In this brilliant new novel by from Emiko Jean, the author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel Tokyo Ever After, comes a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood,...
Mothers and daughters
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Author:Jean, EmikoSummary: - Author:Trethewey, Natasha D.Summary:
A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a...
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Author:Sorbie, AnneSummary:This is a story of family, of death, and of the art of living. It is also the story of the ties that bind a mother to a daughter and the dynamics that govern their love. Shaped as a memoir, shared by Sarah Flett and her daughter Rhegan...
- Author:Goupil, MylèneSummary:
Mélie habite seule avec sa mère toujours fatiguée, loin de sa famille restée à l’autre bout du monde, et surtout loin de son papa dont elle ne sait rien. Lorsque Mélie trouve un téléphone intelligent dans le parc, elle commence à...
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Author:Fitzpatrick Dorion, Betty, Farrell Racette,SherrySummary:The spirited heroine of Betty Dorion's juvenile novel certainly makes the best of things. She forms a close friendship with Rachel, a fellow Cree, and refuses to be bugged by Tanya, a classmate who seems determined to make her life...
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Author:Brossard, Nicole, Queyras, SinaSummary:First published in 1987, Nicole Brossard's classic novel returns in a new edition. A seminal text in Canadian and feminist literature, Mauve Desert is a must-read for readers and writers alike. This is both a single novel and three...
- Author:Prosapio, DesireéSummary:
If you found a matchbook with a phone number, would you call? What would you do if a murderer answered? Award-winning writer Desireé Prosapio's suspense novel Matchbook follows the harrowing quest of a most unlikely heroine. Driven into...
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on...
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Author:COLLIER, CatrinSummary:Destitute after the Second World War, Magda Janek settles in the Welsh town of Pontypridd, in the hope of building a new life for herself and her baby daughter, Helena. All Magda has to give Helena are the ambitions she had once...
- Author:Qu, AnnaSummary:
A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant's journey to an American future. As a teen, Anna Qu is...
- Author:Chaikin, Linda LeeSummary:
Son mariage à Rogan Chantry est tout ce qu’Evy Varley avait espéré, jusqu’à ce qu’elle apprenne qu’elle est enceinte au retour de la lune de miel. Craignant que Rogan refuse qu’elle voyage dans sa condition, Evy décide de lui cacher la...
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Author:Atkins, DamienSummary:Reluctantly, Vivian agrees, although motherhood is something that she never desired. Overwhelmed by the particulars of Lucy's care and unable to connect with her daughter at first, Vivian soon realizes that Lucy isn't that different...
- Author:Castoro, LauraSummary:
Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage as she tries to fit in at college.
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award In this urban adventure story, Khyber, a smart, bold, eleven-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood, sets out to find her friend X, a mysterious homeless woman who has gone missing. The...
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Author:Alcott, Louisa MaySummary:Based loosely on Louisa May Alcott's own upbringing, Little Women follows the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Each girl has a vision of what their ideal future will bring, though ultimately experiencing, as most...
- Author:Andersson, Liv.Summary:
In 1997, Eve Foster's daughter, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is convinced that she's the victim of a serial killer who's been hunting women in the region, but Kelsey's body is...
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Author:Whitney, Phyllis A.Summary:A reclusive actress is brought back into the spotlight-by murder-in this novel by a New York Times-bestselling and Edgar award-winning author. Leigh Hollins had no choice but to honor her father's dying wish: that she find her estranged...
- Author:Hatcher, Robin Lee.Summary:
Olivia Ward arrived in Bethlehem Springs alone--with no job, no home, and no money--after her manipulative ex-husband used his power and wealth to destroy everything. Six years later, the peaceful life she rebuilt is once again turned...
- Author:Holowack, KevinSummary:
Lightning-struck and pregnant, Ruth feels her husband slipping away after they-and unborn Gayle-miraculously survive the bolt out of the blue. Nineteen years later and stuck on the farm her husband bought before abandoning the family,...
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Author:Cardenas, Teresa, Unger, DavidSummary:The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, upon the death of her mother, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their good will, she finds their taunts about how dark her skin is and their...
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