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Tides : a novel / by Freeman, Sara,1985-author.;
"An intoxicating, compact debut novel, Tides is the story of a lost woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town by the winner of the Henfield Prize, Sara Freeman. After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy beach town with a dead cellphone and barely any money. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her days of self-imposed exile scrounging for food and swimming in the night ocean. In her state of emotional extremis, the sea at the town's edge is rendered bleak, luminous, implacable. As her money runs out and tourist season comes to a close, Mara finds a job at the local wine store. There, she meets Simon, the shop's soft-spoken, lonely owner. Confronted with the possibility of connection with Simon and the slow thawing of her desires and appetites, the facts of her flight begin to emerge. With echoes of Rachel Cusk, Jenny Offill, and Marguerite Duras, Tides is a spare, visceral debut novel about the nature of selfhood, intimacy, and the private narratives that shape our lives. A shattering and unforgettable debut"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Grief; Loneliness; Man-woman relationships; Self-consciousness (Awareness);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blue penguin / by Horáček, Petr.;
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Subjects: Penguins; Individual differences; Loneliness; Friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La la la : a story of hope / by DiCamillo, Kate.;
The curious and courageous little girl goes out into the world singing a song with the hope that she will be heard and the song will return to her.LSC
Subjects: Girls; Singing; Perseverance (Ethics); Loneliness;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nothing rhymes with orange / by Rex, Adam.;
All the fruits gather together and enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything--until Apple invents a new word.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Oranges; Fruit; Loneliness; Friendship; Rhyme;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Herman y Rosie / by Gordon, Gus,1971-; Salas, Macarena.;
In New York City, a "groovy little jazz number" brings together a lonely crocodile and deer.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Loneliness; Jazz;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My old pal, Oscar / by Hest, Amy.; Bates, Amy June.;
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Subjects: Dogs; Loneliness; Human-animal relationships; Death;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Different for boys / by Ness, Patrick,1971-author.; Bendix, Tea,illustrator.;
Anthony "Ant" Stevenson isn't sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even if he has. The rules aren't always very clear when it comes to boys who like boys. In fact, relationships of all kinds feel complicated, even with Ant's oldest friends. There's Charlie, who's both virulently homophobic and in a secret physical relationship with Ant. Then there's drama kid Jack, who may be gay and has become the target of Charlie's rage. And, of course, there's big, beautiful Freddie, who wants Ant to ditch soccer, Charlie's sport, and try out for the rugby team instead. Ant's story of loneliness and intimacy, of unexpected support and heart-ripping betrayal, is told forthrightly with tongue-in-cheek black-bar redactions over the language that teenagers would actually use if, you know, they weren't in a story. Award-winning author Patrick Ness explores teen sexuality, friendship, and romance with a deft hand in this structurally daring, illustrated short novel.014+.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Gay fiction.; Novels.; Dating (Social customs); Friendship; Gay teenagers; Loneliness; Dating (Social customs); Friendship; Gay teenagers; Loneliness;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gingerbread friends / by Brett, Jan,1949-;
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.LSC
Subjects: Gingerbread; Loneliness; Bakeries; Toy and movable books;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Coexistence : stories / by Belcourt, Billy-Ray,author.; Belcourt, Billy-Ray.Short stories.Selections.;
"A collection of intersecting stories about Indigenous love and loneliness from a Giller-longlisted author and one of contemporary literature's most boundless minds. Across the prairies and Canada's west coast, on reservations and university campuses, at literary festivals and existential crossroads, the characters in Coexistence are searching for connection. They're learning to live with and understand one another, to see beauty and terror side by side, and to accept that the past, present, and future can inhabit a single moment. An aging mother confides in her son about an intimate friendship from her distant girlhood. A middling poet is haunted by the cliché his life has become. A chorus of anonymous gay men dispense unvarnished truths about their sex lives. A man freshly released from prison finds that life on the outside has sinister strictures of its own. A PhD student dog-sits for his parents at what was once a lodging for nuns operating a residential school -- a house where the spectre of Catholicism comes to feel eerily literal. Bearing the compression, crystalline sentences, and emotional potency that have characterized his earlier books, Coexistence is a testament to Belcourt's mastery of and playfulness in any literary form. A vital addition to an already rich catalogue, this is a must-read collection and the work of an author at the height of his powers."--
Subjects: Short stories.; Indigenous peoples; Interpersonal relations; Loneliness; Love;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Megabat / by Humphrey, Anna,1979-; Reich, Kass.;
A boy discovers the best cure for loneliness: a friendship with a bat.LSC
Subjects: Bats; Friendship; Moving, Household; Loneliness;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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