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Rosarita / by Desai, Anita,1937-author.;
"Away from her home in India to study Spanish, Bonita sits on a bench in El Jardin de San Miguel, Mexico, basking in the park's lush beauty, when she slowly becomes aware that she is being watched. An elderly woman approaches her, claiming that she knew Bonita's mother-that they had been friends when Bonita's mother had lived in Mexico as a talented young artist. Bonita tells the stranger that she must be mistaken; her mother was not a painter and had never travelled to Mexico. Though the stranger leaves, Bonita cannot shake the feeling that she is being followed. Days later, haunted by the encounter, Bonita seeks out the woman, whom she calls The Trickster, and follows her on a tour of what may, or may not, have been her mother's past. As a series of mysterious events brilliantly unfold, Bonita is unable to escape The Trickster's presence, as she is forced to confront questions of truth and identity, and specters of familial and national violence"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; East Indians; Identity (Psychology); Mothers and daughters; Self-realization in women; Stalkers; Women travelers;
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Girl most likely [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Dillon, Matt; Bening, Annette; Wiig, Kristen; Criss, Darren;
Director, Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini.Kristen Wiig, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss, Annette Bening.After both her career and relationship hit the skids, Imogene is forced to make the humiliating move back home to New Jersey with her eccentric mother and younger brother. Adding further insult to injury, there's a strange man sleeping in her old bedroom, and an even stranger man sleeping in her mother's bed.OFRB rating: PG.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Comedy.; Drama.; Comedy.;
© 2013., Lionsgate,
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Covert affairs. [videorecording] : the final season / by Perabo, Piper,actor.; Gorham, Christopher,1974-actor.; Gallagher, Peter,1955-actor.; Matchett, Kari,actor.; Universal Studios, Inc.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Peter Gallagher, Kari Matchett, Hill Harper, Nic Bishop.An inexperienced CIA trainee with top-notch linguistic skills becomes a field operative under mysterious circumstances.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) and 2.0 (English DVS).
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Undercover operations; Women spies;
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The Lego movie [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Ferrell, Will; Arnett, Will; Banks, Elizabeth; Offerman, Nick; Berry, Craig;
Director, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord.Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Craig Berry, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks.Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure, is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.CHVRS rating: G.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Children's.; Children's films.; Animated.;
© 2014., Warner Bros Ent. Canada Inc.,
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The break-up [videorecording (DVD)] / by Reed, Peyton.; Vaughn, Vince.; Aniston, Jennifer.; Universal Pictures (Firm);
Director of photography, Eric Edwards ; editors, Dan Lebental, David Rosenbloom ; music, Jon Brion ; costume designer, Carol Oditz ; production designer, Andrew Laws.Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Cole Hauser, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis, Justin Long, Ivan Sergei, John Michael Higgins, Ann-Margret, Vernon Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio.Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they share. Taking the advice of their repsective friends and confidants, including a few complete strangers, they both engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises.
© c2006., Universal Pictures,
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Roy. by White, Ross,film director.; Berkeley, Tom,film director.; Bradley, David,actor.; Shenton, Rachel,actor.; Network Ireland Television (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David Bradley, Rachel ShentonOriginally produced by Network Ireland Television in 2021.Trapped in a lonely existence, reclusive widower Roy passes the days by cold-calling strangers from the phone book, looking for brief moments of companionship. But when he accidentally calls adult hotline worker Cara, an unlikely friendship is born that will help them both rediscover the joy of life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Short films.;
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The tenth mistake of Hank Hooperman / by Choldenko, Gennifer,1957-;
When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he has been trying to keep secret.
Subjects: Dysfunctional families; Siblings; Secrecy; Resilience (Personality trait);
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Backcountry [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Peregrym, Missy; Roop, Jeff; Balfour, Eric; Campbell, Nicholas;
Director, Adam Macdonald.Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop, Eric Balfour, Nicholas Campbell.A busy executive and her sporadically employed boyfriend take a break from city living for a few days of camping. When they have an unsettling encounter with a stranger wandering through the woods alone, they take an impromptu detour that leaves them at the mercy of the wilderness and its ferocious inhabitants.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Horror.; Horror.; Canadian.; Suspense / Thriller.;
© 2015., Shout! / Scream Factory,
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel / by See, Lisa,author.;
"A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate--the first automobile any of them have seen--and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley's happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations. A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Adopted children; Akha (Southeast Asian people); Chinese-American teenagers; Group identity; Identity (Psychology); Mothers and daughters;
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Evil under the Tuscan sun / by Cole, Stephanie,1950-;
"When a wealthy New York philanthropist pays top dollar for a private, four-day ziti workshop, Nell Valenti wants everyone at the Orlandini cooking school focused on the task at hand. But complications abound when Nell's boyfriend Pete Orlandini rushes to Rome for an unexpected business trip, Chef Orlandini is more preoccupied with a potential spot on an American cooking show than preparing for the workshop, and an uninvited woman sneaks into the villa to inspect Pete's olive grove. The last disturbance proves deadly, and when the woman's body is found in the grove, Nell must investigate before her hopes for the workshop, like the olives, are crushed. Nell now has another item on her checklist--keep the Orlandinis out of trouble and the wealthy ziti-lovers happy while she looks into the stranger's past. When Nell discovers that for one of the Orlandinis, at least, the murder victim was not such a stranger after all, she'll learn that when a detective goes digging in Italy, she'd better be ready for truffle"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Women cooks; Americans; Murder; Cooking schools; Murder;
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