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A Christmas story [videorecording (DVD)] / by Billingsley, Peter.; Clark, Bob.; Dillon, Melinda.; McGavin, Darren,1922-; Turner Entertainment Co.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Based on: In God we trust, all others pay cash / by Jean Shepherd.Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley.Set in Indiana during the 1940's; 9 year-old Ralphie desperately wants a Red Ryder BB-gun for Christmas-- over his parent's objections.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby Digital sound ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Subjects: Christmas films; Comedy films; Family life; Feature films; Video recordings for children;
© c1999., Warner Home Video : Turner Entertainment,
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Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown / by McDonald, Megan.; Reynolds, Peter,1961-;
After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Sports stories.; Moody, Stink (Fictitious character); Families; Family life;
© 2011., Candlewick Press,
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The Time Hop Coffee Shop : A Novel. by Patrick, Phaedra.;
When the jaded former star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials wishes for a perfect life, she is transported to the idyllic, make-believe town of Mapleville, where she is given a second chance to live her dreams. But what will happen if she finds herself trapped in a "perfect" world forever? Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce; FICTION / Magical Realism; FICTION / Women;
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My life with the Walter boys / by Novak, Ali.;
Devastated when her parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year old Jackie moves from New York City to Colorado to live with her mother's best friend, who has twelve children, including two boys who start to show an interest in Jackie that goes beyond brotherly.
Subjects: Home; Grief; Family life; Brothers; Dating (Social customs); Orphans;
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Paper Heart. by Ahern, Cecelia.;
For years, Pip has tucked away her dreams. Then hope comes from an unlikely place: an astronomer from the local observatory, who teaches her to look up at the stars, and to see a world far bigger and more beautiful than she ever imagined. And perhaps in that big, beautiful universe there's someone waiting for her. If she can find the courage to open her heart.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Romance / Contemporary; FICTION / Small Town & Rural; FICTION / Women;
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Don't Believe a Word. by Lewis, Susan.;
LAST BOOK IN SERIES: NOTHING TO SEE HERE 9780008472054They raised me. Nurtured me. And lied about everything. Sadie's childhood has always been shrouded in mystery. But there are three things she knows. She was raised by two aunts. She never knew her parents. She is convinced she was stolen. Cristy Ward, podcast host, is gripped by Sadie's story. It's perfect for her next true-crime investigation. Yet Sadie's aunt claims it's all a fantasy. As the evidence begins to stack up, and the lies fall apart, they all could be in a lot more danger than they thought...Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce; FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Thrillers / Domestic; FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological; FICTION / Women;
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This Motherless Land A Novel [electronic resource] : by May, Nikki.aut; cloudLibrary;
From the acclaimed author of Wahala, a “vibrant” (Charmaine Wilkerson) decolonial retelling of Mansfield Park: Jane Austen meets The Vanishing Half Quiet Funke is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time). But when tragedy strikes, she’s sent to England, a place she knows only from her mother’s stories. To her dismay, she finds the much-lauded estate dilapidated, the food tasteless, the weather grey. Worse still, her mother’s family are cold and distant. With one exception: her cousin Liv. Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family. She becomes fiercely protective of her little cousin, and her warmth and kindness give Funke a place to heal. The two girls grow into adulthood the closest of friends. But the choices their mothers made haunt Funke and Liv and when a second tragedy occurs their friendship is torn apart. Against the long shadow of their shared family history, each woman will struggle to chart a path forward, separated by country, misunderstanding, and ambition. Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, This Motherless Land is a sweeping examination of identity, culture, race, and love that asks how we find belonging and whether a family’s generational wrongs can be righted.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary Women; Contemporary Women; Cultural Heritage; Family Life;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Far from the A-List : A Novel. by Burns, Stephanie.;
In this debut novel that is a fresh, propulsive take on fame in the tabloid era of the 00s, a former child star struggles to figure out who she is beyond the characters she's played - on television and in relationships.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / City Life; FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Feminist; FICTION / Friendship; FICTION / General; FICTION / Women;
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Other People's Fun : A Novel. by Lane, Harriet.;
In 'Other People's Fun', a chance encounter draws two women from different worlds into an increasingly toxic friendship. From the author of 'Alys, Always' and 'Her'. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / General; FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense; FICTION / Women;
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A kid from Marlboro Road : a novel / by Burns, Edward,1968-author.;
"An Irish-American family comes to life in this first novel by actor and independent filmmaker Ed Burns. The book opens at a wake, as our twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure to him. The overflowing crowd includes sandhogs in their muddy work boots, old Irish biddies in black dresses and cops in uniform, along with the family in mourning. There's an open casket, the first time he's seen a dead person. Later, at the bar across the street, he tells a story to the assembled crowd about the day his dad proposed to his mom, and how he almost got beat up by her brothers for it, and then how Pop made him propose twice. His mom calls him "Kneenie," and with her husband and older son Tommy lost to her, he's the best thing she's got. He sees her struggling, but doesn't know how to help -- since like his brother and father before him he knows he'll also abandon her soon enough. Stories cascade between the prior generation's colorful origins in the Bronx and the softer world of the Long Island town of Gibson, where the family lives now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont Race Track, and in Montauk. Out of individual struggles a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American story, raucous and joyous"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Family life; Irish Americans; Mothers and sons;
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