Krosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: "In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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McCrae, Shane
Summary: "An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents. When Shane McCrae was three years old, his grandparents kidnapped him and took him to suburban Texas. His mom was white and his dad was Black, and to hide his Blackness from him, his maternal grandparents stole him from his father. In the years that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCCRAE, SHANE MCCEvans, Richard Paul
Summary: "When bestselling romance author Jacob Churcher returns to Salt Lake City to settle his estranged mother's estate, a young woman arrives looking for her birth mother who lived with Jacob's family during her pregnancy. They discover a diary written by Noel and begin a quest to find her, reconcile their pasts and rewrite their futures"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC EVASummary: Rich Hill, Missouri (population 1,393) could be any of the countless small towns that blanket America's heartland. But to teenagers Andrew, Harley and Appachey, it's home. They are like millions of other boys coming of age the world over, but face unfortunate circumstances an imprisoned mother, isolation, instability, and parental unemployment. Adolescence can be a day-to-day struggle just to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Passion River] 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RIC1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RIC
Summary: Tillsammans, ('Together' in English), is a commune in the heart of Stockholm, still going strong in 1975, long after most members of youth culture have abandoned their notions of free love, harmoniously integrated extended families, and naive political idealism in favor of jobs, discos, and TV sitcoms. The commune's 'leader' is sweet, conflict-avoiding Goran. The arrival of his conventional,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Memfis Film 2004
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOGKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: The powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents. A National Book Award Finalist! In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 KORSummary: Seventh continent: The day-to-day routines of a seemingly ordinary Austrian family begin to take on a sinister complexion in Michael Haneke's chilling portrait of bourgeois anomie giving way to shocking self-destruction.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN MICMuñoz Ledo, Norma
Summary: Susi tiene 16 años, una mejor amiga, un primer amor, un papá ausente, una mamá con quien pelea, un aspirante a padrastro al que odia, una abuela amorosa y cuatro mascotas a quienes considera sus hijos. Un día, la vida de Susi da un vuelco inesperado: su madre sufre un accidente y el diagnóstico del médico {u2014}fractura hendida de cráneo{u2014} se traduce como ?Por el momento, está en coma?....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editorial Santillana 2019
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH MUNGarber, Elizabeth W.
Summary: "This haunting memoir describes visionary architect Woodie Garber's descent into madness and follows Elizabeth's inspiring journey to emerge from her abuse, gain understanding and freedom from her father's control, and go on to become a loving mother and a healer who helps others"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GARBER, ELIZABETH W GARDugoni, Robert
Summary: "Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. For the competitive former chess prodigy, returning to her family's failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father is the best shot she has. With the right moves, she hopes to restore the family's reputation, her relationship with her father, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC DUGSummary: A young boy is kidnapped by a monstrous family. The matriarch of the family, Pearl, is the worst of the bunch and she continues to terrorize the small desert town along with the other family members. Finally, the town rallies together to stop them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Season Four finds the Gallaghers braving another brutal Chicago winter and waiting on the medical fate of their permanently pickled patriarch Frank. With oldest daughter Fiona in a stable job and relationship, and newly graduated Lip enrolled in college, it seems like the Gallaghers might finally have a shot at the middle class American dream. But when you're down and out, moving up isn't so easy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SHASummary: In this hysterical assortment of twenty-three uncensored Family Guy episodes, Peter has another painful encounter with the angry Giant Chicken, Quagmire tries to get giggity with Meg, and Brian and Stewie are beside themselves when they travel back in time to the show's pilot episode.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FAMSummary: This darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. The horror-comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Enter the world of Family Guy as never before with this outrageous collection of twenty episodes, in which viewers are taken way too far behind the scenes. Stewie and Brian run a bed-and-breakfast brothel, Peter gets into a sackful of trouble as a mall Santa, and the cast takes a novel approach to reenacting American literary classics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FAMVan Camp, Richard
Summary: "Curtis has returned to Fort Smith, six weeks sober and determined to stay that way. Can he find healing in his grandfather's ancient cultural practices? Notorious bootlegger, Benny the Bank stands in his way. With poison slowly killing him, Benny is uneasy about how he'll be remembered. Can he find a way to make amends?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 VANWilde, Lori
Summary: "It was an inheritance neither sister expected--a lighthouse in Moonglow Cove ... Harper and Flannery weren't exactly best friends ... And the sisters discover their grandmother's will has a stipulation: the two of them must live there, work out their issues ... Will they be able to come together and see their grandmother's wish come true? Or will these two sisters forever be estranged?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILHill, 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,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC HILKemp, Laekan Zea
Summary: Set in the Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio and told in alternating voices, teenaged musicians Aarón and Mia grow close as they share and struggle to overcome the emotional pain of their troubled home lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEMBerry, Lucinda
Summary: "Meet Noah--an A-honor roll student, award-winning swimmer, and small-town star destined for greatness. There weren't any signs that something was wrong until the day he confesses to molesting little girls during swim team practice. He's sentenced to eighteen months in a juvenile sexual rehabilitation center. His mother, Adrianne, refuses to turn her back on him despite his horrific crimes, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Rise Press] 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Littlewood, Fran
Summary: "Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove ...meet Amazing Grace Adams, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled --the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA Fiction LittlewoodPollard, C. Alec
Summary: "If you have a family member or loved one who suffers from mental illness--but refuses to seek treatment--you may feel helpless, trapped, or emotionally drained. When you encourage them to seek treatment, they may become angry, defensive, or shut down altogether. And even if your loved one does agree to seek therapy, they may not follow through. So how can you help the "recovery avoider" in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Between his schizophrenic mother, drunken father, dimwitted brother, and his goody-goody best friend, it's amazing that Christopher Titus is alive, let alone engaged to a "normal" girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005