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...
Mothers and daughters
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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...
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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 never found. Years...
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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...
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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...
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An enthralling novel about three generations of strong-willed women, unknowingly shaped by the secrets buried in their family’s past. “What a delight! Like Mother, Like Mother is sharp, fun, and witty.” —Ann Napolitano, bestselling...
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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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Oprah's Book Club Pick. Instant New York Times bestseller - Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more. "Nothing short of epic, magical, and...
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Oprah's Book Club Pick. Instant New York Times Bestseller. Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more. "Nothing short of epic, magical, and...
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Author:Gendreau, Gabriella, Kazemi, NahidSummary:Eunice immigre au Canada avec son père et sa grand-mère. Sa mère ne peut pas les rejoindre tout de suite. Eunice va alors ressentir un tel manque qu’elle en perdra la parole. Incapable de parler, elle vit un blocage total. On va suivre...
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Adrian Rizzo didn't have the easiest childhood, to put it mildly, but she's worked hard to put it behind her and to the outside world she is a beautiful young woman with a successful, high-profile career and a wonderful family...
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Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth-century garden design. As she meets new people, and life in France becomes more significant in every respect, London recedes into the background. A horrifying episode...
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Voici le quatrième et dernier tome de la série à succès Les sœurs Deblois, de Louise Tremblay-D’Essiambre. Au moment où nous retrouvons les membres de la famille Deblois, Raymond et sa benjamine tentent tant bien que mal de se remettre...
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Author:Mowat, ClaireSummary:Fifteen-year-old Andrea Baxter is thrilled when she's offered a summer job in Cape Breton. Although her mother worries that she is too young to move so far away, Andrea welcomes the chance to strike out on her own. It seems the perfect...
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Author:Steedman, CarolynSummary: - Author:Melfi, Mary, Béland, ClaudeSummary:
Entre Montréal-Nord et Casacalenda, petite ville médiévale du sud de l’Italie, entre le début du XXe siècle et l’aube du XXIe, Mary Melfi multiplie les allers-retours dans le temps et dans l’espace et, par toutes petites touches, tisse...
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Dans les jours qui suivent la chute du mur de Berlin en 1989, Liv, jeune Québécoise venue étudier en Allemagne, est invitée chez une amie à Winterhüde, une banlieue cossue de Hambourg. Le matin du 11 septembre 2001, sur les quais de...
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