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1061) Erasure: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Thelonius "Monk" Ellison is an erudite, accomplished but seldom-read author who insists on writing obscure literary papers rather than the so-called "ghetto prose" that would make him a commercial success. He finally succumbs to temptation after seeing the Oberlin-educated author of We's Lives in da Ghetto during her appearance on a talk show, firing back with a parody called My Pafology, which he submits to his startled agent under the gangsta pseudonym...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When Sarah Perry was twelve, she saw a partial eclipse of the sun, an event she took as a sign of good fortune for her and her mother, Crystal. But that brief moment of darkness ultimately foreshadowed a much larger one: two days later, Crystal was murdered in their home in rural Maine, just a few feet from Sarah's bedroom. The killer escaped unseen; it would take the police twelve years to find him, time in which Sarah grew into adulthood, struggling...
1063) The surrogate: a novel
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When their surrogate, Cally, has a change of heart, engineering a harrowing escape from the hospital with the newborn for Ruth and Hal, as a whole series of doubts and secrets are revealed, it's no longer clear what's "right" and what's "wrong."
1064) A sweet surprise for Mom
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Simon Spotlight paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Wanting to do something special for her mother, Olivia decides to make her breakfast in bed, but her brothers keep getting in the way.
1065) The city of stardust
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, the Everlys have seen their best and brightest disappear, taken as punishment for a crime no one remembers, for a purpose no one understands. Their tormentor, a woman named Penelope, never ages, never grows sick -- and never forgives a debt. Violet Everly was a child when her mother left on a stormy night, determined to break the curse. When Marianne never returns, Penelope issues an ultimatum: Violet has ten years to find her mother,...
1066) Birdie's big-girl hair
Author
Series
Birdie volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
1st ed.
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.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Single sided.
Language
English
Description
Bernadette Fox, a loving mom, becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette's leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version
Language
English
Description
Silver bells. When an ambitious businessman gets in a scuffle with a ref at his son's basketball game, he is suspended from his job and sentenced to community service, manning a red kettle and ringing bells for the Salvation Army for the rest of the Christmas season. At first he finds this humiliating, and in his self-pity determines to be the world's worst bell ringer. But as he encounters the people behind the kettle, his life, and especially his...
1069) Prince of song & sea
Author
Series
Disney Princes series volume 1
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Before Prince Eric's mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die...Eric isdesperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment...The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find his...
1070) Wait
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition 2015.
Language
English
Description
"A simple, sweet picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--
1071) An unfinished life
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Einar is a crusty old rancher who does what he can to hold onto his Wyoming ranch. It's been a struggle for years; his son was killed in a car crash, his wife left him, and his longtime friend and helper, Mitch was recently mauled by a bear. Now, Einar has to care for Mitch and help him recover. Jean and her daughter, Griff, have to leave Jean's current abusive boyfriend. The only place they can go is the ranch of Griff's grandfather, Einar, who only...
1072) Hanging Hill
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
One morning in picture-perfect Bath, England, a teenage girl's body is found on the towpath of a canal: Lorne Woods - beautiful, popular, and apparently the victim of a disturbingly brutal murder. Zoe Benedict - Harley-riding police detective, independent to a fault - is convinced the department head needs to look beyond the usual domestic motives to solve the case. Meanwhile, Zoe's sister, Sally - recently divorced and in dire financial straits -...
1073) A quiet life: a novel
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From the author of A Little Hope--a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick--comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief. Chuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much as his annual trip to Hilton Head with his wife, Cat--that...
1074) Sugar
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
1075) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
1076) The sons of Katie Elder
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The day that Katie Elder is buried, her four sons return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. It is a he-man story, as well as, a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons is movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion.
1077) Summer at the Cape
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the older sibling to identical twins Violet and Lily, Cami Porter was always the odd sister out. The divide grew even wider when their parents split up--while the twins stayed in Cape Sanctuary with their free-spirited mother, Rosemary, fourteen-year-old Cami moved to LA with her attorney father. Nearly twenty years later, when Cami gets the terrible news that Lily has drowned saving a child s life, her mother begs her to return home to help untangle...
1078) Terminator genisys
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.
1079) Her mother's keeper
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
She'd left town a starry-eyed innocent headed for the big city. Now Gwen LaCrosse returned home a savvy, sophisticated woman. But her mother's maddening new boarder enticed her as no one had before. Luke Powers was reputed to be an expert in both words and women--and soon he was turning Gwen's cool reason into something else entirely. . .
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The comedienne and actress draws on diary entries, correspondence, and family memories to present a tribute to her late daughter that traces Carrie's struggles with self-esteem and addiction before her cancer-related death, in an account that also sharesthe life lessons they learned together.
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