Christopher, Lucy
Summary: A young girl befriends Shadow, a shadow under her bed that only she and not her mother can see, and enjoys his companionship until venturing with Shadow into the woods leaves her longing even more for her mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lantatn Publishing Ltd. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHRWood, Lucy
Summary: Pearl doesn't know how she's ended up in the river, but here her spirit swirls and stays . . . Ada, Pearl's daughter, doesn't know how she's ended up back in the house she left thirteen years ago--with no heating apart from a fire she can't light, no way of getting around apart from an old car she's scared to drive, and no company apart from her own young daughter, Pepper. She wants to clear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOAtkins, Lucy
Summary: When Kal MacKenzie's mother Elena dies of cancer, Kal and her sister Alice stuggle to mourn a woman whose relationships with her daughters had always been erratic. When Kal finds a stash of postcards going back decades in her mother's art studio, she embarks on a journey into her mother's hidden past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATKLevy, Deborah
Summary: "I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the victim? Sofia, a young anthropologist, has spent much of her life trying to solve the mystery of her mother's unexplainable illness. She is frustrated with Rose and her constant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Levy 2016Correa, Armando Lucas
Summary: "BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the south of France, where the widow of an old friend of her husband's has agreed to take her in. Along the way,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CORCorrea, Armando Lucas
Summary: Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall as they embark on journeys of self-discovery and find themselves to be living testaments to the power of maternal love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORCorrea, Armando Lucas
Summary: "An unforgettable family saga exploring a hidden piece of World War II history and the lengths a mother will go to protect her children"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CORBuck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker)
Summary: Restaurant owner Madam Liang, having sent her three daughters to America to be educated and to escape the coming Communist revolution in China, refuses herself to flee to safety even though her decision could end her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moyer Bell 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCDuarte, Judy.
Summary: When Amy Masterson finds the three-story Victorian house that belongs to her great-grandmother, Eleanor Rucker, she's surprised to discover a run-down building. Amy rents the house, fully furnished, and as she begins cleaning out the debris, she opens a window into the past she knows almost nothing about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DUADe Villepin, Emmanuelle
Summary: "Three generations of women untangle a complex family story that encompasses the First and Second World Wars, revealing unexpected lessons about marriage and fidelity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018