Summary: A feisty, Bangladeshi teen-aged painter sets out on a quest to save her ailing father. Her artistic gift has blossomed with his encouragement but hasn't yet proven financially rewarding. Naima's mother dashes such childish dreams, which sends the frustrated teen off to the big city, determined to earn money for the family's survival. And she does, by disguising herself as a boy to get a job as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RICFarley, Ashley
Summary: "After thirty years, college friends Lena Browder and Olivia Westcoat have met again by chance at an unexpected crossroads: an airport lounge in Atlanta. Lena is running away from home and her demanding family. Olivia is trying to find her way after a painful divorce. With their old selves in the rearview, they toast to a new beginning--and it starts with a spontaneous dare. Agreeing to trade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARSummary: The Mule: Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLIFairley, Kim
Summary: "Kim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven. Something about Vern -- his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile -- made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she'd imagined as she settled into married life and planned for their family, their love was soon tested by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FAIRLEY, KIM FAISimon, Norma.
Summary: Explores in words and pictures what a family is and how families vary in makeup and life-styles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1976
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Summary: "Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life's challenges. For others, it's a source of pain, hurt, and conflict that can feel like a lifelong burden. In this empowering guide, licensed therapist and bestselling relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab offers clear advice for identifying dysfunctional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: The middle daughter of struggling California fruit farmers, Alice Bush is accustomed to feeling inferior and destitute. When her elder sister's husband strikes a vein of gold in the Yukon Territory, Alice seizes control of her destiny by joining a wave of white settlers making the dangerous trek to the Klondike. By luck and circumstance Alice becomes tightly intertwined in her sister and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DJADailey, Janet
Summary: "Emotionally ravaged by the loss of his wife and children, former US Army major Logan Hunter heads to Blue Moon to salvage whatever peace he can. Yet settling into his new home is fraught with challenges, especially since Logan's land borders the rival Dollarhide spread, pitting Logan against an adversary who stirs him like no other. From her first encounter with Logan, Dr. Kristin Dollarhide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DAISnyder, Laurel
Summary: Charlie and Mouse and their parents are going on a camping trip, and there will be hiking, storytelling, marshmallows, and campfires, and the joy that comes from sharing it all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020
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Summary: For a change of pace, renowned anthropologist Kasey Wyatt takes a job working for bestselling author Jordan Taylor, who needs helps researching his latest novel about the Plains Indians. Upon arriving at Jordan's impressive Palm Springs estate, Kasey finds all the trappings of a family, but none of the warmth. Jordan's forbidding mother is immediately suspicious of her, while Jordan's shy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Trade 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBAudrain, Ashley
Summary: "A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family, about a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for--and everything she feared. Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting, supportive mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thick of motherhood's exhausting early days, Blythe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUDRoberts, Nora
Summary: Courting Catherine: "All hard-driving executive Trenton St. James III had on his mind was business-making the final arrangements to buy a run-down old mansion on the coast of Maine. He wasn't expecting any complications. And he definitely wasn't expecting anything like Catherine `C.C.' Calhoun. This feisty, independent-minded young woman bristled at the very thought of her family's most highly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silhouette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBSummary: A struggle for power and control set in the mysterious hills of modern-day Appalachia centers on the Farrells family, who behave as though they are above the law and are prepared to use any means necessary to protect their off-the-grid way of life in rural Kentucky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OUTSummary: "Francesca is a young pediatrician, traumatized by the loss of a child through crib death. When the family moves to a new home in the country, supposedly to help her recover from the experience, she begins seeing completely inexplicable things. The house in which they now live seems to hide terrible secrets. Both the cellar and the attic are locked and barred to the family--and it is from both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAUBlooms, Ashley
Summary: "Maren Walker dreams of finding her own little door. The doors have appeared to the people in her mountain town for as long as anyone can remember, though no one knows where they lead. Maren's mother was the last to go through, leaving nine-year-old Maren behind. Now living with her grandmother, Maren deals prescription medication to pay their bills and nurture her dream of becoming a nurse....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLOSummary: In season four, years have passed, and Velvet Galleries continues to stand as the beacon for fashion and taste. Women in the 1960s, however, are no longer content to dream of unaffordable clothes but demand quality apparel for themselves. The store cannot afford to cater exclusively to the wealthy. As the season begins, top designer Ana prepares to bring ready-to-wear fashion to Velvet. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VELSummary: In season three, Velvet Galleries continues to be ground zero for money, fashion, drama, entanglements, love, jealousies, plots, and counter-plots involving its owners, customers, and residential employees. Looming over all is the love story between Alberto and Ana. Torn between family obligations and the cry of his heart, Alberto resolves to leave his wife and commit to Ana. However, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VELSummary: J.L. is an old-fashioned, conservative cowboy who owns a large ranch in a small Texas town and is the patriarch of a sizeable family that all take shelter under his roof. He has to battle the outside forces of the modern world that is rapidly creeping into his expanding town in order to maintain possession of his treasured ranch and to keep his family together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD JLFSummary: This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD NORLevy, Ashley Nelson
Summary: "A tender and fierce debut novel that explores of the bond between two siblings-one the biological child and one adopted-and the complexities of motherhood, infertility, race, and the many definitions of family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEVSummary: Mollie (Kirstie Alley) is a single working mom who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James (John Travolta), a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late in this baby's-eye view comedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LOOSummary: "Who doesn't love THE LOUD HOUSE? That chaotic household of Lincoln Loud and his 10 sisters- Lori, Leni, Luna, Lynn, Luan, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily? They certainly love each other, even if they seem to be driving each other crazy. See for yourself and check out what going on with the Louds and the ones that love them. Proud parents Lynn Sr and Rita Loud are trying to have a date night....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2021
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Summary: "The moment Spencer meets Hope the summer before seventh grade, it's ... something at first sight. He knows she's special, possibly even magical. The pair become fast friends, climbing trees and planning world travels. After years of being outshone by his older brother and teased because of his Tourette syndrome, Spencer finally feels like he belongs. But as Hope and Spencer get older and life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2018