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A dazzling and ambitious debut novel that follows a cosmopolitan Shanghai household backward in time--beginning in 2040 and moving through our present and the recent past--exploring their secrets, their losses, and the ways a family makes and remakes itself across the years.
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BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Stephen Poliakoff-penned drama which follows Gideon, a leading PR consultant, over a few months in 1997 as he is courted by the government to manage the millennium festivities. However, he finds that the hollowness of the high-profile public life is exposed by his relationships with his daughter, who is on the brink of leaving home for university, and Stella, a woman grieving the loss of her young son in a cycling accident.
4) Sea Sparkle
Publisher
LevelK ApS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Nederlands
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A North Sea fisherman dies at sea under mysterious circumstances. People whisper that the captain is to blame. His teenage daughter Lena however suspects the ship did not go down by accident. Nobody believes her not even her best friend. When Lena glimpses a huge shadow slithering beneath the sea surface, she is determined to prove that a huge, unknown sea creature is roaming the deep…
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Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A secret DNA test reveals the shocking truth: Dessie and Donna are identical twins, adopted from the same orphanage in China, then separated into two different families: one white, the other Taiwanese American. The Breedloves and the Lees.
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IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
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日本語
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Lushly photographed story incorporates elements of director Hirokazu Kore-Eda's personal experience. On the 15th anniversary of the death of the Yokoyama family's youngest son, the remaining siblings visit the quaint home of their parents with their own families in tow. New relatives become acquainted tell stories and squabble over sizzling tempura. An elegant graveside ritual is performed.
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"If you have a family member or loved one who suffers from mental illness--but refuses to seek treatment--you may feel helpless, trapped, or emotionally drained. When you encourage them to seek treatment, they may become angry, defensive, or shut down altogether. And even if your loved one does agree to seek therapy, they may not follow through. So how can you help the "recovery avoider" in your life, while still making room for your own needs?...
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"As the owner of Twisted, Seattle's best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She's terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her "other" family, especially to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter...
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Karen is having her first sleepover! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, bake cookies, and raid the refrigerator. But then Karen and Nancy get into a big fight, and Karen doesn't want Nancy to come to her party. A new girl, Pamela, comes instead and she isn't any fun. What is Karen going to do?
12) Casa Grande
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Portuguese
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Within Rio's social elite, a teenage boy struggles to escape his overprotective parents as his family spirals into bankruptcy. Winner of Best Film at the **Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival**. Nominated for a Tiger Award at the **International Film Festival Rotterdam**. "*Precariously balanced social structures maintaining class, race and expectations come crashing down in Casa grande, Fellipe Barbosa's well-made feature debut.*" - Jay Weissberg,...
13) Being home
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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On a day filled with anticipation, a young Cherokee girl bids farewell to her familiar city life and documents the changing landscape through drawings as her family moves to their ancestral land and embraces their new home.
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English
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About the Book Both Avi and Terry's parents set examples for their children for a happy, loving marriage. The Secrets to a Happy Marriage of Nearly Half a Century - and Beyond emphasizes communication, affection, and taking care of yourself as well. Avi and Terry hope readers gain and work at a successful, loving relationship, physically and emotionally. About the Author Terry Ring Schonwald was born in Minneapolis, MN and graduated from the University...
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Henry Heckelbeck volume 15
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Henry tries to convince his parents that he is old enough to stay home alone.
16) Wait: a novel
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"Elise is out dancing the night before her graduation from college, hundreds of miles from home, when her younger sister Sophie calls to tell her that their mother has gone missing. They soon discover that she was arrested on her way home from work and deported to São Paulo, Brazil. Elise decides to return to her childhood home, Nantucket Island, for the first time in nearly three years to be with her sister and figure out how to bring their mother...
17) The takedown
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English
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Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield Romance & Relationship Fiction for Adults - Contemporary Stories
Medfield Romance & Relationship Fiction for Adults - Contemporary Stories
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"Dee Kwan's secrets for a happy life: Always remain positive, no matter the cost; Realize that every setback is a hidden opportunity; Accept compliments graciously, especially when given by mega-hot rivals; Never, ever question whether any of these mantras actually work. For Dee Kwan, every day is the perfect day. No, really. She has a house she loves, a job she adores, and a ridiculously attractive "nemesis" who never seems to mind when she wins...
18) Puzzleheart
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When nonbinary twelve-year-old Perigee tries to reunite their dad with his estranged mother, they end up facing off against their grandmother's mysterious sentient "puzzle house," which has a dangerous agenda all its own.
19) And then, boom!
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English
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Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.
20) Swift River
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In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she's never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
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