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A womb in the shape of a heart : my story of miscarriage and motherhood / by Gallant, Joanne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A thirty year old pediatric nurse with dreams of motherhood, Joanne Gallant was confident that she and her partner would conceive soon after they married--it was a matter of when, not if. And yet. Her first pregnancy, a set of twins, is riddled with dangerous complications that endanger her life, and results in devastating loss. After emergency surgery, Gallant is diagnosed with biconuate uterus, a rare condition also known as a heart shaped womb. There is no cure, no pill, no surgery that can alter her fate. What is happening to her now was preordianed long before her own birth. As motherhood continues to elude her, Gallant and her partner navigate the world of infertility--up until the pregnancy that results, to their astonishment, in the premature birth of their son. What follows are not the blissful, pastel day of early motherhood, but months of severe post-partum anxiety and post traumatic stress; she is sure her son will be taken from her. It is a matter of when, not if. Punctuated by moments of incredible joy as she raises her young son, A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is the intimate story of Gallant's journey through miscarriage and motherhood, holding space for the complicated paradoxes of grief and gratitude, of life and death, and the impenetrable depths of a mother's love."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Gallant, Joanne; Gallant, Joanne.; Infertility, Female; Miscarriage; Motherhood.; Postpartum depression;
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Pitch perfect. [videorecording] / by Sie, Trish,film director.; Brooks, Paul,1959-film producer.; Handelman, Max,film producer.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-film producer,actor.; Cannon, Kay,screenwriter.; White, Mike,1970-screenwriter.; Kendrick, Anna,actor.; Wilson, Rebel,actor.; Steinfeld, Hailee,actor.; Snow, Brittany,1986-actor.; Camp, Anna,1982-actor.; Dean, Ester,actor.; Lee, Hana Mae,actor.; Higgins, John Michael,actor.; Lithgow, John,1945-actor.; Clark, Matthew(Cinematographer),director of photography.; Alpert, Craig,editor of moving image work.; Patton, Colin,editor of moving image work.; Lennertz, Christopher,composer (expression); Gold Circle Films,production company.; Universal Pictures (Firm),production company,presenter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher,film distributor.;
Director of photography, Matthew Clark ; edited by Craig Alpert and Colin Patton ; score by Christopher Lennertz.Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow.Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen presentation (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Musical films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); Female friendship; Choral societies; Women singers;
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Pitch perfect. [videorecording] / by Sie, Trish,film director.; Brooks, Paul,1959-film producer.; Handelman, Max,film producer.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-film producer,actor.; Cannon, Kay,screenwriter.; White, Mike,1970-screenwriter.; Kendrick, Anna,actor.; Wilson, Rebel,actor.; Steinfeld, Hailee,actor.; Snow, Brittany,1986-actor.; Camp, Anna,1982-actor.; Dean, Ester,actor.; Lee, Hana Mae,actor.; Higgins, John Michael,actor.; Lithgow, John,1945-actor.; Clark, Matthew(Cinematographer),director of photography.; Alpert, Craig,editor of moving image work.; Patton, Colin,editor of moving image work.; Lennertz, Christopher,composer (expression); Gold Circle Films,production company.; Universal Pictures (Firm),production company,presenter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher,film distributor.;
Director of photography, Matthew Clark ; edited by Craig Alpert and Colin Patton ; score by Christopher Lennertz.Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow.Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-X, DTS 5.1, DTS-HD 7.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Musical films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); Female friendship; Choral societies; Women singers;
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Joy ride [videorecording] / by Chevapravatdumrong, Cherry,screenwriter.; Denman, David,1973-actor.; Hsiao, Teresa,screenwriter.; Hsu, Stephanie(Actor),actor.; Lim, Adele,film director,screenwriter.; Park, Ashley,actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-film producer.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),production company,publisher.;
Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, David Denman, Desmond Chiam, Sherry Cola, Alexander Hodge, Annie Mumolo.The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity.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.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Asian Americans; Best friends; Business travel; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Self-acceptance;
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Eve : how the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution / by Bohannon, Cat,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not just a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings, including everything from the way C-sections in the industrialized world are rejiggering women's pelvic shape to the surprising similarities between pus and breast milk, will completely change what you think you know about evolution ... and women. A 21st-century update of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Eve offers a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters"--
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Sex differences.; Women; Women;
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The girls of August / by Siddons, Anne Rivers,author.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Beaches; Female friendship; Vacation homes; Vacation rentals; Women;
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A bit much / by Jackson, Sarah(Author of A bit much),author.;
"Alice is twenty-four and having a breakdown. She's lost her job, her appetite, her ability to sleep. And now she's worried she's going to lose Mia, her closest friend who's being treated for a serious illness. Alice visits Mia at the hospital (on the days Alice can get herself out of bed), and while they fall into familiar patterns--Alice makes Mia laugh, Mia tells Alice she needs to get laid--they know their friendship is changing, and they know they can't control what will happen in the days ahead. Still focused on Mia, while trying to convince others she's a stable, happy woman, Alice meets her neighbour, James--someone she used to cross the street to avoid. They're interested in each other, but Alice, who is a lethal combination of judgemental and insecure, is hesitant; she has never had luck with dating, and she thinks now is a weird time since Mia needs her. And she figures he probably sucks anyway. Mia encourages Alice to keep moving, to go out, to work, while Mia attempts to hide her loneliness and fear as her body breaks down. But as Alice tries to push herself to do more, including allowing herself to get close to James, she struggles to move forward knowing Mia can't. A Bit Much is an intimate look at female friendships, new relationships, and the disorienting times in which we live. Brilliantly caustic and strangely funny, it introduces Sarah Jackson as a fascinating new voice in Canadian literature."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Self-acceptance;
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Big summer : a novel / by Weiner, Jennifer,author.;
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "nothing short of brilliant" (People) Mrs. Everything returns with an unforgettable novel about friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn't spoken one word to Drue in all this time--she doesn't even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media--so when Drue asks if she will be her maid-of-honor at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless. Drue was always the one who had everything--except the ability to hold onto friends. Meanwhile, Daphne's no longer the same self-effacing sidekick she was back in high school. She's built a life that she loves, including a growing career as a plus-size Instagram influencer. Letting glamorous, seductive Drue back into her life is risky, but it comes with an invitation to spend a weekend in a waterfront Cape Cod mansion. When Drue begs and pleads and dangles the prospect of cute single guys, Daphne finds herself powerless as ever to resist her friend's siren song. A sparkling novel about the complexities of female friendship, the pitfalls of living out loud and online, and the resilience of the human heart, Big Summer is a witty, moving story about family, friendship, and figuring out what matters most"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Chick lit.; Female friendship; Weddings; Overweight women; Social media;
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The Marlow Murder Club : a novel / by Thorogood, Robert,author.;
"Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there's no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don't believe her story, so she decides to investigate for herself, and is soon joined in her quest by Suzie, a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker, and Becks, the prim and proper wife of the local vicar. Together, they are the Marlow Murder Club. When another body turns up, they realize they have a real-life serial killer on their hands. And the puzzle they set out to solve has become a trap from which they might never escape ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Crossword puzzles; Female friendship; Murder; Older women; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers; Witnesses;
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The Paris daughter / by Harmel, Kristin,author.;
"A gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Mothers and daughters; World War, 1939-1945;
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