Waxman, Abbi
Summary: As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbors' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse; Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this! After the shock of seeing Anne Porter in all her extramarital glory, Frances vows to stay in her own lane. But that's a notion easier said than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAXFrangello, Gina
Summary: "Every Kind of Wanting explores the complex intersection of three unique families and their bustling efforts to have a "Community Baby." Miguel could not be more different from his partner Chad, a happy-go-lucky real estate mogul from Chicago's wealthy North Shore. When Chad's sister, Gretchen offers the couple an egg, their search for a surrogate leads them to Miguel's old friend Emily,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAHill, Nathan
Summary: When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the '90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicagos thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HILSchweblin, Samanta
Summary: "Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCHProwse, Amanda
Summary: With her 40th birthday approaching, Lucy Carpenter dares to hope that she finally has it all: a wonderful new husband, Jonah, a successful career and the chance of a precious baby of her own. Life couldn't be more perfect. But the reality of becoming parents proves much harder than Lucy and Jonah imagined. Jonah's love and support is unquestioning, but as Lucy struggles with work and her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC PROHarrod-Eagles, Cynthia
Summary: England, 1903. Giles, the Earl of Stainton, has fled from his stifling duties to resume his research in Egypt, leaving behind his wife Kitty, and his infant son. Kitty, still reeling from Giles' sudden departure, struggles to keep spirits high in the castle and establish herself as the true mistress of the house, an impossible task given how many secrets the inhabitants are hiding from her......
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2023
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Summary: Villa America was in fact a real house on the French Riviera that Sara and Gerald Murphy built to escape to in the 1920's. Members of a group of expat Americans, they were known for their fabulous parties and for making the Riviera into the glamorous place it is today. Their freewheeling days were filled with champagne and caviar, but these were people who kept secrets and who were, of course,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Klaussmann 2015Lombardo, Claire
Summary: "Julia Ames, after a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, has found herself on the placid plateau of mid-life. But Julia has never navigated the world with the equanimity of her current privileged class. Having nearly derailed herself several times, making desperate bids for the kind of connection that always felt inaccessible to her, she finally feels, at age fifty seven, that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEMonroe, Mary
Summary: "From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes the captivating and heartfelt tale of a couple who has everything--except the dream they long for most. But this Christmas, a reunion with someone from the past could gift them a once-in-a-lifetime last chance. Successful, secure, and still very much in love, middle-aged couple Eugene and Rosemary Johnson have never given up on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp. 2020
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MONCraig, Charmaine
Summary: "From the acclaimed author of Miss Burma, longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women's Prize, comes a tense and thought-provoking exploration of an intellectual affair and its reverberations across the lives of two couples. Tessa is a successful white woman writer who develops a friendship, first by correspondence and then in person, with Charlie, a ruggedly handsome philosopher and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRAPagán, Camille
Summary: Penelope Ruiz-Kar navigates the sometimes-rocky terrain in her marriage with husband Sanjay as well as in her relationship with best friend Jenny Sweet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction PagScotch, Allison Winn
Summary: A screenwriter and an actress in New York City fall in love, but must deal with the fallout of unequal amounts of ambition and fame in their careers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018