Rogers, Shannon C. F.
Summary: Marisol and her mom were forever locked in an argument with no beginning and no end. When her mother dies suddenly, Marisol is left with no one to fight against, haunted by all the things that she both said and didn't say. When Marisol sleeps with her best friend's boyfriend--- and then punches said best friend in the face--- she is left alone with nothing but a burning anger. As a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROGCarter, Brooke
Summary: "In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Logan uses her camera to work through the grief of losing her mother."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CARWilkerson, Charmaine
Summary: "In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILWilkerson, Charmaine
Summary: "In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 0000
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Summary: After finding his mother murdered, documentary filmmaker Evan Casher discovers that every aspect of his life has been fabricated and that he is being targeted by a ruthless organization of killers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARWilkerson, Charmaine
Summary: "In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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Summary: "Amy Tucker is struggling to put her life back together following the death of her mother. The loss has left the eighteen-year-old heartbroken, and she doesn't know if her world will ever be whole again. Meanwhile, in Seabrook, a small town famous for its haunted lighthouse, Ryan Porter lives a simple but busy life, maintaining the ranch which he shares with his father. Separated by hundreds of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARWilkerson, Charmaine
Summary: In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking journey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC WILEverhart, Donna
Summary: A young woman in 1960's North Carolina resents the moonshining operation her family has conducted for generations, blaming it for her mother's death. When her father insists that moonshining is in her veins, Jessie devises a plan to destroy the stills. Her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction EverhartOnomé, Louisa
Summary: Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone won't stop ringing, and ever the dutiful Nigerian daughter, Joy has planned every aspect of her mother's seventieth birthday weekend on her own. As the Okafors slowly begin to arrive, Mama Mary goes to take a nap. But when the grandkids go to wake her, they find that she isn't sleeping after all. Refusing to believe that her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC ONOKidd, Jess
Summary: "Having been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage as an infant, lovable car thief and Dublin charmer Mahony assumed all his life that his mother had simply given him up. But when he receives an anonymous note suggesting that foul play may have led to his mother's disappearance, he sees only one option: to return to the rural Irish village where he was born and find out what really happened...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Kidd 2017Kidd, Jess
Summary: 1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction KiddJordan-Lake, Joy
Summary: "Told in alternating tales at once haunting and redemptive, A Tangled Mercy is a quintessentially American epic rooted in heartbreaking true events examining the harrowing depths of human brutality and betrayal, and our enduring hope for freedom and forgiveness." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION JORHoover, Colleen
Summary: "After a childhood filled with poverty and neglect, Beyah Grim finally has her hard-earned ticket out of Kentucky with a full ride to Penn State. But two months before she's finally free to change her life for the better, an unexpected death leaves her homeless and forced to spend the remainder of her summer in Texas with a father she barely knows. Devastated and anxious for the summer to go by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOCarr, Robyn
Summary: Determined to escape distractions and avoid the holiday season, Kaylee borrows a cabin in Virgin River. She knows the isolation will help her writing, and as she drives north through the mountains and the majestic redwoods, she immediately feels inspired. Until she arrives at a building that has just gone up in flames. Devastated, she heads to Jack's Bar to plan her next steps. The local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARBurke, Cliff
Summary: "There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And Theo is an indoor animal...Then, Theo's dad hits him with a whopper of a surprise...an auditioning-to-be-his-stepmom girlfriend. Theo must find a way to face his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURMacomber, Debbie.
Summary: "The Palmer sisters couldn't be more different. Karen, the eldest, is the responsible one the one who got the grades, married the perfect guy, and has two wonderful, high-achieving children. Cassie is the rebellious one, who got pregnant right after high school and married the wrong man, despite her family's misgivings. And Nicole is a free, creative spirit, who's always been indulged and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Macomber 2015Hyde, Elisabeth.
Summary: When Diana Duprey, a female doctor and director of the Center of Reproductive Choice, is found murdered two weeks before Christmas, the crime threatens to reveal the small Colorado town's long-buried secrets and animosities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. A. Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HYDCharbonneau, Joelle
Summary: Chicago teen Meri Beckley's pride of living in a land of peace, prosperity, and truth crumbles when questions following her mother's death reveal buried facts, especially that words can have great power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CHAAllen, Sarah Addison
Summary: "Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who inhabit the building, alongside the human tenants, and imbue it with an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AllenBernhard, Susan
Summary: "When the spring thaw of a frozen Minnesota lake brings about shocking revelations that lead to violence, 15-year-old Wes Ballot embarks on a search for his missing father, the truth about his mother's death and a future he must claim for himself."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P BERAllen, Sarah Addison
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes an enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won't let you go. Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits-a stunning cobblestone building shaped like a horeshoe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction AllenMara, Sunya
Summary: "Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen's soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman's axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen's soldiers--led by a paranoid prince--catch up to Vesper's father after twelve years on the run, Vesper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022