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Emma in the night [sound recording] / by Walker, Wendy,1967-author.; Plummer, Thérèse,narrator.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Therese Plummer and Julia Whelan."One night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: fifteen-year-old Cass and seventeen-year-old Emma. Three years later, Cass returns, without her sister Emma. Her story is one of kidnapping and betrayal, of a mysterious island where the two were held. But to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter, something doesn't add up. Looking deep within this dysfunctional family Dr. Winter uncovers a life where boundaries were violated and a narcissistic parent held sway. And where one sister's return might just be the beginning of the crime"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Women psychiatrists; Sisters; Missing persons; Dysfunctional families; Kidnapping;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A long time gone / by White, Karen(Karen S.);
"When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back, as generations of the women in her family had. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she'd left, that's exactly what happens--Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with "Bootsie," her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. But instead she finds that her grandmother has died and that her estranged mother is drifting further away from her memories. Now Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she herself once was. But for Vivien things change in ways she cannot imagine when a violent storm reveals the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts. Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself--by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted her them for generations"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Caregivers; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rescuing the stolen child / by Queen, Connie,author.;
Time is running out ... and a child's life is on the line. When Lieutenant Texas Ranger Zane Adcock is attacked, he learns two shocking things: his estranged daughter has a son ... and his grandson has been taken. The desperate kidnapper needs Zane to investigate an old murder case, and little Wyatt is his leverage. Zane, with help from his ex-fiancée, Bliss Walker, has days to clear a wrongly convicted inmate -- or his grandson will pay the price.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Novels.; Texas Rangers; Family secrets; Grandparent and child; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Don't look for me [sound recording] / by Walker, Wendy,1967-author.; Plummer, Thérèse,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Therese Plummer."One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn't want to be found. Or at least, that's the story. The car abandoned miles from home. The note found at a nearby hotel. The shattered family that couldn't be put back together. They called it a 'walk away.' It happens all the time. Women disappear, desperate to leave their lives behind and start over. But is that what really happened to Molly Clarke?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Disappeared persons; Loss (Psychology); Runaway women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The water dancer : a novel / by Coates, Ta-Nehisi,author.;
"Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage--and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child--but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn't understand, a blue light that lifts him up and lands him a mile away. This strange brush with death forces a new urgency on Hiram's private rebellion. Spurred on by his improvised plantation family, Thena, his chosen mother, a woman of few words and many secrets, and Sophia, a young woman fighting her own war even as she and Hiram fall in love, he becomes determined to escape the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey into the covert war on slavery that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, all Hiram wants is to return to the Walker Plantation to free the family he left behind--but to do so, he must first master his magical gift and reconstruct the story of his greatest loss. This is a bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a great adventure. Driven by the author's bold imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into the interior lives of his brilliantly rendered characters, The Water Dancer is the story of America's oldest struggle--the struggle to tell the truth--from one of our most exciting thinkers and beautiful writers"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Slavery;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Blood justice / by Benton-Walker, Terry J.,author.;
Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family's stolen throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked--she will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she's not the only one trying to take them down. Cris and Clem have enemies coming at them from all directions: Hateful anti-magic protesters sabotage their reign at every turn. A ruthless detective with a personal vendetta against magical crime is hot on their tail just as Cris has discovered her thirst for revenge. And a brutal god, hunting from the shadows, is summoned by the very power Clem needs to protect the boy he loves. Cris's hunger for vengeance and Clem's desire for love could prove to be their family's downfall, all while new murders, shocking disappearances, and impossible alliances are changing the game forever. Welcome back to New Orleans, where gods walk among us and justice isn't served, it's taken.
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Blessing and cursing; Gay people; Magic; Revenge; Sexual minorities; Siblings; Twins; African Americans; Blessing and cursing; Gay people; LGBTQ+ people; Magic; Revenge; Siblings; Twins;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The water dancer [sound recording] : a novel / by Coates, Ta-Nehisi,author.; Morton, Joe,1947-narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Joe Morton.Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage--and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child--but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn't understand, a blue light that lifts him up and lands him a mile away. This strange brush with death forces a new urgency on Hiram's private rebellion. Spurred on by his improvised plantation family, Thena, his chosen mother, a woman of few words and many secrets, and Sophia, a young woman fighting her own war even as she and Hiram fall in love, he becomes determined to escape the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey into the covert war on slavery that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, all Hiram wants is to return to the Walker Plantation to free the family he left behind--but to do so, he must first master his magical gift and reconstruct the story of his greatest loss. This is a bracingly original vision of the world of slavery, written with the narrative force of a great adventure. Driven by the author's bold imagination and striking ability to bring readers deep into the interior lives of his brilliantly rendered characters, The Water Dancer is the story of America's oldest struggle--the struggle to tell the truth--from one of our most exciting thinkers and beautiful writers.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Slavery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The incredibles [videorecording (DVD)] / by Bird, Brad; Walker, John; Nelson, Craig T.; Hunter, Holly,1958-; Jackson, Samuel L.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Pixar (Firm); Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.;
Voices: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee.Bob Parr and his wife Helen used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters. Fifteen years later they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they live normal lives with their three children; Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. Bob springs back into action when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to save the world from total destruction.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.
Subjects: Superheros; Animated films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.;
© c2005., Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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The color purple [videorecording] / by Fantasia,1984-actor.; Bazawule, Blitz,film director.; Brooks, Danielle,actor.; Domingo, Colman,actor.; Gardley, Marcus,screenwriter.; Henson, Taraji P.,actor.; Jones, Quincy,1933-film producer.; Sanders, Scott,1957-film producer.; Spielberg, Steven,1946-film producer.; Winfrey, Oprah,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Walker, Alice,1944-Color purple.; Harpo Films,production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.;
Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Halle Bailey, Ciara, H.e.r., David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Jon Batiste.A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic content, sexual content, violence and language.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.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Musical films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Abused wives; Adult child sexual abuse victims; Dysfunctional families; African American women; African American families; Man-woman relationships;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A place to call home. [videorecording] / by Dusseldorp, Marta.; Hall, Craig.; Hazlehurst, Noni.; Parkes-Lockwood, Arianwen.; Acorn Media (Firm); RLJ Entertainment.;
Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Craig Hall.Set in rural Australia in the years following World War II, this beautifully acted, sharply written series follows the fortunes of a woman returning home after spending two decades abroad. On the ship home, Sarah meets the wealthy Bligh family. She quickly charms dashing widower George (Brett Climo, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) and his spirited daughter, Anna (Abby Earl, The Great Mint Swindle). Less pleased is his mother (award-winning actress Noni Hazlehurst, Little Fish), particularly after Sarah witnesses a desperate act by George's son, James (David Berry, Home and Away). As Sarah settles into life in her new town, Mrs. Bligh does everything she can to maintain her iron grip on her family-and keep Sarah out of it.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Families; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and sons; Television programs.; Widowers;
© c2015., Acorn : Distributed by RLJ Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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