Hill, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Unable to cope with the loss of his beloved wife to cancer, World War II veteran Mead is haunted by painful memories and journeys through Europe with his rebellious and emotionally troubled teenage grandson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HULRoberts, Bethan
Summary: "Soon to be a motion picture starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love. It is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten-determined her love alone will be enough for them both. A few years later near the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBNyhan, Loretta
Summary: Paige Moresco found her true love in eighth grade and lost him two years ago. Since Jesse's death, she's been sleepwalking through life, barely holding on for the sake of her teenage son, Trey. As Paige stares at her neglected lawn, she knows she's hit rock bottom. So she does something entirely unexpected: she begins to dig. As the hole gets bigger, Paige decides to turn her entire yard into a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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Summary: "When popular restaurateur Laurel Thibodeau is found brutally murdered in her own home, and her husband is the prime suspect, six friends gather together, sharing theories about Laurel's death, soon realizing they each have something to hide as jealousy, revenge, adultery and greed converge"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024
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Summary: Every mother faces impossible choices. Vaccination is one of the hardest. For single mom Kate O'Hara, there was no decision to make. Her daughter, Rosie, is one of a small percentage of children who can't be vaccinated against measles. All Kate can do is hope that her little girl is safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILHill, Katherine
Summary: Ending their marriage after a revelation of infidelity, Abe and Cassandra evaluate the compromises, legacies, and losses of their relationship, from their first encounter at a San Francisco public health clinic through their daughter's acceptance into Harvard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hill 2013Nathan, Amy Sue
Summary: When her mother-in-law signs her up for etiquette lessons conducted by tutor Lillian Diamond, Ruth Appelbaum rebels against convention, inviting Lillian and the Diamond Girls to challenge what others expect from them, discover what they expect from themselves and do whatever it takes to protect one of their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction NathanNathan, Amy Sue.
Summary: When a tragic car accident ends the life of Richard Glass, it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their children. There's no love lost between the widow and the ex. In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this heartache-- the chance to rid herself of Nicole once and for all. But Evie wasn't counting on her children's bond with their baby half-brother, and she wasn't counting on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2013
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Summary: When a tragic car accident ends the life of Richard Glass, it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their children. There's no love lost between the widow and the ex. In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this heartache-- the chance to rid herself of Nicole once and for all. But Evie wasn't counting on her children's bond with their baby half-brother, and she wasn't counting on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they will all soon come to pass when the family is up rooted in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967. Salma is forced to leave her home in Nablus;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1988
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Summary: Two sisters are at lifelong odds with each other, their mother, and themselves, and as every hour becomes more twisted than the last, they are all pushed to their breaking point.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: The Nasr family is spread across the globe--Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they've always had their ancestral home in Beirut--a constant touchstone--and the complicated, messy family love that binds them. But following his father's recent death, Idris, the family's new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ALYAlyan, Hala
Summary: "From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home ... On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALYHall, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALCanin, Ethan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CANHawke, Ethan
Summary: Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half-hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whiskey and sex. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWJoella, Ethan
Summary: From the author of A Little Hope--a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick--comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief. Chuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOEShalvis, Jill
Summary: "Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWJoella, Ethan
Summary: "How do you hold onto hope in a difficult time? In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A woman loses the love of her life. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. A husband betrays his wife. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler. Greg has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a brutal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Joella 2021Shalvis, Jill
Summary: "Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022