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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;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Wicked plants : the weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities / by Stewart, Amy.; Morrow-Cribbs, Briony.; Rosen, Jonathon.;
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects: Dangerous plants.; Poisonous plants.;
- © c2009., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Wake up, little chicks! / by Gibson, Sabina.;
- At dawn, mother animals encourage their young to wake up and prepare for their day, so turtles stretch, mice drink some water, and insects eat their breakfast.LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Animals; Mother and child; Morning;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Little gods : a novel / by Jin, Meng,author.;
- On the night of June Fourth, a woman gives birth in a Beijing hospital alone. Thus begins the unraveling of Su Lan, a brilliant physicist who until this moment has successfully erased her past, fighting what she calls the mind's arrow of time. When Su Lan dies unexpectedly seventeen years later, it is her daughter Liya who inherits the silences and contradictions of her life. Liya, who grew up in America, takes her mother's ashes to China-- to her, an unknown country. In a territory inhabited by the ghosts of the living and the dead, Liya's memories are joined by those of two others: Zhu Wen, the woman last to know Su Lan before she left China, and Yongzong, the father Liya has never known. In this way a portrait of Su Lan emerges: an ambitious scientist, an ambivalent mother, and a woman whose relationship to her own past shapes and ultimately unmakes Liya's own sense of displacement.
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Chinese American women; Immigrants;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The summer nanny / by Chamberlin, Holly,1962-author.;
- Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive husband. But the passing weeks bring complications and revelations, altering friendships, testing the bond between mothers and daughters, and proving that the ripples from a single season can last forever.
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Mothers and daughters; Nannies;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The capital of dreams : a novel / by O'Neill, Heather,author.;
- "A breathtaking dark fairy tale of survival and betrayal from the vivid imagination of Heather O'Neill. Fourteen-year-old Sofia Bottom lives in a small country that Europe has forgotten. But inside its borders, the old myths of trees that come alive and fairies who live among their roots have given way to an explosion of the arts and the consolations of philosophy. No one, from the clarinetists to the cabaret singers, is as revered as Sofia's brilliant mother, the writer Clara Bottom. How can Sofia, with a tin ear and an enduring love of the old myths, ever hope to win her mother's love? When the country's greatest enemy invades, and the Capital is under threat, at last Clara turns to her daughter. Sofia must smuggle her new manuscript to safety on the last train evacuating children from the city. But the train draws to a suspicious halt in the middle of a forest, and Sofia runs for her life, losing her mother's most prized possession. Frightened and alone in a country at war, Sofia must find a way to reclaim what she has lost. On an epic journey through woods and razed towns, colliding with soldiers, survivors and other lost children, Sofia must make the choice between kindness and survival. In this stunning dark fairy tale of a novel, Heather O'Neill reveals once again her mastery of language that is as delicious as cake and as serious as a gunshot."--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; War fiction.; Novels.; Betrayal; Mothers and daughters; Myths; Survival;
- Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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- The photograph [videorecording] / by Langerman, Keri,costume designer.; Lopez, James F.,film producer.; Meghie, Stella,film director,screenwriter.; Packer, Will,film producer.; Peretti, Chelsea,1978-actor.; Rae, Issa,actor.; Schwartzbard, Mark,director of photography.; Stanfield, Lakeith,1991-actor.; Weeks, Loren,production designer.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Wan mei shi jie (Beijing) ying shi wen hua you xian gong si,production company.; Will Packer Productions,production company.;
- Costume designer, Keri Langerman ; production designer, Loren Weeks ; director of photography, Mark Schwartzbard.Lakeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chelsea Peretti, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Rob Morgan, Courtney B. Vance, Teyonah Parris, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lil Rel Howery.When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexuality and brief strong language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Photographs;
- For private home use only.
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Finlay Donovan knocks 'em dead / by Cosimano, Elle,author.;
- "Finlay Donovan is-once again-struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish. On the not-so-bright side, someone out there wants her ex-husband, Steven, out of the picture. Permanently. Whatever else Steven may be, he's a good father, but saving him will send her down a rabbit hole of soccer moms disguised as hit-women, and a little bit more involvement with the Russian mob than she'd like. Meanwhile, Vero's keeping secrets, and Detective Nick Anthony seems determined to get back into her life. He may be a hot cop, but Finlay's first priority is preventing her family from sleeping with the fishes ... and if that means bending a few laws then so be it. With her next book's deadline looming and an ex-husband to keep alive, Finlay is quickly coming to the end of her rope. She can only hope there isn't a noose at the end of it."--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Attempted murder; Novelists; Police; Single mothers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Goodnight, Little Monster / by Ketteman, Helen.; Leick, Bonnie.;
- Rhyming text describes a mother guiding her young monster through bedtime preparations, such as howling at the moon, snacking on worm juice and beetle bread, and choosing a bedtime story.LSC
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Bedtime; Monsters; Mother and child;
- © c2010., Marshall Cavendish Children,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- My city baby / by Rossner, Rose.; Anglicas, Louise.;
- Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a mother and child through their busy day in the city, including a train ride, lunch from a food truck, and a bus ride home through the city lights.
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Board books.; City and town life; Mother and child;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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