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Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The Lo family sticks together. That's what Honor has been told her whole life while growing up in the glare of the public eye on Lo and Behold, the reality show about her, her four siblings, and their parents. Their show may be off the air, but the Lo family members still live in the spotlight as influencers churning out podcasts, bestselling books, and brand partnerships. So when Honor's father announces that he's moving out of their northern California...
Author
Series
No more (Kerry Lonsdale) volume 1
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Forced to choose between abortion or adoption, Olivia Carson's younger sister, Lily, runs away from home. Sixteen and pregnant, she never returns. But she writes. Once a year, Lily mails a picture of her son, Josh, to Olivia until his thirteenth year. Then it's Josh himself who arrives at Olivia's house, alone, terrified, and in possession of a notarized declaration from Lily. It begins, "In the event I go missing..." Josh has difficulty talking....
Author
Publisher
AdN Alianza de Novelas
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Eleanor sabe que es un desastre. Hoy, sin embargo, le echará valor y se enfrentará a los pequeños asuntos cotidianos. Se duchará y se vestirá. Llevará al colegio a su hijo Timby y luego irá a sus clases de yoga y de poesía. No dirá tacos. Tomará la iniciativa y retomará el sexo con su marido, Joe. Sin embargo, antes de que pueda poner en marcha su modesto plan, ocurrirá algo: la vida. Resulta que ese día Timby decide hacerse el enfermo...
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Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Six years after a global pandemic wiped out most of the planet's population, the survivors are rebuilding the country, split between self-governing cities, hippie communes and wasteland gangs. Krista, Moira, Rob and Sunny are brought together by circumstance, and their lives begin to twine together. But when reports of another outbreak throw the fragile society into panic, the friends are forced to finally face everything that came before--and everything...
626) Sweet vengeance
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English
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"Tessa Jamison couldn't have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband--until she was convicted of their murder. For ten years, she has counted off the days in Florida's Correctional Center for Women, fully expecting to die behind bars. Fighting to prove her innocence holds little appeal now that her family's gone. But on one extraordinary day, her lawyers announce that Tessa's conviction has been overturned due to a technicality,...
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When identities cross boundaries, with love that knows no bounds. From platonic and romantic love to grief and heartbreak, these stories explore navigating life at the intersection of identities, and what it means to grow up surrounded by a multitude of traditions, languages, cultures, and interpersonal dynamics. Returning to a father's homeland. Trying to fit in at chaotic weddings and lavish birthday parties where not all are welcome. Processing...
628) When sea becomes sky
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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As Pelican Island's history-making drought wears on, the water level on Bex and Davey's beloved marsh reveals the hand of a statue that has been underneath the water for who knows how long, and the siblings are determined to find out more.
629) Expensive people
Author
Series
Wonderland quartet volume 2
Publisher
The Modern Library
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Joyce Carol Oates's Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In Expensive People, Oates takes a provocative and suspenseful look at the roiling secrets of America's affluent suburbs. Set in the late 1960s, this first-person confession is narrated by Richard Everett, a precocious and obese boy who sees himself as a minor character in the alarming drama unfolding...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This...
631) Sea wife
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two - Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression,...
632) Everyman
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English
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The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm thirty-four! Worry about oblivion when you're seventy-five." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man.
633) Baby teeth
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Afflicted with a chronic debilitating condition, Suzette Jensen knew having children would wreak havoc on her already fragile body. Nevertheless, she brought Hanna into the world, pleased and proud to start a family with her husband Alex. Estranged from her own mother, Suzette is determined to raise her beautiful daughter with the love, care, and support she was denied. But Hanna proves to be a difficult child. Now seven-years-old, she has yet to...
Author
Series
Twig and Turtle volume 1
Publisher
Pixel + Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits. Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited and curious about their new small town in Colorado. And...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Told from multiple points of view, the lives of Frankie, Jo, Phoenix, Nick, and Bella are changed forever after one of them is sexually assulted at a party--and it looks like the perpetrator might get away with it.
Adopted Frankie struggles to see eye-to-eye with her mother—who would rather ignore a problem and preserve their “perfect” life than stand up for what’s right. Jo just wants her mom to accept her queer identity—and...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie's dreams of a life with him were crushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields,...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel/Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Evelyn Hugo, el c̕ono de Hollywood que se ha recluido en su edad madura, decide al fin contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de esc̀ndalos. Pero cuando elige para ello a Monique Grant, una periodista desconocida, nadie se sorprende m̀s que la misma Monique. ¿Por qǔ ella? ¿Por qǔ ahora? Monique no est̀ precisamente en su mejor momento. Su marido la abandon̤, y su vida profesional no avanza. Aun ignorando por qǔ Evelyn la ha elegido...
638) Ella lo sabe
Author
Publisher
B Maxi
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"La rutina de Andrea, una escritora de thrillers traumatizada por un horrible suceso del pasado y un matrimonio que está a punto de romperse, se ve interrumpida por la inesperada llegada de su cuñado. Víctor es un tipo silencioso y extraño al que apenas conocen. Su manía de fisgonear a través de la ventana de la cocina la vida de sus vecinos, llevará a Andrea a descubrir que una madrugada estival cualquiera, en la calle de la urbanización...
Author
Publisher
Plaza & Janes
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Los Casey son una familia glamurosa y feliz. Johnny Casey, sus hermanos Ed y Liam, sus preciosas e inteligentes mujeres y todos sus hijos pasan mucho tiempo juntos: fiestas de cumpleaños, aniversarios, fines de semana que comparten fuera... Jessie, la mujer de Johnny, se encarga de organizarlo todo porque no hay nada que desee más que crear recuerdos juntos. Pero ¿qué ocurre cuando esos recuerdos no son lo que esperas? Todas las familias esconden...
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