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Pub. Date
2010
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Following a tragic accident, two women--Tessa Russo, a renowned pediatric surgeon, and Valerie Anderson, an attorney and single mother--living in the same Boston suburb but with relatively little in common aside from a fierce love for their children converge in ways no one could have imagined.
2) Love me back
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Single mother Marie hides her private struggles behind her professionalism as a waitress at an upscale Dallas steak house before succumbing to self-destructive habits.
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Ava has spent most of the past two years in and out of Seattle mental institutions, shattered by grief and unable to recall the details of Noah's disappearance. Now she's back at the family estate she once intended to restore to its former grandeur. But as Ava's mind comes back into focus, her suspicions grow. Ava can't shake the feeling that her family and her psychologist know more than they're saying.
Author
Series
Inn Boonsboro trilogy volume 1
Description
The historic hotel in Boonsboro, Maryland, has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. As the architect of the family, Beckett's social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there's another project he's got his eye on: the girl he's been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen...
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"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 by Molly, a homeless teen who is all too used to darkness...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
32 p. ;
Description
When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.
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The story of a family's search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway. As her children argue over how to find her and her husband returns to their countryside home to wait for her, they each recall their lives with her, their memories often more surprising than comforting.
13) Montana man
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
248 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
Lily Danziger packed up her newborn daughter and headed for a new start--until a Montana blizzard stopped them in their tracks and she had to ask a stranger for help. He led them to a temporary refuge, but could he also hold the key to a future Lily has only dreamed of?
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From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, the intertwined stories of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mother and daughter who upend their lives "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting. With brilliance and beauty, Celeste Ng dissects a microcosm of American society just when we need to see it beneath the microscope ..."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times -bestselling author of Small Great Things and...
16) Noel Street
Author
Series
Noel collection volume 3
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Description
"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
349 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
In 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth.
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Description
When Blanca and Leo's mother takes a day off to spend time with them, she decides to take them on a subway trip so they can go for a boat ride at the park, although they are not happy about it, and she does not know how to handle oars.
20) Worser
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Description
William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.
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