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Evil eye : a novel / by Rum, Etaf,author.;
Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She's gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in Art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care of the house, and has dinner ready when her husband gets home. With her family balanced with her professional ambitions, Yara knows that her life is infinitely more rewarding than her own mother's. So why doesn't it feel like enough? After her dream of chaperoning a student trip to Europe evaporates and she responds to a colleague's racist provocation, Yara is put on probation at work and must attend mandatory counseling to keep her position. Her mother blames a family curse for the trouble she's facing, and while Yara doesn't really believe in old superstitions, she still finds herself growing increasingly uneasy with her mother's warning and the possibility of falling victim to the same mistakes. Shaken to the core by these indictments of her life, Yara finds her carefully constructed world beginning to implode. To save herself, Yara must reckon with the reality that the difficulties of the childhood she thought she left behind have very real, and damaging, implications not just on her own future but that of her daughters.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Businesspeople; Families; Generational trauma; Immigrant families; Immigrants; Marriage; Mothers and daughters; Palestinian American women; Palestinian Americans; Psychic trauma; Racism in the workplace; Racism; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Self-realization in women;
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My brilliant life / by Kim, Ae-ran,1980-author.; Kim, Chi-Young,translator.; translation of:Kim, Ae-ran,1980-Tugŭn tugŭn nae insaeng.English.;
"My Brilliant Life interweaves the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times. Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang-his sixty-year-old neighbor and best friend-and through the books he reads to visit the places he would otherwise never see. For several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents' often embellished stories about his family and childhood. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad; their own falling-in-love story. Through it all, Areum and his family will have you laughing and crying, for all the right reasons"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Friendship; Manuscripts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All fired up / by Foster, Lori,1958-author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: SLOW RIDE, ISBN 9781335005809. In the third entry of the 'Road to Love' series, Charlotte Parrish wants a man who is responsible and settled, and then she meets Mitch Crews who is everything she knows she should avoid but everything she cant seem to resist. Now that his mother is gone, Mitch is determined to finally meet the half brothers hes heard about his entire life. Finding family was his hope, but finding love didnt cross his mind, until beautiful, bighearted Charlotte walks into his life.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Ex-convicts; Man-woman relationships; Love stories;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The final gambit / by Barnes, Jennifer(Jennifer Lynn);
Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets, and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help--and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake--and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Inheritance and succession; Teenage girls; Wealth; Puzzles; Families; Missing persons;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Miss Aldridge regrets / by Hare, Louise,author.;
"Nightclub singer Lena Aldridge had planned to jump ship before her past caught up with her-only to find a killer has followed her onboard the Queen Mary in this thrilling locked-room mystery. London 1936. Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn't worked out. Instead, she's stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club in Soho and her married lover has just dumped her. But Lena has always had a complicated life, one shrouded in mystery as a mixed-race girl passing for white, in a city unforgiving of her true racial heritage. She has nothing to look forward to-until a stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway and a first-class ticket on the Queen Mary bound for New York. After a murder at the club, the timing couldn't be better and Lena jumps at the chance to escape England. Until death follows her onto the ship and she realizes that her greatest performance has already begun. But who is writing the script?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Aristocracy (Social class); Families; Murder; Ocean liners; Racially mixed people; Secrecy; Singers;
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Kiss Carlo : a novel / by Trigiani, Adriana,author.;
It's 1949 in south Philadelphia. Diligent, hard-working, and proud, the Palazzinis have built a solid life for themselves and their three sons. Now that World War II is over, their sons, each one a decorated veteran, have returned home to the family cab company, to rejoin their world as it was before they left. But their future and fortunes are forever changed by a telegram, and the nephew who delivers it.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Italian Americans;
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A Caribbean heiress in Paris / by Herrera, Adriana(Romance author),author.;
"Paris, 1889. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances is she to fall in love. In the City of Lights, she intends to expand the rum business her family built over three generations, but buyers and shippers alike can't imagine doing business with a woman ... never mind a woman of color. This, paired with being denied access to her inheritance unless she marries, leaves the heiress in a very precarious position. Enter James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, who has spent a decade looking for purpose outside of his father's dirty money and dirtier dealings. Ignoring his title, he's built a whiskey brand that's his biggest -- and only-- passion. That is, until he's confronted with a Spanish-speaking force of nature who turns his life upside down."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Businesswomen; Family-owned business enterprises; Heiresses; Interracial couples; Man-woman relationships; Nobility;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We adopted a baby lamb / by Smith, Lori Joy,1973-;
An adorable and rascally lamb is the latest addition to the family in this sweet picture book based on a true story. 'We Adopted a Baby Lamb' is an irresistible and unique twist on the pet story and for fans of cute baby animals. A picture book about a family that moves to the countryside, adopts a baby lamb named Albert, wonders if Albert needs a flock of his own before realizing that they have always been Albert's flock.LSC
Subjects: Sheep farming; Farm life;
© [2021], Tundra Books,
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Bloodlines / by Traviss, Karen.;
Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds--and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han and Leia return to Han's homeworld, Corellia, the heart of the resistance. Their children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance's campaign to crush the insurgents. Jacen, now a complete master of the Force, has his own plans to bring order to the galaxy. Guided by his Sith mentor, Lumiya, and with Luke's young son Ben at his side, Jacen embarks on the same path that his grandfather Darth Vader once did. And while Han and Leia watch their only son become a stranger, a secret assassin entangles the couple with a dreaded name from Han's past: Boba Fett. In the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem ...
Subjects: Star Wars fiction.; Science fiction.; Solo, Han (Fictitious character); Leia, Princess (Fictitious character); Fett, Boba (Fictitious character); Solo, Jacen (Fictitious character); Space warfare; Life on other planets; Assassins; Coruscant (Imaginary place); Good and evil;
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Her last goodbye : a novel / by Mofina, Rick.;
Family ties run deep. Family secrets run deeper. Perfect wife. Doting mom. Jennifer Griffin was loved by everyone, including the women in her suburban-neighborhood book club. Their meetings sometimes went late, but Jenn always came home. Until that night. When Greg Griffin wakes to find his wife is not in bed, his blood runs cold. Her book club friends say Jenn left for home hours ago. But she's missing. Greg tells detectives their marriage is good, but his alibi is razor-thin. With their young son away at a sleepover, Greg had all night to commit a crime. And there are scrapes on his hands... Investigators discover Jenn has troubling secrets, but she isn't the only one. With the threads of their picture-perfect life unraveling, Greg is forced to confront the lies that hold their marriage together--and a dark past that refuses to stay buried.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Missing children; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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