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Holding pattern / by Xie, Jenny,author.;
"Holding Pattern is a novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we can learn to hold each other. At 28, Kathleen Cheng returns home to live with her single mother, Marissa, an immigrant from China. Her mother, to Katheen's surprise, is in love, and Kathleen helps her mother plan her wedding to a tech entrepreneur. Kathleen takes a job working for an unusual start-up, and as mother and daughter peel back the layers of their history, they come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they've done to hold each other back"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Chinese Americans; Chinese; Immigrants; Interpersonal relations; Mothers and daughters; Weddings;
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The mother act : a novel / by Reimer, Heidi,author.;
"A clever and propulsive debut novel tracing the complicated relationship between a larger-than-life actress who refuses to abandon her career for motherhood, and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead, as they confront one another once and for all"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Interpersonal relations; Motherhood; Mothers and daughters;
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Tough like mum / by Button, Lana,1968-; Mok, Carmen,1968-;
Kim and her mom have a very special relationship. Both mother and daughter need to show toughness to survive the difficult hand that they have been dealt in life but together they can make it through another day. They are bonded by love and they acknowledge that sometimes being tough opens you up to vulnerablity. Being tough though, doesn't mean you can't ask for help or lean on our loved ones. LSC
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Children of depressed persons; Soups; Emotions; Poverty; Depressed persons; Love;
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Fast color [videorecording] / by Denham, Christopher,actor.; Hart, Julia(Filmmaker),screenwriter,film director.; Horowitz, Jordan,1980-film producer,screenwriter.; Liddell, Mickey,film producer.; Mbatha-Raw, Gugu,1983-actor.; Shilaimon, Pete,film producer.; Sidney, Saniyya,actor.; Strathairn, David,actor.; Toussaint, Lorraine,1960-actor.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Strathairn, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham.Hunted by mysterious forces, a young woman with supernatural abilities must go on the run when her powers are discovered. With nowhere else to go, she flees back to her family and the farmhouse she abandoned long ago. There, while being pursued by the local Sheriff, she begins to mend the broken relationships with her mother and daughter.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Dysfunctional families; Mothers and daughters; Supernatural;
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TBH, no one can ever know / by Greenwald, Lisa.;
With a Valentine's Day dance, snooping parents, and way too many secrets, these four BFFs have a lot to deal with in the seventh book in this hilarious series told entirely in text messages, emojis, and passed notes, perfect for fans of Invisible Emmie and the Dork Diaries series. It's no secret that Victoria's mom can be OTT overprotective! But lately her anxiety has been too much to handle. So even though Victoria is helping plan the school's Valentine's Day dance, she might not be allowed to go! To be honest, she's going to need lots of help from her BFFs to mend this mother-daughter relationship--and it may mean sharing her most embarrassing secret ever! The question is: Can you take back a secret once you've shared it? Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Epistolary fiction.; Friendship; Middle schools; Valentine's Day; Mothers and daughters; Dance parties; Embarrassment; Text messages (Cell phone systems);
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Owner of a lonely heart : a memoir / by Nguyen, Bich Minh,author.;
"From the award-winning author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a powerful memoir of a mother-daughter relationship fragmented by war and resettlement. At the end of the Vietnam War, when Beth Nguyen was eight months old, she and her father, sister, grandmother, and uncles fled Saigon for America. Beth's mother stayed--or was left-behind, and they did not meet again until Beth was nineteen. Over the course of her adult life, she and her mother have spent less than twenty-four hours together. Owner of a Lonely Heart is a memoir about parenthood, absence, and the condition of being a refugee: the story of Beth's relationship with her mother. Framed by a handful of visits over the course of many years--sometimes brief, sometimes interrupted, sometimes with her mother alone and sometimes with her sister--Beth tells a coming-of-age story that spans her own Midwestern childhood, her first meeting with her mother, and becoming a parent herself. Vivid and illuminating, Owner of a Lonely Heart is a deeply personal story of family, connection, and belonging: as a daughter, a mother, and as a Vietnamese refugee in America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Nguyen, Bich Minh.; Immigrants; Mothers and daughters; Vietnamese Americans;
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Earth to moon : a memoir / by Zappa, Moon Unit,author.;
"From daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age as part of the MTV generation in the 1980s as the 'Valley Girl,' and finding herself after losing her father, then her mother, and the fracturing of her longest relationships"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Zappa, Moon Unit.; Zappa, Frank; Fathers and daughters; Children of celebrities; Rock musicians;
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The English daughter : a novel / by Woodsmall, Cindy,author.; Woodsmall, Erin,author.;
"A marriage is tested in this Old Order Amish novel of longing for renewed love and a path for forgiveness from the best-selling author of Gathering the Threads. Old Order Amish wife and mother Jemima has put her marriage and family ahead of herself for years. She's set herself aside. Raising four children, she's followed all the rules and has been patient in looking forward to her time to chase a dream of her own"--
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Amish; Mothers; Married people; Man-woman relationships;
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The ingenue : a novel / by Kapelke-Dale, Rachel,author.;
"When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history with, she is forced to reexamine her own past--and the romantic relationship that changed the course of her life--for answers. Can she find a way to claim her heritage while keeping her secrets buried, or will the fallout from digging too deep destroy her? Set against a post #MeToo landscape, Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue delves into mother-daughter relationships, the expectations of talent, the stories we tell ourselves, and what happens when the things that once made you special are taken from you. Moving between Saskia's childhood and the present day, this dark, contemporary fairy tale pulses with desire, longing, and uncertainty, as it builds to its spectacular, shocking climax"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Inheritance and succession; Mothers and daughters; Mothers; Secrecy; Women pianists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Junie / by Knight, Chelene,1981-author.;
"A riveting exploration of the complexity within mother-daughter relationships and the dynamic vitality of Vancouver's former Hogan's Alley neighbourhood. 1930s, Hogan's Alley--a thriving Black and immigrant community located in Vancouver's East End. Junie is a creative, observant child who moves to the alley with her mother, Maddie: a jazz singer with a growing alcohol dependency. Junie quickly makes meaningful relationships with two mentors and a girl her own age, Estelle, whose resilient and entrepreneurial mother is grappling with white scrutiny and the fact that she never really wanted a child. As Junie finds adulthood, exploring her artistic talents and burgeoning sexuality, her mother sinks further into the bottle while the thriving neighbourhood--once gushing with potential--begins to change. As her world opens, Junie intuits the opposite for the community she loves. Told through the fascinating lens of a bright woman in an oft-disquieting world, this book is intimate and urgent--not just an unflinching look at the destruction of a vibrant community, but a celebration of the Black lives within."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Mothers and daughters; Women, Black;
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