Porter, Jane
Summary: Meg Brennan Roberts is a successful business women, wife, and mother who has always made the right decisions, but now she feels burned-out and empty and questions every decision she has ever made.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2012
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Summary: "Love was given to all, except herself. Kit Brennan has always been the most grounded of her sisters. A Catholic school English teacher for seventeen years and a constant giver, her decisions have been sound--just not very satisfying. Her fortieth birthday is right around the corner, causing Kit to consider some wilder notions, like skipping right past the love and marriage to raising a child...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "In the wake of a tragedy that tore her life down to the foundations, Dr. Alison McAdams has lost her way. So when she's summoned to Napa to care for her ailing father, she's not sure she has anything to offer him--or anyone else. What Ali finds in Northern California wine country is a gift--an opportunity to rest, and distance from her painful memories. Most unexpectedly, she finds people who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2015
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Summary: Her idyllic life shattered after discovering her husband's infidelity and losing her privileged lifestyle, forty-year-old single mother Jacqueline Laurens accompanies her best friend on a relaxation trip to Hawaii, where she falls for a much-younger surfinstructor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 5 Spot 2006
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Summary: "On his first day of preschool, Dimitri's vocal affection for everything is met with wary reactions--until his guileless words begin to take root and grow"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: "The story of a woman who must start a new life as an event planner in San Francisco after her fairy tale marriage falls apart"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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Summary: "Is it possible to love someone too much? Always considered the beauty of the family, the youngest Brennan sister, Sarah, remains deeply in love with her husband of ten years. Boone Walker, a professional baseball player, travels almost year-round while Sarah stays home and cares for their two children. Her love for her husband is bottomless -- so much so that her sisters say it will end up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Explains everything you need to know about being an owl, including silent flight, camouflage, sight, hearing, eating, and regurgitation habits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PORKohuth, Jane.
Summary: Ducks dance their socks off at their weekly sock-hop.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KOHSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014