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- The world that we knew / by Hoffman, Alice,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a beautiful story of one Jewish child refugee's flight to safety in Nazi German and her mother's impossible decision to set her free"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children; Jews;
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- The goldfinch [sound recording] / by Tartt, Donna.; Pittu, David.;
Read by David Pittu."The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art" -- Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Suspense fiction.; Artists; Audiobooks.; Loss (Psychology); Self-realization; Young men;
- © p2013., Hachette Audio,
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- Breaking the dark : a Jessica Jones Marvel crime novel / by Jewell, Lisa,author.; Marvel Entertainment Group,contributor.;
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell launches the Marvel Crime program with an original story of Jessica Jones investigating a case about a mother who fears her children have been replaced"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Superhero fiction.; Novels.; Jones, Jessica (Fictitious character); Doppelgängers; Women private investigators;
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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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- Loved and wanted : a memoir of choice, children, and womanhood / by Parravani, Christa,author.;
"A stressed family, an unplanned pregnancy, and a painful, if liberating, awakening from the author of the lauded memoir Her. Loved and Wanted is the passionate story of a woman's love for her children, and a poignant and bracing look at the difficult choices women in America are forced to make every day, in a nation where policies and a cultural war on women leave them without sufficient agency over their bodies, their futures, and even their hopes for their children's lives"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Parravani, Christa.; Women college teachers; Mothers; Reproductive rights; Women;
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- Did I say that out loud? : midlife indignities and how to survive them / by Van Ogtrop, Kristin,author.;
Combining the intimacy of a life-long best friend with the wisdom of a mother, this funny and insightful book from former Real Simple editor-in-chief Kristin van Ogtrop is a celebration of the indignities of life beyond 40 for women. From negligent children, to embarrassing lapses, insomnia, and the injustices of menopause, 'Did I Say That Out Loud' is a guide to accepting the challenges of aging with grace and humour while appreciating all the good things life has to offer.- Subjects: Middle age; Midlife crisis; Middle-aged persons;
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- A good enough mother / by Thomas, Bev,author.;
"Ruth Hartland is the director of a trauma unit, a psychotherapist with years of experience, wise and respected by her peers. But professional skill is no guard against private grief. The mother of grown twins, she is haunted by the fact that her beautiful, difficult, fragile son Tom, a boy who never "fit in", disappeared a year and a half earlier. She cannot give up hope of finding him, but feels she is living a kind of half-life, waiting for him to return. Enter a new patient, Dan--unstable and traumatized--who looks exactly like her missing son. She is determined to help him, but soon, her own complicated feelings, about the dissolution of her marriage and her family, about how she has failed her own boy, cloud her professional judgement. Boundaries she would never have crossed with another patient are crossed. And before long, events spiral out of control ... An utterly compelling pageturner with a timebomb at its core, A Good Enough Mother is a brilliant, beautiful story of mothering, and how to let go of the ones we love when we must"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Psychotherapist and patient; Mothers; Families;
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- Hi, it's me : a novel / by Parker, Fawn,1994-author.;
'Women Talking' meets 'Study for Obedience' in this stunning depiction of fresh grief. Shortly after her mother's death, Fawn arrives at her mother's farmhouse, which is also occupied by four other women. Wrestling with compulsive and harmful behaviours, Fawn is confronted with the reality of her mother's death and soon becomes fixated on archiving her mother's writing and documents, searching for signs, and drawing tenuous connections to help her understand more about the enigmatic woman in the pages.- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Mothers and daughters; Women;
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- Prophet song / by Lynch, Paul,1977-author.;
"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what -- or who -- is she willing to leave behind? Exhilarating, terrifying, and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together"--- Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Despotism; Intelligence service;
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- A reason to see you again : a novel / by Attenberg, Jami,author.;
"From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years and through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own"--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Grief; Jewish families; Mothers and daughters; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Sisters;
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