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The stolen life of Colette Marceau / by Harmel, Kristin,author.;
Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance. But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette's four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane's body was found floating in the Seine--but the bracelet was nowhere to be found. Seventy years later, Colette--who has "redistributed" $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations--has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time--and who owns it now--she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn't the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she's forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice--but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bracelets; Families; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Sisters; Women jewel thieves; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau A Novel [electronic resource] : by Harmel, Kristin.aut; CloudLibrary;
Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who “is the best there is at sweeping historical drama” (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder. Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance. But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette’s four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane’s body was found floating in the Seine—but the bracelet was nowhere to be found. Seventy years later, Colette—who has “redistributed” $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations—has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time—and who owns it now—she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn’t the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she’s forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice—but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.
Subjects: Electronic books.; War & Military; Contemporary Women;
© 2025., Gallery Books,
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The Gold Diggers. by Potter, Sally,film director.; Laffont, Colette,actor.; Gale, David,actor.; Christie, Julie,actor.; Women Make Movies (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Colette Laffont, David Gale, Julie ChristieOriginally produced by Women Make Movies in 1983.THE GOLD DIGGERS is the ground-breaking, exquisitely photographed early feminist film by Sally Potter, director of Orlando and The Tango Lesson."Drawing from the same well of avant-garde anti-structure as enfant terrible Jean-Luc Godard and playwright Bertolt Brecht, Sally Potter’s whip-smart THE GOLD DIGGERS is brimming with cultural and political signifiers that combine to form a singular work in the feminist counter cinema space. Employing an all-female crew to shoot, compose, and design this proto-Lynchian world of romantic surrealism, the British filmmaker establishes herself as a trailblazer in this “search for the secret of [her] own transformation.” Babette Mangolte’s career-best cinematography elucidates a visual and thematic sendup of silent comedies, Depression-era musicals, and European arthouse cinema in an elegant, non-narrative ode to — and critique of — traditional Hollywood moviemaking."- UCLA Film & Television ArchiveMode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Musicals.;
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David Copperfield [videorecording (DVD)]. by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.David CopperfieldVideorecording.; Jarvis, Martin; Lowe, Arthur.; Routledge, Patricia; Yelland, David.; British Broadcasting Corporation; KOCH Vision (Firm);
David Yelland, Arthur Lowe, Martin Jarvis, Liz Smith, Patricia Routledge, Colette O'Neil, Pat Keen, Gareth Thomas, Patience Collier.The fates and fortunes of a young man in 19th century England.PG.DVD, full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Feature films; Orphans; Young men;
© c2006., Koch Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tornado brain / by Patrick, Cat.;
Seventh-grader Frankie, who has various sensory disorders, is determined to find her missing best friend, Colette, before it is too late.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Missing children; Best friends; Friendship; Asperger's syndrome; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Sensory disorders; Families;
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Redefine life :
Subjects: The David Busby Street Centre;
© 2013., Kwik Kopy Printing
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55 steps [videorecording] / by August, Bille,1948-film director.; Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-actor.; Bruce-Neary, Lesley,film producer.; Elsani, Anita,film producer.; Risher, Sara,film producer.; Rosin, Mark Bruce,film producer,screenwriter.; Swank, Hilary,actor.; Tambor, Jeffrey,1944-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Hilary Swank, Helena Bonham Carter, Jeffrey Tambor.Based on the inspiring true story of an outrageous and smart Eleanor Riese, a patient in a psychiatric hospital where she's been mistreated, and her attorney, a patients' rights lawyer, Colette Hughes.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some thematic elements/disturbing images.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Reise, Eleanor; Patients; Psychotherapy patients; Female friendship;
For private home use only.
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The Coast Road A Novel [electronic resource] : by Murrin, Alan.aut; cloudLibrary;
“The last great book I read . . . an early proof of debut novelist Alan Murrin’s The Coast Road, about women in ’90s Ireland negotiating the complexities of marriage in a country where divorce is illegal. It will no doubt be a bestseller.”—actor Gillian Anderson A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it. Set in 1994, The Coast Road tells the story of two women—Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children. The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbour Izzy, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. The friendship that develops between them will ultimately lead to tragedy for one, and freedom for the other. Addictive as Big Little Lies with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Strout, and Colm Tóibín, The Coast Road is a story about the limits placed on women’s lives in Ireland only a generation ago, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence. Award-winning Irish author Alan Murrin reminds us of the price we are forced to pay to find freedom.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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The Right kind of wrong [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by O'Hara, Catherine; Kwanten, Ryan; Sasso, Will; Canning, Sara;
Director, Jeremiah C. Chechik.Ryan Kwanten, Will Sasso, Sara Canning, Catherine O'Hara.Leo Palamino is a failed writer turned dishwasher made famous for his many flaws and shortcomings in a blog called 'Why You Suck,' a huge Internet success written by his ex-wife. Then Leo meets Colette, the girl of his dreams, on the day she is marrying the perfect man. And so, the ultimate underdog story begins as Leo, a fearless dreamer, risks all to show Colette and the whole wide world all that is right with a man famous for being wrong.OFRB rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Comedy.; Canadian.; Comedy.;
© 2014., Magnolia Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Father's Day. by Reitman, Ivan,film director.; Crystal, Billy,actor.; Greenwood, Bruce,actor.; Hofheimer, Charlie,actor.; Louis-Dreyfus, Julia,actor.; Kinski, Nastassja,actor.; Williams, Robin,actor.; Warner Bros. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Billy Crystal, Bruce Greenwood, Charlie Hofheimer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski, Robin WilliamsOriginally produced by Warner Bros. in 1997.One son ... two fathers? Robin Williams and Billy Crystal star as prospective dads in search of the same runaway boy that each thinks may be his child. From director Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters movies) comes the madcap comedy adventure Fathers' Day. Dale Putley (Williams--The Birdcage, Mrs. Doubtfire) and Jack Lawrence (Crystal--City Slickers films, When Harry Met Sally...) never met, yet they both share something in common: ex-girlfriend Colette (Nastassja Kinski). To enlist their aid in tracking down her missing son, Colette tells each of her dumbfounded ex-lovers that he fathered the child to which she gave birth 16 years ago. Inadvertently trapped on the road together, these two strangers grow even stranger as they engage in the hilarious hijinks that can only happen when it's Fathers' Day.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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