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White bird : a novel : a wonder story / by Palacio, R. J.; Perl, Erica S.;
Includes bibliographical references."Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comesc crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the family and forces the young Jewish girl into hiding. Her classmate Julien and his family will risk everything to ensure her survival, and, together, Sara and Julien manage to find beauty in a secret world of their creation."--From publisher.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Jewish fiction.; Grandmothers; Jews; Survival; People with disabilities; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Things I wish I told my mother / by Patterson, Sue,author.; DiLallo, Susan,1947-author.; Patterson, James,1947-author.;
When Laurie, a nomadic artist, surprises her mother, an elegant perfectionist, with a dream vacation to Paris, which brings an unexpected sparkle to her eyes, mother and daughter unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes in the City of Light.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Women artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Things I wish I told my mother [sound recording] / by Patterson, Sue,author.; Archer, Ellen(Narrator),narrator.; DiLallo, Susan,1947-author.; Patterson, James,1947-author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Ellen Archer.When Laurie, a nomadic artist, surprises her mother, an elegant perfectionist, with a dream vacation to Paris, which brings an unexpected sparkle to her eyes, mother and daughter unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes in the City of Light.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Women artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The caretakers : a novel / by Bestor-Siegal, Amanda,author.;
Paris, 2015. A crowd gathers outside the Chauvet home in the affluent suburban community of Maisons-Larue, watching as the family's American au pair is led away in handcuffs after the sudden death of her young charge. The grieving mother believes the caretaker is to blame, and the neighborhood is thrown into chaos, unsure who is at fault-the enigmatic, young foreigner or the mother herself, who has never seemed an active participant in the lives of her children. The truth lies with six women: Géraldine, a heartbroken French teacher struggling to support her vulnerable young students; Lou, an incompetent au pair who was recently fired by the family next door; Charlotte, a chilly socialite and reluctant mother; Nathalie, an isolated French teenager desperate for her mother's attention; Holly, a socially anxious au pair yearning to belong in her adopted country; and finally, Alena, the one accused of the crime, who has gone to great lengths to avoid emotional connection, and now finds herself caught in the turbulent power dynamics of her host family's household.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Au pairs; Children; Secrecy; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Victory at Vimy : Canada comes of age, April 9-12, 1917 / by Barris, Ted;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and indexes.
Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Corps; Vimy Ridge, Battle of, France, 1917.; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2007., Thomas Allen Publishers,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Overlord [videorecording] / by Adepo, Jovan,actor.; Asbaek, Pilou,1982-actor.; Avery, Julius,film director.; De Caestecker, Iain,1987-actor.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Ollivier, Mathilde,actor.; Russell, Wyatt,1986-actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;
Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbaek, John Magaro, Iain De Caestecker.On the eve of D-Day, a handful of American paratroopers who survived their unit's ill-fated drop over France pushed ahead with their assignment to take out a Nazi radio tower. The mission, however, would deliver more than just the anticipated terrors--as they stumbled upon a German science project tasked with resurrecting their fallen soldiers as unstoppable zombies.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zombie films.; Human experimentation in medicine; Resurrection; Supernatural; Nazis; Parachute troops; World War, 1939-1945; Zombies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Overlord [videorecording] / by Adepo, Jovan,actor.; Asbaek, Pilou,1982-actor.; Avery, Julius,film director.; De Caestecker, Iain,1987-actor.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Ollivier, Mathilde,actor.; Russell, Wyatt,1986-actor.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.,film distributor.;
Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbaek, John Magaro, Iain De Caestecker.On the eve of D-Day, a handful of American paratroopers who survived their unit's ill-fated drop over France pushed ahead with their assignment to take out a Nazi radio tower. The mission, however, would deliver more than just the anticipated terrors--as they stumbled upon a German science project tasked with resurrecting their fallen soldiers as unstoppable zombies.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format ; Dolby Atmos ; Dolby digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zombie films.; Human experimentation in medicine; Resurrection; Supernatural; Nazis; Parachute troops; World War, 1939-1945; Zombies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The stolen life of Colette Marceau / by Harmel, Kristin,author.;
Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance. But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette's four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane's body was found floating in the Seine--but the bracelet was nowhere to be found. Seventy years later, Colette--who has "redistributed" $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations--has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time--and who owns it now--she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn't the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she's forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice--but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bracelets; Families; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Sisters; Women jewel thieves; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The stolen life of Colette Marceau [sound recording] / by Harmel, Kristin,author.; Maby, Madeleine,narrator.; Harmel, Kristin,narrator.; Blackstone Audio, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by Madeleine Maby, Kristin Harmel.Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance. But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette's four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane's body was found floating in the Seine--but the bracelet was nowhere to be found. Seventy years later, Colette--who has "redistributed" $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations--has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time--and who owns it now--she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn't the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she's forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice--but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bracelets; Families; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Sisters; Women jewel thieves; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The school of mirrors : a novel / by Stachniak, Eva,1952-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A lush, engrossing tale of love, deception and scandal in the 18th century French court of King Louis XV. Against the tumult of 18th century France, King Louis XV has tired of courtly intrigues and becomes a connoisseur of innocence. On the grounds of the Palace of Versailles lies Deer Park, a hunting ground that also offers another pleasure: a mansion where his young mistresses are housed. But when these girls first arrive at Deer Park, it is under the guise of a different role. They are promised employment in the household of a count, and, eager to improve their stations, they leave their families to serve him. Veronique is one such girl. She is introduced to "the count," and young and naive as she is, she never doubts his identity. And as he begins to bestow affection on her, she quickly becomes consumed with love for him. It is too late when she realizes who he really is, the stakes of their affair and what she will have to give up to survive. In vivid detail and with a breathless pace, Eva Stachniak captures the story of a fast-changing France, where the once beloved Louis XV is losing ground, his grandson the Dauphin Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are sickening the country with their opulence and the French Revolution is stirring. It is in this France that Veronique's young daughter, Marie-Louise, will grow up searching for answers about her birth. With stirring insight and dazzling intrigue, this novel questions the true meaning of legacy."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Mistresses; Mothers and daughters; Scandals;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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