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Ekwuyasi, Francesca LaBan, Elizabeth McGlothlin, Kristin Monson, Stacy. Vanderah, GlendyVanderah, Glendy
Summary: A mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. When a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin, barefoot and covered in bruises, Joanna enlists the help of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feature Films for Families 2009
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1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHRMcGlothlin, Kristin
Summary: In order to play more music in the future, Gwilym first has to deal with the past. Thriteen-year-old Gwilym Duckworthy's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. It's a day he spends with his family and friends, playing football and taking part in a scavenger hunt. He is thankful for his good life. But this year, our of the blue, his mom calls him, wanting to reconnect, which forces Gwilym to deal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bird Upstairs 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCGMonson, Stacy.
Summary: "When the truth cost her everything, she thought there was nothing left to lose. Mikayla Gordon loves nothing more than sleeping under the stars, reeling in the "big one," and long hikes in the wilderness. A medical crisis reveals a 30-year-old secret that turns everything she's known and believed upside down, unraveling her dreams and her identity. In search of answers, she follows a trail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: His Image Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Monson 2019Ekwuyasi, Francesca
Summary: "Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye. Kambirinachi believes that she is an Ogbanje, or an Abiku, a non-human spirit that plagues a family with misfortune by being born and then dying in childhood to cause a human mother misery. She has made the unnatural choice of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EKWLaBan, Elizabeth
Summary: When she finds out her husband cheated, Hannah Bent thinks her marriage is over. But she's seen friends divorce, and it's not pretty. Plus, she and Joel have kids and an otherwise-happy life, and she still loves him, although begrudgingly. Furious and feeling stuck, she suggests having her own affair to even the score. Joel, desperate for forgiveness, agrees. But does she really want to go...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019