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By Moser, Elisec2009., Cormorant Books Call No: QWF Fic Mos Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Julia's mother has died and her married lover, Nicholas, has gone missing in Morocco. Though all she sees are absences, a sequence of events has been put into motion that will redraw the lines connecting her to the people in her life. At her mother's funeral, she is given a birth certificate that is key to a long-held family secret. Grappling with this mystery and overwhelmed by memories of her lover, Julia is at a loss until comfort, warmth and passion come to her from an unexpected source: her lover's wife. "--Inside front flap.
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2024., Adult, HarperAvenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Call No: NEW Fic Her Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Alma, a Filipina woman, is a film editor working on Infamous, a cheesy true crime series about the twentieth century's most notorious killers. On the surface she seems to live a good life with her wife, Nira, and teenage son, Mateo. But there is so much left unsaid. It's not until the series' last episode, which features the Scarborough Stalker, that Alma remembers coming of age while the serial rapist and killer was attacking women and girls in Scarborough in the late 80s and early 90s. Two storylines unfold. In the past, young Alma watches as an entire city becomes consumed with the manhunt for an elusive, terrifying suspect, while she herself faces jeopardy from closer corners. In the present, adult Alma must come to terms with her own ideas of consent in order to stop her son's dangerous behaviour toward his girlfriend. .
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2022., Adult, 139 min, Lionsgate Call No: DVD Fic Everything E Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Evelyn Wang, a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The unlikely hero must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight through the splintering timelines of the multiverse to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure.
![Everything everywhere all at once [DVD] (2022). Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert](/Library/images/~imageCT102477.JPG "Everything everywhere all at once [DVD] (2022). Directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert")
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2010., Adult, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Kids Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When the teenage children of a lesbian couple find the man who donated the sperm for their mothers, they meet him and try to make him part of their family.
![The kids are all right [DVD] (2010). Directed by Lisa Cholodenko.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The kids are all right [DVD] (2010). Directed by Lisa Cholodenko.")
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By Zink, Nellc2015., Adult, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Fic Zin Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Stillwater College in Virginia, 1966. Freshman Peggy, an ingenue with literary pretensions, falls under the spell of Lee, a blue-blooded poet and professor, and they begin an ill-advised affair that results in an unplanned pregnancy and marriage. The two are mismatched from the start--she's a lesbian, he's gay--but it takes a decade of emotional erosion before Peggy runs off with their three-year-old daughter, leaving their nine-year-old son behind. Worried that Lee will have her committed for her erratic behavior, Peggy goes underground, adopting an African American persona for her and her daughter. They squat in a house in an African-American settlement, eventually moving to a housing project where no one questions their true racial identities. As Peggy and Lee's children grow up, they must contend with diverse emotional issues: Byrdie deals with his father's compulsive honesty; while Karen struggles with her mother's lies--she knows neither her real age, nor that she is "white," nor that she has any other family. Years later, a minority scholarship lands Karen at the University of Virginia, where Byrdie is in his senior year. Eventually the long lost siblings will meet, setting off a series of misunderstandings and culminating in a comedic finale worthy of Shakespeare."--Publisher.
![Mislaid : [a novel]](/Library/images/~imageCT80577.JPG "Mislaid : [a novel]")
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2014., General, Entertainment One Films Canada : distributed exclusively in Canada by Entertainment One Call No: DVD Fic Philomena Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Judi Dench stars in the story of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock and given up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena meets Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a former BBC reporter looking for his next big story. Together, they embark on a journey to locate her long lost son. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, the unlikely travel companions form a comic and heartwarming friendship. Based on the 2009 investigative book by Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, the film adaptation has been hailed as "a triumph for Judi Dench. Brilliant. A performance of grace, nuance and cinematic heroism." Mary Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE --Container.
![Philomena [DVD] (2014). Directed by Stephan Frears](/Library/images/~imageCT77895.JPG "Philomena [DVD] (2014). Directed by Stephan Frears")
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2022., Inanna Poetry & Fiction Call No: QWF Fic Mit Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In Slow Reveal, Melanie Mitzner paints a mesmerizing portrait of artists who question the arbiters of culture and the destruction of social norms. "A poem is never finished, only abandoned," wrote French poet Paul Valéry, an outcome echoed when Katharine, a film editor, ends her decade-long affair with Naomi, a lesbian poet. Katharine is determined to reconcile with her artist husband, Jonathan, and repair relations with her daughters Ellie, an artist, and Brigitte, an aspiring writer mired in addiction. Yet, unforeseen tragedy strikes, laying bare the shackles of intergenerational trauma. Art, addiction and family dysfunction culminate as the characters confront the truth that time doesn't always heal, even as they try to hang onto their former lives. Devotion and commitment are not guardrails that keep a work or relationship on track but become rather a form of entrapment as they long to love and be loved. Written in hybrid fiction and poetry excerpts, Slow Reveal weaves a compelling tale of tangled relationships and unveils how art is shaped and defined by media and influencers, social and political injustice, gender identity and family dynamics. In doing so, Mitzner challenges conventional views and redefines "success" as courage--the courage to embark on the artistic process, as risky, messy and unpredictable as building intimacy and trust in love."--
