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Once more with feeling / by Cook, Méira,1964-author.;
"Set over the course of a single year in a western prairie city, Once More with Feeling tells the story of a community through intersecting moments and interconnected lives. Featuring a cast of eclectic characters, Once More With Feeling is about a city, about a community, about a family, and about the way time makes fond fools of us all. Award-winning author Méira Cook has crafted a haunting, profound novel that is at once funny, affecting, and yes, full of feeling."--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Psychological fiction.; City and town life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All we need is love and a really soft pillow! / by Reynolds, Peter H.(Peter Hamilton),1961-; Reynolds, Henry Rocket.;
Poppy believes that all they need in life is love, but the Little One keeps coming up with other things that will make their life comfortable--until it is all swept away in a storm.
Subjects: Picture books.; Love; Families; Personal belongings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Restless Dolly Maunder / by Grenville, Kate,1950-author.;
Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the 19th century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence. 'Restless Dolly Maunder' is a tale of a pioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, who is able -- despite the cost -- to make a life she could call her own.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Feminist fiction.; Novels.; Women; Rural poor; Patriarchy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Home of the American circus / by Larkin, Allie,author.;
"After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old Freya Arnalds bails on her lackluster life as bartender in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited from her estranged parents. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flames--as well as her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart years ago. Set in the birthplace of the American circus, this deeply moving novel is an exploration of broken families, the weight of the past, and the complicated journey of finding home"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Family secrets; Homecoming; Inheritance and succession; Nieces; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Overkill [text (large print)] / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.;
When Eban, the scion of a wealthy North Carolina family who brutally attacked Rebecca Pratt, leaving her on life support, gets an early release from prison, brilliant state prosecutor Kate Lennon asks former Super Bowl MVP quarterback--and Rebecca's ex-husband--to make an impossible decision for justice.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novels.; Ex-convicts; Man-woman relationships; Public prosecutors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The maid's secret / by Prose, Nita,author.;
"Molly Gray's life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner-a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel. When Molly brings in some old trinkets to be appraised on the show, one item is revealed to be a rare and coveted artifact worth millions. Molly becomes a rags-to-riches sensation, and a media frenzy swirls as she prepares to sell her priceless treasure. Then, on auction day, the treasure suddenly vanishes. and Molly and her friends find themselves at the center of the boldest art heist in recent memory--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Antiquities; Art thefts; Art thefts; Diaries; Family secrets; Hotel cleaning personnel; Hotels; Inheritance and succession; Live-in household employees; Theft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Hunted for the holidays / by Alexander, Deena,author.;
"When Shae Evans spots a familiar face at a Christmas pageant, she knows her witness-protection cover has been blown. Six years ago, her testimony put a crime boss away for life, but his vengeful son never stopped looking for her. Fleeing with her daughter, Shae accepts protection from former FBI agent Mason Payne--her child's secret father. Now they're only seconds ahead of the ruthless crime family who want Shae silenced forever. With threats everywhere, will they live to see the New Year?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Novels.; Christmas stories.; Bodyguards; Christmas pageants; Daughters; Man-woman relationships; Witnesses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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She who knows / by Okorafor, Nnedi,author.;
Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality, this novella offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a teenager whose coming of age will herald a new age for her world. Set in the universe African-futurist luminary Nnedi Okorafor first introduced in the World Fantasy Award-winning 'Who Fears Death', this is the first in the 'She Who Knows' trilogy.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Afrofuturist fiction.; Novels.; Families; Salt mines and mining; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Boy swallows universe / by Dalton, Trent,author.;
Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Dysfunctional families; Friendship; Suburbs; Nineteen eighties; Criminals; Coming of age;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My true colours / by Levitt, Mike,1957-author.;
Set against the backdrop of anti-SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) education protests, this story delves into the spread of hate and misinformation within families and communities. With consequences looming after a violent confrontation with a member from his school's Gender Sexuality Alliance in the aftermath of an anti-SOGI protest, a teen finds himself confronted with his bigotry and prejudices. When he learns that a key figure in his life is transgender, he starts on a journey of questioning his beliefs. He finds that he has more in common with members of the LGBTQ+ community than he ever expected.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Homophobia; Interpersonal relations; Self-realization; Sexual minorities; Transgender people; Homophobia; Interpersonal relations; Self-realization; LGBTQ+ people; Transgender people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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