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Project Duchess / by Jeffries, Sabrina.;
The first book in a series set in England in the early 1800s about an oft-widowed mother's grown children, who blaze through society in their quest for the truth about their fathers... and in the process find that love just might conquer all.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Stepfamilies; Parent and adult child; Widows; Man-woman relationships; Inheritance and succession;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Snug as a bug / by Imbody, Amy.; Gordon, Mike,1948-;
A mother offers her child many places to sleep, but the child wants to stay in bed, sleeping as God intended.
Subjects: Beds; Bedtime; Animals; Christian life; Rhyming stories.;
© [2010], c2008., Zonderkidz,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The blue window : a novel / by Berne, Suzanne,author.;
Lorna, a respected psychotherapist, struggles to make her estranged mother a part of the family while also trying to break through to her son, Adam, who has returned from college after an incident he refuses to discuss.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Parent and adult child; Psychic trauma; Women psychotherapists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The hurricane sisters [sound recording] / by Frank, Dorothea Benton.; Miles, Robin.;
Read by Robin Miles.When an emotional hurricane blows through their lives, testing them in ways they never thought possible, twenty-three-year-old Ashley Anne Waters, her mother Liz, and Maisie, the family matriarch, must turn to each other for strength and support as the bonds they share are ultimately transformed.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families; Interpersonal relations; Parent and adult child; Young women;
© p2014., Harper Audio,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Dust child : a novel / by Nguyẽ̂n, Phan Qué̂ Mai,1973-author.;
"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Abandoned children; Amerasians; Children of military personnel; Families; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnamese Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bedtime for Mommy / by Rosenthal, Amy Krouse.; Pham, LeUyen.;
In a reversal of the classic bedtime story, a child helps her mommy get ready for bed, enduring pleas for one more book, five more minutes of play time, and a glass of water before the lights go out.
Subjects: Bedtime; Humorous stories.; Mothers and daughters;
© 2010., Bloomsbury,
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This child of mine / by Moriarty, Sinéad.;
Sophie is a happy 18-year-old living in London with Anna, her Irish mother. Anna has devoted her life to Sophie. Laura is a not-so-happy artist. She too has a daughter, Mandy. But Laura is haunted by the loss of her first child, Jody. Mandy lives in Jody's shadow. Both mothers carry secrets and cannot forget the day their paths crossed.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Mothers and daughters;
© 2013., Penguin Ireland,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Honeybees and distant thunder / by Onda, Riku,1964-author.; Gabriel, Philip,1953-translator.; translation of:Onda, Riku,1964-Mitsubachi to enrai.English.;
The tender and compelling drama of four young pianists as they compete in an international piano competition. Aya, a child prodigy who gave up performing after the death of her mother, and is trying for a comeback; Masaru, a childhood friend of Aya, now competing against her; Akashi, older and married, works in a music store and is the "old man" of the competition; Jin, a sixteen-year-old prodigy, the free spirit son of a beekeeper who has no formal training and doesn't even own a piano. A tense, drama-filled two-week competition unfolds. Who will win through? Can they confront their own demons?
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Pianists; Piano; Self-actualization (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The fallout / by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir,author.; translation of:Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.Þögn.English.; Cribb, Victoria,translator.;
On a cold day in Reykjavik, a baby goes missing from her pram. When the child's blanket washes up on the beach and the mother is found dead, everyone's worst fears seem to have been realised. Eleven years later and detective Huldar and child psychologist Freyja are now working in the same police building, on the same team. Freyja believes that personal and professional relationships must remain separate, however hard that may be. But when a woman's dismembered body is found in a deserted car, her head missing, and Freyja and Huldar find themselves working on the same case, the secrecy around their affair threatens to crack. And when Freyja is accused of a serious breach of police protocol, will Huldar be able to help her? Meanwhile, their search to identify the body takes the case back into secrets of the past and the unspoken crimes that bind three separate families.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Missing children; Mothers; Murder; Police; Women psychologists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The darkest evening / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
"Driving home during a swirling blizzard, Vera Stanhope's only thought is to get there quickly. But the snow is so heavy, she becomes disoriented and loses her way. Ploughing on, she sees a car slewed off the road ahead of her. With the driver's door open, Vera assumes the driver has sought shelter but when she inspects the car she is shocked to find a young toddler strapped in the back seat. Afraid they will freeze, Vera takes the child and drives on, arriving at Brockburn, a run-down stately home she immediately recognizes as the house her father Hector grew up in. Inside Brockburn a party is in full swing, with music and laughter to herald the coming Christmas. But outside in the snow, a young woman lies dead and Vera knows immediately she has a new case. Could this woman be the child's mother and, if so, what happened to her?"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Stanhope, Vera; Women detectives; Murder; Blizzards; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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