When I was twelve, my mother disappeared. I was the first person to never find her. I'm sixteen now and she has never been found, alive or dead. I'm not the girl I should have been. When Charlotte Stevens, bright but failing, is sent to...
Mothers and daughters
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Author:Meissner, SusanSummary:From the darkest hours rises life in all its glory ... From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the...
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Author:Simmons, KristenSummary:Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offenses carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she has ever...
- Author:Crossan, SarahSummary:
When her imagined perfect life with her estranged mother begins to unravel, fourteen-year-old Apple find comfort in reading and writing poetry.
- Author:Strout, ElizabethSummary:
An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and...
- Author:KEYES, MarianSummary:
Anna Walsh returns to her family in Dublin to recuperate from a debilitating and disfiguring accident. Her family tries to bolster her spirits, while her husband in New York is mysteriously missing.
- Author:Oke, JanetteSummary:
When she learns that her husband is missing in action during World War II, a desperate young wife decides to give up their baby daughter for adoption. By the time she learns that her husband is still alive, the infant belongs to a...
- Author:Tremblay d'Essiambre, LouiseSummary:
Le troisième tome de la populaire série Les sœurs Deblois, de Louise Tremblay-D’Essiambre. La benjamine des sœurs Deblois est au centre de ce roman, tel un point de convergence vers lequel se dirigent les plus nobles aspirations des...
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Author:McDaniel, LurleneSummary:A cynical teenager discovers that angels appear in the most unexpected places when sixteen-year-old Leah is hospitalized during the holiday season and meets a large, warm, and loving Amish family.
- Author:Woods, SherrylSummary:
Heather Reed thought she was making the right choice when she decided to raise her daughter, Angel, on her own. But three years later, Heather realizes she needs help. Her career as an actress is faltering, and Angel's more than she can...
- Author:Carter, KernSummary:
Coi is just eighteen years old but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother. After being kicked out of her mother's house at age fourteen, Coi has lived with her father, and together they've created a...
- Author:Sass, A. J.Summary:
For fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World , a heartfelt story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a...
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Author:Marlatt, Daphne, Crosbie, LynnSummary:A classic of Canadian literature, here is the A List edition of Daphne Marlatt’s utterly original novel about rescuing a forgotten woman from obscurity. Featuring a new introduced by celebrated author Lynn Crosbie. Ana Historic is the...
- Author:Davis, JaneSummary:
Mother and daughter: the most precious bond in the world. At six years old, Belinda Brabbage has amassed a wealth of wisdom and secret worries. She knows all the best hiding places in her Worlds End flat, how to zap monsters with her...
- Author:Zoboi, Ibi AanuSummary:
On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie -- a good life. But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola's mother is detained by U.S. immigration, leaving...
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Author:Shofner, CorabelSummary:Twelve-year-old Ruby Clyde Henderson's life turns upside down the day her mother's boyfriend holds up a convenience store and her mother is wrongly jailed for assisting with the crime.
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Author:Bauer, JoanSummary:Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness. They move to Chicago to make a fresh start, but when Sugar's mother has a serious breakdown, Sugar and her beloved dog are...
- Author:Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, return to their Virginia plantation, but their once-grand home has lost its lustre. Jo's father and brother are dead, and the war has left her remaining...
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Author:Yoerg, Sonja IngridSummary:Vermont, 1972. Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family's auto shop, and laughs when her husband slow dances her across the kitchen floor. Her tragic childhood might...
- Author:Miles, TiyaSummary:
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST -KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST -A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an extraordinary testament to people who are left out of the...
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