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"Amelia Bae-Wood's life is falling apart. Unemployed, newly single and completely broke -- for reasons she hasn't told anyone yet -- she finds herself hitchhiking across California to deal with the fallout of her mother's eviction from the family estate. Amelia needs somewhere to live and time to figure out what to do with the rest of her life, so moving with her mother and sister to Arcadia, the cancer retreat center where her sister volunteers,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Sona learns about the climate crisis at school and is very worried that no one is doing enough to combat it, she takes up the challenge herself. But Appa isn't amused when Sona throws out her baby sister's nappies and Thatha isn't happy when she tells him to get rid of his colour-coded plastic files. When Sona learns that many of the kolams - the traditional art that people draw in front of their homes to celebrate the winter months and the festival...
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Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
x, 274 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Victorian-era Louisville, when a woman finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, the Home for Friendless Women is the best - and only - place to go. Funded by wealthy Christian benefactors and managed by a firm hand, the Home has one missiong: to reform the 'fallen' women who live there into pious mothers and wives through religious lessons and hard work. For Ruth, a college student who's expelled after being raped on campus, the Home is a purgatory...
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
©2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt story about how the places we run from hold the answers to our deepest challenges, the death of her grandmother brings a young woman home, where she must face the past in order to become the heir of not just the family restaurant, but her own destiny. Violeta Sanoguera had always done what she was told. She left the man she loved in Colombia in pursuit of a better life for herself and because her mother and grandmother didn't approve...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years. When...
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Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Vega Gopalan is adrift. Still reeling from the death of her sister years earlier, she leaves South India to attend graduate school at Columbia University. In New York, Vega straddles many different worlds, eventually moving in and out of a series of relationships that take her through the striving world of academia, the intellectual isolation of the immigrant suburbs, and, ultimately, the loneliness of single motherhood. But it is the birth of Vega's...
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Maren Winter is a world-renowned restaurateur who has built an empire. No one heeds the whispers of her retirement more closely than her three daughters, all in service to their mother's legacy. On the night of Maren's annual New Year's Eve party, a line is crossed, and word of a humiliating family meltdown spreads like a Northern California wildfire through the culinary elite. It's a golden opportunity for one of them to step into power and a trigger...
11) Off-white
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Publisher
Two Lines Press
Pub. Date
[2024].
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping family saga chronicling the inner lives of the women of the Vanta family as they tend to Grandma Bee's declining health, exposing the complexities and tensions of young and old, past and present, homeland and homeland, white and off-white."--
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
Description
"A young woman struggles to find her voice through her painting, confronting a society hostile to women claiming their place in the world"--
In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
After her mother's death, thirteen-year-old Opal moves to her uncle's farm where she befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats, and summons the courage to protect them from a mining company as she attempts to find them a new home.
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Forever edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Grieving the loss of her child, Zoe Edwards, cataloguing old photos for an exhibition, discovers an image of a teenage girl who looks exactly like her and, diving into the secrets of her past, unravels this young girl's heartbreaking story of bravery and sacrifice that is linked to her own.
15) Back to nature
Author
Series
Invincible Girls Club volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ruby's life turns upside-down when her parents give her some big news: she's going to be a big sister! She is a little worried about the new arrival, so her dad takes her and the rest of the Invincible Girls camping for the weekend, where she plans to become one with nature, bond with her friends and Dad, and get away from technology for the weekend. However, she finds that things are not as easy as they seem. She forgets a key item to bring, her...
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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Simon Spotlight paperback edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Daniel is so excited to take his first swim class...until he gets close to the water--then he starts to get nervous. Suddenly, swimming seems more scary than exciting. With his swim instructor's help, can Daniel overcome his fear of water?"--Publisher's description.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"After a tragic accident claims the life of one of her children, Marie Egide is desperate to carve out a fresh start for her family. With her husband and their three surviving children, Marie travels to New Hampshire, where she plans to sell a family estate and then, just maybe, they'll be able to heal from their grief. Marie's plans are thwarted when she realizes a war veteran known by locals as "the river witch" is living in a cabin on the property,...
Author
Series
Twig and Turtle volume 5
Publisher
Pixel+Ink
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by helping out at Sudsy's, Twig sets up her own business doing odd jobs. Little sister Turtle, Angela, David, and all of Twig's other friends want to be a part of this new venture, too, but Twig is determined that she wants to do this all on her own. And she's really good at it! But success can be very tricky, and when Twig overpromises her services to too many people, she doesn't know where to turn. Her DYI is looking like it's destined...
Author
Publisher
Wheat Penny Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Food is a wonderful way to connect with your family, culture, and ancestors. Join a young person as they uncover the secret stories hidden within their family recipes, and be inspired to learn what your ancestors ate."--Back cover.
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