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Sugar street : a novel / by Dee, Jonathan,author.;
"In Jonathan Dee's elegant and explosive new novel, Sugar Street, an unnamed male narrator has hit the road. Rid of any possible identifiers, his possessions amount to $168,548 in cash stashed in an envelope under his car seat. Vigilantly avoiding security cameras, he drives until he hits a city where his past is unlikely to track him down, and finds a room to rent from a less-than-stable landlady whose need for money outweighs her desire to ask questions. He seems to have escaped his former self. But can he? In a story that moves with swift dark humor and insight, Dee takes us through his narrator's attempt to disavow his former life of privilege and enter a blameless new existence. Having opted out of his material possessions and human connections, the pillars of his new self-simplicity, kindness, above all invisibility-grow shakier as he butts up against the daily lives of his neighbors in their politically divided working-class city. With the suspense of a thriller and the grace of our best literary fiction, Dee unspools the details of our unlikely hero's former life and his developing new one in a drumbeat roll up to a shocking final act. Dee has been compared by the Wall Street Journal to authors such as Jonathan Franzen and Jennifer Egan for his expansive, contemporary, social novels; Sugar Street is a leaner, more personal, but still uncannily timely look at the volatile America of today. A risky, engrossing, and surprisingly visceral story about a white man trying to escape his own troubling footprint and start his life over"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Neighbors; Suburban life;
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Surviving the apocalypse in the suburbs : the thrivalist's guide to life without oil / by Brown, Wendy,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Sustainable living.; Self-reliance.; Suburban life.;
© c2011., New Society Publishers,
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The night the lights went out / by White, Karen(Karen S.),author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Flight Patterns comes a stunning new novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is never what it seems. Recently divorced, Merilee Talbot Dunlap moves with her two children to the Atlanta suburb of Sweet Apple, Georgia. It's not her first time starting over, but her efforts at a new beginning aren't helped by an anonymous local blog that dishes about the scandalous events that caused her marriage to fail. Merilee finds some measure of peace in the cottage she is renting from town matriarch Sugar Prescott. Though stubborn and irascible, Sugar sees something of herself in Merilee--something that allows her to open up about her own colorful past. Sugar's stories give Merilee a different perspective on the town and its wealthy school moms in their tennis whites and shiny SUVs, and even on her new friendship with Heather Blackford. Merilee is charmed by the glamorous young mother's seemingly perfect life and finds herself drawn into Heather's world. In a town like Sweet Apple, where sins and secrets are as likely to be found behind the walls of gated mansions as in the dark woods surrounding Merilee's house, appearance is everything. But just how dangerous that deception can be will shock all three women."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Interpersonal relations; Divorced women; Suburban life;
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New millennium boyz / by Kazemi, Alex,author.;
In Alex Kazemi's debut novel, Brad Sela is living an apathetic suburban life in his affluent neighbourhood until two new friends drag him down a destructive path toward self-discovery. 'New Millennium Boyz' presents an uncensored and unsettling portrait of the year 2000 that never could have aired on MTV. It is an unnerving examination of the collision of traditional masculinity, the early internet, and irresistible pop culture that shaped the turn of the century and transformed the way boys engage with the world.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Boys; Suburban life; Masculinity;
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Bournville : a novel in seven occasions / by Coe, Jonathan,author.;
"Bournville is a quiet village in the heart of England famous for its chocolate. For eleven-year-old Mary, it is the center of her world, the place where most of her family's friends and neighbors have worked for decades and where the streets smell faintly of chocolate. During the next three-quarters of a century, Mary will have children and grandchildren and great-children. She will live through the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 1966 World Cup final (the last time England won), royal weddings and royal funerals, Brexit and Covid-19. Parts of the chocolate factory will be transformed into a theme park, and Bournville itself will gradually disappear into the sprawl of the growing city of Birmingham. As we travel through seventy-five years of social change, from James Bond to Princess Diana, and from wartime nostalgia to the World Wide Web, one pressing question starts to emerge: will these changing times bring Mary's family and their country closer together, or leave them more adrift and divided than ever before?"--From publisher's website.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Suburban life;
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I saw the TV glow [videorecording] / by Schoenbrun, Jane,screenwriter,film director.; Stone, Emma,1988-actor.; Smith, Justice,1995-actor.; Lundy-Paine, Brigette,1994-actor.; Foreman, Ian,actor.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-paine, Ian Foreman.Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show, a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of reality begins to crack.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Horror films.; Feature films.; Supernatural; Teenagers; Suburban life; Television programs;
For private home use only.
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Fresh off the boat. [videorecording] / by Park, Randall,actor.; Wheeler, Forrest,2004-actor.; Wu, Constance,1982-actor.; Yang, Hudson,2003-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen, Lucille Soong, Chelsey Crisp, Ray Wise.Set in the ‘90s, hip-hop loving teenager Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang) and his family have lived in Orlando for a few years now and have assimilated nicely into the suburban American lifestyle. Cultural differences still present everyday challenges, but close friends, neighbors and business acquaintances are there to help them navigate the complexities of raising a family of future millennials.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Families; Restaurateurs; Suburban life; Taiwanese Americans;
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Fresh off the boat. [videorecording] / by Yang, Hudson,2003-actor.; Park, Randall,actor.; Wu, Constance,1982-actor.; Wheeler, Forrest,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Hudson Yang, Randall Park, Constance Wu, Forrest Wheeler, Lucille Soong.In the mid-1990s, 12-year-old hip-hop-loving Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang) and his family are adjusting to their new lives in suburban Orlando, staying true to their family values as they pursue the American Dream. As the family continues to settle in, they excitedly celebrate all of the important holidays -- Halloween, Huangsgiving, Christmas, and, of course, Chinese New Year. Dad Louis (Randall Park) has turned the once-struggling Cattleman's Ranch into a successful steakhouse. Mom Jessica (Constance Wu) keeps her boys in line yet still finds time to partake in neighborhood gossip. And Grandma Huang (Lucille Soong) may be confined to her wheelchair, but she never misses a beat. Eddie and his posse are navigating middle-school angst. Middle brother Emery (Forrest Wheeler) continues to thrive in school and on the tennis court, and baby brother Evan (Ian Chen) can still do no wrong.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Taiwanese Americans; Restaurateurs; Suburban life; Families;
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One smart skunk / by Ziefert, Harriet; Cohen, Santiago;
Rebecca the skunk lives under a suburban family's deck, eluding the traps set to ensnare her, but the smell of moth balls and the noise of rap music finally convince her that the suburbs are no place to raise her family.
Subjects: Skunks; Moving, Household; Suburban life; City and town life;
© 2004., Blue Apple Books :
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The mother next door : a novel / by Laskowski, Tara,author.;
"The annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic suburban cul-de-sac Ivy Woods Drive. An influential group of neighborhood moms--known as the Ivy Five--plans the event for months. Except the Ivy Five has been four for a long time. When a new mother moves to town, eager to fit in, the moms see it as an opportunity to make the group whole again. This year's block party should be the best yet ... until the women start receiving anonymous messages threatening to expose the quiet neighborhood's dark past--and the lengths they've gone to hide it. As secrets seep out and the threats intensify, the Ivy Five must sort the loyal from the disloyal, the good from the bad. They'll do anything to protect their families. But when a twisted plot is revealed, with dangerous consequences, their steady foundation begins to crumble, leaving only one certainty: after this year's block party, Ivy Woods Drive will never be the same"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Block parties; Halloween; Mothers; Secrecy; Suburban life;
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