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- Daddy's girls : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
In Danielle Steel's riveting novel, three women raised by their father on a sprawling California ranch now confront difficult truths about their past. Decades ago, after the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. But when he dies suddenly at the age of sixty-four, the ranch is inherited by his three daughters--each of them finding it impossible to believe that this larger-than-life figure is gone from their lives. JT's relationship with each daughter was entirely different. Caroline, the youngest and most reserved, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major television star. Kate, the eldest, stayed at home with her father to do his bidding as a ranch hand, without thanks or praise, forsaking marriage and a family of her own for the love of him. Now, upon JT's death, the paper trail he leaves behind begins to reveal much more than the three sisters ever guessed about who he really was. It will turn their world upside down, and each of them must grapple with a new reality, strengthening their relationships with one another, and discovering who they are now as grown women, in spite of him. Set against the magnificent backdrop of the West and the drama of a family in turmoil, Daddy's Girls is the story of three remarkable women and their unique bond to each other--the daughters of a complex, many-faceted, domineering father who left his mark on each of them.
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Sisters; Fathers and daughters; Fathers; Family secrets; Ranchers; Ranch life;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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- The world's fair quilt [text (large print)] / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
"New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini is back with another novel in her perennially popular Elm Creek Quilts series: a timely celebration of quilting, family, community, and history!"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.); Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character); Exhibitions; Quilting; Quiltmakers; Sisters; Small cities; Women;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Things I wish I told my mother [sound recording] / by Patterson, Sue,author.; Archer, Ellen(Narrator),narrator.; DiLallo, Susan,1947-author.; Patterson, James,1947-author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Ellen Archer.When Laurie, a nomadic artist, surprises her mother, an elegant perfectionist, with a dream vacation to Paris, which brings an unexpected sparkle to her eyes, mother and daughter unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes in the City of Light.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Women artists;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Things you save in a fire [sound recording] / by Center, Katherine,author.; Plummer, Thérèse,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Therese Plummer.From the author of 'How to Walk Away' comes a new novel that is not only about learning to love against all odds, but about the strength of vulnerability, the nourishing magic of forgiveness, and the life-changing power of defining courage, at last, for yourself.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Women fire fighters; Mothers and daughters; Fire stations;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A country escape / by Fforde, Katie,author.;
Fran has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers. But Fran knows nothing about farming. She's going to need a lot of help from her best friend, and also from her wealthy and very eligible neighbour, who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive. Is it the farm he is interested in? Or Fran herself?
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Chick lit.; Farmers; Self-realization; Man-woman relationships; Single women; Rich people;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The five-star weekend [sound recording] / by Hilderbrand, Elin,author.; Bennett, Erin,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Erin Bennett.Inviting her best friend from each phase of her life, widow Hollis Shaw hosts an unforgettable weekend on Nantucket, during which things don't go as planned as each woman deals with heartbreak, infidelity, scandal, and secrets, but things turn around due to new friendships, unexpected romance, and self-discovery.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Female friendship; Secrecy; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Widows;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Family lore : a novel / by Acevedo, Elizabeth,author.;
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake--a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she's led--her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else's? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila. But Flor isn't the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own. Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo's inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces--one family's journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dominican American women; Families; Psychic ability; Secrecy; Sisters; Wake services;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- Little disasters [sound recording] : a novel / by Vaughan, Sarah,1972-author.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by multiple narrators.Liz Trenchard is an experienced pediatrician with a duty to protect all children admitted to her busy emergency room. So when her friend Jess turns up at the ER one night with her baby girl and a story that doesn't quite add up, Liz is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her friend and about herself. There are so many secrets and so many lies. The truth can't come soon enough.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Medical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Motherhood; Secrecy; Women pediatricians;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- You only call when you're in trouble : a novel / by McCauley, Stephen,author.;
"After a lifetime of kindly taking care of his irresistible but impossible sister and her wonderful daughter, Tom is finally ready to put himself first. Naturally, that's when his phone rings. Tom does what he always does--answers the call. And therein lies either the beauty or dysfunction, (or perhaps both) of the sometimes too tight ties that bind families together"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Gay fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Families; Family secrets; Gay men; Women college teachers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The secret messenger / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to find the mole, and Stella knows her future could be in jeopardy. London, 2017: Years later, Luisa Belmont finds a mysterious old typewriter in her attic. Determined to find out who it belonged to, Luisa delves into the past and uncovers a story of fierce love, unimaginable sacrifice and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal. Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII.
- Subjects: War fiction.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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