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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes...
Author
Publisher
Cider Mill Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects over three hundred games, activities, and amusements for families, including creating a time capsule, playing picnic games, and cooking finger food together.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
5) The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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NYT - Audio Nonfiction
NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
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Description
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do - she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant--right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Family secrets can be the most dangerous of all. The journey to find the truth and protect her family will have Carly delving deep into the lost treasures of Eastern Europe--if she can survive that long"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
414 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In this indispensable guide by the mega-popular Bucket List Family, discover expert tips for traveling with kids and 50 not-to-be-missed destination itineraries.
As a family of five, the Bucket List Family has swum with whales in Tonga, slept in castles in Ireland, lived on a houseboat in Amsterdam, eaten breakfast with giraffes in Kenya, spent Halloween in Disneyland, and visited more than 90 countries around the world. Now, Jessica Gee brings her...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color photographs ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores how to handle family changes such as divorce, illness, loss, new siblings, and more. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, an infographic, Fast Facts, questions to inspire further thought, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actress. Armed with a stack of index cards and a hell of a lot of talent, she goes from awkward 16-year-old to Broadway ingenue to tv star. But while promoting her most recent project, a film about adoption, India does what you should never do - she tells a journalist the truth: it's a bad movie. Like so many movies about adoption, it tells only one story, a tragic one. But India's an adoptive mom herself and...
15) No one can know
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant--right as the bank account slips into the red. That's when Emma confesses that she has one more asset: her...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a letter from her uncle Henrick summoning her back to Bastian arrives on Bryn Roth's eighteenth birthday, Bryn is eager to prove herself to the family, even as she learns the Roths are still entangled in the kind of dirty business that got her parents killed years ago.
Publisher
RDA Enthusiast Brands
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
For heartwarming memories and good old-fashioned flavor, few places beat a seat at Grandma's kitchen table. Just thinking about her best dishes, from stick-to-your ribs suppers to second-helping desserts, transports us to a simpler time.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt, funny, and all-together human novel about the best mistakes a person can make Jonathan and Rosie have been together so long they finish each other's sentences--so when he (finally) proposes and asks her to move across the country with him, everyone is happily surprised. But when things suddenly unravel, Rosie sends Jonathan packing and moves back home with Soapie, the irascible, opinionated grandmother who raised her. Only now she has...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Chloë was always good at maths, with feelings 'too big' to be contained. When she reconnects with her childhood boyfriend, it must be fate.
Noor has had a lot on her plate from a young age, especially at home. People-pleasing becomes her survival mode, but Noor can't keep her struggles inside forever.
Jess has spent a lifetime being put into different boxes. Through her strong will and creativity, can she break out and build a life that is truly...