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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she's planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith's own daughter, Clio,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Darby, Mary Beth, and Rhea are on personal quests to reclaim aspects of their identities subsumed by motherhood--their careers, their sex lives, their bodies. Their children, though, disrupt their plans when an unsettling medical condition begins to go around the Little Academy preschool: the kids are craving blood. Then a young teacher is found dead, and the only potential witnesses are ten adorable four-year-olds. Soon it becomes clear that the...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cinnamon Haynes has fought hard for a life she never thought was possible--a good man by her side, a steady job, and a cozy house in a quaint town. Daisy Jacobs's hopes for her future are threatened when she gets unexpectedly pregnant. She hides this development and then makes a drastic decision with devastating consequences. When Cinnamon finds an abandoned baby in a park and takes the newborn into her home, the ripple effects risk exposing Cinnamon's...
Author
Publisher
Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating the day-to-day joys of motherhood, this heartfelt ode to the special love between mother and child is perfect for mommies everywhere who love and guide their little ones morning, noon, and night"--
Author
Publisher
Cottage Door Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A perfect keepsake gift for baby's first Christmas, this board book captures the warmth and celebration of the holiday as Baby becomes the center of family joy and new traditions"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Paris, 1974. Radha is living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, but has finally found her passion: the treasure trove of scents. When a friend's grandfather offered her a job at his parfumerie, Radha discovers she can find the perfect fragrance for any customer who walks in the door. Now she is helping to design new fragrances for clients. Her first major project takes...
10) Mommy time
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Following a day in the life of two rambunctious children and their mom, this warm, revealing picture book builds a bridge of empathy between parent and child and celebrates the value of "Mommy Time."
13) If Mama sings
Author
Series
Publisher
Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 15 cm
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the comfort and confidence a mother's voice brings to her child.
14) God is here
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Walking through the city with her mama, a curious child learns all the ways God shows up in their everyday lives and how His love and grace are always present.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the...
Author
Publisher
Wheat Penny Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Young children will learn what life can look like for an autistic child who uses nonverbal communication by following a mother and child on a day where they use a tablet to communicate with others.
Publisher
Warner Bros Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
22 DVDs (3,942 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jason Seaver moves his psychiatry practice into the house so his wife, Maggie, can return to the workforce as a journalist after fifteen years as a housewife and stay-at-home mom to their three kids: charming but mischievous Mike, brainy Carol, and Ben, the youngest. Jason soon finds that managing a household is trickier than he thought. But for this upper-middle-class family on Long Island, life is often served with loads of love, a side of laughs,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting...
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