Noble, Elizabeth (Elizabeth M.)
Summary: Having received letters and a journal from their mother written at the end of her life, four sisters struggle through their first year without her, a time marked by their bereavement and efforts to achieve joy and passion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOBTran, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC TRATran, E. M. (Elizabeth M.)
Summary: "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 sexuality from her family; Nhi competes as the only woman of color on a Bachelor-esque...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC TRAHarbison, Elizabeth M.
Summary: "They were two sisters with nothing in common but their parents. Frances Turner has a confession to make: her sister, Crosby, who has built her life on good luck and good looks, drives her crazy. The woman wakes up in the morning with perfect hair. Men flock to her. And she somehow managed to jump out of the frying pan and into fame, writing a blockbuster novel -- and making a zillion bucks --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC HARBender, Aimee.
Summary: A traumatic event unfolds when a girl with flowing hair of golden wheat appears in an apple orchard, where a group of people await her. A woman plays out a prostitution fantasy with her husband and finds she cannot go back to her old sex life. An ugly woman marries an ogre and struggles to decide if she should stay with him after he mistakenly eats their children. Two sisters travel deep into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: When Jasmine and family visit Kabo, the Japanese village where her grandmother grew up, she is homesick and angry with her older sister for not playing with her, but when they start to compromise, they discover ways to bridge their differences. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make a folding fan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE FLOAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Two sisters mourn their father's death after his plane crashes on a flight to the Dominican Republic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACELim, Elizabeth
Summary: Forty years after becoming the Blue Fairy, Chiara Belmagio defies the rules of magic to help her old friend Geppetto, and when her sister--now the heartless Scarlet Fairy--discovers the transgression, they decide to settle things with a wager, with the lives of Geppetto and Pinocchio hanging in the balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIMAston, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASTFlock, Elizabeth.
Summary: Libby and her nine-year-old daughter Carrie are making a fresh start in a new town, escaping the violence that shattered their family. When Carrie becomes friends with the Chaplin family, especially Cricket Chaplin, neither can escape their families' secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLOPoliner, Elizabeth
Summary: Enjoying summertime weeks of freedom at a popular Jewish beach with their children, beautiful Ada thrives away from her strict husband, while chef Vivie develops diplomatic skills, and unmarried Bec is forced to choose between family beliefs and her passion for a married man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POLAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. ... In New York City, YAHAIRA RIOS is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020