Jonathan Chester and Patrick Regan's My Unflappable Mom is a loving tribute to “the most rare of birds—the incredible, unflappable mom.” You know the type. Band-Aids. Car pools. Freshly baked cookies. The 5th grade scale model of...
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Author:Fishbein, DenaSummary:This charming 5x5 book packs a big message for that special friend who has touched your life. My Sweetest Friend is a wonderful form of appreciation when someone has given you a hand to hold and a shoulder to cry on, or shown that they...
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Author:Knausgaard, Karl Ove.Summary:The fifth book of Knausgaard's powerful My Struggle series is written with tremendous force and sincerity. As a nineteen-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of himself in his writing. But his efforts get the opposite...
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18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to a tiny fisherman's village far north of the polar circle to work as a school teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that...
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A family of four-mother, father, and two boys-move to the south coast of Norway, to a new house on a newly developed site. It is the early 1970s and the family's trajectory is upwardly mobile: the future seems limitless. In...
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Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, where, having left his wife, he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks...
- Author:Peterson, Tanya J.Summary:
From the author of Leave of Absence comes another compelling tale of the human psyche. A brilliant and talented man crippled by extreme anxiety and panic attacks, Brian has carefully crafted his world so that his interactions with...
- Author:Warga, JasmineSummary:
Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel...
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Author:Regan, PatrickSummary:My grandmother showed me that wisdom comes with age, but that a joyful heart is forever young. --My Grandmother Showed Me the Stars* No one captures the essence of cherished family bonds like renowned artist Becky Kelly.In My...
- Author:Jolley, DanSummary:
Vanessa Shingle has a knack for choosing boyfriends who need fixing--the juvenile delinquent, the school cheat, the slacker ... Then she meets Jean-Paul McClellan--the perfect project! Vanessa is determined to find out Jean-Paul's...
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Author:Griffin, AdeleSummary:Stuck babysitting during the summer while her friends take glamorous vacations, fourteen-year-old Irene learns some lessons about life after meeting a beautiful, yet troubled, girl.
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West Yorkshire, 1904. A recent graduate, nurse Ruby May takes a job looking after the children of a wealthy couple. Isolated in their mansion, it becomes clear something is not right.
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Author:Ross, PatSummary:Author Pat Ross explores the bonds of mother, daughter relationships in Mother and Daughter Reflections. The many facets of this richly embroidered theme unfold before the reader's eyes in 65 revealing black-and-white images. These...
- Author:Masood, Syed M.Summary:
For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA debut about falling in love, family expectations, and being a Renaissance Man. Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he...
- Author:Oh, TemiSummary:
A reimagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, for fans of Becky Chambers and William Gibson by Alex Award–winning author Temi Oh. Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a...
- Author:Rice, WaubgeshigSummary:
A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While...
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Author:Seip, Shannon Payette, Hedger, AdrienneSummary:Lack of sleep, hormone overload and a tiny human being that requires constant attention — it all conspires to extinguish a new mom's brain. What rises in its place is a brain that's fuzzy, and focused only on the basics: food...
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Author:Hamilton, CathySummary:'Is that what you're going to wear?' Used indiscriminately for sons, daughters, and husbands, this one is a not-so-subtle attempt to make family members rethink their wardrobe choice. Deciphering the clandestine conspiratorial language...
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Author:Holly, CateSummary:Where do teen girls first learn about life and love? From their moms, of course! In this Little Book, teens find the absolute best way to pay tribute to their very first friends.
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Author:Regan, PatrickSummary:Before I was even born, you loved me." —Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck From the photographer of elegantly ageless elephants in Gray Matter and the porcine with panache from Pretty in Pink comes a chick hatchling tale to honor moms....
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