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The haunting of Alejandra / by Castro, V.,author.;
"A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Llorona (Legendary character); Mothers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The need : a novel / by Phillips, Helen,1981-author.;
About a mother of two young children who, by confronting a masked intruder in her home, slips into an existential rabbit hole where she grapples with the dualities of motherhood -- joy and dread, longing and suffocation -- in blazing, arresting prose.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mothers; Children; Home invasion;
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Friends and strangers : a novel / by Sullivan, J. Courtney,author.;
"From the best-selling author of Maine, a gorgeous, compulsively-readable novel that tells the story of the complex relationship between two women, Elisabeth, a privileged new mother and writer attempting to find her footing after childbirth, and Sam, the idealistic, working-class college student she hires to nanny her young son"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Female friendship; Mothers; Authors; College students;
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The dazzling truth : a novel / by Cullen, Helen,1981-author.;
For fans of Alice McDermott, J. Courtney Sullivan, and Lisa Genova, 'The Dazzling Truth' is a moving Irish family saga spanning three decades about a mother struggling to find herself and the family that must find solace in each other. From the author of 'The Lost Letters of William Woolf', which received a starred review from Booklist, was a New York Best Book of the Week, and a PopSugar Best Book of Summer.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Married people; Man-woman relationships; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Good as gone / by Gentry, Amy,author.;
When thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker is kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, the only witness is her younger sister. But, when a young woman who appears to be Julie returns home eight years later, Julie's mother has whispers of doubt and begins a torturous search for the truth about the woman she desperately hopes is her daughter.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Kidnapping; Mothers of kidnapped children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Her daughter's mother / by Petrova, Daniela,1973-author.;
"In this gripping and emotional domestic suspense debut for fans of The Perfect Mother, a newly pregnant woman inadvertently befriends her egg donor--only to find herself a key suspect when the woman vanishes without a trace"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Missing persons; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The road is good : how a mother's strength became a daughter's purpose / by Aduba, Uzo,author.;
"The Road Is Good is a memoir of Black immigrant identity, the coming-of-age story of Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba, one of the stars of the television series Orange is the New Black"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Aduba, Uzo.; African American actresses; Nigerian Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The stone home : a novel / by Kim, Crystal Hana,1987-author.;
"A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center-a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of If You Leave Me"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Brothers; Control (Psychology); Mothers and daughters; Reformatories; Survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Things I wish I told my mother / by Patterson, Sue,author.; DiLallo, Susan,1947-author.; Patterson, James,1947-author.;
When Laurie, a nomadic artist, surprises her mother, an elegant perfectionist, with a dream vacation to Paris, which brings an unexpected sparkle to her eyes, mother and daughter unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes in the City of Light.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Women artists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Secret lives of mothers & daughters / by Kushwaha, Anita,1980-author.;
Veena, Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love, each bears a secret that will haunt her life--and that of her daughter--because the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly for Asha, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, who links them together. After her eighteenth birthday, Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. What's more, her birth mother died of a mysterious illness, leaving Asha with only a letter. Nandini, Asha's adoptive mother, has always feared the truth would come between them. Veena, a recent widow, worries about her daughter Mala's future. The shock of her husband's sudden death leaves her shaken and convinces her that the only way to keep her daughter safe is to secure her future. Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mother's expectations. She must bear a secret, the burden of which threatens her very life. Three mothers--each bound by love, deceit and a young woman who connects them all. Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters is an intergenerational novel about family, duty and the choices we make in the name of love.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Mothers and daughters; Family secrets; Families; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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