Hadlow, Janice
Summary: "What if Mary Bennet's life took a different path from that laid out for her in Pride and Prejudice? What if the frustrated intellectual of the Bennet family, the marginalized middle daughter, the plain girl who takes refuge in her books, eventually found the fulfillment enjoyed by her prettier, more confident sisters? This is the plot of The Other Bennet Sister, a debut novel with exactly the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HADNapolitano, Ann
Summary: William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him, so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it's as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family's dreamer, is happiest with her nose in...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC NAPHowes, Emily
Summary: The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWChung, Eve J.
Summary: "A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2024
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHUSnelling, Lauraine
Summary: "Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in their booming town offers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNEHuber, Anna Lee
Summary: "April,1912: It’s the perfect finale to a Grand Tour of Europe—sailing home on the largest, most luxurious ocean liner ever built. For the Fortune sisters, the voyage offers a chance to reflect on the treasures of the past they’ve seen—magnificent castles and museums in Italy and France, the ruins of Greece and the Middle East—and contemplate the futures that await them. For Alice, there’s...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUBRiley, Lucinda
Summary: In this conclusion to the authors' Seven Sisters series, the sisters learn about their own pasts as well as about their adoptive father, Pa Salt, finding that these long-concealed truths can still affect their lives now.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: published by Blue Box Press, an imprint of Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Jefferies, Dinah
Summary: An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise... A rebellious daughter. 1925. Among the ancient honey-colored walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets. A sister with a secret. 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JEFTran, E. M. (Elizabeth M.)
Summary: What does the future hold for those born in the years of the Dragon, Tiger, and Goat? In present day New Orleans, Xuan Trung, former beauty queen turned refugee after the Fall of Saigon, is obsessed with divining her daughters' fates through their Vietnamese zodiac signs. But Trac, Nhi and Trieu diverge completely from their immigrant parents' expectations. Successful lawyer Trac hides her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TRADeveraux, Jude
Summary: The award-winning author of "A Knight in Shining Armor" presents a historical family saga chronicling the lives and loves of three generations of women in a small Kansas community. "It's 1972 and times are changing. In the small farming community of Mason, Kansas. Vera and Kelly Exton are known for their ambitions. Vera is an activist who wants to join her boyfriend in the Peace Corps. But she...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEVCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEVLockhart, E.
Summary: Carrie Sinclair tells the ghost of her son Johnny about the summer of 1987, when "the boys" arrive on Beechwood Island, setting off events that will haunt her for years to come.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC LOCMiller, Sarah
Summary: "In 1861, war is raging in the South, but in Concord, Massachusetts, Margaret March has her own battles to fight. With her husband serving as an army chaplain, the comfort and security of Margaret's four daughters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--now rest on her shoulders alone. Money is tight and every month, her husband sends less and less of his salary with no explanation. Worst of all, Margaret...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MILFalvey, Patricia
Summary: After losing her sister on their voyage from Ireland to New York on the Titanic, Delia poses as Nora to take her job as a governess to a rich family instead of her own position as a maid.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Klassen, Julie
Summary: "When their father's death leaves them impoverished, the Summers sisters open their home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. But instead of the elderly invalids they expect, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah must confront her growing attraction to a mysterious widower, and Viola learns to heal her deep-hidden scars"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Oke, Janette
Summary: "Lillian Walsh and Grace Bennett have learned so much already about caring for children in distress. It hasn't been easy, but it becomes even more difficult when they suddenly discover that three children have run away. Concerned for the trio's safety, the sisters will do all they can to find the children. But the runaways are not the only thing putting the future of the children's home in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OKESnelling, Lauraine
Summary: "Lilac Nielsen must learn to balance her new courtship with the young reverend and her pursuit of another dream-the publication of her artwork in a New York newspaper. But when a family crisis back in Ohio shakes the Nielsen sisters, can they continue the new life they've begun in Nebraska? And will Lilac be prepared for what God has in store for her future?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Springer, Nancy
Summary: When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Keith, Ellen
Summary: "When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased, her Jewish friends forbidden from performing with her onstage. Alongside her friend Jakob, Johanna helps organize the Artists' Resistance, an underground network allowing Jews to perform at house concerts hosted by their allies. When Johanna hears of a Jewish orphan...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEIPrice, Tirzah
Summary: Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PRIMcCullough, Joy
Summary: Spring, 1942: the United States is reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor. While the US starts sending troops to the front, the March family of Concord, Massachusetts grieves their own enormous loss: the death of their daughter, Beth. The remaining sisters fracture, each going their own way. Jo is nursing her wounds and building planes in Boston. Meg holds down the home front with Marmee. Amy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCLee, Stacey (Stacey Heather)
Summary: In in 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma, and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown neighborhood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Bennett, Brit
Summary: Generación tras generación, la comunidad negra del pueblo de Mallard, en Luisiana, ha intentado aclarar el tono de su piel favoreciendo los matrimonios mixtos. Las inseparables gemelas Desirée y Stella Vignes, con su color níveo, sus ojos castaños y su cabello ondulado, son un buen ejemplo de ello. Tan distintas y tan iguales, decidieron huir juntas del diminuto pueblo creyendo que también...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Literatura Random House 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH BENScott, Anika
Summary: "Sisters Vera and Marya were brought up as good Soviets: obedient despite hardships of poverty and tragedy, committed to communist ideals, and loyal to Stalin. Several years after fighting on the Eastern front, both women find themselves deep in the mire of conflicts shaping a new world order in 1947 Berlin. When Marya, an interpreter, gets entangled in Vera's cryptic web of deceit and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ScottWells, Christine
Summary: Set in the thick of the Paris Resistance movement during WWII, this exciting novel tells of the deep involvement of Catherine Dior, the sister of fashion designer Christian Dior, and two sisters who risked their lives to support her efforts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021