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The silence : a novel / by Allott, Susan,author.;
It is 1997, and in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is awakened by a call in the middle of the night: her father, Joe, phoning from Sydney. It seems that thirty years ago, the Greens' next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared. Joe claims he thought Mandy had moved away with her husband, but now Mandy's family is trying to reconnect, and there is no trace of her. Joe was allegedly the last person to see her alive, and now he's under suspicion of murder. So Isla returns to Australia for the first time in a decade to support her father and search for the truth. Her arrival in Sydney brings up echoes from the past, taking us back to the heat of summer 1967, when two young couples lived side by side on a quiet street by the sea. The more questions Isla asks, the more she learns about the secrets each marriage bore. Could her father have done something terrible? How much does her mother know? At the center of it all lies a shameful practice rooted in Australia's colonial past: the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families, children known as the Stolen Generation.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); English; Neighbors; Families; Secrecy; Interpersonal relations;

Must love bees / by Summers, Sasha,author.; container of (work):Summers, Sasha.Honey ever after.;
Falling in love with her aloof -- and annoyingly attractive -- neighbor's adorable daughters, cheerful beekeeper Astrid Hill works to overcome single father Charlie Driver's resistance to this quirky small town and her beloved bees, convincing him to risk his heart for a sweet reward.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Recipes.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Neighbors; Single fathers; Women beekeepers;

What are your words? : a book about pronouns / by Locke, Katherine.; Passchier, Anne.;
Ari knows a lot of words for neighbors, including the pronouns each prefers, and with help from Uncle Lior, who always asks "What are your words," figures out which pronouns--and other words--fit best today.LSC
Subjects: Gender identity; English language; Uncles; Neighbors;

The swallow : a ghost story / by Cotter, Charis.;
"In 1960s Toronto, two girls retreat to their attics to escape the loneliness and isolation of their lives. Polly lives in a house bursting at the seams with people, while Rose is often left alone by her busy parents. Polly is a down-to-earth dreamer with a wild imagination and an obsession with ghosts; Rose is a quiet, ethereal waif with a sharp tongue. But soon they discover they aren't alone--they're actually neighbors, sharing a wall. They develop an unlikely friendship, and Polly is ecstatic to learn that Rose can actually see and talk to ghosts. Maybe she will finally see one too! But is there more to Rose than it seems?"--www.amazon.ca.LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Neighbors; Female friendship; Loneliness;
© c2014., Tundra Books,

Café [videorecording] / by Carroll, Madeline,1996-; Erlbaum, Marc.; Gold, Daniel.; Greenblatt, J. Andrew.; Hewitt, Jennifer Love,1979-; Kennedy, Jamie,1970-; McManus, Michaela.; Vega, Alexa.; Nationlight Productions (Firm); Videoville Showtime.;
Music by Christopher Brady ; cinematography, Joseph White ; edited by Demian Fenton.Jennifer Love Hewitt, Daniel Eric Gold, Michaela McManus, Madeleine Carroll, Alexa Vega, Jamie Kennedy.When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are. Jennifer Love Hewitt headlines this youthful drama set in a popular West Philadelphia coffee shop, and centering on the life of a barista who always has some illuminating words of wisdom for her customers and co-workers. But when love enters the picture, life behind the counter gets a bit more complicated than anyone ever expected.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1; region 1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Coffeehouses; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Neighborhoods; Neighbors;
© c2011., Nationlight Productions ; Distributed by Videoville Showtime,

Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess / by Green, Shari,1963-;
Dealing with her mother remarrying to a man with twin daughters and her family moving, deaf sixth-grader Macy is sent next door to help eighty-six-year-old Iris Gillan, who is getting ready to move into an assisted living facility.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Deaf children; Stepfamilies; Neighbors; Older people; Friendship; Moving, Household;

Love in the time of Bertie / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.; McIntosh, Iain,illustrator.;
"Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place gardens it seems that Olive has their future together all planned out. Meanwhile, upstairs at 44 Scotland Street, Bertie's father, Stuart, is powerless to stop over-bearing Irene and her motion for Bertie to travel to Aberdeen on a three-month secondment. And, further up in the New Town, while Bruce Anderson plots with old-school chums, love blossoms in Big Lou's Cafe"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Apartment houses; Families; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors;

Heart bones : a novel / by Hoover, Colleen,author.;
"After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she's finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows. Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by quickly, Beyah has no time or patience for Samson, the wealthy, brooding guy next door. Yet, the connection between them is too intense to ignore. But with their upcoming futures sending them to opposite ends of the country, the two decide to maintain only a casual summer fling. Too bad neither has any idea that a rip current is about to drag both their hearts out to sea"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Fathers and daughters; Man-woman relationships; Mothers; Neighbors; Stepfamilies; Summer;

Lyle, Lyle, crocodile / by Hapka, Cathy.; Waber, Bernard.Lyle, Lyle, crocodile.;
Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Lyle (Fictitious character : Waber); Crocodiles; Neighbors; Families;

Green Jolene and the neighborhood swap / by Mass, Wendy,1967-; Yong, Billy.;
It all began (as the best stories do) with a very stinky backpack! Jolene wouldn't have guessed that the first day of summer vacation would start with her trying to figure out if the squishy object smelling up her backpack was a half-eaten tuna sandwich or a six-month-old plum! (It was both!) While dumping old food in the trash and bringing out the recycling, Jolene sees the huge boxes of stuff her new neighbors got delivered. She realizes how many of her own belongings she doesn't use anymore. Horrified by the idea of contributing to overflowing landfills and trash-filled oceans, Jolene hatches a big plan to not only deal with her own stuff, but her whole neighborhood's unwanted items as well. Of course, big plans never work out quite the way we think they will! Clad in her favorite rain boots, Jolene is ready to save the world. Or, at least, to tackle her own neighborhood's stuff and find some surprising new allies along the way. For fans of Ivy & Bean and Clementine comes Jolene, a can-do new hero who is discovering how to take an Earth-first approach to every problem she encounters.
Subjects: Sustainable living; Environmentalism; Neighbors; Neighborhoods; Boots;

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