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The wedding : a novel / by Basran, Gurjinder,author.;
"You're invited to The Wedding, an electrifying novel about the joining of two South Asian families, and the secrets, resentments, and unspoken truths boiling just beneath the surface. Interweaving themes of identity, culture clashes, and the immigrant experience as found in The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri with the exuberance and sharp humour of Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians, Gurjinder Basran delivers a wide-ranging but intimate portrait of a vibrant, complex Sikh community. Set in Vancouver and Surrey, BC, The Wedding exposes the inner lives of the wedding party, guests and event staff, in the lead-up to a lavish wedding. This novel, centered around the impending marriage of Devi and Baby, illustrates the union of two people, two families and all the ways in which an entire community bears witness, ensnares and uplifts itself. Like all great Bollywood films, The Wedding is rife with family drama, steeped in tradition and an ode to love in all its forms. With humour, nuance and honesty, The Wedding spills the chai--exploring desire and expectation, suffering and judgment, class and race--all in search of a happy enough ever after."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; East Indians; Families; Identity (Psychology); Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Sikhs; Weddings;
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Rabbit rabbit rabbit : a novel / by Sander-Green, Nadine,author.;
"Millicent is a shy, 24-year-old reporter who moves to Whitehorse to work for a failing daily newspaper. With winter looming and the Yukon descending into darkness, Millicent begins a relationship with Pascal, an eccentric and charming middle-aged filmmaker who lives on a converted school bus in a Walmart parking lot. What begins as a romantic adventure soon turns toxic, and Millicent finds herself struggling not to lose herself and her voice. Events come to a head at Thaw di Gras, a celebration in faraway Dawson City marking the return of light to the north. It's here, in a frontier mining town filled with drunken tourists, eclectic locals, and sparkling burlesque dancers, that Millicent must choose between staying with Pascal or finally standing up to her abuser. In the style of Ottessa Moshfegh's honest exploration of dysfunctional relationships, and with the warmth and energy of Heather O'Neill, Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit illuminates what it's like to be young, impulsive, and in love in one of the harshest environments in the world."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Abused women; Abusive men; Courage; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Motion picture producers and directors; Reporters and reporting; Young women;
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The longest week [videorecording] / by Bateman, Jason.; Crudup, Billy,1968-; Davey-Fitzpatrick, Seamus,1998-; Roberts, Tony,1939-; Wilde, Olivia.; Videoville Showtime.; Voltage Pictures.;
Billy Crudup, Olivia Wilde, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Tony Roberts, Jason Bateman.Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent's prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and in love.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Love; Male friendship; Man-woman relationships; Romantic comedy films.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© 2014., Distributed by Videoville Showtime,
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Jackie & me / by Bayard, Louis,author.;
"A historical novel depicting a naïve, career-girl version of Jackie Kennedy and her iconic marriage-in-the-making to an elusive John F. Kennedy, narrated by Jack's best friend and fixer, Lem Billings"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Billings, K. Lemoyne (Kirk Lemoyne), 1917-1981; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994; Courtship; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships;
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The mutual friend : a novel / by Bays, Carter,1975-author.;
"New York, 2015: The city is facing a series of bicycle accidents, the Mayor's approval ratings hang in the balance, and Alice, besieged by grief and regrets, wants desperately to take the MCAT and become a doctor, but she can't seem to sign up for the test. First and foremost there's her phone--which, like so many others, she can't seem to put down--but there's also her chaotic roommate Roxy, who works at the Mayor's office and whose thirst for adventure frequently gets Alice in trouble. Then there's her tech millionaire brother who is searching for meaning ... meaning which may threaten to take him away from his wife, Pitterpat. And finally, the biggest distraction of all: Love. As the months go by, these characters, and more, slide in and out of each other's lives--they fall in-and-out of love, and they face various scandals. All the while, their mutual friend, the omniscient and mysterious narrator of the novel who seems to know all, watches over them, until the threads that tie these characters together come together in a wholly satisfying reveal. Filled with all of the warmth, humor, and heart that gained How I Met Your Mother its cult following, The Mutual Friend completely captures the choreography of navigating life and love in the chaos of contemporary life"--
Subjects: Novels.; Brothers and sisters; City and town life; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Roommates; Social media;
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The lady in the van [videorecording] / by Bennett, Alan,1934-screenwriter.; Broadbent, Jim,actor.; Hytner, Nicholas,film director.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent.Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (1.85) ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Bennett, Alan, 1934-; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Homeless women; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Squatters; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.;
For private home use only.
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Two steps onward / by Simsion, Graeme C.,author.; Buist, Anne,author.;
Three years after life got in the way of their long-distance relationship, Californian illustrator Zoe and English engineer Martin have an unexpected opportunity to reunite- a second chance to follow in the footsteps of pilgrims in Europe. This time, they won't be walking the famous Camino de Santiago to north-west Spain but the less travelled Chemin d'Assise and Via Francigena to Rome, the mountainous path down from rural France. And rather than each setting off solo, they will accompany Zoe's old friend Camille-who, despite her terminal illness, insists she will walk the whole sixteen hundred kilometres to seek an audience with the Pope-and her not-so-ex-husband, Gilbert, who sees the trip as a gourmet tour. Then Bernhard, Martin's young nemesis from the previous trek, shows up, along with Martin's daughter, Sarah, who is having a quarter-life crisis and doesn't exactly hit it off with Zoe.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Engineers; Hiking; Hiking; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Terminally ill; Women artists;
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Barefoot beach / by Mason, Debbie(Novelist);
Wedding fever has taken over Harmony Harbor this summer, and the local matchmakers have set their sights on Theia Lawson, a former navy pilot who's in town for a stay at Greystone Manor. And while Theia's got her reasons to put this small town behind her as fast as she can, there's a certain tall, dark, and irresistible man that she can't seem to get off her mind. Firefighter Marco DiRossi wants to beat the matchmakers at their own game so he conspires with Theia to pretend they've already fallen in love. It's only for the summer. What could go wrong? Yet as the beach season draws to a close, Marco and Theia find their pretend relationship has led to very real attraction. But when a secret from the past is revealed, jeopardizing everything they hold dear, can this unlikely couple find their way to a happily-ever-after?
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Secrecy; Dating (Social customs); Interpersonal attraction; Fire fighters; Women air pilots; Man-woman relationships;
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The operative [videorecording] / by Anvar, Cas,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Reicher Atir, Yiftach.Morah le-Anglit.English.; Freeman, Martin,1971-actor.; Keinan, Rotem,1979-actor.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Adler, Yuval,film director.; Vertical Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar, Rotem Keinan.Based on Yiftach R. Adi's book, The English Teacher, this film, directed by Yuval Adler, is a taut psychological thriller about a young Western woman recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Spy films.; Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim; Women spies; Intelligence officers; Undercover operations; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Man-woman relationships;
For private home use only.
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Somebody's fool / by Russo, Richard,1949-author.;
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved best sellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's Fool"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Families; Fathers and sons; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Missing persons; Police; Small cities;
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