, Sisi moves to Paris, while Gertie marries into a wealthy Dominican family. Across decades and continents, through personal successes and failures, they are parted and reunited, slowly learning the truth of their singular relationship. Finally, six decades later, with both women in the United States, a sudden phone call brings them back together once more to reckon with and forgive the past. Told with power and frankness, Village Weavers confronts the silences around class, race, and nationality; charts the moments when lives are irrevocably forced apart; and envisions two girls-connected their entire lives-who try to break inherited cycles of mistrust and find ways back into each other's hearts."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Female friendship; Haitians; Social classes;
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Operation do-over / by Korman, Gordon.;
Mason and Ty were once best friends until seventh grade when Ava Petrakis came along. Now Mason wants a do-over which he knows is impossible, so he is amazed when he wakes up from a freak accident and finds himself transported back to seventh grade. He and Ty are still friends and Mason is determined to use this second opportunity to not only save his friendship and his dog but do other things differently such as trying out for the football team and giving new friends a chance. But despite his best attempts, will he be able to stop the chain of events that made his previous life fall apart?LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Time travel; Fate and fatalism; Life change events;
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If only I could tell you / by Beckerman, Hannah,author.;
Audrey's family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty years has splintered the family in two, but is also the one thing keeping them connected. As tensions reach breaking point, the irrevocable choice that one of them made all those years ago is about to surface. After years of secrets and silence, how can one broken family find their way back to each other?A life-affirming novel with a twist that will break your heart and an ending that will put it together again.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Cousins; Dysfunctional families; Family secrets; Interpersonal relations;
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