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When I married my mother When I married my mother Jo Maeder Jo Maeder was a not-so-young DJ on a decidedly youth-driven New York City radio station when a series of crises led her to do the unthinkable: move to North Carolina to care for her ailing, estranged… OL10032735W
When summer ends When summer ends Susi Gregg Fowler A young child is sorry to see summer end until she remembers all the good things the other seasons bring. OL102863W
The Edge of Winter The Edge of Winter Luanne Rice Neve Halloran and her daughter have shared a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island's South County ever since Neve guided Mickey's first baby steps along the sandy shore. Now, with Micke… OL106215W
Stealing Heaven Stealing Heaven Elizabeth Scott My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember.Dani has been trained as a thief by the best—her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting we… OL12048488W
The tree of hands The tree of hands Ruth Rendell,Isla Blair Once, when Benet was 14, her mother had tried to stab her with a carving knife. It was some time since she had seen her mad mother, so when she arrived at the airport, Benet tried not to hate her. Bu… OL12181W
Tomorrow I'll say, Enough Tomorrow I'll say, Enough Silvina Bullrich "First long work in English by the Argentine Bullrich, published as Mañana digo basta (1968). Diary format follows a woman's summer spent alone following her 49th birthday, with reflections on women… OL1255051W
The invisible mountain The invisible mountain Carolina De Robertis From the verdant hills of Rio de Janeiro to Evita Peron's glittering Buenos Aires, from the haven of a corner butcher shop to the halls of the United States Embassy in Montevideo, this gripping novel… OL13768376W
Miss Wyoming Miss Wyoming Douglas Coupland Waking up in an L.A. hospital, John Johnson is amazed that it was the flu and not an overdose of five different drugs mixed with cognac that nearly killed him. As a producer of high-adrenaline action… OL14854123W
Power of a Woman Power of a Woman Barbara Taylor Bradford No Matter How Much a Woman Has,There's Always too Much to LoseStephanie Jardine is at the apex of her career and life running the American branch of Jardine's, the prestigious Crown Jewellers of Lond… OL14860337W
The house on Sugar Plum Lane The house on Sugar Plum Lane Judy Duarte In her unforgettable Fairbrook novels, Judy Duarte has created a town that's as warm and as welcoming as home. In The House on Sugar Plum Lane, old friends and new characters mingle in a poignant sto… OL14906553W
The Indigo Notebook The Indigo Notebook Laura Resau An exciting new series from the acclaimed author of Red Glass.Zeeta's life with her free-spirited mother, Layla, is anything but normal. Every year Layla picks another country she wants to live in. T… OL14936967W
Winter garden Winter garden Kristin Hannah,Susan Ericksen,Inés Belaustegui Trias Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates t… OL14954933W
Brilliant Brilliant Rachel Vail Everything is going to be fine . . . .Quinn Avery can handle change. It's just paint, right? Bright, blinding white paint covering her once dazzling red bedroom walls. Quinn knows she shouldn't be an… OL14958843W
It's A Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters It's A Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters Andrea J. Buchanan The wide-ranging essays in this collection examine the mother-daughter bond and the experience of raising girls. Taking on topics like "princess power" ("Shining, Shimmering, Splendid"), adding a gir… OL15015264W
Night gate Night gate Isobelle Carmody Rage Winnoway's closest friends have always been her four dogs: Bear, Billy Thunder, Elle, and Mr. Walker. When Rage sets off for the hospital where her mother lies in a coma, the dogs and the neighb… OL15044151W
It's your first day of school, Annie Claire! It's your first day of school, Annie Claire! Nancy White Carlstrom Annie Claire, excited but nervous about her first day of school, is reasurred by her mother, whose love always goes with her. OL15068844W
Rudy's memory walk Rudy's memory walk Gloria Velásquez As high school senior Rudy adjusts his attitudes toward the elderly when his senile grandmother has to move in with his family, his girlfriend encourages him to talk with a friend's mother who has si… OL15082076W
Far To Go Far To Go Julie Ellis The stories of three American women span sixty years of history and takes readers from Fran, who triumphed over tragedy to forge an empire, to Debbie, who fights a twenty-year battle for justice. OL15139376W
Yesterday's daughter Yesterday's daughter Patricia Calvert Sixteen-year-old Leenie is bitterly determined not to let the mother who left her as an infant back into her life, but a tentative friendship with a young photographer helps her see the situation fro… OL152293W
But in the fall I'm leaving But in the fall I'm leaving Ann Rinaldi Brie's plan to leave her strict father and go live with her mother, who abandoned her as a baby, is changed when she discovers a horrible secret about her past. OL15270114W
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