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Valentine's Day [videorecording (DVD)] / by Latifah,Queen.; Alba, Jessica,1981-; Bates, Kathy,1948-; Biel, Jessica,1982-; Cooper, Bradley.; Dane, Eric,1972-; Debney, John.; Dempsey, Patrick,1966-; Elizondo, Hector.; Foxx, Jamie.; Fugate, Katherine.; Garner, Jennifer,1973-; Grace, Topher,1978-; Green, Bruce.; Hathaway, Anne,1982-; Karz, Mike.; Kohn, Abby.; Kutcher, Ashton,1978-; Lautner, Taylor,1992-; Lopez, George.; MacLaine, Shirley,1934-; Marshall, Garry.; Minsky, Charles.; Rice, Wayne.; Roberts, Emma.; Roberts, Julia.; Silverstein, Marc.; Swift, Taylor,1989-; Swift, Taylor.; New Line Home Video (Firm);
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Taylor Swift, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates.Follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Dating (Social customs); Feature films.; Love; Man-woman relationships; Single men; Single women; Unmarried couples; Valentine's Day;
© c2010., New Line Home Video,

Statue of limitations / by Collins, Kate,1951-;
After her divorce, Athena has returned to coastal Michigan to work in her family's garden center and raise her son, while also caring for a mischievous wild raccoon and fending off her family's annoying talent for nagging. Working alone at the garden center one night, Athena is startled by a handsome stranger who claims to be the rightful owner of a valuable statue her grandfather purchased at a recent estate sale. But she has even bigger problems on her plate. The powerful Talbot family from whom her pappoús bought the statue is threatening to raze the shops on Greene Street's "Little Greece" to make way for a condo. The recent death of the family's patriarch already seemed suspicious, but now it's clear that a murderer is in their midst. Athena will have to live up to her warrior goddess namesake to protect her family from a killer and save their community from ruin.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Divorced women; Single mothers; Garden centers (Retail trade); Murder; Real estate developers; Detective and mystery stories; Greek Americans;

Lizzie & Dante : a novel / by Bly, Mary,1962-author.;
"On the heels of a difficult break-up and a devastating diagnosis, Shakespearian scholar Lizzie Delford decides to take one last lavish vacation on Elba, the sun-kissed island off the Italian coast, with her best friend and his movie-star boyfriend. Once settled into a luxurious seaside resort, Lizzie has to make big decisions about her future, and she needs the one thing she may be running out of: time. She leaves the yacht-owners and celebrities behind and sneaks off to the public beach, where she meets a sardonic chef named Dante, his battered dog Lily, and his wry daughter Etta, a twelve-year-old desperate for a mother. While Dante shows Lizzie the island's secrets, and Etta dazzles with her irreverent humor, Lizzie is confronted with a dilemma. Is it right to fall in love if time is short? Is it better to find a mother briefly, or to have no mother at all? And the most difficult question of all: What if falling in love inevitably leads to broken hearts?"--
Subjects: Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Women college teachers; Cancer; Cooks; Single fathers;

Bright burning things : a novel / by Harding, Lisa,author.;
"Sonya used to perform on stage. She used to attend glamorous parties, date handsome men, ride in fast cars. But somewhere along the way, the stage lights Sonya lived for dimmed for good. And then, in their absence, came darkness--blackouts, empty cupboards, hazy nights she can't remember. Haunted by her failed career and unresolved childhood trauma, Sonya has fallen deep into an alcoholic abyss. What keeps Sonya from losing herself completely is Tommy, her son. But her love for Tommy is in fierce conflict with her love of the bottle. Addiction preys on her fear of losing Tommy, as every maternal misstep compels her to drink. But soon, Sonya will be forced to make a choice. Give up drinking or lose Tommy--forever. Bright Burning Things is an emotional tour-de-force, offering a devastating and nuanced look at an addict's journey towards rehabilitation and redemption"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Alcoholics; Conflict of generations; Families; Interpersonal relations; Mothers and sons; Single mothers; Women alcoholics;

Christmas with the Queen : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.; Webb, Heather,1976 December 30-author.;
"December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue the tradition of her late father's Christmas Day radio broadcast. But even traditions must evolve with the times, and the queen faces a postwar Britain hungry for change. As preparations begin for the royal Christmas at Sandringham House in Norfolk, old friends-Jack Devereux and Olive Carter-are unexpectedly reunited by the occasion. Olive, a single mother and aspiring reporter at the BBC, leaps at the opportunity to cover the holiday celebration, but even a chance encounter with the queen doesn't go as planned and Olive wonders if she will ever be taken seriously. Jack, a recently widowed chef, reluctantly takes up a new role in the royal kitchens at Sandringham. Lacking in purpose and direction, Jack has abandoned his dream to have his own restaurant, but his talents are soon noticed and while he might not believe in himself, others do, and a chance encounter with an old friend helps to reignite the spark of his passion and ambition. As Jack and Olive's paths continue to cross over the following five Christmases, they grow ever closer. Yet Olive carries the burden of a heavy secret that threatens to destroy everything. Christmas Day, December 1957. As the nation eagerly awaits the Queen's first televised Christmas speech, there is one final gift for the Christmas season to deliver ... "--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Sandringham House (Sandringham, England); Christmas stories; Cooks; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Occasional speeches; Reporters and reporting; Secrecy; Single women; Women journalists;

Girls. [videorecording] / by Apatow, Judd,1967-; Driver, Adam.; Dunham, Lena,1986-; Kirke, Jemima.; Mamet, Zosia.; Williams, Allison.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Home Box Office (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Disc 1. It's about time -- I get ideas -- Bad friend -- It's a shame about Ray -- One man's trash.Disc 2. Boys -- Video games -- It's back -- On all fours -- Together.Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Adam Driver, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet.Following the urban adventures of a group of 20-something women, the series focuses on Hannah Horvath and her complicated web of NYC friends, ex-friends, boyfriends, and ex-boyfriends.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0.
Subjects: Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Single women; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women college graduates;
© c2013., HBO Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video,

Girls. [videorecording] / by Apatow, Judd,1967-; Driver, Adam.; Dunham, Lena,1986-; Kirke, Jemima.; Mamet, Zosia.; Williams, Allison.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Home Box Office (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Disc 1. Pilot -- Vagina panic -- All adventurous women do -- Hannah's diary -- Hard being easy.Disc 2. The return -- Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The crackcident -- Weirdos need girlfriends too -- Leave me alone -- She did.Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Adam Driver, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet.Two years out of liberal arts school, Hannah (Dunham) believes she has the talent to be a successful writer, and though she has yet to complete her memoir (she has to live it first), her parents cut her off financially without warning. Further complicating things for Hannah is her unrequited passion for eccentric actor Adam, with whom she occasionally has sex (when he can be bothered to respond to her text messages). As the harsh reality of rent and bills looms, Hannah leans on her very-put-together best friend and roommate Marnie, who has a real job at an art gallery and an even realer boyfriend (neither of which she can admit she might not love). Meanwhile, their gorgeous British friend Jessa, who has travelled to as many different countries as she's had boyfriends, appears in the city and moves in with Shoshanna, her naive younger cousin with Sex and the City lifestyle aspirations. Over the course of Season 1's ten episodes, the four girls try to figure out what they want - from life, from boys, from themselves and each other. The answers aren't always clear or easy, but the search is profoundly relatable and infinitely amusing.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Single women; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women college graduates;
© c2012., Warner Home Video,

The inheritance : a novel / by Goodman, Joanna,1969-author.;
"From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve. Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband's high-paying job. But a year after his death, the 36-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply in debt and living paycheck to paycheck with her three children. Then an unexpected call from a well-known estate lawyer in New York offers a glimmer of hope. It is the beginning of a complex legal journey that could mean the difference between a life of abject poverty and unthinkable wealth thanks to her father, deceased billionaire Wallace Barclay. Thirty years before, Arden's mother Virginia Bunt, a flirtatious love addict with a string of failed affairs, met Wallace, an encounter that transformed her life. When he died unexpectedly without a will, Virginia fought to secure a comfortable future for her and the secret unborn daughter she shared with Wallace. Yet despite her best efforts, society and the legal system prevented her from receiving the money that should rightfully have been hers. Now, though, with changes in the legal system and science, her daughter Arden may finally succeed in claiming the inheritance that has been long denied. Told from both Arden and Virginia's viewpoints, straddling past and present, and moving from Toronto to New York City, The Inheritance is a poignant portrait of familial bonds, haunting pasts, the collateral damage of life choices, and the promise of hopeful futures as two venerable women fight for the life they deserve"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Inheritance and succession; Single mothers; Widows; Women;

The inheritance [text (large print)] : a novel / by Goodman, Joanna,1969-author.;
"From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve. Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life thanks to her husband's high-paying job. But a year after his death, the 36-year-old is a grieving single mother deeply in debt and living paycheck to paycheck with her three children. Then an unexpected call from a well-known estate lawyer in New York offers a glimmer of hope. It is the beginning of a complex legal journey that could mean the difference between a life of abject poverty and unthinkable wealth thanks to her father, deceased billionaire Wallace Barclay. Thirty years before, Arden's mother Virginia Bunt, a flirtatious love addict with a string of failed affairs, met Wallace, an encounter that transformed her life. When he died unexpectedly without a will, Virginia fought to secure a comfortable future for her and the secret unborn daughter she shared with Wallace. Yet despite her best efforts, society and the legal system prevented her from receiving the money that should rightfully have been hers. Now, though, with changes in the legal system and science, her daughter Arden may finally succeed in claiming the inheritance that has been long denied. Told from both Arden and Virginia's viewpoints, straddling past and present, and moving from Toronto to New York City, The Inheritance is a poignant portrait of familial bonds, haunting pasts, the collateral damage of life choices, and the promise of hopeful futures as two venerable women fight for the life they deserve"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Families; Inheritance and succession; Single mothers; Widows; Women;

She's not sorry / by Kubica, Mary,author.;
"Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full-time Nurses. While Meghan is on duty at the hospital one day, a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, after jumping from a bridge and plunging over twenty feet to the train tracks below. But when a witness comes forward with shocking details about the fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was Caitlin pushed and if so, by whom? And why? Meghan has always tried to stay emotionally detached from her patients, but this time, she mistakenly lets herself get too close until she's deeply entangled in Caitlin's life. Only when it's too late, does she realize that she and her daughter could be the next victims ... "--Book jacket flap.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Attempted murder; Brain damage; Coma; Mothers and daughters; Nurses; Serial murderers; Single mothers; Women nurses;