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Roma [videorecording] / by Aparicio, Yalitza,1993-actor.; Cortina Autrey, Diego,actor.; Cuarón, Alfonso,film director,screenwriter.; Peralta, Carlos,actor.; Tavira, Marina de,actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.; Esperanto Films (Firm),film producer.; Netflix (Firm),film producer,film distributor.; Participant Media,film producer.;
Yalitza Aparicio, Marina De Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta.With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for graphic nudity, some disturbing images, and language.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Mexican.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Indigenous women; Women household employees;
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The housemaid is watching / by McFadden, Freida,author.;
""You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way ... I used to clean other people's houses - now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills ... The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Neighbors; Secrecy; Spouses; Women household employees;
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House of Hunger / by Henderson, Alexis,author.;
"WANTED: Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation is all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north-where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service-Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery-and at the center of it all is her. Countess Lisavet, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home-and fast-or its halls will soon become her grave"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Vampire fiction.; Novels.; Demonology; Good and evil; Nobility; Vampires; Women household employees;
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A perilous pal / by Bradford, Laura.;
While helping a lonely, divorced empty-nester fulfill her bucket list, Emma Westlake turns into an amateur sleuth when her client's ex is murdered.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Businesswomen; Paid companions (Household employees); Divorced women; Murder;
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I know what you bid last summer / by Harris, Sherry(Mystery writer);
When Sarah Winston agrees to manage an athletic equipment swap, she doesn't bargain on an uncharitable killer. The day of the event, the school superintendent is found dead in the gymnasium.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Garage sales; Divorced women; School employees; Murder;
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The house of Lincoln : a novel / by Horan, Nancy,author.;
"An unprecedented view of Lincoln's Springfield from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Loving Frank. Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, returns with a sweeping historical novel, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's ascendance from rumpled lawyer to U.S. president to the Great Emancipator through the eyes of a young asylum-seeker who arrives in Lincoln's home of Springfield from Madeira, Portugal. Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, fourteen-year-old Ana Ferreira lands a job in the Lincoln household assisting Mary Lincoln with their boys and with the hostess duties borne by the wife of a rising political star. Ana bears witness to the evolution of Lincoln's views on equality and the Union and observes in full complexity the psyche and pain of his bold, polarizing wife, Mary. Along with her African American friend Cal, Ana encounters the presence of the underground railroad in town and experiences personally how slavery is tearing apart her adopted country. Culminating in an eyewitness account of the little-known Springfield race riot of 1908, The House of Lincoln takes readers on a journey through the historic changes that reshaped America and that continue to reverberate today"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Women household employees;
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Murder by invitation only / by Cambridge, Colleen,author.;
In a historical mystery, Agatha Christie's ever-capable housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, not only keeps the celebrated author's English country home in tip-top shape, she excels as an amateur sleuth; but when a murder-themed game goes awry, can she outfox the guilty party?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Recipes.; Novels.; Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976; Games; Household employees; Murder; Women household employees;
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Mothering Sunday [videorecording] / by Birch, Alice,1986-screenwriter.; Colman, Olivia,actor.; Dirisu, Sope,1991-actor.; Firth, Colin,1960-actor.; Harker, Caroline,1966-actor.; Husson, Eva,1977-film director.; Jackson, Glenda,actor.; O'Connor, Josh,actor.; Shepherd, Simon,1956-actor.; Tavares, Alfredo,actor.; Welling, Albert,1952-actor.; Young, Odessa,1990-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Swift, Graham,1949-Mothering Sunday.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Olivia Colman, Glenda Jackson, Colin Firth, Josh O'Connor, Odessa Young, Sope Dirisu, Caroline Harker, Simon Shepherd, Alfredo Tavares, Albert Welling.A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.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: Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Orphans; Social classes; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women household employees; Young women;
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Now you see us : a novel / by Jaswal, Balli Kaur,author.;
"Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help! From Reese's Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes an absolute tour de force--the wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore's elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Filipinos; Murder; Social classes; Women household employees;
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The desert bride [videorecording] / by Atán, Cecilia,film director,screenwriter.; Pivato, Valeria,film director,screenwriter.; García, Paulina,actor.; Rissi, Claudio,actor.; Strand Releasing (Firm),publisher.;
Paulina Garcia, Claudio Rissi.54-year-old Teresa has worked for decades as a live-in maid with a family in Buenos Aires. When the family sells the house, she is forced to take a job in the distant town of San Juan. Although feeling uncomfortable with traveling, she embarks on a journey through the desert. During her first stop, in the land of the miraculous 'Saint Correa', she loses her bag with all her belongings. This unexpected incident leads her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman and the only person who can help Teresa find her bag. What seemed like the end of her world will ultimately prove her salvation.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Argentine.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Middle-aged women; Women household employees;
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