As Annelise falls in love, marries, and gives birth to her daughter, the Holocaust looms. Luckily Annelise and her husband are given the chance to leave for America, but they must go without her parents, whose future and safety are...
Mothers and daughters
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Author:Fox, LaurenSummary: - Author:Yates, MaiseySummary:
They might not have it all together, but this summer, as three women confront their mothers' deepest secret in order to reconnect and rebuild themselves as a family, they'll discover that together, they might still have it all...
- Author:Friddle, MindySummary:
When her husband dies on the eve of their impending European vacation, housewife Emma Hanley watches her dreams of world travel vanish even as she becomes more immersed in the lives of her two living children.
- Author:Gowda, Shilpi SomayaSummary:
Secret Daughter, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child that...
- Author:Mora, Oge.Summary:
In this warm and tender story by the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Thank You, Omu!, join a mother and daughter on an up-and-down journey that reminds them of what's best about Saturdays: precious time together. Today would be...
- Author:Andraos, MaryseSummary:
Entre une mère à l'amour brutal, son amie fidèle et des amoureux·ses qui voudraient la sauver, Naïma suit le mouvement sans savoir ce que signifierait vivre une vie qu'elle pourrait dire sienne. Traquant sans relâche la lumière...
- Author:Florence, MelanieSummary:
Une jeune femme -- une Autochtone parmi tant d'autres portées disparues au Canada -- veille sur son enfant qui doit grandir sans sa nimâmâ. La mère observe de loin les étapes importantes de la vie de sa fille -- sa première...
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Author:Lavery, JohnSummary:No writer in Canada today is more in love with the English, and French, languages than John Lavery. That love is gloriously requited. In inventive, incantatory prose, Sandra Beck, his long-awaited first novel, paints a very unusual...
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Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary:At eleven, Pip MacKenzie's life has already been touched by tragedy - a terrible accident that plunged her mother, Ophelie, into inconsolable grief. But on a foggy summer day, on a beach near San Francisco, Pip meets someone who...
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Author:Healey, MichaelSummary:A family of women—the eldest incapable of keeping stories to herself, her two daughters on the verge of making life-altering decisions, a granddaughter wise beyond her years. Healey takes us on a 25-year-long trip to the family cottage...
- Author:Wood, Jane RobertsSummary:
Three weeks after Mary Lou's husband dies, her 14-year-old daughter runs away. Nearly paralyzed with grief, Mary Lou stays grounded through her job at the Dairy Queen. Then one day, she signs up for a single-parenting class. Armed with...
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Author:Rose, Connie BarnesSummary:Over the years Trish and Ray have forged a stable family life, despite a rocky beginning almost twenty years earlier — living with their friends on a communal farm that ended badly. Now they are all coming to terms with life in their...
- Author:Agnew, MarionSummary:
Most people think Alzheimer's disease is the same as memory loss or hope that if they ignore it hard enough, it will go away. That was certainly Marion Agnew's hope when her mother -- a Queen's and Harvard/Radcliffe-...
- Author:Erivo, CynthiaSummary:
From a Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner comes an inspirational and heartwarming tale of a mother and child, and the dreams they build together. When Ebere's mother puts her to bed at night, she always says, "Remember to...
- Author:Ifueko, JordanSummary:
For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar’s throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the...
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Author:Tullson, DianeSummary:Fourteen-year-old Libby didn't want to go on a year long sailing adventure with her mother and her stepfather, Duncan, and she isn't about to let them forget it. Traveling through the Red Sea, Libby causes them to be late and make a...
- Author:Ifueko, JordanSummary:
Tarisai longs for the warmth of a family. But her mother's plans for her include a magical command that Tarisai kill the crown prince once she gains his trust. Can Tarisai resist being made a pawn?
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Author:Joseph, DanielleSummary:I, Cassia Bernard, do solemnly swear to find pure red—my passion—this summer. Dad's passion is art. When he's painting, no one can reach him, not even me. My mom's passion was the ocean. She said the ocean allows you to see whatever you...
- Author:Slaughter, KarinSummary:
Andrea Cooper thinks she knows everything about her mother, Laura. But all that changes when an afternoon trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea sees a totally different side of her.
- Author:Bentley, TyroneSummary:
With a drug addict mother and a drug lord father, Aphtan learns how to fend for herself at an early age. Being the princess of an empire has its perks-until her father gets arrested. From stealing clothes and food to committing fraud,...
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