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Forever on the bay / by McClain, Lee Tobin.;
"Pleasant Shores cop Evan Stone has worked hard to become a man of his word...So when his late best friend's sister asks for his help, he doesnt hesitate. He promised he'd watch out for Cassie, and the cottage next to his will be a perfect short-term refuge for her and her dog...Sheltered for years because of a childhood illness, Cassie is ready to reach for what she wants. And despite her family's warnings...Cassie's heart wants Evan. As the return of his estranged son puts his sobriety to the test, Cassie and Evan are drawn together, finding strength through what they've each weathered"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Fathers and sons; Dysfunctional families;
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Kajillionaire [videorecording] / by Jenkins, Richard,1947-actor.; July, Miranda,1974-film director.; Rodriguez, Gina,1984-actor.; Winger, Debra,1955-actor.; Wood, Evan Rachel,1987-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, Patricia Belcher, Diana Maria Riva.Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam, and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.MPAA R; for some sexual references/language.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Children of criminals; Swindlers and swindling; Dysfunctional families;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Home truths : a novel / by Lewis, Susan,1956-author.;
"For readers of Diane Chamberlain, Jodi Picoult, and Susan Wiggs comes another emotionally gripping novel from internationally bestselling author Susan Lewis about a mother's will to survive and protect her children"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Families; Mother and child; Teenage boys; Dysfunctional families;
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The limits / by Freudenberger, Nell,author.;
From Mo'orea, a tiny volcanic island off the coast of Tahiti, a French biologist obsessed with saving Polynesia's imperiled coral reefs sends her teenage daughter to live with her ex-husband in New York. By the time fifteen-year-old Pia arrives at her father Stephen's luxury apartment in Manhattan and meets his new, younger wife, Kate, she has been shuttled between her parents' disparate lives -- her father's consuming work as a surgeon at an overwhelmed New York hospital, her mother's relentless drive against a ticking ecological clock -- for most of her life. Fluent in French, intellectually precocious, moving between cultures with seeming ease, Pia arrives in New York poised for a rebellion, just as COVID sends her and her stepmother together into near total isolation. A New York City schoolteacher, Kate struggles to connect with a teenager whose capacity for destruction seems exceeded only by her privilege. Even as Kate fails to parent Pia -- and questions her own ability to become a mother -- one of her sixteen-year-old students is already caring for a toddler full time. Athyna's love for her nephew, Marcus, is a burden that becomes heavier as she struggles to finish her senior year online. Juggling her manifold responsibilities, Athyna finds herself more and more anxious every time she leaves the house. Just as her fear of what is waiting for her outside her Staten Island community feels insupportable, an incident at home makes her desperate to leave. When their lives collide, Pia and Athyna spiral toward parallel but inescapably different tragedies. Moving from a South Pacific "paradise," where rage still simmers against the colonial government and its devastating nuclear tests, to the extreme inequalities of twenty-first century New York City, The Limits is an unforgettably moving novel about nation, race, class, and family. Heart-wrenching and humane, a profound work from one of America's most prodigiously gifted novelists.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Motherhood; Teenagers; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-;
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Union Square [videorecording] / by Armian, Neda.; Blanchard, Tammy.; Doyle, Mike(Actor); Guay, Richard.; LuPone, Patti.; Rispoli, Michael.; Rubin-Vega, Daphne.; Savoca, Nancy.; Sorvino, Mira.; Tobler, Mary.; Armian Pictures (Firm); Cine-Si (Firm); FilmBuff (Firm); Video Service Corp.;
Director of photography, Lisa Leone ; edited by Jennifer Lee.Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Patti Lupone.After having rejected her tumultuous family and establishing a new and more ordered life for herself, Jenny finally seems ready to commit to her longtime fiance. When her estranged sister Lucy suddenly reappears in her life, everything Jenny hoped to escape from threatens to catch up with her. But Jenny and Lucy's combustible reunion might be just what they both needed, an opportunity to shatter and reconstruct the worlds they carefully constructed while trying to become someone they're not.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Dysfunctional families; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Sisters;
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Those girls / by Stevens, Chevy.;
"Life has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and Dani live on a remote ranch in Western Canada where they work hard and try to stay out of the way of their father's temper. One night, a fight gets out of hand and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to get caught in an even worse nightmare when their truck breaks down in a small town. As events spiral out of control they find themselves in a horrifying situation and are left with no choice but to change their names and create new lives. Eighteen years later, they are still trying to forget what happened that summer. But when one of the sisters goes missing, followed closely by her niece, they are pulled back into the past. And this time there's nowhere left to run. With Those Girls Chevy Stevens presents her most visceral thriller yet: an unforgettable portrait of desperation, loyalty, and evil. A story of survival and revenge"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Dysfunctional families; Missing persons; Revenge; Sisters;
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We begin at the end / by Whitaker, Chris,author.;
"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old brother? Star is still dazzling, still beautiful, but she hasn't shined as bright since Vincent was sent away. Too often it's Duchess and Walk who are the ones taking care of her. But when Duchess exacts her own vigilante revenge, she will set into motion a series of events that threatens not only her own family, but everyone she grows close to. A crime thriller that will break your heart and a literary novel with a mystery at its core, We Begin at the End unforgettably examines how the choices we make can nudge us into the dangerous ground between good and evil"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dysfunctional families; Ex-convicts; Revenge; Small cities;
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Cul-de-sac : a novel / by Fielding, Joy,author.;
Someone in a quiet, unassuming cul-de-sac was shot dead in the middle of the night. Was it Maggie, the perfectionist wife, or Craig, the husband who can't quite live up to her expectations? When Maggie witnessed a shooting and later testified against a killer set free, the couple relocated, putting new pressure on their already strained union. Maggie is constantly looking over her shoulder. She owns a gun, just in case. Was it Nick, a doctor whose family, especially his wife, Dani, must bear the brunt of his ill temper? Nick is an avid hunter, too, and keeps a collection of handguns. Or was it Julia, a recently widowed grandmother? Her grandson is a troublemaker, someone not above stealing from her purse. His friends are equally unsavoury. Her son buys her a gun for her protection. And then there's Olivia and her husband, Vic, who has been laid off, forcing Olivia to become the breadwinner. Vic is resentful. And depressed. He's started drinking heavily, and has threatened to shoot himself on several occasions. Or it could be one of the newlyweds, Aiden and Heidi, who are already on the rocks. Aiden refuses to stand up to his intrusive mother. When Heidi befriends Julia's grandson, it sets the stage for a major blow-up. Every house owns a gun. And anyone can be the victim, or the killer.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Suburban life; Neighbors; Dysfunctional families; Murder; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The Bob's Burgers movie [videorecording] / by Beatriz, Stephanie,voice actor.; Benjamin, H. Jon,voice actor.; Bouchard, Loren,film director,screenwriter.; Cole, Gary,voice actor.; Derriman, Bernard,film director.; Kline, Kevin,voice actor.; Mintz, Dan,1981-voice actor.; Schaal, Kristen,voice actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, Dan Mintz, Stephanie Beatriz, Gary Cole, Kevin Kline.The Belchers try to save the restaurant from closing as a sinkhole form in front of it, while the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Animated films.; Comedy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dysfunctional families; Family-owned business enterprises; Restaurateurs; Sinkholes;
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Better luck next time : a novel / by Hilton, Kate,1972-author.;
"It isn't easy being related to a feminist icon, especially when she's celebrating the greatest moment of her storied career. Just ask the daughters of Lydia Hennessey, who could have it all if only they'd stop self-destructing. Mariana, the eldest, is on the verge of throwing away a distinguished reputation in journalism, along with her marriage. Nina, the middle daughter, has returned from a medical mission overseas as a changed woman but won't discuss it with anyone. And Beata, the youngest, has a hostile teenaged son who just discovered the existence of a father who didn't know about him either. Meanwhile, their cousin Zoe is making divorce look like a death match, while her brother, Zack, is grappling with the fallout from his popular television dramedy, which is based far too closely on Lydia herself. It might be easier to find their paths if they could step out of Lydia's shadow--but the biggest women's march in history is underway, and Lydia and her family are at the centre of it. Over the course of an eventful year, the Hennessey children contend with the big struggles of midlife: aging parents, raging teens, crumbling marriages and bodies, new loves and the choice between playing it safe or taking life-altering risks. And as they inch toward a new definition of happiness, they might even persuade their parents--and themselves--that they're all grown up"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Feminists; Women journalists; Dysfunctional families; Mothers and daughters;
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