Lodato, Victor
Summary: "Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear: not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lodato 2017Greathead, Kate
Summary: "A tender, witty debut novel about a single mother raising her daughter among the upper crust of New York City society in the late twentieth century from a nine-time Moth StorySLAM champion. Laura hails from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, born into old money, drifting aimlessly into her early thirties. One weekend in 1981 she meets Jefferson. The two sleep together. He vanishes. And Laura...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Greathead 2018Steel, Danielle.
Summary: Set in the Deep South, Danielle Steel's Southern Lights unfolds the story of a mother and daughter both commencing new and separate lives, one in corporate Manhattan, fighting to put a serial killer behind bars, and the other in sultry Charleston, reconnecting with the father she's barely known.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
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Summary: In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls "razor sharp," a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when she draws a disturbing picture--but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything. Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FREHyde, Catherine Ryan
Summary: Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother, and holding tight to the one thing that matters most: her two-year-old daughter, Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke's life is shattered when she's carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can do is watch as Etta, still strapped in her seat, disappears into the Los Angeles night. Miles away, Etta is found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction HydeMallery, Susan
Summary: Ellen and Unity make the Friendship List, an agenda of daring activities, to convince their families they're doing just fine. But they soon realize that their guidebook might actually be making them just fine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2020
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MALSteel, Danielle
Summary: Loving three different men throughout her lifetime, Isabelle, a single mother and art consultant, examines the bonds she shares with her three daughters, before an unexpected twist of fate brings a past secret to light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STEScottoline, Lisa
Summary: An emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep listeners guessing until the end. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SCOSilber, Joan
Summary: "One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet she sees him through a three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond growing tighter. Kiki, now...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SILAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "Desde que Emoni Santiago se quedó embarazada durante el segundo año de instituto, su vida se ha reducido a tomar decisiones difíciles y hacer lo mejor posible para su hija y para su abuela. Pero el único lugar en el que puede olvidarse de todo es en la cocina: allí permite que sus manos le digan qué cocinar, sigue su intuición y agrega una pequeña pizca de magia en cada receta, lo que...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puck 2021
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH ACEAckerman, Sara
Summary: "Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested. Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their lives together one year after the disappearance of her husband. As rumors swirl and questions about his loyalties surface, Violet believes Ella knows something....
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P ACKHyde, Catherine Ryan
Summary: "Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother, and holding tight to the one thing that matters most: her two-year-old daughter Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke's life is shattered when she's carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can do is watch as Etta, still strapped in her seat, disappears into the Los Angeles night. Miles away, Etta is found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HYDSimmons, Kelly
Summary: Maggie McFarrell is still reeling from her police officer husband's suspicious death when she sends her only child, Emma, off to college in the city, leaving a very empty nest and a palpable sense of dread. After 18 years of knowing where her daughter was every minute of every day, sending her out into the world alone is almost unthinkable. But Maggie forces herself to back away from constant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMHarvey, Kristy Woodson.
Summary: " A moving debut novel about two mothers-one biological and one adoptive-from a compelling new voice in Southern women's fiction. One baby girl. Two strong Southern women. And the most difficult decision they'll ever make. Frances "Khaki" Mason has it all: a thriving interior design career, a loving husband and son, homes in North Carolina and Manhattan-everything except the second child she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Trade 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOODThayne, RaeAnne
Summary: "A soldier's return: Returning home to Cannon Beach and living in Brambleberry House, a place where good things seemed destined to happen, had brought Melissa Fielding and her young daughter such joy. Perhaps it was no accident when the single mom "bumped" into Eli Sanderson, and discovered the handsome doctor was also back in town. The ex-soldier was still so captivating, but also more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Enterprises Limited 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THAPutnam, David
Summary: "Pushed to his emotional limit, Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Bruno Johnson struggles to hold his family together while immersed in his unrelenting career. His daughter, Olivia, is a teen mom to twin toddlers; her common-law husband, Derek Sams, is a thug; and one of their little boys has disappeared under his care. The overwhelming intensity demanded of Bruno on this personal level is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUTChbosky, Stephen
Summary: Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with Christopher at her side. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CHBRice, Luanne.
Summary: Neve Halloran and her daughter Mickey are starting a new life near a wildlife sanctuary in South County Rhode Island. Mickey becomes friends with a lonely boy who is also fascinated by the creatures of the coasts and Neve is drawn to a man who has devoted his life to the sanctuary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC Rice,Talley, Liz
Summary: "Summer Valentine returns to Moonlight, South Carolina, so her son, David, can have a relationship with his father, Hunter "Hunt" McCroy. Rhett Bryan, the golden boy of Hollywood, is also back in town taking stock of his own life after a tragic accident. Summer must reconcile the painful history that ties her to both men"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Talley 2018Baart, Nicole
Summary: "Juniper Baker had just graduated from high school and was deep in the throes of a summer romance when Cal and Beth Murphy, a childless couple who lived on a neighboring farm, were brutally murdered. When her younger brother became the prime suspect, June's world collapsed and everything she loved that summer fell away. She left, promising never to return to tiny Jericho, Iowa. Until now....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction BaartBunn, T. Davis
Summary: Ryan Eames is a policewoman and single mother dedicated most of all to her lonely, uniquely gifted son. Stretched thin by double shifts and grappling with an out-of-season coastal wildfire, Christmas cheer feels as far away as a distant carol on a winter night. Until duty draws her into the life of a stranger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BUNCain, James M. (James Mallahan)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAICarr, Robyn.
Summary: Professional athlete Blake Smiley, who has come to Thunder Point to focus on his training, is distracted by his new neighbor, Lin Su Simmons, and her teenage son, Charlie, who are in desperate need of his help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARDallas, Sandra
Summary: "It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020