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30 copies, 129 people are on the wait list.
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61 copies, 263 people are on the wait list.
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61 copies, 263 people are on the wait list.
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"Sam and Sadie meet in a hospital in 1987. Sadie is visiting her sister, Sam is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there, but playing together brings joy, escape, fierce competition -- and a special friendship. Then all too soon that time is over, and they must return to their normal lives. When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. The spark is immediate,...
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"In their first year of college, two young women, one from a Florida swamp, the other from a Kentucky holler, both outsiders at their prestigious east coast college, meet in "Introduction to Sketch" and become instant best friends. A decade later, Mel and Sharon's lives remain intertwined, but so much else has changed. Now a semi-famous New York filmmaking duo, they draw upon their own pasts to make intimate animated movies, a process that has left...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F REKUL
1 available
F REKUL
1 available
Westover - Adult Fiction
F REKUL
1 available
F REKUL
1 available
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"Until May 1987, fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, is a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd. Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on Pop-Tarts, debating who would win in a brawl (Rocky Balboa or Freddy Krueger? Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel? Magnum P.I. Or T.J. Hooker?), and programming video games on his Commodore 64 late into the night. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F MONTI
4 available
F MONTI
4 available
Glencarlyn - Adult Fiction
F MONTI
1 available
F MONTI
1 available
Westover - Adult Fiction
F MONTI
1 available
F MONTI
1 available
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4 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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4 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
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"Just because life may be out of order, doesn't mean it's broken. It's New Year's Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics, or remain at home in Brooklyn to pursue her passion for music and be with her boyfriend? As the countdown to the New Year begins, Oona faints and awakens thirty-two...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F WOLIT
2 available
F WOLIT
2 available
Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F WOLIT
1 available
F WOLIT
1 available
Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F WOLIT
1 available
F WOLIT
1 available
Description
Forging a powerful bond in the mid-1970s that lasts throughout subsequent decades, six individuals pursue challenges into their midlife years, including an aspiring actress who harbors jealousy toward friends who achieve successful creative careers.
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5 copies, 7 people are on the wait list.
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6 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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6 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
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A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take...