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      By Safer, Jeanne
       c2012., Basic Books Call No: 306.875 S128c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Psychotherapist Jeanne Safer, a recognized authority on sibling psychology (and an estranged sister herself) illuminates this pervasive but hidden phenomenon. She explores the roots of inter-sibling woes, from siblicide in the book of Genesis to tensions in Freud{8217}s family history. Drawing on sixty in-depth interviews with adult siblings struggling with conflicts over money, family businesses, aging parents, contentious wills, unhealed childhood wounds, and blocked communication, Safer provides compassionate guidance to brothers and sisters whose relationship is broken. She helps siblings overcome their paralysis and pain, revealing how they can come to terms with the one peer relationship they can never sever{8212}even if they never see each other again.
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      By Goldhagen, Shari, 1976-
       c2006., Doubleday Call No: Fic Gol    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: After his mother dies, 25-year-old Jack Reed returns to Cleveland to work at his late fathers law firm and raise his brother, Connor, who is still in high school. Jack becomes a workaholic with a parade of women streaming in and out of his life, while lonely Connor feels he is a burden to his brother. Wary of their emotions, the two brothers avoid talking about the devastating events that have profoundly changed their lives, instead bickering over minutiae and suffering from an array of physical ailments. Connor eventually marries a leggy Harvard grad and immediately sets out to create the family he never had, while Jack becomes involved with a red-haired reporter whom he's not sure he loves. As the year's pass and their partners change, as Jack becomes immensely wealthy and Connor gets sick, the brothers bond becomes the central fact of their lives and one they finally acknowledge.
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      By Dean, Abigail
       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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      By Patterson, Richard North
       c2010., Henry Holt and Co. Call No: Fic Pat   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Capt. Paul Terry, one of the army's most accomplished young lawyers, must defend Brian McCarran, a general's son who recently returned from a harrowing tour in Iraq. In the high-profile court-martial, Terry is joined by Brian's sister, Meg McCarran, who leaves her practice in San Francisco to help save her brother. Before the case is over, Terry will become deeply entwined with Meg and the McCarrans--and learn that families, like war, can break the sturdiest of souls.
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      By Miller, Sue, 1943-
       2010., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Mil   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "The Lake Shore Limited" is the story of how Wilhelmina "Billy" Gertz has come to create the title's play out of emotions surrounding an imagined terrorist bombing of a Chicago train, how the play is then created anew on the stage, and how the play's performance touches and changes the lives that intersect and interweave with Billy's.
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      By Mayr, Suzette
       c2011., Adult, Coach House Books Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: "A seventeen-year-old boy, bullied and heartbroken, hangs himself. And although he felt terribly alone, his suicide changes everyone around him. His parents are devastated. His secret boyfriend's girlfriend is relieved. His unicorn- and virginity-obsessed classmate, Faraday, is shattered; she wishes she had made friends with him that time she sold him an Iced Cappuccino at Tim Hortons. His English teacher, mid-divorce and mid-menopause, wishes she could remember the dead student's name, that she could care more about her students than her ex's new girlfriend. Who happens to be her cousin. The school guidance counsellor, Walter, feels guilty <U+2013> maybe he should have made an effort when the kid asked for help. Max, the principal, is worried about how it will reflect on the very Catholic school. And Walter, who's been secretly in a relationship with Max for years, thinks that's a little callous. He's also tired of Max's obsession with some sci-fi show on TV. And Max wishes Walter would lose some weight and remember to use a coaster. And then Max meets a drag queen named Crêpe Suzette. And everything changes."--Back cover.
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      By Mayr, Suzette
       c2011., Adult, Coach House Books Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: "A seventeen-year-old boy, bullied and heartbroken, hangs himself. And although he felt terribly alone, his suicide changes everyone around him. His parents are devastated. His secret boyfriend's girlfriend is relieved. His unicorn- and virginity-obsessed classmate, Faraday, is shattered; she wishes she had made friends with him that time she sold him an Iced Cappuccino at Tim Hortons. His English teacher, mid-divorce and mid-menopause, wishes she could remember the dead student's name, that she could care more about her students than her ex's new girlfriend. Who happens to be her cousin. The school guidance counsellor, Walter, feels guilty <U+2013> maybe he should have made an effort when the kid asked for help. Max, the principal, is worried about how it will reflect on the very Catholic school. And Walter, who's been secretly in a relationship with Max for years, thinks that's a little callous. He's also tired of Max's obsession with some sci-fi show on TV. And Max wishes Walter would lose some weight and remember to use a coaster. And then Max meets a drag queen named Crêpe Suzette. And everything changes."--Back cover.
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       2010., 258, DLT Entertainment UK Limited Call No: DVD Fic MyFamily 10    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: My family   Volume: 10Summary Note: In the tenth series of the UK's most-watched sitcom, the Harper family will see some changes - as all families do. However, as we have seen in the past, change in the Harper family can often be accompanied by chaos and confusion. Ben will make an assumption, which leads Susan to make a discovery she may not have wanted to discover; Susan will discover that a well ordered life is a fragile thing; Janey will discover true love - again, and again; Michael will discover that, while honesty may be the best policy, it is not always easy; Kenzo will discover that the rest of the Harper family is as wonderfully wild as ever.
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      -- My family
      By Lindsay, Robert, 1949-  Wanamaker, Zoë, 1949-  Marshall, Kris, 1974-  Denby-Ashe, Daniela, 1978-  Thomson, Gabriel  Hayes, Siobhan, 1975-  Self, Keiron
       2009., Adult, 374, Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic MyFamily 4   Edition: Widescreen ed. .    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: My family   Volume: 4Summary Note: The Harpers are in crisis, as usual, when Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe) leaves for university. Susan's (Zoe Wanamaker) subsequent realization that she's now the only woman in the household begins to take its toll, especially on Michael (Gabriel Thomson), whom Susan now turns to for advice on dresses and make-up. Ben (Robert Lindsay) attempts to help by inviting his cousin's daughter Abi (Siobhan Hays) to stay, but when Abi makes a documentary about typical family life for her college project with the Harpers as subject, it turns out more like a horror picture. Meanwhile, Nick (Kris Marshall) attempts to raise money through a variety of jobs, none of which lasts very long thanks to his abject incompetence.
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       2008., 202, DLT Entertainment UK Limited Call No: DVD Fic MyFamily 8    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: My family   Volume: 8Summary Note: The eighth series of the BBC family sitcom My Family originally aired between 11 April 2008 and 24 December 2008. The series was commissioned following consistent ratings from the seventh series. The opening episode, "The Parent Trap", re-introduces the seven main characters. All episodes from the eighth series are thirty minutes long, excluding the Christmas special. Two episodes from the series ("One Step Too Far" and "King For A Day") remain unaired, as due to their poor outcome, cast members Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker requested they were not broadcast. It is unknown whether these episodes still exist or if they were destroyed by the production company. The series was once again produced by Rude Boy Productions, a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron. The series was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London, in front of a live audience.
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       2009., 260, DLT Entertainment UK Limited Call No: DVD Fic MyFamily 9    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: My family   Volume: 9Summary Note: The ninth series of the BBC family sitcom My Family originally aired between 2 April 2009 and 24 December 2009. The series was commissioned following successful ratings from the previous series. The opening episode, "Bully For Ben", re-introduces the six main characters, with the exception of Abi. Kris Marshall (Nick) and Siobhan Hayes (Abi) make a guest appearance in the last episode of the series, "Kenzo's Project". All episodes from the ninth series are thirty minutes long, excluding the Christmas special. The eighth episode of the series, "The Guru", was announced as the 100th episode of the series, and included guest appearances from John Barrowman and David Haig. The series was once again produced by Rude Boy Productions, a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron. The series was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London, in front of a live audience.
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      By Greene, Jayson
       2019., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Bio G811o   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Two-year-old Greta Greene was sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when a brick crumbled from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious. She is immediately rushed to the hospital. Once More We Saw Stars begins with this event, leading the reader into the unimaginable. But although it begins with the anguish Jayson and his wife Stacy confront in the wake of their daughter's trauma and the hours leading up to her death, it quickly becomes a narrative that is as much about hope and healing as it is about grief and loss. Jayson recognizes, even in the very midst of his ordeal, that there will be a life for him beyond it--that if only he can continue moving forward, from one moment to the next, he will survive what seems un-survivable. With raw honesty, deep emotion, and exquisite tenderness, he captures both the fragility of life and absoluteness of death, and most important of all, the unconquerable power of love. This is an unforgettable memoir of courage and transformation - and a book that will change the way you look at the world"--
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      By Smith, Tracy K
       2015., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: BLK Bio S662o   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "A memoir about the author's coming of age as she grapples with her identity as an artist, her family's racial history, and her mother's death from cancer"--Provided by publisher.
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      By Cragg, Carys
       2017., General, Arsenal Pulp Press Call No: Bio C885d    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: In this gripping and emotional memoir, a woman confronts the man who murdered her father twenty years earlier. In 1992, when Carys Cragg was eleven, her father, a respected doctor, was brutally murdered in his own home by an intruder. Twenty years later, despite the reservations of her family and friends, she decides to contact his murderer in prison, and the two correspond for a period of two years. She learns of his horrific childhood, and the reasons he lied about the murder; in turn, he learns about the man he killed. She mines his letters for clues about the past before agreeing to meet him in person, when she learns startling new information about the crime. Dead Reckoning follows one woman's determination to confront the man who murdered her father, revealing her need for understanding and the murderer's reluctance to tell - an uneasy negotiation between two people from different worlds both undone by tragedy. A memoir about how reconciling with the past doesn't necessarily provide comfort, but it can reveal the truth.