Lyon, J. Vanessa
Summary: For Glory Hopkins, inheriting her Aunt Lucille's Harlem brownstone feels more like a curse than a blessing. As a restless artist struggling to find gallery representation, Glory doesn't have the money, time, or patience to look after the aging house of an aunt she barely knew. But when she stumbles into Parkie de Groot, a savvy, ambitious auction house appraiser on the verge of a coveted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC LYOLen, Vanessa
Summary: "Joan has just learned the truth: her family are monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And the cute boy at work isn't just a boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to destroy her family. To save herself and her family, Joan will have to do what she fears most: embrace her own monstrousness. Because in this story ... she is not the hero"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LENSavage, Vanessa
Summary: When her parents disappear after their home becomes a murder scene, Hanna, to find them, must confront a tragic event from her past for which she is held responsible-and discover the person determined to make her pay for it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAVCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction SavageSavage, Vanessa
Summary: A dangerous accident prompts a family's relocation to a gothic seaside house, the site of an infamous murder 15 years earlier, where a wife and mother struggling with depression investigates rumors about the killer's parole. --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAVWalters, Vanessa
Summary: "Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband; a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria; and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives--a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALElon, Emunah
Summary: "For fans of The Invisible Bridge and The History of Love, a lyrical and exquisitely moving novel about a writer who embarks on a transformative journey in Amsterdam, where he discovers the shocking truth about his mother's wartime experience-unearthing aremarkable story that becomes the subject of his magnum opus. At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELOAlyan, Hala
Summary: The Nasr family is spread across the globe--Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they've always had their ancestral home in Beirut--a constant touchstone--and the complicated, messy family love that binds them. But following his father's recent death, Idris, the family's new...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ALYAlyan, Hala
Summary: "A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALYNoël, Alyson
Summary: "When 12-year-old Max is sent to live with his eccentric grandfather for the summer, he finds himself on an unlikely quest to uncover an enchanted book that contains the key to defeating an unearthly nemesis"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NOEElton, Charles.
Summary: When "The Hayseed Chronicles", an obscure series of children's books, become world famous, the author reaps no rewards. He was run down by a concrete truck in SoHo. So the unforeseen "benefits" fall to his widow and children. But others want their share... A riveting tale, spanning several decades, of the unexpected effects of sudden fame and fortune.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2010