A traumedy about life and death (and every cosmic joke in between). When her mother is diagnosed with cancer, Rachel Matlow is concerned but hopeful. It's Stage 1, so her mom will get surgery and everything will go back to normal....
Mothers and daughters
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Author:Matlow, RachelSummary: -
Author:Singleton, Linda JoySummary:Oh, wow—I'm my own best friend. Or at least, I'm in her body! Okay, this assignment will be quick and easy. Thanks, Grammy! See, my dead grandmother keeps finding people who have big problems and then I have the freaky experience of...
- Author:Singleton, Linda JoySummary:
Oh, wow-I'm my own best friend. Or at least, I'm in her body! Okay, this assignment will be quick and easy. Thanks, Grammy! See, my dead grandmother keeps finding people who have big problems and then I have the freaky experience of...
- Author:Georges, KarolineSummary:
L’une s’immobilise devant les fenêtres de sa maison en banlieue avec le poids de la mort au creux du ventre; l’autre cherche à traverser l’écran pour se transformer en image grâce à son avatar numérique, en quête d’absolu. L’une a donné...
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Author:Buchan, ElizabethSummary:Lara is mother to Maudie and stepmother to Jasmine and Eve. She has enough to worry about with Eve's upcoming wedding without an ex-husband embarking on a new marriage and the surprising, late-blooming developments in her own love life...
- Author:Tan, Sue LynnSummary:
A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e, in which a young woman's quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm and sets her on a dangerous path—where...
- Author:Miranda, MeganSummary:
Her father was the town detective. Her mother its most notorious criminal. Now the secrets of Mirror Lake are coming to the surface...and changing everything. "[A] stunning psychological thriller from one of the most insightful...
- Author:Georgescu, IoanaSummary:
Daughter of Here is an experiment in memory, desire, and time. As Dolores sifts through her whirlwind romance with Célestin, her larger-than-life love for her daughter Mo, and her own childhood behind the Iron Curtain, her narrative...
- Author:Zauner, MichelleSummary:
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her...
- Author:Belzile, CarmenSummary:
Anne Savoie a toujours eu honte de ses origines modestes. Avec David, son grand amour, elle réalise son rêve: travailler dans l’entreprise de sa belle-famille, gravir les échelons de la société, goûter enfin au luxe et au succès. Puis,...
- Author:Hesse, KarenSummary:
Tess knows that the only thing that can fix the listless vines, the crackling dry path, the broiling alleyway and her sagging mama, is a good, soaking rainstorm. "Come on, rain!" she whispers into the endless summer heat. When...
- Author:Fuller, AlexandraSummary:
This engaging follow-up explores Fuller's parents' childhoods and charts the trajectories of their lives through all the British couple's experiences in war-torn Africa. With the same sharply etched narrative that has earned the author...
- Author:Clare, CassandraSummary:
Don't miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, now a major motion picture. Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly)....
- Author:Clare, CassandraSummary:
Is love worth betraying everything? Plunge into the second adventure in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly). Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go...
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Author:Orenstein, PeggySummary:The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set...
- Author:Burkowicz, TaslimSummary:
This book is a moving contribution to the growing body of fictional writings about migrants and racialized women across transnational borders. An authentic description of events and stories that is profoundly touching.
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Author:Singh, NaliniSummary:Nalini Singh presents the first novel in the Hard Play series. Contains mature themes. Sailor Bishop has only one goal for his future – to create a successful landscaping business. No distractions allowed. Then he comes face-to-face and...
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Author:Thien, MadeleineSummary:Her parents' hidden past in wartorn Asia continues to shadow Gail Lim's life. When she meets a man who was a war photographer in Jakarta, she is brought closer to the truth she's been seeking. This is a story of the legacies of loss,...
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Author:Grigorescu, AlexandraSummary:An eerie and romantic Southern gothic drama. Gripping, fast-paced, gorgeously written, and with unforgettable characters, Cauchemar tells the story of 20-year-old Hannah, who finds herself living alone on the edge of a...
- Author:MacDonald, PatriciaSummary:
Shelby wants to give her daughter Chloe a gift she'll never forget: a luxury cruise around the Caribbean. It will be the honeymoon Chloe and her husband Rob never got to take. Shelby will look after their little boy. Then the...
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