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The winter sister / by Collins, Megan,1984-author.;
A young woman haunted by the past returns home to care for her ailing mother and begins to dig deeper into her sister's unsolved murder.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mothers and daughters; Sisters; Family secrets; Murder;
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Philomena [videorecording] / by Clark, Sophie Kennedy.; Coogan, Steve.; Dench, Judi,1934-; Fairley, Michelle.; Frears, Stephen.; Lahbib, Simone,1965-; Sixsmith, Martin.Lost child of Philomena Lee.Videorecording.; Winningham, Mare.; BBC Films.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Mare Winningham, Michaelle Fairley, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Simone Lahbib.Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, Philomena focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock--something her Irish-Catholic community didn't have the highest opinion of--and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn't allow for any sort of inquiry into the son's whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Lee, Philomena; Sixsmith, Martin.; Feature films.; Illegitimate children; Journalists; Mothers and sons; Teenage mothers;
© c2014., BBC Films ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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A smooth road to London town [sound recording (CD)] songs from the Parent-Child Mother Goose program / by Reid-Naiman, Kathy;
Circle of the sun - See the sleeping bunnies - Rig a jig jig - Put your shoes on Lucy - A smooth road to London town - Horsey horsey - Pretty painted butterfly - She didn't dance - The grand old duke of York - Sailing - Dropped my hat - Come a look a see - Rags the dog - Zoom, zoom zoom - Watch the stars - Simple gifts - Hush little baby - Prairie lullaby - rock me easy - Lullaby lullaby - Rockabye baby/Sleep baby sleep - rock-a-bye you - Coulter's candy - All the little ones are sleeping - I see the moon - Baby's boat - Goodnight children.
Subjects: Children's songs; Finger play;
© c2001., Merriweather Records,
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Dear Santa : a novel / by Macomber, Debbie,author.;
Feeling low after her boyfriend cheated on her, Lindy Carmichael heads home to Wenatchee, Washington for Christmas where her mother encourages her to write a grown-up letter to Santa which ultimately brings her hope and joy.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters;
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Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel / by Hogan, Ruth,1961-author.;
Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone's magnificent Paradise Hotel with its endearing and loving family of misfits-- staff and guests alike. But Tilly's childhood was shattered when her mother sent her away from the only home she'd ever loved to boarding school with little explanation and no warning. Now, Tilda has grown into an independent woman still damaged by her mother's unaccountable cruelty. Wary of people, her only friend is her dog, Eli. But when her mother dies, Tilda goes back to Brighton and with the help of her beloved Queenie sets about unravelling the mystery of her exile from The Paradise Hotel and discovers that her mother was not the woman she thought she knew at all ... Mothers and daughters ... their story can be complicated ... it can also turn out to have a happy ending.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Heiresses; Friendship; Family secrets;
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Please, baby, please / by Lee, Spike.; Lee, Tonya Lewis.; Nelson, Kadir.;
A toddler's antics keep her mother busy as she tries to feed her, watch her on the playground, give her a bath, and put her to bed.LSC
Subjects: Toddlers; Mother and child; African Americans;
© c2002., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,
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Where's my mummy? / by Crimi, Carolyn; Manders, John;
One deep, dark night, as all of the monsters are preparing for bed, Little Baby Mummy bravely searches for his mother until he sees a truly terrifying creature.
Subjects: Mummies; Mother and child; Bedtime; Fear; Monsters;
© 2008., Candlewick Press,
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Where is Kyra? [videorecording] / by Dosunmu, Andrew,film director.; Picoult, Darci,screenwriter.; Vachon, Christine,film producer.; Hinojosa, Scott,film producer.; Pfeiffer, Michelle,1957-actor.; Robards, Sam,actor.; Shepherd, Suzanne,actor.; Sutherland, Kiefer,1966-actor.; Great Point Media,presenter.; Killer Films Production,production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Philip Miller ; editor, Oriana Soddu ; director of photography, Bradford Young.Michelle Pfeiffer, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzanne Shepherd, Sam Robards.Kyra Johnson, a middle-aged divorcee, moves into her elderly mother's Brooklyn apartment while she looks for work and tries to get back on her feet. When her mother dies suddenly, Kyra is left without any support, both emotional and financial, and finds herself with very few options. Kyra can't accept that her once-tidy life has completely fallen apart. This leads her on a risky path of self-destruction that has devastating consequences.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Divorced women; Middle-aged women; Mothers and daughters;
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A brief history of living forever / by Kalfar, Jaroslav,author.;
In a 2030 America led by an isolationist authoritarian government, a star biotech scientist trying to discover the key to immortality becomes a whistleblower when she uncovers alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Longevity; Mothers and daughters; Siblings; Terminally ill; Women scientists;
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The water cure : a novel / by Mackintosh, Sophie,author.;
"You are a girl. Your body is vulnerable. Men will break it if they can -- and out there, they absolutely will. Bodies must be controlled in order to be safe. Suffering will prepare you for the worst -- the cure is nothing compared to what you've been spared in the sickness. It takes a lot of love to hurt you like this." -- Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Women; Mothers and daughters; Sisters; Man-woman relationships;
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