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African Americans Fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Family secrets Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Popular culture United States History 20th century Sisters Fiction Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) Fiction United States History 1919-1933 United States Social conditions 1918-1932 United States Social life and customs 1918-1945Tamaki, Mariko.
Summary: Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach....
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 741.5 TAMCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAMBailey, Tessa
Summary: Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father's dive bar... in Washington....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Otis Garner (Ernest Borgnine) was in his fifties when he walked out on his wife and kids. During a bittersweet reunion with his son Ted thirty years later, Otis hears a story about one special summer when Ted struggled with his own breaking point. An ambitious flashback shows the overworked Ted pressured to make time for his own young son Mike, and his buddy Andy, who want to spend the summer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brauer Productions 0000
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY THABaldacci, David.
Summary: Jack, terminally ill and preparing to say goodbye to his family, has a miraculous recovery after his wife is killed in a car accident and struggles to reunite his family at her childhood home on the South Carolina oceanfront.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALRobards, Karen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBBryson, Bill.
Contents: May : the Kid -- June : the Babe -- July : the President -- August : the anarchists -- September : summer's end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.91 BRYBryson, Bill.
Summary: One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country; a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge).
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.91 BRYBaldacci, David.
Summary: It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife Lizzie and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again when Lizzie is killed in a car accident. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, Jack reunites everyone at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AudioGO 2011
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Bryson, Bill.
Summary: Recounts the story of a pivotal cultural year in the United States when mainstream pursuits and historical events were marked by contributions by such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and Al Capone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 BRYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 BRYMirren, Lilly
Summary: "After her grandmother's death, Reeda Summer decides to try to solve a family mystery and run from her troubled marriage; following the clues in her grandmother's journals to Italy. Under the Italian sky, Reeda discovers that the joy she was searching for was hidden inside her all along. And instead of running from her problems, she embraces the healing she needs to face them."--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lab Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MIRMorgan, Sarah
Summary: "To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Grace has planned the surprise of a lifetime for her husband--a romantic getaway to Paris. But she never expected he'd have a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock but refusing to be broken, a devastated Grace makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone. Audrey, a young woman from London, has left behind a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MORHarris, Terah Shelton
Summary: "A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive. It's been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah, Georgia. Eight years since her daughter, Alana, came into this world,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Lamprell, Mark
Summary: ""New York, Paris, London every grand metropolis has its own irresistible attraction but Rome so swirls with stories of saints and sinners lovers and fighters, that she compels you towards her, like gravity. No one leaves her unaltered. Part of you always loves her. This is the place where passions are aroused, senses inflamed, and lovers fall into each other's arms. It all appears to unfold...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMAtaris (Musical group)
Contents: So long, Astoria -- Takeoffs and landings -- In this diary -- My reply -- Unopened letter to the world -- Saddest song -- Summer '79 -- Hero dies in this one -- All you can ever learn is what you already know -- Boys of summer -- Radio #2 -- Looking back on today -- Eight of nine.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AtariNovak, Brenda
Summary: "When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for 23andMe, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn't know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers. The women decide to dig into the mystery together at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira/Harlequin Enterprises, Limited 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: "When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for 23andMe, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn't know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers. The women decide to dig into the mystery together at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC NOVSummary: An aspiring artist and the aspiring singer he loves join the most berserk brood of sun-and-funners on Nantucket Island in New England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONESerle, Rebecca
Summary: When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: two weeks in Positano, the magical town Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy's father. Katy has been waiting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SERCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SERNovak, Brenda
Summary: When Serenity Alston discovers she has two half sisters through 23andMe, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. Meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC NOVCrews, Nina.
Summary: Relates a child's activities in the heat of a summer day punctuated by a thunderstorm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CRESerle, Rebecca
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic In Five Years returns with a moving and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. "When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. To make matters worse, the mother-daughter trip of a lifetime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEROnassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli International Publications 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.922 ONABurkhart, Kiersi
Summary: "To learn to ride Prince, gamer Paley is forced to identify her real-life powers. But her newfound courage will be tested when ranch neighbors threaten to steal an exciting discovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURWilliams-Garcia, Rita.
Summary: In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010