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To the bridge : a novel / by Thanh, Yasuko,author.;
'To the Bridge' is a heartrending tale of a mother hell-bent on saving her family after her daughter's suicide attempt - despite the destruction it might mean for herself. Yasuko Thanh lives in Victoria, BC. From the author of 'Mistakes to Run With' (a Dewey Diva pick).
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Intergenerational relations; Mothers and daughters; Suicidal behavior;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The unsettled / by Mathis, Ayana,author.;
"From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel -- set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama -- about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival. From the moment Ida Carson and her eleven-year-old son, Toussaint, arrive at Philadelphia's Glenn Avenue Family shelter in 1985, Ida is already plotting a way out. She detests their roach infested bedroom and the shifty night security guard who is on constant watch, and she is determined to give her son the safe, stable childhood that she never had. Estranged from her own mother, Dutchess, whose intractability and implacable depression brought Ida to the outer reaches of neglect and hunger, she resolves to make a better life for her son. But when Toussaint's father reappears, Ida is swept off course by his charisma and by the intoxicating power of his vision for a radical new group devoted to redressing the imbalance of racial injustice. Meanwhile, in Bonaparte, Dutchess struggles to keep the tiny Alabama town in the hands of its remaining black residents -- families whose lives have been entangled and powerfully rooted in this untouched stretch of land for generations -- and away from steadily encroaching white developers. Sensing the danger simmering all around him-his well-intentioned but erratic mother; his intense but volatile father who has newly appeared in his life and is building a community that looks increasingly radicalized and violent -- Toussaint begins to dream of his grandmother, Dutchess, and of home. A brilliant, explosive, vitally important new work from one of our most fiercely talented storytellers."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Mother and child; Race relations; Racism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All the water in the world : a novel / by Raney, Karen,author.;
"Maddy is sixteen. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she's unusually close, a father she's never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Deeply curious, wry, and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood, ready to untangle all the mysteries that living holds--if she survives her teens"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Teenage girls; Mothers and daughters; Families; Cancer;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The murder rule : a novel / by McTiernan, Dervla,author.;
"Hannah has abandoned everything-her trajectory as a law student, her childhood home and caring for her ill mother-for the chance to work with the Innocence Project, a prestigious coalition of investigators who fight to free wrongly convicted prisoners. Hannah's ambitions are set on the program's highest-stakes case in years: a convicted rapist and murderer on death row. She'll do anything--whatever it takes-to work on this case. Because Hannah has a secret. Nearly three decades ago her mother Laura abandoned everything, too. A teenage runaway who fled her abusive family, she escaped to Maine for a fresh start. Desperate for work and a place to sleep, Laura is forced to resort to favors from friends and strangers, until she meets a young man named, Tom, who becomes her guardian angel. As Hannah becomes more deeply involved with the Innocence Project she is forced to reckon with the thin lines between justice and revenge, privilege and complicity, love and abuse. And the more she learns about this complicated case, the more she learns about herself. Because secrets and lies come with a price. Told in alternating timelines, the mother and daughter's stories twist and turn into an explosive conclusion"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Innocence Project; Family secrets; Mothers and daughters; Prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Love you forever / by Munsch, Robert N.,1945-; McGraw, Sheila.;
A mother's love endures as she sings a loving song to her little boy as he goes through the stages of childhood and becomes a man.LSC
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Love; Life cycle, Human;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The fourth suit / by Harris, Neil Patrick,1973-; Azam, Alec.; Marlin, Lissy.; Hilton, Kyle.;
"The Magic Misfits confront their greatest enemy in this final story told from Ridley's point of view"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Magicians; Enemies; Hypnotism; Friendship; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Yoga pant nation : a novel / by Gelman, Laurie,author.;
"The hilarious, irreverent Jen Dixon is class mom-again-for her son's fifth grade year, and a class bully, spin-teacher training, and her irresistible granddaughter keep her on her toes and perpetually in yoga pants"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Middle-aged women; Middle-aged mothers; Grandmothers; Educational fund raising; Schools;
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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Leaving Wisdom / by Butala, Sharon,1940-author.;
"Leaving Wisdom begins with the wrong kind of bang when retiring social worker Judith falls on the way to her retirement party. Her ears still ringing and her strength compromised by a shaky recovery, Judith moves back to the town of Wisdom, Saskatchewan, near the farm where she grew up. There she confronts many unanswered questions: Why was her father, a World War Two veteran, so troubled? What are her brother and sister hiding from her? And more immediately, is a serious crime unfolding in the house next door? Small town bigotry and shady goings-on make Judith's search for answers even more bewildering. As she attempts to untangle the mysteries that ensare her at every turn, more complicated and wider ranging questions arise as she uncovers the truth about her damaged father. This thought-provoking and very readable tale depicts the suffering that comes from family secrets, and one woman's late-life awakening to the complex shadows cast by World War Two and the Holocaust."--Back cover.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Homecoming; Mothers and daughters; Small cities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Babes [videorecording] / by Adlon, Pamela,1966-film director.; Bernhard, Sandra,actor.; Buteau, Michelle,actor.; Fox, Ashley,film producer.; Fox, Susie,film producer.; Glazer, Ilana,screenwriter,film producer,actor.; James, Stephan,1993-actor.; Lynch, John Carroll,1963-actor.; Minhaj, Hasan,1985-actor.; Platt, Oliver,actor.; Rabinowitz, Josh,screenwriter,film producer.; Solberg, Breean,film producer.; Decal (Firm),publisher.; FilmNation Entertainment (Firm),presenter,production company.; Range Media Partners,presenter,production company.; Starrpix (Firm),production company.;
Music by Ryan Miller, Jay Lifton ; editors, Annie Eifrig, Elizabeth Merrick ; director of photography, Jeffrey Kim.Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bernhard, Stephan James, Hasan Minhaj.Babes follows childhood best friends Eden and Dawn, now in different phases of adulthood. When single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for sexual material, language throughout, and some drug use.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Best friends; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Pregnant women; Single mothers;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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