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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Kat Connor's mother mysteriously disappears, just as Kat is discovering and relishing her newfound sexuality. At first excited by her freedom, Kat soon finds herself confronted with the strange facts of her mother's departure and her own denial about the events surrounding it begin to haunt her.
Author
Series
Newport Rhode Island volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
A desperate heiress flees across the ocean to the isle of Capri in search of her mother, an effort that is shaped by colorful expatriates and an unlikely love affair.
123) The memory thief
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Focus
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the city of Craewick, memories reign. The power-obsessed ruler of the city, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability, and Gifted individuals can take memories from others through touch as they please. Seventeen-year-old Etta Lark is desperate to live outside of the corrupt culture, but grapples with the guilt of an accident that has left her mother bedridden in the city's asylum. When Madame...
124) Nine lives
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After a carefree childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid risk at all cost. Following her mother s advice, and forgoing the magic of first love with a high school boyfriend who was...
125) Bonding over beauty: a mother-daughter beauty guide to foster self-esteem, confidence, and trust
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Makeup, skin care, shaving, hair color, periods—the tween years are full of landmines for moms.
As the mom of a tween girl, you know what's coming: puberty. As your daughter enters the teen years and exerts her independence, will you suddenly seem out of touch? Will she turn to her friends for advice before coming to you?
The tween years present a golden opportunity for you to start a dialogue and gain your daughter's confidence—to
...Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, living a quiet life away from neighbors' stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up during the Troubles. But underneath her seemingly predictable existence, she doesn't know where her father is, and every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella's grandmother dies, she comes to realize there may be more...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A poignant, beautifully heartbreaking novel about what it means to be family, the ties that bind us, and the secrets that threaten to tear us apart. When an unfortunate accident forces Honor back into the lives of her widowed daughter-in-law, Jo, and her only granddaughter, Lydia, she cannot wait to be well enough to get back to her own home. However, the longer she stays with Jo and Lydia, the more they start to feel like a real family. But each...
129) Faye, faraway
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An irresistibly moving, heartfelt debut novel for fans of The Time Traveler's Wife and Outlander about a grown woman who travels back in time to be reunited with the mother she lost when she was seven years old"--
130) Terms of endearment
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
Description
A comedy-drama about the evolving relationship over 30 years of a mother and daughter.
131) That summer: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night? While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When five-year-old Birdie's mother promises to take her to a salon to tame her long, unruly hair, Birdie looks at magazines and consults her friends to find the style that is perfect for her.
133) What makes a family
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Nestled in the Chesapeake Bay, Brodie Island is charming, remote, and slow to change. For three hundred years, Abby Brodie's farming family has prospered there. Now, years after leaving to make her way on her own terms, Abby is coming home to see her ailing grandmother, with her teenage daughter and a wealth of memories in tow. Yet as family members gather at the old farmhouse, Abby realizes this visit offers more than a chance to say goodbye. After...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When she goes to her grandmother's house for the first time, Zoey finds a tiny china doll that comes alive in her hands and believes that she is a princess and that Zoey is her servant.
Publisher
distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Centers on the adventures of a mother and her two adult daughters, both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of witches, who lead seemingly quiet, uneventful modern day lives in Long Island's secluded seaside town of North Hampton. When one of the daughters becomes engaged to a young, wealthy newcomer, a series of events forces her mother to admit to her daughters they are, in fact, powerful and immortal witches.
136) Dirty thirty
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum volume 30
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Stephanie's new assignment seems simple enough. A local jeweller wants her to locate his former security guard, who he is convinced has stolen a fortune in diamonds. Stephanie is also looking for another man arrested for robbing the same jewellery store on the same day. With her boyfriend Morelli away on police business, Stephanie is taking care of Morelli's giant orange dog, who will devour anything, including the upholstery in Stephanie's car. Morelli's...
137) Adult life skills
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Almost 30-year-old Anna lives secluded in her mum's shed making videos using her thumbs as actors. A week before her birthday her mom tells her that she has to cut her hair, stop dressing like a homeless person, and move out of the shed. At first, Anna is upset, but after a friend from school visits, her isolation can't be continued. Quickly she gets entangled with the local real estate agent and an eight-year-old boy who is obsessed with Westerns....
138) Imitation of life
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.
139) The goodbye quilt
Author
Language
English
Description
As her only child readies for college, fabric shop owner Linda Davis is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure -- a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they make their way through the heart of the nation, Linda pieces together the scraps that make up Molly's young life. And in stitching each bit of fabric, she discovers that the memories can come together...
140) Catch a kiss
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Izzie just loves when her Mama blows her kisses to catch. Smooch kisses, zig-zag kisses, and even triple decker kisses! But even though she runs and leaps for it, Izzie misses a kiss! When Mama lets Izzie in on a sweet secret she realizes that her mama's love will always come to find her, no matter what! --Publisher
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