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"Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it. From the New York Times bestselling author of Life and Other Inconveniences comes a new novel of heartbreaking truths and hilarious honesty about what family really means. Barb and John Frost are testy and bored with each other after fifty years of marriage. At least they have their daughters- Barb's favorite, Juliet; and John's darling, Sadie. The girls themselves couldn't be more different, but at...
2) I always think it's forever: a love story set in Paris as told by an unreliable but earnest narrator
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The renowned graphic artist presents a memoir of a year abroad in Paris and how it led to an all-consuming love affair and eventual heartbreak that forced him to confront his own past traumas and toxic masculinity.
3) Ida, always
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
A polar bear grieves over the loss of his companion, based on the real-life Gus and Ida of New York's Central Park Zoo.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Midway through her career, Ursula K. Le Guin embarked on one of her most detailed, impressive literary projects, a novel that took more than five years to complete. Blending story and fable, poetry, artwork, and song, Always Coming Home is this legendary writer's fictional ethnography of the Kesh, a people of the far future living in a post-apocalyptic Napa Valley. Having survived ecological catastrophe brought on by relentless industrialization,...
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Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Written and directed by Eliza Hittman, the film is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin Skylar embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery, and compassion.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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With her trademark nostalgia, humor, and heart, "New York Times"-bestselling author Harbison ("Hope in a Jar") makes an emotional and literary leap with her most powerful novel yet, in which a woman finds herself coming unraveled over the past, and the love she has never forgotten.
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Publisher
words & pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"He had always wanted one ever since he was little... He might not be the one he would have picked himself. He has some strange habits, eats weird food and disappears for hours of the day. But he is perfect really, in his own way. This is the classic story of a boy and his best friend but with a twist! Told from the perspective of the dog, this book is a hilarious, touching and fresh take on the relationship between a boy and his dog, or in this case,...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
There are some things that only a best friend can do--hold your hand when reading a scary story, carry you safely across a river, bandage your hurts, say it is okay if you are grouchy, and best of all, forever hold you in their heart.
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Publisher
Poppy, Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Told in two voices, Lou Patterson reconnects with her neighbor and ex-best friend Sam Alvarez, now seniors in high school, after they rediscover their childhood bucket list.
Luisa (Lou) Patterson grew up across the street from Sam Alvarez in the small, quirky town of Port Coral. Then middle school-- and an most embarrassing serenade-- happened, and Lou and Sam haven't talked in four years. Now it's the summer before their senior year. Lou is retaking...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's down-to-earth, respectful approach to parenting has improved the lives of countless families throughout the world. Now, the authors' wisdom and advice is collected in this concise new edition of How to Be the Parent You Always Wanted to Be--an essential workbook and audio guide to their widely embraced and empowering methods of parenting--uniquely designed for busy parents on the go. Faber and Mazlish address the...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"If you're afraid of butter, use cream." So decrees Julia Child, the legendary culinary authority and cookbook author who taught America how to cook--and how to eat. This delightful volume of quotations compiles some of Julia's most memorable lines on eating--"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook"--on drinking, on life--"I think every woman should have a blowtorch"--on love, travel, France, and much more. Perfect...
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Publisher
Tyndale Elevate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Millions of people around the world have reported a near-death experience. Do they prove the existence of a loving God? Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world who have been brought back from clinical death. Modern medical resuscitation and digital communication have revealed a goldmine of intriguing near-death experiences (NDEs) that show us the character of God. John Burke has spent the last three...
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