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1501) Entre nous =: Between us
Series
Language
Français
Formats
Description
In this bittersweet, often funny, semi-autobiographical period drama, director Diane Kurys reimagines the post-War years of her parents and the passionate friendship between two women. We first meet Lňa in 1942, a young Jewish woman in an internment camp run by the Vichy authorities. She accepts a proposal of marriage by one of the camp workers in the hopes of escaping deportation to Nazi Germany. They escape on foot, crossing the Alps to Italy,...
1502) The Magdalen girls
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When her beauty provokes a lustful revelation from a young priest, sixteen-year-old Teagan is sent to one of Dublin's Magdalen Laundries for fallen women, where she befriends two other girls who help her endure the harsh captivity.
1503) Breaking news
Author
Series
Godmothers novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry is extending her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper, Bernice. Here in her beloved hometown, the air is rich with the scent of azaleas and honeysuckle and there's always a pitcher of sweet tea (or something a little stronger) close to hand. Not that the ladies have much time for relaxing. Ida's new line of cosmetics, "Seasoned, " is about to launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophia are relishing...
Author
Series
Tamara Hayle mysteries volume 7
Publisher
One World/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
1505) The whispers of war
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In August of 1939, as Britain watches the headlines in fear of another devastating war with Germany, three childhood friends must choose between friendship or country. Erstwhile socialite Nora is determined to find her place in the Home Office's Air Raid Precautions Department; matchmaker Hazel tries to mask two closely guarded secrets with irrepressible optimism; and German expat Marie worries that she and her family might face imprisonment in an...
1506) Emma
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (124 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town, In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
1507) Candles on Bay Street
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
230 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
1508) In the key of us
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
1509) Vultures at twilight
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Something wicked has come to Grenville Connecticut, a town famous for antiques and the systematic fleecing of its well-heeled elders as they down-size, sicken and die. Clearly, someone is unhappy with the status quo as high-end antique dealers are being murdered in gruesome--yet fitting--ways. When a severed finger shows up at the Friday night auction, unlikely heroines Lil Campbell and Ada Strauss have to wonder--"where's the rest of the body? "A...
1511) Plum wine: a novel
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xi, 316 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
1512) An unlikely suitor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When dressmaker Lucy Scarpelli befriends socialite Rowena Langdon, she visits the Langdon mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, and falls for a high-society man, while Rowena struggles with her upcoming arranged marriage.
1513) 80 for Brady
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns." --
1514) Whistling in the dark
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Liverpool, 1940: Thirteen-year-old Joan's home is under constant threat from the Nazis' terrifying nightly air raids. Everyone is on edge, faced with strict food rationing, curfews, and blackouts. It's not an easy time to be a teenager. Joan's one solace is going to the movies with her best friend, the unflappable Doreen, but when the bombings intensify, even that becomes too dangerous. There's also the matter of a strange man who Joan sees lurking...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother's "don't ask, don't tell" generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding....
1517) Cantoras
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enduring the rampant violence against women and the LGBTQ community in the decades of the Uruguayan dictatorship, five women heartbreakingly unite as lovers, friends and family.
1518) Lipstick jungle
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
1519) Queen of the sea
Author
Publisher
Walker Books U.S., a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
393 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose...
1520) Sunshine sketch
Author
Series
Sunshine sketch volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2008-
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Accepted to a high school specializing in the arts, Yuno moves into a nearby apartment complex to make her commute easier. Just a few days into her new routine, she quickly discovers that creativity doesn't end with the art school bell! Her neighbors--Sae, Hiro, and Miya--are all fellow students, and each has her own hilarious quirks. And eccentricity clearly rules at this school: Yuno's homeroom teacher is a cosplay otaku and the principal--well,...
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