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Pillow talk [graphic novel] / by Cooke, Stephanie,1986-author.; Vargas, Mel Valentine,illustrator.;
When college freshman Grace Mendes reluctantly attends her first pillow fight match, she falls in love with the surprisingly gritty sport. Despite her usually shy, introverted, and reserved nature, Grace decides to try out for the Pillow Fight Federation (PFF), a locally famous league of fighters with larger-than-life personas like Pain Eyre, Miss Fortune, and champion Kat Atonic. They may battle with pillows, but there is nothing soft about these fighters. The first and only rule to pillow fighting is that the pillow needs to be the first point of contact; after that, everything else goes. Grace struggles with deep-seated body image issues, so she is especially shocked when she makes the competitive league and is welcomed into the fold of close knit, confident fighters. As her first official fight performing as newly crafted alter-ego/ring persona Cinderhella looms on the horizon, the real battle taking place is between Grace and her growing insecurities. What if people laugh or make fun of her? Why did she think she could pillow fight in the first place when she doesn't look like your "typical" athlete? Turns out, no one is laughing when Cinderhella dominates her first match in the ring. And as her alter-ego rises through the ranks of the PFF, gaining traction and online fame (and online trolls), can Grace use the spotlight to become an icon for not just others, but most importantly, for herself?
Subjects: Graphic novels.; College students; Women athletes; Body image; Body image; Self-confidence; Sports for women; Female friendship;

Hart of Dixie. [videorecording] / by Gerstein, Lelia.; Bilson, Rachel,actor.; Bethel, Wilson,1984-actor.; Porter, Scott,1979-actor.; Williams, Cress,1970-actor.; King, Jamie Thomas,1981-actor.; Matheson, Tim,1947-actor.; CW (Television station),broadcaster.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Rachel Bilson, Wilson Bethel, Scott Porter, Cress Williams, Jaime King, Tim Matheson.Originally broadcast on television by the CW during the 2013-2014 television season.Talented Dr. Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson, The OC.) is just about to settle down in Manhattan with her new boyfriend Joel (guest star Josh Cooke) when Blue Bell lures her back with unfinished business. As the season begins and Zoe fights to regain her practice from Dr. Brick Breeland (Tim Matheson) and New Yorker Joel struggles to blend in, small-town life and love carries on. Lemon Breeland (Jaime King) and Wade Kinsella (Wilson Bethel) become unlikely business partners, Mayor Layon Hayes (Cress Williams) finds happiness with AnnaBeth Nass (Kaitlyn Black), and George Tucker (Scott Porter) suffers yet another broken heart or does he? Filled with charming Southern traditions, hotheaded feuds, devastating breakups and heartfelt new passions, Season Three will melt your heart with big-time laughs and small-town style.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Women physicians; Women physicians; Physicians (General practice); Culture shock; Small cities;
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The body in the casket / by Page, Katherine Hall.;
"For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn't familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party. Producer/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane--a Broadway legend--is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith's client makes a startling confession. "I didn't hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me." Faith's only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before--an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old Playbill from Max's last, and only failed, production--Heaven or Hell. Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fairchild, Faith (Fictitious character); Women in the food industry; Caterers and catering; Women detectives;

Y'all eat yet? : welcome to the pretty b*tchin' kitchen / by Lambert, Miranda,1983-author.; Gleason, Holly,author.;
If you're going to have a Bitchin Kitchen, you're going to need a few things-plenty of room, plenty of good food for sharing, high spirits (in both senses) and all the friends and family you can fit. For Miranda Lambert, a good time means sharing a great meal with the women who helped raise her back in Texas-her mom and a colorful bunch of best friends who could raise the roof, come through in a pinch, celebrate, cry, and really, really cook. Miranda Lambert invites readers into this special circle of sisterhood with collection of recipes and stories. Y'all Eat Yet? is full of recipes for meals that fill your belly, and your soul, food meant to be shared, meant to be eaten with your fingers off of paper plates, or on your fanciest antique china. Some were handed down to Miranda from her mom and grandma, some come from the circle of cherished friends who helped raise her, and all of them are meant to be easy to prepare and shared with those you love. True to Miranda's personality, Y'all Eat Yet? is sassy and inviting. Whether she's cooking up omelets in her tricked-out Airstream to serve with Mimosas or laying out the Whiskey cupcakes next to Nonny's Banana pudding, Y'all Eat Yet? delivers food you want to make alongside charming stories that show just why Miranda Lambert is one of the most beloved artists in country music today.
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Cooking; Cooking, American;

The vacation house : a novel / by Shemilt, Jane,author.; container of (work):Shemilt, Jane.All her secrets.;
"Paxos, Greece A young girl meets two boys on the beach one hot summer night. Her life will never be the same again. London, England Julia is the perfect spouse, mother, cook, cleaner and speech writer to her husband, James. But behind it all is a stifled woman trapped in a gilded cage. When she meets Laurel, a therapist who promises fulfilment, Julia opens herself up to the hope of a different future. Bound by the past But what happened in Greece all those years ago that binds these two women together? And will uncovering the truth destroy everything ... or set them free?"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Psychotherapists; Rich people; Secrecy; Teenage girls;

Look Ma, no hands : a chronic pain memoir / by Drolet, Gabrielle,author.;
"A humorous, charming, profound debut memoir about chronic pain, accessibility, and young adulthood, by an acclaimed essayist and cartoonist. In 2020, Gabrielle Drolet developed a condition that made her unable to use her hands. It only worsened over time, and as a writer and artist, she had to learn new ways of creating and expressing herself. She placed her first cartoon in The New Yorker -- and then was unable to draw for a full year. She has since found ways around this using graphic design software, exercises, and many, many breaks, but the experience has completely changed her life. In Look Ma, No Hands, Gabrielle explores both the difficulty and the humour of developing chronic and life-altering pain in her twenties. Each chapter looks at a different aspect of her life touched by her disability -- how she learned to write when she couldn't type, to cook when she couldn't chop, to assemble IKEA furniture when she couldn't twist an Allen key. She breaks up with her girlfriend and has to figure out how to manage the most mundane tasks without anyone to help her. She moves cities and has to navigate different Byzantine health systems without the privilege or security of having a family doctor. And yet, through it all, she manages to maintain the most wonderful sense of the absurd. Rich with profound reflections on life's curve balls, Look Ma, No Hands is a joy to read, relatable, and the work of a rising new talent"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Drolet, Gabrielle.; Drolet, Gabrielle; Adjustment (Psychology); Artists with disabilities; Cartoonists; Chronic pain in women.; Chronic pain.; Journalists; Young adults with disabilities; Young women with disabilities;

Butter honey pig bread / by Ekwuyasi, Francesca,1990-author.;
"An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness. Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery. She has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family but lives in fear of the consequences of her decision. Kambirinachi and her daughters become estranged from one another because of a trauma that Kehinde experiences in childhood, which leads her to move away and cut off all contact. She ultimately finds her path as an artist and seeks to raise a family of her own, despite her fear that she won't be a good mother. Meanwhile, Taiye is plagued by guilt for what her sister suffered and also runs away, attempting to fill the void of that lost relationship with casual flings with women. She eventually discovers a way out of her stifling loneliness through a passion for food and cooking. But now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward. For readers of African diasporic authors such as Teju Cole and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Mothers and daughters;

Songs of love and war / by Montefiore, Santa,1970-author.;
Their lives were mapped out ahead of them. But love and war will change everything ... West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century, and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle, Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook and Celia Deverill, Kitty's flamboyant English cousin. Together they grow up in the dreamy grounds of the family's grand estate, Castle Deverill. Yet their peaceful way of life is threatened when Ireland's struggle for independence reaches their isolated part of the country. A bastion of British supremacy, the castle itself is in danger of destruction as the war closes in around it, and Kitty, in love with the rebel Jack O'Leary and enflamed by her own sense of patriotism, is torn between loyalty to her Anglo-Irish family and her deep love of Ireland and Jack. Wrenched apart by betrayal, their world turned to ash, the girls' friendship seems all but lost as they are swept to different parts of the globe. Yet, they have one thing in common: a fierce and unwavering longing for Castle Deverill and all the memories contained within it.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Families; Women; Man-woman relationships;

The friendship club / by Carr, Robyn,author.;
"Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed. Celebrity cooking show host Marni McGuire has seen it all. She's been married--twice--and widowed and divorced. Now in her midfifties, she's single. Happily so. She just needs to convince her pregnant daughter, Bella, of this fact. And maybe convince herself, too. Especially after Marni's efforts to humor her determined daughter result in a series of disastrous dates that somehow prompt Marni to wonder if maybe the right man for her is still out there after all. Similarly single, Marni's best friend and colleague is confident she's content without a man, but both older women soon find themselves leading by example as the young intern on their show appears caught in a toxic relationship--and Bella reveals her own marriage maybe isn't built to withstand the stresses of the baby on the way. Suddenly, all four women find themselves at a crossroads, each navigating the challenges of dating, marriage, loneliness and love. Thankfully, they have each other to lean on. The realities of modern love are far from easy, but there's no better group to have in your corner than friends who will lift you up, no matter what, and hold fast in the face of any storm."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dating (Social customs); Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Middle-aged women; Mothers and daughters;

Eat to thrive during menopause : managing your symptoms with nourishing foods / by Huber, Jenn Salib,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For the millions of women grappling with perimenopause and menopause, a groundbreaking, science-based cookbook and nutrition program to reduce hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog, and other troubling symptoms through food by a leading naturopathic doctor. In her first book, nutritionist and naturopath Jenn Salib Huber gives the millions of women in perimenopause or menopause a clear path to using research-based information about food choices to alleviate their symptoms. Salib Huber teaches readers to manage the symptoms of menopause -- night sweats, brain fog, and more -- with foods they have in their kitchens already. She lays out the key ingredients that can support women in midlife and follows it with recipes to equip them in the kitchen. The recipes include the five key ingredients to help them thrive: Powerful soy and phytoestrogens, protein, calcium, omega3 fats, and fiber. These ingredients are the featured players in such mouthwatering recipes as Ginger Squash Red Lentil Soup (good for protein and fiber), Slow-Cooked Tikka Masala (filled with vital soy and phytoestrogens), Spinach and Mozzarella Pita Pizza (a great source of calcium), and even No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Tofu Pie for dessert (for fiber and omega 3s). Eat to Thrive During Menopause shows how nutrition for menopause health can be not only nourishing and satisfying, but healing and restorative too"--
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Menopause; Middle-aged women;

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