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"Raised in India, Seema is the beloved daughter of a commanding, erudite, Romantic-poetry-loving doctor father who cut her off when she came out to him as a lesbian. Now living alone in San Francisco, estranged from her African American ex-husband, Seema is one week away from delivering a baby boy, Ishraaq. Ishraaq's arrival has brought to Seema's side, for the first time in 15 years, her terminally ill mother, Nafeesa, and her devoutly religious,...
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Walsh family volume 1
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In Ireland, a few hours after giving birth, Clair Webster is informed by her husband that he is leaving her for another woman. After much drinking Claire realizes the best cure for a broken heart is another man, she stops drinking and starts exercising.
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As children, Lexie and Annie were incredibly close. Bonded by the death of their beloved father, they weathered the storms of life together. When Lexie leaves home to follow her dream, Annie is forced to turn to her leather-bound journal as the only place she can confide her deepest secrets and fears. As adults, sisters Lexie and Annie could not be more different. Lexie is a successful doctor and happily engaged. Annie is an addict-- a thief, a liar...
5) The child
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Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 2
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"The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense. As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it's a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?...
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Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they're right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she's never been more tired. But she knows what she saw: in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own ... creatures. Everyone thinks she's imagining things. But one morning, the babies disappear from Lauren's side. But when they're found, something is different about them. The infants look...
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Inadvertently reunited with the daughter she secretly abandoned and the girl's Irish Catholic adoptive mother during the height of the Prohibition era, the adult daughter of a Jewish industrialist finds her life turned upside down by her daughter's bold and unconventional personality.
1917. Beatrice Haven-- Jewish, unwed-- sneaks out of her uncle's house on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, leaves her newborn baby at the foot of a pear tree, and watches as...
9) The nest
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"When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean what Steve thinks it means"--
10) The 9th judgment
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Women's Murder Club volume 9
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The Women's Murder Club takes on two deranged killers, but Detective Lindsay Boxer begins to wonder if the mysterious case is also breaking apart her closest friendships.During an intimate dinner party, a cat burglar breaks into the home of A-list actor Marcus Dowling. When his wife walks in on the thief, the situation quickly teeters out of control, leaving an empty safe and a lifeless body.The same night, a woman and her infant child are ruthlessly...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 24
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"Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirement--doing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife. But then his past comes calling. When an acquaintance from long ago, Alan Dale, shows up on Beau's doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help locating his missing daughter, Beau finds himself faced...
13) Hush a bye, baby
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Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
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[2017]
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Father and baby share moments together at bedtime.
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Clare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Millers Kill, New York. She's an ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant is left at the church door. Enter hometown police chief Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army. As their search for the baby's mother uncovers secrets, they discover is a world of trouble, an attraction to each other -- and murder.
15) Mommy loves you!
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In this rhyming story featuring rabbit characters, a mother conveys her love for her newborn baby and hope for the future.
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A devoted big sister helps her family care for a newborn who needs the rules demonstrated by a positive role model who was once an expert baby herself, in an uplifting celebration of older siblinghood that features an accessible price and diverse characters.
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Emilia, a new attorney, lands a job with a prestigious firm and meets Jack, married man. They fall in love and Jack leaves his wife to marry her. When they loose their two-day-old daughter Emilia has a hard time dealing with here new stepson, William, highly intelligent and slightly obsessive and his mother. Throw into the mix a stormy relationship with her own mother and father, and this tale of family troubles grows more intriguing.
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"He was suspect number one--the man who tried to kill Deputy Mattie Cobb and may have killed her father thirty years earlier. But when Mattie and cold case detective Jim Hauck reach the Colorado state prison where they will finally get to interview him, he's found dead in his cell. There's only one clue: a map leading to Timber Creek and rugged Redstone Ridge. Though she usually works with veterinarian Cole Walker, Mattie's K-9 partner Robo has just...
20) My New Baby
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Child's Play (International) Ltd
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[2009]
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A new addition to the family is exciting, but the experience can also be worrying and confusing for siblings. Coping with the new situations and emotions that arise can be very challenging. This series of four board books deals with the anticipation of waiting for the new baby, the excitement of the arrival itself, and the beginnings of the special relationship between siblings. The simple conversational text and lively illustrations are carefully...
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