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The bandit queens : a novel / by Shroff, Parini,author.;
"A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful--but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands--in this provocative, razor-sharp debut. "The Bandit Queens heralds a prodigious and sophisticated literary talent." Taea Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of Inland. In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has become accustomed to a solitary life; you'd be surprised how difficult it is to make friends when your entire village believes you're a witch who murdered your husband. And since she can't convince anyone that she didn't murder him, she figures she might as well use her fearsome reputation to protect herself as a woman on her own. But when other women in the village decide that they, too, want to be "self-made" widows and rid themselves of their abusive husbands, Geeta's reputation becomes a double-edged sword--the very thing that's meant to keep her safe is now threatening everything she's built as she unwittingly becomes the go-to consultant for village husband-disposal. Unfortunately, Geeta finds that even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry, and the women find themselves caught in a web of their own making--and long-estranged friendships will have to be re-formed if they hope to make it out of their mess alive. Acerbic, insightful, and full of dark humor, Parini Shroff's The Bandit Queens--with its unique combination of poignant social commentary and irreverence--is an absolutely unforgettable novel"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Black humor.; Novels.; Female friendship; Villages; Widows; Wife abuse;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Journey / by Steel, Danielle;
Subjects: Love stories; Women journalists; Wives; Wife abuse; Psychological fiction;
© 2000, Delacorte Press
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Hour of the witch : a novel / by Bohjalian, Chris,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 'The Flight Attendant,' the enthralling story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Puritans; Wife abuse; Witch hunting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hour of the witch [sound recording] / by Bohjalian, Chris,1962-author.;
Read by various performers.Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in The New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, Mary soon finds herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight not only to escape her marriage, but also the gallows.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Puritans; Wife abuse; Witch hunting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The secrets of winter : a Josephine Tey mystery / by Upson, Nicola,author.;
"December 1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Cornish Christmas, but two strange and brutal deaths on St. Michael's Mount--and the unexpected arrival of a world famous film star, in need of sanctuary--interrupt the festivities. Cut off by the sea and a relentless blizzard, the hunt for a murderer begins"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Tey, Josephine, 1896 or 1897-1952; Saint Michael's Mount (England : Castle); Blizzards; Family secrets; Islands; Motion picture actors and actresses; Murder; Police; Wife abuse; Women novelists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dear wife / by Belle, Kimberly,author.;
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Runaway wives; Detective and mystery stories; Abused wives; Missing persons;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Dutch wife / by Keith, Ellen,author.;
From the Netherlands to Germany to Argentina, this novel braids together the stories of three individuals who share a dark secret and are entangled in two of the most oppressive reigns of terror in modern history. This is about the blurred lines between love and lust, abuse and resistance, and right and wrong, as well as the capacity for ordinary people to persevere and do the unthinkable in extraordinary circumstances.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Concentration camps; World War, 1939-1945; Secrecy;
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The dictator's wife / by Berry, Freya,1991-author.;
"The beautiful, enigmatic wife of a feared dictator stands trial for her late husband's crimes against the people. The world will finally know the truth. But whose?"--Publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Political fiction.; Novels.; Abuse of administrative power; Dictators; Spouses of heads of state; Trials (Political crimes and offenses); Truthfulness and falsehood; Widows; Wives; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A good wife : escaping the life I never chose / by Zafar, Samra,author.; Masters, Meg,1960-author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Zafar, Samra.; Abused wives; Pakistanis; Pakistani Canadians; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The passengers / by Marrs, John(Freelance journalist),author.;
"You're riding in your self-driving car when suddenly the doors lock, the route changes and you have lost all control. Then, a mysterious voice tells you, "You are going to die". Just as self-driving cars become the trusted, safer norm, eight people find themselves in this terrifying situation, including a faded TV star, a pregnant young woman, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an illegal immigrant, a husband and wife, and a suicidal man. From cameras hidden in their cars, their panic is broadcast to millions of people around the world. But the public will show their true colors when they are asked, "Which of these people should we save? ... And who should we kill first?""--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Automated vehicles;
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