Dionne, Karen
Summary: "For a decade and a half, Rachel Cunningham has chosen to lock herself away in a psychiatric facility, tortured by gaps in her memory and the certainty that she is responsible for her parents' deaths. But when she learns new details about their murders, Rachel returns, in a quest for answers, to the place where she once felt safest: her family's sprawling log cabin in the remote forests of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DIOSummary: A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist: a human. News of this throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all-new story about friendship, courage, and the joy of discovery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SMASummary: Becca and Howie Corbett are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. The journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RABChamberlain, Diane.
Summary: Into the drought-weary California town of Valle Rosa comes a stranger who promises he can make it rain. All he asks for is a place to stay and complete privacy. But he is too charismatic to maintain a low profile, and the adobe cottage he's given to live in is owned by an investigative TV reporter struggling to revive her career.Bestselling author Diane Chamberlain's Fire and Rain is a love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2016
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Maren, Mesha
Summary: "Jodi McCarty is seventeen when she's sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. She's released eighteen years later and finds herself reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian mountains, she heads south in search of someone she left behind, as a way of finally making amends. There, she will meet and fall in love with Miranda, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARMaren, Mesha
Summary: "As Alex and Elana try to make their home among the academics and young leftists in El Paso and Juárez, they are pulled from each other by an affair with a lucha libre fighter, their struggles to define themselves, and the loud cry of home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MARDelle Donne, Elena
Summary: Having shot up to six feet tall over the summer, seventh-grader Elle not only has trouble controlling her limbs on the basketball court, she dreads the upcoming school cotillion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DONKaron, Jan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARKaron, Jan
Summary: Father Tim and Cynthia arrive in the west of Ireland, intent on researching his Kavanagh ancestry. The charm of their lakeside B&B is broken when Cynthia startles a burglar and sprains her already-injured ankle. Then a cherished and valuable painting is stolen from the lodge owners, and Cynthia's pain pales in comparison to the wound at the center of this bitterly estranged Irish family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARWhite, Dianne
Summary: As night falls, a trio of siblings stumble upon some of nature's hidden nighttime beauty, including timid fawns, blossoming lavender, silent owls, and many more wonders of the night.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WHIDeonn, Tracy
Summary: "To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DEORandall, Ronne.
Summary: When Jack buys some magic beans from a mysterious old man, they lead him to a place he could never have imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RANArena, Jen
Summary: In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE AREDayton, Arwen
Summary: "Six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of human"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DAYHunt, Diann.
Summary: Same mom. Same dad. Completely different lives. Who's to say which sister has it sweeter? Viney Haverford always told her daughters to "be sweet." But the only thing sweet about Charlene Haverford these days is her sweet tooth. Little sister Janni is the nice one. The one with the intact marriage, the great kids, the stable life on the family homestead in Tappery, Michigan. Charlene's the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson Inc. 2007
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Karon, Jan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 0000
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARKaron, Jan
Summary: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon returns with the fourteenth novel in the beloved Mitford series, featuring three generations of Kavanaghs. After twelve years of wrestling with the conflicts of retirement, Father Tim Kavanagh realizes he doesn't need a steady job to prove himself. Then he's given one--but what, exactly, does it prove? Meanwhile, newly married Dooley and Lace...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KARKaron, Jan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARKaron, Jan
Summary: The creator of the Mitford stories goes back through time to relate the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh to Cynthia Coppersworth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARKaron, Jan
Summary: Having pursued intellectual matters all of his life, Father Tim discovers the joys of working with his hands when he discovers a worn-out nativity scene and begins to restore it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARFreeman, Dianne
Summary: "With her new husband George busy on a special mission for the British Museum, Frances has taken on an assignment of her own. The dowager Viscountess Wingate needs someone to sponsor her niece, Kate, for presentation to Queen Victoria. Frances--who understands society's quirks and constraints as only an outsider can--is the perfect candidate. Kate is charming and intelligent, though perhaps not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FREKaron, Jan
Summary: A collection of prayers, sermons and inspirational quotes from the Mitford series' beloved fictional religious leader is complemented by new essays and author reflections on faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KARKaron, Jan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1996