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Bittersweet dreams / by Andrews, V. C.(Virginia C.);
LSC
Subjects: Young women; Dysfunctional families; Teacher-student relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);

Transcendent kingdom / by Gyasi, Yaa,author.;
"A novel about faith, science, religion, and family that tells the deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief, narrated by a fifth year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford school of medicine studying the neural circuits of reward seeking behavior in mice"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Ghanaian Americans; Immigrant families; Doctoral students; Grief; Depressed persons;

A very private school : a memoir / by Spencer, Charles Spencer,Earl,1964-author.;
"A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt at aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all. Exploring the long-lasting impact of his experiences, Spencer presents a candid reckoning with his past and a reclamation of his childhood"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Spencer, Charles Spencer, Earl, 1964-; Boarding schools; Teacher-student relationships;

Either/or / by Batuman, Elif,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Idiot, the continuation of beloved protagonist Selin's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood. Selin is the luckiest person in her family: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it's sophomore year, 1996, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over the summer. Why did Selin's elusive crush, Ivan, find her that job in the Hungarian countryside? What was up with all those other people in the Hungarian countryside? Why is Ivan's weird ex-girlfriend now trying to get in touch with Selin? On the plus side, it feels like the plot of an exciting novel. On the other hand, why do so many novels have crazy abandoned women in them? How does one live a life as interesting as a novel--a life worthy of becoming a novel--without becoming a crazy abandoned woman oneself? Guided by her literature syllabus and by her more worldly and confident peers, Selin reaches certain conclusions about the universal importance of parties, alcohol, and sex, and resolves to execute them in practice--no matter what the cost. Next on the list: international travel. Unfolding with the propulsive logic and intensity of youth, Either/Or is a landmark novel by one of our most brilliant writers. Hilarious, revelatory, and unforgettable, its gripping narrative will confront you with searching questions that persist long after the last page"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Coming of age; Identity (Psychology); Turkish Americans; Women college students;

Asteroid City [videorecording] / by Anderson, Wes,1969-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Coppola, Roman,screenwriter.; Rales, Steven,film producer.; Dawson, Jeremy(Producer),film producer.; Schwartzman, Jason,1980-actor.; Johansson, Scarlett,1984-actor.; Hanks, Tom,actor.; Wright, Jeffrey(Jeffrey Charles),1965-actor.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-actor.; Norton, Edward,actor.; Brody, Adrien,actor.; Schreiber, Liev,actor.; Davis, Hope,1967-actor.; Park, Stephen,1951-actor.; Friend, Rupert,actor.; Hawke, Maya,1998-actor.; Carell, Steve,1962-actor.; Dillon, Matt,actor.; Chau, Hong,1979-actor.; Dafoe, Willem,actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Revolori, Tony,1996-actor.; Goldblum, Jeff,1952-actor.; Focus Features,film distributor.; Universal City Studios,publisher.;
Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Jake Ryan, Tony Revolori, Jeff Goldblum.The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Actors; Asteroids; Families; Students; Theater;
For private home use only.

Lisa Frankenstein [videorecording] / by Cody, Diablo,film producer,screenwriter.; Montes, Joshua,actor.; Newton, Kathryn,1997-actor.; Novick, Mason,film producer.; Soberano, Liza,actor.; Williams, Zelda,1989-film director.; Focus Features,presenter,publisher.; Lollipop Woods (Firm),production company.; MXN Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Music, Isabella Summers ; director of photography, Paula Huidobro ; editor, Brad Turner.Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, Joshua Montes, Carla Gugino, Charlie Talbert.A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her infatuation, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness, and a few missing body parts.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, bloody images, sexual material, language, sexual assault, teen drinking and drug content.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Horror films.; Feature films.; Love; Man-woman relationships; Teenage girls; Dead; High school students;
For private home use only.

Parents weekend : a novel / by Finlay, Alex,author.;
"In the glow of their children's exciting first year of college at a small private school in Northern California, five families plan on a night of dinner and cocktails for the opening festivities of Parents Weekend. As the parents stay out way past their bedtimes, their kids -- five residents of Campisi Hall -- never show up at dinner. At first, everyone thinks that they're just being college students, irresponsibly forgetting about the gathering or skipping out to go to a party. But as the hours click by and another night falls with not so much as a text from the students, panic ensues. Soon, the campus police call in reinforcements. Search parties are formed. Reporters swarm the small enclave. Rumors swirl and questions arise. Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella --The Five, as the podcasters, bloggers, and TikTok sleuths call them -- come from five very different families. What led them out on that fateful night? Could it be the sins of their mothers and fathers come to cause them peril or a threat to the friend group from within? Told through multiple points of view in past and present -- and marking the return of FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller from Every Last Fear and The Night Shift -- Parents Weekend explores the weight of expectation, family dysfunction, and those exhilarating first days we all remember in the dorms when our friends become our family"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; College students; Families; Missing persons;

The scent of murder / by Logan, Kylie.;
The way Jazz Ramsey figures it, life is pretty good. She's thirty-five years old and owns her own home in one of Cleveland's most diverse, artsy, and interesting neighborhoods. She has a job she likes as an administrative assistant at an all-girls school, and a volunteer interest she's passionate about--Jazz is a cadaver dog handler. Jazz is working with Luther, a cadaver dog in training. Luther is still learning cadaver work, so Jazz is putting him through his paces at an abandoned building that will soon be turned into pricey condos. When Luther signals a find, Jazz is stunned to see the body of a young woman who is dressed in black and wearing the kind of make-up and jewelry that Jazz used to see on the Goth kids back in high school. She's even more shocked when she realizes that beneath the tattoos and the piercings and all that pale make up is a familiar face. The lead detective on the case is an old lover, and the murdered woman is an old student. Jazz finds herself sucked into the case, obsessed with learning the truth.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Dogs; Teacher-student relationships; Murder;

The missing hours / by Dahl, Julia,1977-author.;
"From the critically acclaimed author of Invisible City and Conviction, The Missing Hours is a novel about obsession, privilege, and the explosive consequences of one violent act. From a distance, Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYU's freshman class. But look closer, and things are messier: her parents are separating, she's just been humiliated by a sleazy documentary, and her sister is about to have a baby with a man she barely knows. Claudia starts the school year resolved to find a path toward something positive, maybe even meaningful - and then one drunken night everything changes. Reeling, her memory hazy, Claudia cuts herself off from her family, seeking solace in a new friendship. But when the rest of school comes back from spring break, Claudia is missing. Suddenly, the whole city is trying to piece together the hours of that terrible night"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Missing persons; Women college students; Rape; Families;

Girlmode [graphic novel] / by Visaggio, Magdalene,author.; Ganucheau, Paulina,illustrator.;
The last thing Phoebe Zito wants is to be noticed. The newest kid at Sally Ride High School, newly arrived in Los Angeles, and newly transitioned, she's just trying to blend in while she figures out exactly who she is. But with her mom checked out, her dad still adjusting to having a daughter, and no guidebook on how to be a girl, that isn't going to be easy. Enter Mackenize Ishikawa. She's the girl who all girls want to be, and all the boys want to be with--and, Mackenzie has decided, Phoebe's new best friend. Mackenzie knows what it takes to survive and thrive as a girl in high school, most of all that no matter who Phoebe wants to be, or who she wants to date, she's going to need someone having her back. Phoebe soon realizes what Mackenzie knows too well: Being true to yourself is going to mean breaking some hearts. But as Phoebe discovers what kind of girl she is--and what kind of girl everyone around her thinks she's supposed to be--she worries one of those hearts will be her own.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Transgender comics.; Queer comics.; Romance comics.; Graphic novels.; School comics.; High school students; Transfer students; Transgender women; Transgender youth; Identity (Psychology); Dating (Social customs); Friendship; High schools;

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