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Emily [videorecording] / by Dowling, Alexandra,1990-actor.; Jackson-Cohen, Oliver,1986-actor.; Mackey, Emma,1996-actor.; O'Connor, Frances,1967-screenwriter,film director.; Whitehead, Fionn,1997-actor.; Sphere Films,film distributor.;
Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling.Imagines Emily Bronte's own story that inspired 'Wuthering Heights.' As she struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her potential into the seminal novel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848; Brontë family; Families; Man-woman relationships; Sisters; Women authors;
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Bree Boyd is a legend! / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
When twelve-year-old spelling bee champ Bree acquires superpowers from a lightning strike, her preordained life turns upside down as she envisions a future that deviates from her father's high expectations.
Subjects: Psychic ability; Families; African Americans; Middle schools; Schools;
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One hour of fervor / by Barbery, Muriel,1969-author.; Anderson, Alison,translator.; translation of:Barbery, Muriel,1969-Une heure de ferveur.English.;
"Haru, a successful Japanese art dealer, has an affair in Japan with a French woman who becomes pregnant with his child, but who threatens to take her own life if he ever tries to see her or the child and, as time passes by, wonders if it's too late to change things"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Fathers and daughters; Man-woman relationships; Pregnant women; Promises;
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If you ever want to bring a pirate to meet Santa, don't! / by Parsley, Elise.;
"When Magnolia's family prepares to meet Santa at the local mall, she befriends a mischievous pirate and tries to get him taken off Santa's 'naughty list'"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Santa Claus; Pirates; Conduct of life;
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Troubles in paradise : a novel / by Hilderbrand, Elin,author.;
As drama unfolds around her and her family after the death of her husband, who was leading a double life, Irene Steele gets some help from a mysterious source and a new beginning in the paradise of St. John after the truth is finally revealed.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Widows; Families;
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The promise / by Galgut, Damon,1963-author.;
Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa: Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country-- an atmosphere of resentment, renewal, and ultimately hope.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Families; Dysfunctional families; Brothers and sisters; Promises; Funeral rites and ceremonies;
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Lydia's hope / by Perry, Marta.;
With no memory of her birth parents, or the tragic accident that took their lives, Lydia Beachy has always been grateful for the aunt and uncle who took her in and raised her as their own. Now a married woman with two sons, Lydia finds her life turned upside down when she discovers that she has two younger sisters: Susanna, who was adopted by an Amish family in another community, and Chloe, who was raised by their grandmother among the Englisch.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Amish; Sisters; Family secrets;
© 2013., Berkley Books,
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Other words for home / by Warga, Jasmine.;
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Syrians; Immigrant children; Families; Identity (Psychology);
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The retirement plan [text (large print)] : a novel / by Hincenbergs, Sue,author.;
"Three middle-aged best friends turn to murder in order to collect on their husbands' life insurance policies ... but are unaware that their husbands have a devious plan of their own, in this darkly funny debut perfect for fans of Thursday Murder Club and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Black humor.; Large print books.; Novels.; Assassins; Female friendship; Friendship; Life insurance policies; Married people;
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Worlds of ink and shadow / by Coakley, Lena,1967-;
Living an isolated life in their strict father's parsonage out on the English moors, the Brontë siblings have always been inseparable, their vivid imaginations actually transporting them into their created worlds: the glittering Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy Gonday, but when Branwell begins to slip into madness and the sisters feel their real lives slipping away, they must weigh the cost of their powerful imaginations, even as their characters--the brooding Rogue and dashing Duke of Zamorna--refuse to let them go.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Brontë family; Brothers and sisters; Authorship; Imagination;
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