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Brubaker, Ed

Summary: "Ellie has always had romantic ideas about drug addicts. Tragic souls drawn to needles and pills have been her obsession ever since the death of her junkie mother. But when Ellie lands in an upscale rehab clinic where nothing is what it seems, she'll find another, more dangerous, kind of romance. From the award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips comes a pop and drug culture fueled...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2018

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRU

Harper, Rachel M.

Summary: "This tender novel tells a universal story of struggle, loss, and ultimately, survival. Arcelia Perez left Puerto Rico for the American dream, but within a few years she's living on the tough side of Providence, Rhode Island with three children, no job, and a powerful heroin addiction. Through rotating narration, we meet a diverse cast of characters-most notably Arcelia's charming, street-savvy...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Prospect Park Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAR

Summary: It blends fiction, formalism and raw documentary as it follows a young heroin addict who finds mad love in the streets of New York. The film is based on Holmes' soon-to-be-published memoir Mad Love in New York City.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Radius TWC 2015

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HEA

Hobey, Jack.

Summary: "Recounts the case of The People vs. Herman Swift, a story which ran on front pages of newspapers throughout Michigan for three years in the early 20th century. It is one of the most sensational cases to ever go to the Michigan Supreme Court and was reviewed on appeal by famous Michigan governors, Chase Osborn and Nathaniel Ferris. The story revolves around the complex, tragic figure of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harbor House Publishers 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.76 HOB
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 362.76 HOB

Coleman, Reed Farrel

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: When a high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it's clear that the opioid epidemic has reached the idyllic town of Paradise. Police chief Jesse Stone must unravel the supply chain and unmask the criminals behind it. The investigation's epicenter is Paradise High School, a prime market for Boston dealers looking to expand into the suburbs. As he digs deeper into the case,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019

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McDaniel, Tiffany

Summary: "Six women--mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally-bestselling author of Betty"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCD

Summary: Man with the golden arm: An ex-convict recovering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums and struggles to become a musician. Suddenly: A band of paid killers takes over a house in a small town, with a mission to assassinate the arriving President of the United States.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Education 2000 2000

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAN

Robinson, Roxana.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: Settling into her parents' home in Maine hoping to help them with their respective health challenges, art professor Julie Lambert is shattered by the discovery of her son's heroin addiction.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2008

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Pacino, Al

Summary: A young man and woman try to maintain their relationship as their heroin addiction threatens to destroy them both.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PAN

Robinson, Roxana.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ROB

Summary: Adapted from Nicholas Meyer's work, this film imagines what might have happened had Dr. Watson convinced Sherlock Holmes to seek a cure for his cocaine addiction from Dr. Sigmund Freud. The adventure begins when Holmes and Freud team up to solve a kidnapping mystery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SEV

Summary: After Newt Scamander helps to capture Gellert Grindelwald, the criminal soon escapes custody and begins gathering followers under his ideology of keeping magic for pure-blood wizards only. Albus Dumbledore, Grindelwald's truest friend, has no choice but to resist the charismatic leader and ask Newt to help thwart the plans for (wizarding) world domination.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FANTASY FAN

Berney, Louis

Summary: "From Lou Berney, the acclaimed, multi award-winning author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone, comes a Dark Ride"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BER

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BER

Quinn, Cate

4 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2024

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Weiden, David Heska Wanbli

Summary: Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that's hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way into the reservation and finds Virgil's nephew, his vigilantism suddenly becomes personal. He enlists the help of his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WEI

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEI

Paris, B. A.

Summary: The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016

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Summary: After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CAP
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CAP

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAP

Summary: In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party, friends and relatives have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAC

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAC

Fisher, Carrie.

Summary: Suzanne Vale, a young actress, is going through the throes of drug rehabilitation, trying to understand what happened to her life and how she managed to land in a drug hospital.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1987

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIS

Jackson, Tiffany D.

Summary: "When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JAC

Summary: "Inside the walls of St. Vincent's Orphanage, young boys fall victim to sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their guardians. Henry Czerny gives a terrifying performance as Brother Lavin, the head of the orphanage who must juggle the teachings of the church with his own personal demons. The plight of the boys under his care remains a secret until the orphanage janitor and a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOY

Summary: During a road trip through Chile, boorish American expatriate Jamie and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized San Pedro cactus and its promise of unrivaled hallucinations. But during a night's drunken stupor Jamie invites free-spirited fellow American Crystal Fairy along on their psychedelic-driven journey, and before long Crystal's devil-may-care attitude gives them...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CRY

Paris, B. A.

Summary: Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC PAR

Hicks, Faith Erin

Summary: Things are looking bright at the Beifong Metalbending Academy! But after all the adventures Toph's had with Aang, Sokka, Zuko, and Katara, the whole thing feels a bit dull. Luckily, Sokka and Suki come to visit and reintroduce some familiar faces from their wandering days. And while out and about to celebrate, Toph discovers something that just might put the sparkle back in her eye...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2021

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