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Ghost town : a novel in 45 chapters / by Chen, Kevin,author.; Sterk, Darryl,translator.;
"Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we learn what tore this family apart and, more importantly, the truth behind the murder of Chen's boyfriend."--
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Novels.; Estranged families; Ex-convicts; Family secrets; Murder; Young gay men;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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We all live here : a novel / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-author.;
"Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is ... complicated. So when her real dad-a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago-suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Divorced women; Families; Fathers and daughters; Stepfathers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stuart Woods' Finders keepers / by Battles, Brett,author.; Woods, Stuart,creator.;
"After attending an Arrington properties meeting on Martha's Vineyard at the group's newest location, The Vineyard Arrington, Stone Barrington returns to New York City to catch up with his old friend Jack Coulter over lunch, who requests Stone's help in settling his niece Sara into city life post-divorce. Always one to please, Stone takes Sara under his wing. But when various men from Sara's past start getting hurt, and Jack's loved ones find themselves a target in a deadly scheme, it's up to Stone to put the pieces together ... before the shrouded conspirer manages to tear them all apart, permanently"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character); Divorced women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Stuart Woods' Finders keepers [text (large print)] / by Battles, Brett,author.; Woods, Stuart,creator.;
"After attending an Arrington properties meeting on Martha's Vineyard at the group's newest location, The Vineyard Arrington, Stone Barrington returns to New York City to catch up with his old friend Jack Coulter over lunch, who requests Stone's help in settling his niece Sara into city life post-divorce. Always one to please, Stone takes Sara under his wing. But when various men from Sara's past start getting hurt, and Jack's loved ones find themselves a target in a deadly scheme, it's up to Stone to put the pieces together ... before the shrouded conspirer manages to tear them all apart, permanently"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character); Divorced women;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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