After opening her own advertising agency, Alexis relied on her husband, Tommy, for the household duties and supervision of their teenage daughter, CeCe. When Tommy receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, Alexis puts her career on hold....
FICTION / Coming of Age
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Author:Hammer, AlisonSummary: - Author:Coster, NaimaSummary:
A community in the Piedmont of North Carolina rises in outrage as a county initiative draws students from the largely Black east side of town into predominantly white high schools on the west. When Gee and Noelle join the school play...
- Author:Wetmore, ElizabethSummary:
It's February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. In the early hours of the morning after Valentine's Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ramírez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead's ranch...
- Author:Carofiglio, GianricoSummary:
When Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy at eighteen, he and his absentee father travel to Marseille to visit a doctor who may hold the hope for an effective treatment and connect for the first time.
- Author:Bennett, BritSummary:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S Top Ten Books of the Year LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS...
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Author:Moore, LizSummary:Ada Sibelius is raised by David, a single father and head of a computer science lab in Boston. When David's mind begins to falter and his mysterious past comes into question, Ada embarks on a mission to uncover her father's...
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Author:Maynard, FrancesSummary:"The inevitable comparisons to Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project (2013) and Julia Claiborne Johnson's Be Frank with Me (2016) are natural, but Ellie's authentic voice offers a fresh perspective on being different....
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Author:Bauermeister, EricaSummary:Erica Bauermeister, the national bestselling author of The School of Essential Ingredients, presents a moving and evocative coming-of-age audiobook about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories...
- Author:Caruso, MelissaSummary:
One woman will either save an entire continent or completely destroy it in a captivating epic fantasy bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic.
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Author:Redmerski, J. A.Summary:Sienna Murphy has finally landed her dream job. It's everything she's ever wanted, or so she thought. When she's sent on a business trip to Hawaii, she meets Luke Everett, a guy who makes her want to forget all her...
- Author:Chang, JanieSummary:
China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates are entrusted with a 500-year-old collection of Chinese myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends, and must...
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Author:Ko, LisaSummary:Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly, Time.com, Bustle, BuzzFeed, The Millions, and Nylon.com. "The Leavers is courageous, sensitive, and perfectly of this moment."-Barbara Kingsolver An...
- Author:LeRoy, J. T.Summary:
This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops,...
- Author:Mitchard, JacquelynSummary:
Thea's son was just seventeen when he went to prison for the murder of his girlfriend, a crime he has no memory of committing. Three years later, he's released to a world that refuses to let him move on.
- Author:Burdick, SerenaSummary:
Not far from Luella and Effie Tildon's large family mansion looms the House of Mercy, a workhouse for wayward girls. When the sisters accidentally learn a secret about their father, the brazen older sister, Luella, becomes...
- Author:Henderson, JuliettaSummary:
Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting tribute is to perform by himself. The problem is, Norman's not the funny one. Jax...
- Author:Shalvis, JillSummary:
Life has changed a ragtag team of four teenagers in immeasurable ways. Maze and Cat must decide if they can rebuild their friendship, and Maze discovers her long-held attraction to Walker has only grown stronger.
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Author:Westerhof, PatriciaSummary:Marta Elzinga has been searching for a sign. When she spots an elusive mink on the shoreline of the Toronto Island Airport, she thinks it is her sign. The pigeon that boards the subway at Bathurst Station is the second sign. But how to...
- Author:Hashimi, NadiaSummary:
Kabul, 1978. The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani, lives a privileged life in Afghanistan's thriving cosmopolitan capital. But the ten-year-old's world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the...
- Author:Graff, Andrew J.Summary:
It's the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer "Fish" Branson and Dale "Bread" Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don't talk about. Tired of seeing his best...
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