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"Susan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years; never...
42) East of Eden
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 382 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
43) Grown : a novel
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm
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When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...
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Changing Lives Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"This story begins with a twenty-six-year-old woman living the American dream in the 1960s. She was a homemaker and mother of three in the beautiful suburbs of Philadelphia. At thirty-two she gets a divorce, and trades in brownies and carpools for pasties and feathers as a Showgirl in Las Vegas. In a nutshell, she is swooped up by a rich man who wants to make her a showgirl. He moves her to Vegas and shortly after, he disappears. This woman then meets...
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Little A
Pub. Date
[2021]
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255 pages ; 22 cm
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Amy Butcher was an accomplished college professor mentor and writer but in her own home she was embarrassed and emotionally burdened by an increasingly abusive relationship. Exhausted and terrified Amy reached out to Instagram celebrity Joy "Mothertrucker" Wiebe--the nations only female ice road trucker. Invited by Joy to ride shotgun Amy found her escape on a road that was treacherous beautiful and exhilarating--an adventurous ride through the Alaskan...
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Henna artist volume 1
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Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist-and confidante-most in demand to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own... Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who...
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Forge
Pub. Date
2020.
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379 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Isabel Lincoln is gone. But is she missing? It's up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray's search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous with every new revelation about the woman's secrets and the truth she's hidden from her friends and family. Featuring two complicated women in a dangerous cat and mouse game, And Now She's Gone explores the nature of secrets--and...
48) Never let you go
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 23 cm
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"The author of Still Missing targets her readership with a novel that hits all the notes they come to expect from her--and ratchets up the stakes even more. Lindsey Nash has left an abusive relationship and her ex-husband was sent to jail. She has started over with a new life, her own business, and a teenage daughter who needs her more than ever. When her husband is finally released, Lindsey believes she has cut all ties. There is no way he can ever...
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Criterion collection volume 706
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
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With the help of her nanny, a housewife rids herself of the tyranny of an abusive husband.
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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285 pages ; 23 cm
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"When nineteen-year-old Jill Moss goes missing near the Utah-Arizona border, everyone has an opinion. Only Norma Gallagher, a search and rescue volunteer, knows the real story. Norma’s already found Jill, huddled in a cave and terrified that her abusive boyfriend, Jake, will kill her. If he ever sees her again. To protect Jill from a dangerous man, Norma quietly delivers the girl to her grateful parents in California, even though she’s...
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Emily Bestler Books/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 24 cm
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"On an isolated farm in the United Kingdom, a woman is trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago. When she discovers she is pregnant, she resolves to protect her child no matter the cost, and starts to meticulously plan her escape. But when another woman is brought into the fold on the farm, her plans go awry. Can she save herself, her child, and this innocent woman at the same time? Or is she doomed to spend the remainder of her life...
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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (115, 120, 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three movies featuring Brad Pitt. Kalifornia: Twisted, psychotic ex-convict Early Grayce has found his ride out of town ... and just in time. Early didn't like the way his landlord was "acting up" so he killed him. Lucky for Early and his girlfriend, a young couple writing a book on serial killers needs two people to share expenses for a cross-country trip. The two couples are about to take one unforgettable ride.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: John and Jane...
53) Divine: a novel
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Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 21 cm
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Mary Madison is educated and redeemed, a powerful voice in Washington, D.C. But she also has a past that shamed polite society. A survivor of unspeakable horror, Mary has battled paralyzing fear, faithlessness, addiction, and promiscuity. But even in her darkest valley, Mary was sustained from afar, prayed over by a grandmother who clung to the belief that God had special plans for Mary.
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