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City of girls [sound recording] / by Gilbert, Elizabeth,1969-author.; Brown, Blair,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by Blair Brown.Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest. Now eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Young women; Theaters; Entertainers;
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The house at the end of Hope Street : a novel / by Praag, Menna van.;
Includes bibliographical references."The house at the end of Hope Street is an enchanted, haunted house unlike any other--a house that finds young women in their time of need and takes them in. Each has 99 nights to use the wisdom bestowed by the house to turn her life around. Through the years it has offered refuge to a roster of women ranging from George Eliot to Beatrix Potter--many of whom have hung around to help newcomers find their way"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Occult fiction.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Young women;
© c2013., Pamela Dorman Books/Viking,
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The palace of Eros / by De Robertis, Caro,author.;
"A bold retelling of the traditional Greek myth of Psyche and Eros through a queer and feminist lens, grappling with the complex and thorny questions of how to harness the power of female and queer joy and cultivate freedom in a world that seeks to cage us"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Historical fiction.; Mythological fiction.; Novels.; Eros (Greek deity); Psyche (Greek deity); Goddesses, Greek; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Woman at sea / by Poulain, Catherine,author.; translation of:Poulain, Catherine.Grand marin.English.;
Subjects: Sea fiction.; Autobiographical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Women fishers; Young women; Fishing boats;
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The girl from widow hills : a novel / by Miranda, Megan,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author of "The Last House Guest"-a Reese's Book Club pick-comes a riveting new novel of psychological suspense about a young woman plagued by night terrors after a childhood trauma who wakes one evening to find a corpse at her feet"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Nightmares; Psychic trauma; Sleepwalking; Stalking victims; Young women;
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Black & blue / by Patterson, James,1947-; Fox, Candice.;
A beautiful young woman is found murdered on a river bank, and Detective Harriet Blue is convinced she's the next victim of the worst serial killer Sydney has seen in decades. But the more Harriet learns, the more she realises this murder is not what she first thought. And her own life might be tangled up in the case.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Murder; Young women;
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Some maintenance required / by Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-author.; Aaronson, Arielle,translator.; translation of:Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-Chars meurent aussi.English.;
"Bestselling author of Autopsy of a Boring Wife Marie-Renée Lavoie is a master of making us fall in love with her characters. She does it again with the tender coming-of-age story Some Maintenance Required. It is 1993, the last year of school and Laurie's final spring before adulthood. She works part time at a restaurant and looks after Cindy, her neglected, potty-mouthed little neighbour. Like her mother, Laurie devours books and dreams big. Her father works at a garage, where Laurie constantly struggles to keep her car running. It is here that a budding romance intensifies Laurie's understanding of class differences, and opens her eyes to a more complicated world. With her big heart, she takes Cindy globe-trotting without even leaving town, and learns how to come to terms with circumstances beyond her control. Life teaches Laurie that everyone requires some maintenance sometimes. A story of taking responsibility and coming into adulthood, Some Maintenance Required is as funny and as impressive as its main character."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Loss (Psychology); Students; Waitresses; Young women;
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Far Cry : a novel / by York, Alissa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.It's 1922 at Far Cry Cannery, a quarter-mile of boardwalk and wooden buildings strung along the rocks of Rivers Inlet on the northwest coast of British Columbia. The time has come for Anders Viken, storekeeper and honorary uncle to the recently orphaned Kit, to give an account of his secret self--from his first home in Norway, another land of islands and fjords, to his escape from his family's loving grip, to his wide-open years of rough living and impossible love. As the sockeye flood up the inlet, Anders sets his secrets down for 18-year-old Kit, the only member of his chosen family he has left after her mother, Bobbie, scandalized Far Cry by running off with the camp's handsome Chinese cook, and her father, Frank, was found drowned alongside his own boat. While Anders does his reckoning, Kit fends off the attentions of the cannery manager and tries to earn her keep. Oars in hand, she glides her skiff out over the great returning school and casts her net. This, at least, makes sense to her, as opposed to the convoluted workings of love.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Fishing villages; Reminiscing; Secrecy; Young women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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My secret Valentine [videorecording] / by Chabert, Lacey,1982-actor.; Walker, A. W.(Andrew W.),actor.; Walsh, Bradley,television director.; Anselmo, David,television producer.; Freedle, Carrie,screenwriter.; MacNeill, Peter,actor.; Yelland, Tara,actor.; Sampson, Cindy,actor.; Hallmark Channel (Television network),publisher.; Cinedigm (Firm),film distributor.; HP Romance,production company.;
Music, Sean Nimmons-Paterson ; editor, Gordon McClelland ; director of photography, Peter Benson.Lacey Chabert, Andrew W. Walker, Peter MacNeill, Tara Yelland, Cindy Sampson.A young woman takes advice from the chalkboard notes that her mysterious house rental tenant leaves when a slick sales rep arrives with plans to buy her family's prized winery.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Romance television programs.; Romantic comedy television programs.; Television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wineries; Young women; Valentine's Day; Man-woman relationships;
For private home use only.
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When the stars go dark : a novel / by McLain, Paula,author.;
"Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When unspeakable tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino. She spent summers there as a child with her beloved grandparents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her to heal. Yet the day she arrives, she learns a local teenage girl has gone missing. Anna is in no condition to become involved with the search--until a childhood friend, now the village sheriff, pleads for her help. Then, just days later, a twelve-year-old girl is abducted from her home. The crimes feel frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna's childhood, when a string of unsolved murders touched Mendocino. As past and present collide, Anna realizes that she has been led to this moment. The most difficult lessons of her life have given her insight into how victims come into contact with violent predators. As Anna becomes obsessed with these missing girls, she must learn that true courage means getting out of her own way and learning to let others in. Weaving together true crime, trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this tense, affecting story is about fate, unlikely redemption, and what it takes, when the worst happens, to reclaim our lives--and our faith in one another"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Kidnapping victims; Young women; Women detectivesCalifornia; Resilience (Personality trait)California;
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