Suri, Manil.
Summary: Marrying in order to escape an overbearing father, Meera is further victimized by her physically demanding husband and lustful brother-in-law, a circumstance from which she finds fleeting escape through her relationships with her sister-in-law and young son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SURLupica, Mike.
Summary: Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LUPJohnson, Juli Claiborne
Summary: Reclusive literary legend M. M. 'Mimi' Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHSteel, Danielle.
Summary: When an accident claims her husband of eighteen years, Liz Sutherland must grieve, console her five children, and learn to get on with her life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STESteel, Danielle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STESteel, Danielle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC STESteel, Danielle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STESteel, Danielle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STEOstlund, Lori.
Summary: After leaving his partner in New Mexico to start a new life in San Francisco, ESL teacher Aaron Englund seeks closure from a rejection-marked childhood and his own questionable choices by exploring his relationships with fellow misfits in his youth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OSTRichmond, Lori
Summary: With the schools closed and his babysitter sick, Bunny accompanies his mother to work--but he finds waiting in her office with nothing to do or eat a bore so he goes exploring (what could possibly go wrong?).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RICKnisley, Lucy
Summary: A mother and son hop on their bike for a ride through the neighborhood, joining friends and neighbors along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KNIRader-Day, Lori
Summary: Using her skills as a handwriting analyst to assist a local murder and kidnapping investigation, Anna identifies disturbing parallels between the crimes and her own struggles to protect her troubled teen son from her abusive ex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017