Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
413 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Description
His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles, and his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention.
2) Mild vertigo
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"The apparently unremarkable Natsumi lives in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and two sons: she does the laundry, goes to the supermarket, visits friends, and gossips with neighbors. Tracing her conversations and interactions with her family and friends as they blend seamlessly into her own infernally buzzing internal monologue, Mild Vertigo explores the dizzying reality of being unable to locate oneself in the endless stream of minutiae...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Paula Spencer is a thirty-nine-year-old working-class woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Paula recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her feeling powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Roddy Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable....
4) Inner harbor
Author
Series
Chesapeake Bay saga volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"As Phillip Quinn struggles to draw his new brother into his life, he must deal with a beautiful woman who has secrets that will affect them all--a woman who needs both his trust and his heart."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A riveting and emotionally harrowing debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive father--One of the Boys is 160 perfect, stunning pages by a major new talent. The three of them--a twelve-year-old boy, his older brother, their father--have won the war: the father's term for his bitter divorce and custody battle. They leave their Kansas home and drive through the night to Albuquerque, eager to begin again, united...
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Written by adoptees for adoptees, this anthology of 15 powerful, poignant and evocative stories in a variety of genres reflects the complexity, breadth and depth of the adoptee experience.
9) Mi policia
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Es en Brighton en la decada de 1950 cuando Marion ve por primera vez a Tom. El le ensena a nadar, la guia suavemente a traves del agua a la sombra del famoso muelle de la ciudad y Marion queda prendada, decidida a que su amor por si solo sera suficiente para ambos. Unos anos mas tarde, cerca del Museo de Brighton, Patrick conoce a Tom. Patrick esta enamorado y abre los ojos de Tom a un nuevo mundo glamoroso y sofisticado de arte, viajes y belleza....
Author
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Diya is excited to be going to India for Diwali, the Festival of Lights. That means she'll get to spend time with Nani, her beloved grandma, who she hasn't seen since her family moved from India . . . Once Diya arrives in India, she immediately feels at home with Nani. Together they go shopping at the bazaar and prepare for the festival. As Diya and Nani celebrate Diwali together, Diya's heart soars. But all too soon, her trip will come to an end....
Author
Formats
Description
"A sweeping and gorgeously rendered exploration of grief and yearning, following the fracturing of an multinational family in the wake of its patriarch's death In the early hours of June 14, 2017, the world watches as flames leap up the sides of a residential high-rise in West London, devouring Grenfell Tower and the makeshift lives it houses--those of London's immigrants, its refugees, its working class. At the same time across town, another spark...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"To save the Clarktown Community Center, which houses her parents' Chinese school, Lily and her fellow students must master a traditional Chinese dance in time for the center's first showcase and receive some unexpected help from her rival, Max Zhang"--Provided by publisher.
13) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Sharkita 'Kita' Hayes is always waiting. Waiting for her mama to mess up. Waiting for social services to be called again. Waiting for her and her siblings to be separated. Waiting for her worst fear to come true. But Mama promises things are different now. She's got a good job, she's stopped drinking, stopped going out every night -- it's almost enough to make Kita believe her this time. But even as Kita's life is going good, she can't shake the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Formats
Description
While visiting his and his wife's closest friends, John and Sophie, a creative writing professor sleeps with Sophie, but instead of succumbing to his failures as a teacher, writer and husband, he believes a love affair could be the answer to earning everything he needs to be set for life.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"It's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves has it all: a burgeoning career as a reporter, fierce ambition and a brisk disregard for the "peasants"--ordinary people, his readers, easy tabloid fodder. His star seems set to rise when he stumbles across a sensational scoop: a dead child on a London estate, grieving parents beloved across the neighborhood, and the finger of suspicion pointing at one reclusive family of Irish immigrants and "bad apples": the...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"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...
17) Holiday country
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Ada adores spending every summer in a Turkish seaside town with her mother and grandmother at the family villa. The glittering waters, picturesque olive groves, and her spirited friends make it easy for Ada to leave her idle life in California behind. But no matter how much Ada feels she belongs to the country where her mother grew up, deep down, her connection to the culture feels as fleeting as the seasons. When Levent, a mysterious...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie’s pocket. Her target is Daniel, who seduced Kyoko’s mother then callously dropped her, leading to her death. But tonight, there will be repercussions. Following the unsuspecting Daniel home, Kyoko manages to get a rash kidnapping plot off the ground . . . and then nothing goes as planned. The Fetishist is the story of three people—Kyoko,...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title