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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled-the unhappiest age you can be, according to theGuardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across London, armed with a £200 cake, to win back her estranged teenage daughter on her sixteenth birthday. Because today...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Annie Brown, a fun-loving woman, suddenly dies, her husband, best friend, and her children all struggle to find ways to go on after the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives, and who made life happy, fun, and secure. Her husband is overwhelmed with four children to raise, and turns to his teenage daughter for help, and to an old girlfriend for solace. Annie's best friend struggles again with opioid addiction, having depended on...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Demanding that her mother, father, and brother emerge from their self-imposed isolations and gather once more for her wedding, Winter Wilcox and her fractured Jewish family must face the harms of the past and decide if they can ever reconcile in the faceof humanity's uncertain future.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she knows rebuilding her life at thirty years old won't be easy. With no money and no prospects, she returns home to live with her siblings, who are both busy with their own problems. Her brother,a single dad, struggles with the ongoing effects of a brain injury he sustained years ago, and her sister's fragile facade of calm and order is cracking under the burden...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From licensed therapist and popular Instagram relationship expert Vienna Pharaon (@mindfulmft, +631K followers) comes a profound guide to understanding and overcoming wounds from your Family of Origin-the foundation of how we relate to others, ourselves,and the world around us.
Author
Series
Nguyen kids volume 3
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Thoughtful and creative, Jacob is tired of being the baby of the family. He is ready to fully express himself in all of the ways that feel right to him, but not everyone seems as eager to accept change--even his own parents. He still loves hockey, yet he also wants to try something new, even if others may not understand. Confused and frustrated, Jacob turns to the beautiful fan his Grandma Nội gave him, which features all of the Vietnamese zodiac...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After a lifetime of kindly taking care of his irresistible but impossible sister and her wonderful daughter, Tom is finally ready to put himself first. An architect, he finally has an opportunity to build his masterpiece with a new client. Assuming, that is, his rich, fickle client―the last woman he slept with before coming out―doesn’t follow through on her threats to mess it up. Naturally, that’s when his phone rings. His niece, Cecily (the...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this collection the mice of Brambly Hedge have many adventures, but they always have time for fun and relaxation too. Whatever the season, and whether they are by the sea, in the High Hills, or simply at home by the fire, there is always someone ready to lend a helping hand.
10) The welcome home
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
When Mr. and Mrs. Gargelson-Bittle decide life is too quiet, they go in search of the perfect pet, but after welcoming a menagerie into their home, they still felt like something is missing, until a puppy shows up at their doorstep, and now their family is complete.
11) Ferris
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell....
13) The housemaid
Author
Series
Housemaid volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own. Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole...
15) Animal crackers
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A family must use a magical box of animal crackers to save a run-down circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
Author
Publisher
Tasora Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Told from multiple character points of view and alternating timelines, Undressing Lavinia offers a revealing story of a woman's life as she faces her own cancer diagnosis and death. This moving and honest portrait is a profoundly insightful look into the complexities of family, culture, sexuality, mourning, and commitment. Spanning sixty-some years--from growing up in Mexico and attending school at Harvard to settling in the Midwest and traveling...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Clare is excited that Grandpa is coming to live in her home, but when she joins her family on a shopping expedition to find a larger dining room table, she has trouble managing her anger and sadness at losing the old, familiar one. Her mother soothes her by acknowledging her sense of loss but encourages her to consider that Grandpa will be missing his old surroundings, too. Back at home, surrounded by relatives and neighbors working to welcome her...
Author
Series
Busy Betty volume 2
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh . . . It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is perfect until Betty realizes oh, no! Mom s birthday isn't...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Pepita, the family pet, is beloved and still so little they call her Bebita (baby girl). But Pepita's world is changing as her Mami and Papi await the arrival of a baby. Pepita is used to being spoiled "with treats and tummy rubs and my favorite fluffy pillow.... But lately, things have been changing." As the home gets new additions like a crib and gifts from the grandparents, Pepita feels left out, no longer the center of attention. Once the baby...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
1999: The Kim family is struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago. Sixty-one-year-old John Kim feels more isolated from his grown children, Anastasia and Ronald, than ever before. But one evening, their fragile lives are further upended when John finds the body of a stranger in the backyard, carrying a letter to Sunny, leaving the family with more questions than ever about the stranger's history and possible connections...
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