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2005., Bantam Books Call No: MYS Fic Gar Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to view Click here to view More... Series Title: Detective D.D. Warren Volume: 1
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2023., 09:32:08, Tantor Audio Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Summary Note: Just graduated from high school and waiting to start college at Oxford, Lily lives under the scrutiny of her volatile Singaporean mother, May, and is unable to find kinship with her elusive British father, Charlie. When May suspects that Charlie is having an affair, there's only one thing that calms May down: a glass of perfectly spoiled orange juice served by Lily, who must always taste it first to make sure it's just right. As her mother becomes increasingly unhinged, Lily starts to have flashbacks that she knows aren't her own. Over a sweltering London summer, all semblance of civility and propriety is lost, as Lily begins to unravel the harrowing history that has always cast a shadow on her mother. The horrifying secrets she uncovers will shake her family to its core, culminating in a shattering revelation that will finally set Lily free. Beautiful and shocking, Bad Fruit is as compulsive as it is thought-provoking, as nuanced as it is explosive. A masterful exploration of mothers and daughters, inherited trauma and the race to break its devastating cycle, Bad Fruit will leave listeners breathlessly questioning their own notions of femininity, race, and redemption. Contains mature themes.
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1993., Plume Call No: Fic All Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family--rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. Observing everything with the mercilessly keen eye of a child, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that will test the loyalty of her mother, Anney. Her stepfather, Daddy Glen, calls Bone "cold as death, mean as a snake, and twice as twisty," yet Anney needs Glen. At first gentle with Bone, Daddy Glen becomes steadily colder and more furious--until their final, harrowing encounter, from which there can be no turning back.
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2020., Riverhead Books Call No: BLK Fic Eme Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A tender, potent, and compulsively readable novel of a Nigerian-Indian family and the deeply held secret that tests their traditions and bonds"--
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2021., Viking Call No: Fic Dea Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Abigail Dean's GIRL A, narrated by a successful lawyer living in New York who is better known to the public as Girl A, the one who escaped from a childhood of abuse at the hands of religious fanatic parents, freeing her six siblings -- when her mother dies in prison and leaves her and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer, to Laura Tisdel at Viking, in a major deal, in a seven-figure deal, at auction, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency on behalf of Juliet Mushens (NA), and to Julia Wisdom at Harper Fiction, with Phoebe Morgan editing, in a major deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2021.
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2021., Adult, 08:41:21., HarperCollins Publishers Edition: Unabridged. Connect to this eAudiobook title Summary Note: "In the tradition of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, a debut novel, set in Barbados, about four people confronting violence and love in a beachfront "paradise". In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers and go into the Baxter's Tunnels. When she's grown-up, Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the beach mansions sets off a chain of events with terrible consequences. A gunshot no one was meant to witness. A new mother whose baby is found lifeless on the beach. A woman torn between two worlds and incapacitated by grief. And two men, driven into the Tunnels by desperation and greed, who attempt a crime that may cost them their freedom - and their lives. How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is an intimate and visceral portrayal of interconnected lives across race and class in a rapidly changing resort town, told by an astonishing new author of literary fiction."--Publisher.
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By Moser, Elise2013., Adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: Fic Mos Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "After her older sister is murdered in a horrific incident of domestic abuse, Taylor begins a new life in a new town. She meets Lily, whose open, warm manner conceals a difficult personal life of her own, coping with her brain-injured mother. The two girls embark on a tentative friendship. But just when life seems to be smoothing out, Taylor's abusive boyfriend, Devon, arrives on the scene. Before they know it, the girls find themselves in a situation that is both frightening and incredibly dangerous, trapped in a remote, ill-equipped cabin with Devon and his friend Conor. Inside this pressure cooker, the four teenagers wrestle with anger, fear, resentment and boredom-- any one of which could tip the situation into disaster."--From publisher.
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2018., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: MYS Fic Sla Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Andrea Oliver Volume: 1Summary Note: Andrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we? But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.
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1980., Adult, MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Raging Edition: Widescreen and Standard Version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
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2019., Celadon Books Call No: MYS Fic Mic Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from work, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure psychiatric unit in North London. Criminal psychotherapist Theo Faber is captivated by Alicia's story and jumps at the opportunity to work with her. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a path more unexpected, more terrifying than he ever imagined--a search for the truth that threatens to consume him" --
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2019., Celadon Books Edition: eBook ed. Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: "That rarest of beasts: the perfect thriller. This extraordinary novel set my blood fizzing?I quite literally couldn't put it down. I told myself I'd just dip in; eleven hours later?it's now 5:47 a.m.?I've finished it, absolutely dazzled."?A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "A totally original, spellbinding psychological mystery so quirky, so unique that it should have its own genre."?David Baldacci "Smart, sophisticated storytelling freighted with real suspense - a very fine novel by any standard."?Lee Child Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband?and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive ... Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations?a search for the truth that threatens to consume him ...
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c2013., General, Reagan Arthur Books/Little Brown and Co. Call No: BLK Fic Bul Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Follows ten-year-old Zimbabwe native, Darling, as she escapes the closed schools and paramilitary police control of her homeland in search of opportunity and freedom with an aunt in America.
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2019., Adult, Graydon House Books Edition: eBook ed. Connect to this eBook title Summary Note: Shes never met the other wives. None of them know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, she can see her husband only one day a week. But she loves him so much she doesn't care. Or at least that's what she told herself. But one day, while she's doing laundry, she finds a scrap of paper in his pocket, an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and she knows it's another of the wives. She thought she was fine with her arrangement, but she can't help herself: she tracked her down, and, under false pretenses, she strikes up a friendship. Hannah has no idea who she is. Then, Hannah starts showing up to her coffee dates with telltale bruises, and she realize she's being abused by her husband. Who, of course, is also her husband. But shes never known him to be violent, ever. Who exactly is her husband, and how far would she go to find the truth? Would she risk her own life? And who is his mysterious third wife?
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