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Wandering souls : a novel / by Pin, Cecile,author.;
"A boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into a luminous meditation on ancestry and love. After the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh, and Minh begin a perilous journey to Hong Kong with the promise that their parents and younger siblings will soon follow. But when tragedy strikes, the three children are left orphaned, and sixteen-year-old Anh becomes the caretaker for her two younger brothers overnight. In the years that follow, Anh and her brothers resettle in the UK and confront their new identities as refugees, first in overcrowded camps and resettlement centers and then, later, in a modernizing London plagued by social inequality and raging anti-immigrant sentiment. Anh works in a clothing factory to pay their bills. Minh loiters about with fellow unemployed high school dropouts. Thanh, the youngest, plays soccer with his British friends after class. As they mature, each sibling reckons with survivor's guilt, unmoored by their parents' absence. With every choice they make, their paths diverge further, until it's unclear if love alone can keep them together. Told through lyrical narrative threads, historical research, voices from lost family, and notes by an unnamed narrator determined to chart their fate, Wandering Souls captures the lives of a family marked by war and loss yet relentless in the pursuit of a better future. With urgency and precision, it affirms that the most important stories are those we claim for ourselves, establishing Cecile Pin as a masterful new literary voice"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Immigrants; Orphans; Siblings; Vietnamese;
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A Christmas deliverance : a novel / by Perry, Anne,author.;
"A courageous doctor and his apprentice fight to save London's poor--and discover that the hearts of men can be colder than a winter chill--in this gripping holiday mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Scuff has come a long way from his time as a penniless orphan scraping together a living on the banks of the Thames. Now he's studying medicine at a free clinic run by Dr. Crowe. Lately Crowe has grown distracted after witnessing an altercation between a former patient of his named Ellie--a woman he not only treated but grew to love--and her controlling fiancé. It seems someone is forcing Ellie to marry the man, and as Crowe's emotions come flooding back, he sets out to uncover the troubling connection between Ellie, her father, and her betrothed. With Crowe engrossed in his investigation just weeks before the holidays, Scuff is left to fend for himself, performing surgery after surgery on London's poor and vulnerable. He is desperate for help, so when a needy young girl named Mattie comes to the clinic for treatment, Scuff offers her a place to live in exchange for assistance with his medical work. Together, Scuff and Mattie must not only run the clinic but also fend off the police, who are growing suspicious of Crowe's amateur sleuthing. Will Crowe be able to help Ellie, and will Scuff and Mattie ensure all of their patients--and they themselves--can manage to have a peaceful Christmas?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Orphans; Physicians;
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The lonely hearts hotel / by O'Neill, Heather,1973-author.;
Set in Montreal and New York between the wars, a spellbinding story about two orphans whose unusual magnetism and talent allow them to imagine a sensational future, from the bestselling, two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted author. Exquisitely imagined and hypnotically told, The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. Set in the early part of the 20th Century, it is an unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose fortune hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to escape one's origins. It might also take true love. Two babies are abandoned in a Montréal orphanage in the winter of 1914. Before long, their true talents emerge: Pierrot is a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing for the rich, the children fall in love with each other and dream up a plan for the most extraordinary and seductive circus show the world has ever seen. Separated as teenagers, both escape into the city's underworld, where they must use their uncommon gifts to survive without each other. Ruthless and unforgiving, Montréal in the 1930's is no place for song and dance. But when Rose and Pierrot finally reunite beneath the snowflakes, the possibilities of their childhood dreams are renewed, and they'll go to extreme lengths to make those dream come true. After Rose, Pierrot and their troupe of clowns and chorus girls hit the stage and the alleys, the underworld will never look the same. With extraordinary storytelling, musical language, and an extravagantly realized world, acclaimed author Heather O'Neill enchants us with her best novel yet -- one so magical there is no escaping its spell.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Circus performers; Orphans; Man-woman relationships;
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The Beatryce prophecy / by DiCamillo, Kate.; Blackall, Sophie.;
When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy.LSC
Subjects: Orphans; Storytelling; Goats; Monasteries; Prophecies; Middle Ages;
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The city of lost cats / by Kyi, Tanya Lloyd,1973-;
"A feisty young girl named Fiona stumbles upon an old house, the middle of three abandoned mansions, full of stray (and runaway) cats (and two budgies). Naming it the City of Lost Cats, Fiona feels a great deal of sympathy for the animals; she understands wanting to run away. Ever since her parents died, she's been struggling to adjust to the new, smaller apartment she and her older sister, Tannis, now live in. Tannis has even less time to spare for Fiona, as her job at City Hall has her working more hours than ever. Cot (short for Cottonball Fluffikins Magnificent III, but he refused to answer to that name when he lived with his family) has lived in the house for two years and is the self-proclaimed leader of the cats. But lately, he's been worried about a challenge to his leadership. When a giant excavator rolls up to the houses, it's going to take some quick thinking on the part of Fiona, not to mention the cooperation of all the cats to give The City a future"--
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Orphans; Cats; Parrots; Animal welfare; Activism; Housing;
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Dear Edward : a novel / by Napolitano, Ann,author.;
A twelve-year-old boy struggles with the worst kind of fame--as the sole survivor of a notorious plane crash.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Airplane crash survival; Aircraft accidents; Grief in children; Loss (Psychology); Orphans; Families;
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Okko's Inn [videorecording] / by Kobayashi, Seiran,voice actor.; Mizuki, Nana,voice actor.; Matsuda, Satsumi,voice actor.; Aikens, Kenneth,voice actor.; Bell, Glynis,1947-voice actor.; Chu, Courtney,2005-voice actor.; Kōsaka, Kitarō,1962-film director.; GKids (Firm),production company.; Shout! Factory (Firm),film distributor.;
Voices: Seiran Kobayashi, Nana Mizuki, Satsumi Matsuda, Kenneth Aikens, Glynis Bell, Courtney Chu.After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko goes to live with her grandmother, who runs a traditional Japanese inn built on top of an ancient spring said to have healing waters. Okko discovers there are spirits who live there that only she can see; not scary ones, but welcoming ghosts who keep her company and play games. The inn's motto is that it welcomes all and rejects none, and it is soon put to the test as a string of new guests challenge Okko's ability to be a gracious host.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Orphans; Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Spirits; Hot springs; Taverns (Inns);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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His dark materials. [videorecording] / by Connor, Kit,2004-actor.; Gupta, Amit,television director.; Keen, Dafne,2005-actor.; Martin, Charles(Director),television director.; Wilson, Amir,2004-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Pullman, Philip,1946-His dark materials.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),production company.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;
Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Kit Connor, Ruth Wilson, Ariyon Bakare, Lin-Manuel Miranda.Originally broadcast on television in 2022.Based on "The Amber Spyglass," the third novel in Philip Pullman's award-winning trilogy, the final chapter of this epic fantasy series finds Lyra (Dafne Keen), the prophesied child, and Will (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife, on a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. As Lyra's father's great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the worlds comes at a terrible price.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Belacqua, Lyra (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Kidnapping; Magic; Missing persons; Orphans;
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The Boxcar Children / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Deal, L. Kate.;
Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Orphans; Railroads; Brothers and sisters;
© c1977., Albert Whitman,
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Lucky Red : a novel / by Cravens, Claudia,author.;
"In the spring of 1877, Bridget--sixteen years old and already disillusioned after caring for her alcoholic father--is orphaned while crossing the Kansas prairie. She arrives penniless in Dodge City, and, thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, is soon recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life instantly, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships she forms with her fellow 'sporting women,' even catching the eye of the town's Sheriff's Deputy, who offers the Queen protection and security. Then, Spartan Lee--the most legendary (and only) female gunfighter in the region--rides into town, and Bridget falls in love"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Lesbian fiction.; Novels.; Gunfighters; Lesbians; Orphans; Prostitutes;
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