Austin, Lynn N.
Summary: Set in Chicago during the time of the World's Fair, this is the story of Violet Hayes whose search to find her mother exposes the young woman to the world about her--from high society to the poor immigrant families; from the suffragette movement to the security of a suitable marriage match. As Violet contemplates what course her life will take, she will discover the missing parts of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2007
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Summary: "On the last day of summer, a young college grad moved to Chicago and rented a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lived there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOYTaylor, Valerie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feminist Press at the City University of New York 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAYWolfe, Toya
Summary: Summer, 1999. Felicia "Fe Fe" Stevens lives with her mother and older teenaged brother in building 4950 of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes. The high-rise is next in line to be torn down by the Chicago Housing Authority, and the neighborhood is beginning to fall down around them. Fe Fe is friends with Precious and Stacia, but when Fe Fe welcomes Tonya into their fold, the dynamics shift. Their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WOLJackson, Joshilyn.
Summary: Ten years after leaving, Arlene Fleet finds she still has not escaped Possett, Alabama, when an old classmate turns up asking questions about a crime Arlene committed in her youth, forcing her into a confrontation with her past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Warner AudioBooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JACRaleigh, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RALHamilton, Jane
Summary: Henry Shaw, a high school senior from an average upper-middle-class Chicago family, discovers that his mother, a pianist, is having an affair when he accidentally reads her E-mail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMSánchez, Erika L.
Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018