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Women and children first : a novel / by Grabowski, Alina,author.;
"Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town's industries for generations. When a young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge. Told through the eyes of ten local women, Grabowski's Women and Children First is a ... portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life's interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood, class, and sexuality, ambition, disappointment, and tragedy, this novel is a ... rendering of love and loss."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Death; Epilepsy in youth; Grief; High school girls; Loss (Psychology); Murder; Secrecy; Social classes; Women; Young women;
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Return : why we go back to where we come from / by Al-Solaylee, Kamal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Kamal Al-Solaylee yearns to return to his homeland of Yemen, now wracked by war, starvation and daily violence, to reconnect with his family. In 'Return', Al-Solaylee interviews dozens of people who have chosen to or long to return to their homelands, from the Basques to the Irish to the Taiwanese. This is a book for anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to return to their roots. Al-Solaylee lives in Toronto, ON. From the author of 'Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes', which won the 2013 Toronto Book Award.
Subjects: Al-Solaylee, Kamal.; Cross-cultural orientation.; Repatriation.; Return migrants; Return migrants.; Return migration; Return migration.; Reverse culture shock.; Social adjustment.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Food is my teacher [videorecording] / by Soma, Tammara,screenwriter,film director,on-screen participant,film producer.; Yanchyk, Brandy,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; McIntyre Media,film distributor.;
Tammara Soma, Cease Wyss.In Tammara's first documentary, Food is My Teacher, she delves into the pains of the past, including her own harrowing experience dealing with an eating disorder, to showcase how food can heal communities, body and spirit. This is Tammara's first experience in creating a documentary. She co-wrote and co-directed Food is My Teacher with award-winning filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk, who also produced the film. They travelled across Alberta and British Columbia on a quest to learn how food is healing within different communities.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Eating disorders; Food; Food industry and trade; Food security; Food habits; Food;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Roleplay. by Mathews, Katie,film director.; Collective Eye Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2024.Faced with rampant sexual violence on their college campus, a group of Tulane University students spend a year creating an immersive play from their real-life experiences. Building characters and scenes based on the sexual politics of their campus, the student actors confront hard truths. The film follows this process with a lyrical lens, blurring the lines between reality and performance, moving between vérité of campus life and the confessional vulnerability of the rehearsal room. Posing urgent questions about toxic legacies, trauma and healing, ROLEPLAY explores the roles we play as we grow into who we are: how they hurt us, how they heal us, and how they shape our futures.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Experimental films.; Arts.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Education.; Psychology.; Mental health.; Health.; Documentary films.; Educational films.; Current affairs.; Abuse.; College students.; Cinéma vérité.; Acting.; Universities and colleges.;
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Submersed : wonder, obsession, and murder in the world of amateur submarines / by Frank, Matthew Gavin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."An exquisite, lyrical foray into the world of deep-sea divers, the obsession and madness that oceans inspire in us, and the story of submarine inventor Peter Madsen's murder of journalist Kim Wall -- a captivating blend of literary prose, science writing, and true crime Submersed begins with an investigation into the beguiling subculture of DIY submersible obsessives: men and women -- but mostly men -- who are so compelled to sink into the deep sea that they become amateur backyard submarine-builders. Should they succeed in fashioning a craft in their garage or driveway and set sail, they do so at great personal risk -- as the 2023 fatal implosion of Stockton Rush's much more highly funded submarine, Titan, proved to the world. Matthew Gavin Frank explores the origins of the human compulsion to sink to depth, from the diving bells of Aristotle and Alexander the Great to the Confederate H. L. Hunley, which became the first submersible to sink an enemy warship before itself being sunk during the Civil War. The deeper he plunges, however, the more the obsession seems to dovetail with more threatening traits. Following the grisly murder of journalist Kim Wall at the hands of eccentric entrepreneur Peter Madsen aboard his DIY midget submarine, Frank finds himself reckoning with obsession's darkest extremes. Weaving together elements of true crime, the strange history of the submarine, the mythology of the deep sea, and the physical and mental side effects of sinking to great depth, Frank attempts to get to the bottom of this niche compulsion to chase the extreme in our planet's bodies of water and in our own bodies. What he comes to discover, and interrogate, are the odd and unexpected overlaps between the unquenchable human desire to descend into deep water, and a penchant for unspeakable violence"--
Subjects: Madsen, Peter, 1971-; Wall, Kim, 1987-2017.; Murder; Submarines (Ships); Submersibles;
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It must be beautiful to be finished : a memoir of my body / by Gies, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."When Kate Gies was four years old, a plastic surgeon pressed a synthetic ear to the right side of her head and pulled out a mirror. He told her he could make her "whole" -- could make her "right" -- and she believed him. From the age of four to thirteen, she underwent fourteen surgeries, including skin and bone grafts, to craft the appearance of an outer ear. Many of the surgeries failed, leaving permanent damage to her body. In short, lyrical vignettes, Kate writes about how her "disfigured" body was scrutinized, pathologized, and even weaponized. She describes the physical and psychic trauma of medical intervention, and its effects on her sense of self, first as a child needing to be fixed, and later, as a teenager and adult, navigating the complex expectations and dangers of being a woman. It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished is the story of a girl desperately trying to have a body that makes her acceptable and of a woman learning to own a body she never felt was hers to define. In an age of speaking out about the abuse of marginalized bodies, this memoir takes a hard look at the medical system's role in body oppression and trauma"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gies, Kate.; Gies, Kate; Gies, Kate; Aesthetics; Body image; Ear, External; Body image;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Breaking awake : a reporter's search for a new life, and a new world, through drugs / by Moskowitz, P. E.,1988-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Why are so many of us unhappy, anxious, and without purpose? And how can we get better? Several years ago, P.E. Moskowitz had a near-death experience, followed by a nervous breakdown. As they willed themselves back to life using a variety of drugs, both prescription and illicit, they started to wonder: Why are so many of us seeking out these types of interventions to deal with our daily reality? In Breaking Awake, Moskowitz takes us on a kaleidoscopic voyage through our country's collective mental health collapse, and the drugs we take-from fentanyl to SSRIs, to ketamine to LSD and beyond-to cope with the gnawing bleakness of our present moment. In a cross-country tour of drug use-including the free heroin handed out on the streets of Vancouver, a mom in Chicago who has been on SSRIs since childhood and now can't live without them, and ravers in Brooklyn taking drugs most people have never heard of to push the limits of human consciousness-Moskowitz questions whether drugs can spark liberation or simply quell the pain of modern life. Is it time to view drugs differently? And can drugs help us envision a better future?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Moskowitz, P. E., 1988-; Drugs; Drug abuse; Life change events; Mental health; Substance abuse;
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The Social Trap. by Jadot, Elisa,film director.; Java Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Java Films in 2024.Adolescents who are connected to their smartphone for more than five hours a day are 66% more likely to suffer suicidal symptoms than those who use it for one hour a day. 44 US states are currently suing Meta, blaming it for the malaise of an entire generation. Faced with powerful tech giants like Meta, Tiktok, Snapchat, X and Discord, how can we protect children and their childhood?For the first time in history, state legislators and parents in the US and Europe are joining forces to fight these digital giants. Among them are five women who have chosen to turn their daily lives upside down to fight back against the Big 5: Alexis, Elisabet, Sofia, Laure and Socheata.They are victims, mothers, doctors and lawyers. They’re all behind a movement to change the destiny of future generations. Alexis, a victim of screen addiction, was among the first to take Meta to court, accusing it of “inciting suicide.” Elisabet is a mother of three. In just a few days, over 10,000 parents joined her WhatsApp group to fight for a "phone-free youth." As a result, the state has banned smartphones in schools. Sofia is a psychiatrist and pioneer in the treatment of screen addiction in children, some as young as seven. Socheata has been involved in the fight ever since her son was manipulated by an internet predator. She has joined an organisation that works alongside cybercrime police officers to track down paedophiles. Laure is a lawyer determined to change the laws that protect the Big 5.Through the struggles of these women, we will discover that digital control is a major public health and safety issue that goes well beyond what we imagine.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Health.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Science.; Child welfare.; Computer science.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Substance abuse.; Motion pictures--France.; Social media.; Youth.; Women social reformers.; Child psychology.; Self-esteem.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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The love and lies of Rukhsana Ali / by Khan, Sabina,1968-;
Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana--but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.LSC
Subjects: Muslim girls; Bengali Americans; Lesbians; Mothers and daughters; Identity (Psychology); Arranged marriage;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dandelion / by Liew, Jamie Chai Yun,author.;
"When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily's previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Brunei. Years later, still affected by Swee Hua's disappearance, Lily's family is nonetheless stubbornly silent to her questioning. But eventually, an old family friend provides a clue that sends Lily to Southeast Asia to find out the truth. Winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award from the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, Dandelion is a beautifully written and affecting novel about motherhood, family secrets, migration, isolation, and mental illness. With clarity and care, it delves into the many ways we define home, identity, and above all, belonging."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Absentee mothers; Family secrets; Identity (Psychology); Missing persons; Motherhood; Quests (Expeditions); Social isolation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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