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I Hope You Find What You're Looking For : A Novel. by Mezghebe, Bsrat.;
In Bsrat Mezghebe's debut novel, the year is 1991 and Eritrea is on the verge of liberation from Ethiopian rule. In Washington's tight-knit Eritrean community, 13-year-old Lydia and her family are grappling with what peace after decades of war might mean for their future, just as they welcome Berekhet - a distant cousin newly arrived from Ethiopia to attend medical school in the States. With him comes a barrage of new ideas Lydia must confront for the first time, about the stories of nationhood and family she was raised on.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION; FICTION / Women;
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Death by a thousand cuts : stories / by Bhat, Shashi,1983-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In this dazzling collection of stories, characters confront the painful absurdities and everyday horrors that come with being a woman. A writer discovers that her ex-boyfriend has published a novel about their breakup. An immunocompromised woman falls in love. A Reddit post about a man's habit of grabbing his girlfriend's breasts prompts a dark confession. A teenager contends with an unsettling shift at home after her beautiful mother has a disfiguring accident. A child-free woman goes on a date with a man who tests her boundaries. A college student vows to end things with her aspiring geneticist boyfriend, who wishes she had blue eyes. And when a woman unexpectedly begins to lose her hair, she embarks on an increasingly nightmarish search for answers. The characters in Death by a Thousand Cuts seek connection while facing longing, fear, rage, and the impossible expectations placed on women. With bracing honesty and a skewering wit, these stories boldly wrestle with themes of illness, pain, desire, bodily autonomy, and their inescapable impacts on a woman's relationships with others and with herself."--
Subjects: Short stories.; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Where the Girls Were : A Novel. by Schatz, Kate.;
In this historical debut novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and agency after being sent to a home for unwed mothers. Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Historical fiction.; FICTION; FICTION / Feminist; FICTION / Women;
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Her body among animals / by Ferrante, Paola,author.;
Subjects: Short stories.; Magic; Women;
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Evelyn in Transit : A Novel. by Guterson, David.;
Evelyn Bednarz is a misfit who decides to hitchhike across the American West. In Tibet, a boy named Tsering is raised as a Buddhist monk and who eventually becomes a high lama. The lives of Evelyn and Tsering are strangely linked as Evelyn discovers when a trio of Buddhist lamas show up at her door to announce that her five-year-old son Cliff is the seventh reincarnation of the recently deceased Norbu Rinpoche. The lamas visit sets off a family crisis and a media firestorm over Cliffs future. From the author of 'Snow Falling on Cedars'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women;
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After you / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-author.;
A sequel to "Me Before You" continues the stories of Lou, her family, and the Traynors as they confront new challenges.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Love stories.; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Me before you / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-;
"They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now he's pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy--but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn't have less in common--a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart? "--
Subjects: Love stories.; Young women;
© c2012., Pamela Dorman Books/Viking,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Me before you : [Book Club Set] / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-;
"They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now he's pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy--but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn't have less in common--a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart? "--
Subjects: Love stories.; Young women;
© c2012., Pamela Dorman Books/Viking,
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 17
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The Good Eye. by Gibson, Jess.;
A stone appears in a womans pocket like a charm only to end up lodged in someone elses throat. A condescending artist throws a dinner party with his too-square wife, only to learn too late that she is far more daring than he ever imagined. A young and besotted apprentice haunts her mentors lover after a stinging betrayal. Reminiscent of Claire Keegan, 'The Good Eye' is a major debut collection of globe-spanning stories set in the worlds of art, crime, and fantasy. Jess Gibson is the daughter of Margaret Atwood and Graham Gibson. She is an arts history professor who lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women;
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The Radiant Dark : A Novel. by Oliva, Alexandra.;
Its March 1980 when a flickering of light in the sky is determined to be communication from intelligent life on another planet. But these beings are 11 light-years away, and nothing is known about them other than the fact that they seem to know we exist too. And so begins a decades-long exchange of messages with this mysterious, faraway civilization. As humanity reels from a shifting understanding of its place in the universe, we follow the stories of the Girard family over the course of 50 years and how each member navigates their lives with the knowledge that we are not alone.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women;
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