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The Turtle House : a novel / by Churchill, Amanda,author.;
In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Grandparent and child; Japanese American women; Secrecy; War brides; Women architects;
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The witches / by Dahl, Roald.; Richardson, Miranda.nrt;
Read by Miranda Richardson.Although his grandmother regularly tells him marvelous and terrible stories about witches, an English boy is scared stiff the day he runs into the Grand High Witch. When the witch transforms him into a mouse, the determined youngster decides to stop her from destroying the rest of England's children.Executive producer, Patti Pirooz ; music composed by Rusty Bradshaw.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Children's.; Audiobooks.; Children's audiobooks.; Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Fantasy fiction.; Audiobooks.; Witches; Witches; Fantasy.; Witches.;
© ℗2013., Penguin Audio,
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The beekeeper : rescuing the stolen women of Iraq / by Mīkhāʼīl, Dunyā,1965-author,translator.; Weiss, Max,1977-translator.; translation of:Mīkhāʼīl, Dunyā,1965-Fi Suq Al-sabaya by Almutawassit.English.;
"Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won't convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women. The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh. Mikhail extensively interviews these women--who've lost their families and loved ones, who've been repeatedly sold, raped, psychologically tortured, and forced to manufacture chemical weapons--and as their tales unfold, an unlikely hero emerges: a beekeeper, who uses his knowledge of the local terrain, along with a wide network of transporters, helpers, and former cigarette smugglers, to bring these women, one by one, through the war-torn landscapes of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, back into safety. In the face of inhuman suffering, this powerful work of nonfiction offers a counterpoint to Daesh's genocidal extremism: hope, as ordinary people risk their lives to save those of others"--
Subjects: Biographies.; IS (Organization); Women; Yezidis;
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Act like you got some sense [sound recording] : and other things my daughters taught me / by Foxx, Jamie,author,narrator.; Foxx, Corinne,1994-narrator.; Chiles, Nick,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jamie Foxx, Corinne Foxx.In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise his two daughters.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Foxx, Jamie.; Foxx, Jamie; African American motion picture actors and actresses; Fathers and daughters.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Singers;
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Grace's Chinese New Year / by Huang, Jackie(Paper artist);
Sweep away the bad luck; sweep in the good luck--it's Chinese New Year! Grace and her family are getting ready for the festivities. They're hanging red lanterns, and, yum... what's that smell? Grace's grandmother is making dumplings! Grace's whole family comes together to celebrate their traditions and she is so excited!
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Chinese New Year;
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Murder, she barked / by Davis, Krista.;
Holly has no job, her boyfriend's former flame is sniffing around, and a scruffy dog is scattering crumbs all over her borrowed car when a phone call about her grandmother sends her rushing home to the family inn, where one of the employees at the inn has been killed in a hit-and-run accident.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Miller, Holly (Fictitious character); Murder; Jack Russell terrier; Homecoming; Hotels;
© c2013., Berkley Prime Crime,
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The forgotten letters of Esther Durrant / by Nunn, Kayte,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.1951. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an isolated mental asylum by her husband. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison but soon surprisingly becomes her refuge. 2018. Free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker embarks on a research posting in the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast. When a violent storm forces her to take shelter on a far-flung island, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters. Captivated by their passion and tenderness, Rachel determines to track down the intended recipient. But she has no idea of the far-reaching consequences her decision will bring. Meanwhile, in London, Eve is helping her grandmother, a renowned mountaineer, write her memoirs. When she is contacted by Rachel, it sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to reveal secrets kept buried for more than sixty years.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Grandmothers; Islands; Love-letters; Nineteen fifties; Psychiatric hospital patients; Reminiscing in old age; Secrecy; Women marine scientists; Women;
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The resistance painter : a novel / by Jonathan, Kath,author.;
"1939. Irena Marianowka's dreams of attending art school in Paris are crushed when the Nazis invade Poland. Instead, she joins the Home Army and, together with her young husband, risks her life every day in the sewers of Warsaw. In 1944, after a harrowing mission, she returns home to learn that her sister, Lotta, has been abducted by the Gestapo. Determined to find her, Irena is willing to risk everything--all but the safety of her unit. 2011. Jo Blum lives in Toronto with her beloved grandmother, a lauded painter of WWII and a decorated war hero. Jo has a flourishing career creating sculptures for grave sites based on the life stories of her dying clients. Her recorded interviews with Stefan, her new Polish client, unveil a heroic wartime past eerily similar to her grandmother's. But Jo's quest to uncover the truth about Stefan and her grandmother opens an explosive Pandora's box with shockwaves that threaten all she has known. The Resistance Painter will resonate with fans of Woman with the Blue Star, The Book of Lost Names, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The German Girl, and The Dutch Wife, confronting the questions of the accuracy of the stories we tell about our lives and whether buried secrets stay buried."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa; Grandmothers; Married people; Sisters; Survival; Women painters; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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My grandfather would have shot me : a Black woman discovers her family's Nazi past / by Teege, Jennifer,1970-; Sellmair, Nikola,1971-; Sommer, Carolin(Translator);
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and Internet addresses.Prologue: The discovery -- Me, granddaughter of a mass murderer -- Master of the Płaszów Concentration Camp : my grandfather Amon Goeth -- The commandant's lover : my grandmother Ruth Irene Kalder -- Living with the dead : my mother Monika Goeth -- The victim's grandchildren : my friends in Israel -- Flowers in Krakow -- Further resources: Books, films and online."The memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List, Amon Goeth"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Teege, Jennifer, 1970-; Teege, Jennifer, 1970-; Göth, Amon, 1908-1946; Teege, Jennifer, 1970-; Teege, Jennifer, 1970-; Płaszów (Concentration camp); Grandchildren of war criminals; Racially mixed people; Nazis; Concentration camp commandants;
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Pure flame : a legacy / by Orange, Michelle,author.;
Michelle Orange's Pure Flame explores illness, mortality and questions of maternal legacy in the context of modern feminism. It tells the story of three women--Orange's grandmother, her mother and herself, born at the beginning, in the middle and toward the end of the 20th century--and traces the impact and influence of that centurys feminist movements through their relationships.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Orange, Michelle; Mothers and daughters;
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