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A time to remember / by Cox, Josephine,author.; Middleton, Gilly,author.;
Maureen has never learned the art of putting herself first. She always gives, and never expects anything in return for herself. Instead of being treated the same way by others, her gentle temperament has seen her taken advantage of, and now she has lost her joy in life. Maureen has a chance to change that when an unexpected windfall comes her way. Determined to make up for lost time, she decides to take a holiday and, needing a companion, looks up her old friend Barbara. However, Barbara has changed in the years since they last met, and what starts out as a nostalgic trip down memory lane becomes something different altogether. Will their friendship stand the test of time, or should it be left firmly in the past?
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Reminiscing; Vacations; Women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The other side of midnight / by St. James, Simone.;
"London, 1925. Glamorous medium Gloria Sutter made her fortune helping the bereaved contact loved ones killed during the Great War. Now she's been murdered at one of her own scéances after leaving a final message requesting the help of her former friend and sole rival, Ellie Winter. Ellie doesn't contact the dead--at least, not anymore. She specializes in miraculously finding lost items. Still, she can't refuse the final request of the only other true psychic she has known. Now Ellie must delve into Gloria's secrets and plunge back into the world of hucksters, lowlifes, and fakes. Worse, she cannot shake the attentions of handsome James Hawley, a damaged war veteran who has dedicated himself to debunking psychics. As Ellie and James uncover the sinister mysteries of Gloria's life and death, Ellie is tormented by nightmarish visions that herald the grisly murders of those in Gloria's circle. And as Ellie's uneasy partnership with James turns dangerously intimate, an insidious evil force begins to undermine their quest for clues--a force determined to bury the truth and whoever seeks to expose it ..."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Women detectives; Women psychics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hi, it's me : a novel / by Parker, Fawn,1994-author.;
'Women Talking' meets 'Study for Obedience' in this stunning depiction of fresh grief. Shortly after her mother's death, Fawn arrives at her mother's farmhouse, which is also occupied by four other women. Wrestling with compulsive and harmful behaviours, Fawn is confronted with the reality of her mother's death and soon becomes fixated on archiving her mother's writing and documents, searching for signs, and drawing tenuous connections to help her understand more about the enigmatic woman in the pages.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Mothers and daughters; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Skin & bones : a novel / by Watson, Renée,author.;
"At 40, Lena Baker is at a seemingly steady and stable moment in life -- between wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away, she's happy in love and in friendship until a confession on her wedding day shifts her world"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Mothers; Grief;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The woman in the purple skirt : a novel / by Imamura, Natsuko,1980-author.; North, Lucy,translator.; translation of:Imamura, Natsuko,1980-Murasaki no sukāto no onna.English.;
"A bestselling, prizewinning novel of obsession and psychological intrigue about two enigmatic unmarried women, one of whom manipulates the other from afar, by one of Japan's most acclaimed young writers ... Almost every afternoon, the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on the same park bench, where she eats a cream bun while the local children make a game of trying to get her attention. Unbeknownst to her, she is being watched--by the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who is always perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes, what she eats, whom she speaks to. From a distance, the Woman in the Purple Skirt looks like a schoolgirl, but there are age spots on her face, and her hair is dry and stiff. She is single, she lives in a small apartment, and she is short on money--just like the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who lures her to a job as a housekeeper at a hotel, where she too is a housekeeper. Soon, the Woman in the Purple Skirt is having an affair with the boss and all eyes are on her. But no one knows or cares about the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. That's the difference between her and the Woman in the Purple Skirt."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Imamura, Natsuko, 1980-; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Build your house around my body : a novel / by Kupersmith, Violet,author.;
"In 1986, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed by the experience. In 2009, pressed into a dangerous scheme by a former lover, a woman captures a rare two-headed cobra. And in 2011, a young, unhappy American living in Saigon with her sort-of boyfriend, disappears without a trace. Over the course of the novel, the fates of these three women will lock together in an exhilarating series of nested narratives. Along the way, we meet a young boy sent to a boarding school in the mountains for the métis children of French expatriates just before Vietnam declares its independence from colonial rule in 1945; two Frenchmen trying to start a business with the Vietnam War on the horizon; and the employees of the Saigon Spirit Eradication Co., called to investigate strange occurrences in a farmhouse on the edge of a forest. Each new character and timeline brings us one step closer to understanding what binds the three women together, and what happened to Winnie. Written with wit, ambition, and playfulness, this book takes us from sweaty nightclubs to ramshackle zoos, colonial mansions to ex-pat flats, sizzling back-alley street carts to the noisy seats of motorbikes. Spanning over fifty years and barreling toward an unforgettable conclusion, this is a fever dream about possessed bodies and possessed lands, a time-traveling, heart-pounding, border-crossing marvel of a novel"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Missing persons; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Star Island / by Hiaasen, Carl.;
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Kidnapping; Paparazzi; Women singers;
© 2010., Alfred A. Knopf,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Soundless / by Mead, Richelle.;
"A fantasy adventure steeped in Chinese folklore about a teenage girl named Fei. When her village is suddenly in danger, Fei finds herself on a journey from the peak of her jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sounds; Deaf; Women heroes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ones below [videorecording] / by Bin, Laura,actor.; Farr, David,film director,screenwriter.; Moore, Stephen Campbell,actor.; Morrissey, David,actor.; Poésy, Clémence,actor.; Magnet Releasing (Firm); Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Clemence Poesy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Bin.A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a boozy dinner party between them ends in a shocking accident. The new friends suddenly find themselves at odds and are forced to question how well they know their neighbors, in this psychological thriller.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.; for language, some sexuality and nudity.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Fiction films.; Feature films.; Accidents; Friendship; Neighbors; Pregnant women;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cat fight : a novel / by Conway, Kit,author.;
"Big Little Lies meets Tiger King in this fun and propulsive debut novel about three suburban women who, over the course of one summer, each use the growing hysteria around a big cat sighting to achieve their own agendas - some more sinister than others. Former zoologist Coralie King now reigns over a different sort of animal kingdom as Queen Bee of Sevenoaks, a wealthy suburb of London. When her husband Adam spots a panther on the hood of his car at one of her exclusive dinner parties, Coralie is quick to reassure her guests that they're in no real danger. She sees the sighting as the perfect opportunity to revive her career and promote her own ecological endeavors. New neighbor Emma Brooks doesn't believe for a second that there's a big cat in their midst but is all too willing to use the concern as a distraction from her home remodel application that's been facing scrutiny. Meanwhile, former punk musician Twig Dorsett doesn't know what to believe. She never thought she'd return to Sevenoaks and be living in her childhood home, but after her daughter became sick, she and her wife traded their Bohemian life in Bali for the security of London suburbia. As the summer heats up, the frenzy around the big cat sighting reaches a fever pitch when gnawed bones, pawprints, and scratches are discovered. But is the real predator a big cat on the prowl or is the true threat more of the domestic variety? Filled with gasp-worthy twists and turns, Cat Fight is a wickedly entertaining novel of suspense that examines the lengths to which some women will go when they feel caged"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Neighborhoods; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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