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Landry family series volume 3
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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344 pages ; 23 cm.
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Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husband...
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Sixteen years ago, Sylvie's sister Persephone never came home; her murder remains unsolved. When Sylvie returns home to care for her estranged mother, Annie, as she undergoes treatment for cancer, it's an uncomfortable reunion all these years later. Worse, Persephone's former boyfriend, Ben, is now a nurse at the cancer center; Sylvie always believed Ben was responsible for the murder. Sylvie begins to uncover the secrets that fill their house-- and...
63) Proxima
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her seven-year-old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. When Sarah is chosen to be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called "Proxima", it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.
64) Even now
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
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With her hallmark tenderness and power, the #1 bestselling author of "Beyond Tuesday Morning" weaves a tapestry of lives, losses, love, faith, and the miracle of resurrection. A young woman decides to search for her birth mother--a woman separated by lies and long years from a man she has never forgotten.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 24 cm
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"Jane Harris lives in a sparkling home in an oceanfront gated community in Orange County. It's a place that seems too beautiful to be touched by sadness. But exactly one year ago, Jane's oldest daughter, Mary, died in a tragic accident and Jane has been grief-stricken ever since. Lost in a haze of anti-depressants, she's barely even left the house. Now that's all about to change. It's time for Jane to reclaim her life and her family. Jane's husband,...
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Finley McGowan is determined that the niece she's raising will always feel loved and wanted. Unlike how she felt after her mom left to pursue a dream of stardom, and when the grandfather who was left to raise them abandoned her and her sister, Sloane, when they needed him most. Finley reacted to her chaotic childhood by walking the straight and narrow--nose down, work hard, follow the rules. Sloane went the other way. Now Sloane is back, as beautiful...
67) Saturday
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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 When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.Â
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A heartfelt and healing tour-de-force about the strength of vulnerability and the nourishing magic of forgiveness, and the life-changing power of defining courage, at last, for yourself. Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she's seen her fair share of them, and she's a total pro at other people's tragedies. But when her estranged and ailing mother asks her to give up her whole life...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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A black mother describes her dreams for her newborn daughter, and her hopes for a future in which her little one will grow to cross borders and bridge boundaries, be her best self, and find love.
70) Dakota
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It centers on Kate, a widow who lost her husband in the war in Afghanistan and is struggling to maintain her small-town farm with her daughter while also running the local volunteer fire department.
72) Almost home
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
264, 13 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Amara Winter is a beautiful and divinely talented young gospel singer on the verge of pop stardom. But Amara's mother Lillian, a strong-willed TV preacher, disapproves of her daughter's less-than-pious image. As they search for common ground, mother and daughter may just discover their journeys aren't so different after all.
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For eleven-year-old Ellie Sanders, her father has always been the rock that she could cling to when her mother's emotional troubles became too frightening. But when he comes under the thrall of the pretty teenager who raises vegetables and tomatoes for sale at the general store that he runs, Ellie sees her security slowly slipping away. Now she must be witness and warden to her mother's gradual slide into madness.
Told from Ellie's point of view,...
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"Daisy is back in Butternut Creek for the summer helping her mother run her coffee shop and preparing for her final year of college. A chance encounter with Will, the bad boy from high school, and the return of her absentee father will cause mother and daughter to come to terms with the desires of their hearts"--
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2018.
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389 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Continuing the saga of her bestselling Beach House series, Mary Alice Monroe weaves together a tale of the struggles and triumphs of the historic Rutledge family of Charleston, South Carolina. Beautifully wrought and rich with keen insight, this is an illuminating tale of continuance, resilience, and one family's enduring love"--
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"Nurse Nellie Lester can't escape death. Fleeing Chicago at the height of the 1918 Spanish flu, she takes a nursing job at a decrepit mansion on a desolate Michigan island. She's convinced the island holds the secret to her mother's murky past. The only problem? Her dead mother seems to have followed her there. Nightly she's haunted by a ghostly presence that appears in her bedroom. But is it her mother or something more sinister? When the frozen...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
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A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes. Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag. Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. "Dr. Liz," Laurie's mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of...
80) Sisters like us
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Mischief Bay volume 4
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Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford, and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother's ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harper's fresh-baked cookies. Spending half her life in school hasn't prepared...
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