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c2012., General, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: Fic Sta Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Attending the funeral of his heiress mother while struggling with memories of how she was unstintingly generous with everyone except him, Patrick Melrose overhears conversations after the service that unexpectedly prompt new feelings of optimism.
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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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2022., Adult, Ballantine Books Call No: BLK Fic WIl Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking journey Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child, challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their family, and themselves. Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor's true history, and fulfill her final request to 'share the black cake when the time is right?' Will their mother's revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever? Charmaine Wilkerson's debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names, can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.
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-- Book of lost and foundBy Foley, Lucyc2015., Adult, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Call No: Fic Fol Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Young photographer Kate is reeling from the recent death of her mother, an orphan who became a celebrated ballerina. Grieving and lonely, Kate's only close companion is her ailing adoptive grandmother, Evie. Then Evie reveals a terrible secret, one that prompts Kate to rediscover a family history she had thought lost forever. The story Kate discovers is one tightly interwoven with 20th-century history; from the heady days of the Roaring Twenties, through the economic crash and political tension of the '30s, to the grim reality of the war. But it is also the story of a couple deeply in love, separated by the events that supersede them and the rigid expectations of family. Moving between London, New York, Paris, Venice and Corsica, this is a story of love across borders and generations, and of what might have been."--Publisher.
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[2010], p2009., Lionsgate Call No: DVD Fic Brothers Edition: Widesreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryConnect to reviews of this title online Summary Note: Captain Sam Cahill is embarking on his fourth tour of duty, leaving behind his beloved wife and two daughters. When Sam's Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan, the worst is presumed, leaving an enormous void in the family. Despite a dark history, Sam's charismatic younger brother steps in to fill the family void.
![Brothers [DVD] (2009). Directed by Jim Sheridan.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Brothers [DVD] (2009). Directed by Jim Sheridan.")
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2022. Click to access digital title. Summary Note: For readers of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and Claire Lombardo, Chorus shepherds seven siblings through two life-altering events—their mother's untimely death, and a shocking teenage pregnancy—that ultimately follow them through their lives as individuals and as a family The seven Shaw siblings have long been haunted by two early and profoundly consequential events. Told in turns from the early twentieth century through the 1950s, each sibling relays their own version of the memories that surround both their mother’s mysterious death and the circumstances of one sister’s scandalous teenage pregnancy. As they move into adulthood, the siblings assume new roles: caretaker to their aging father, addict, enabler, academic, decorated veteran, widow, and mothers and fathers to the next generation. Entangled in a family knot, the Shaw siblings face divorce, drama, and death while haunted by a mother who was never truly there. Through this lens, they all seek not only to understand how her death shaped their family, but also to illuminate the insoluble nature of the many familial experiences we all encounter—the concept of home, the tenacity that is a family’s love, and the unexpected ways through which healing can occur. Chorus is a hopeful story of family, of loss and recovery, of complicated relationships forged between brothers and sisters as they move through life together, and of the unlikely forces that first drive them away and then ultimately back home.
![Chorus [eBook] : A novel](/Library/images/~imageCT102258.JPG "Chorus [eBook] : A novel")
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By Tallo, Katie2020., Harper Call No: NEW MYS Fic Tal Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Augusta (Gus) Monet is living an aimless existence when she learns that her great grandmother-- her last living relative-- has died. Ditching her grifter boyfriend, Gus returns to the home she left as a young girl. Her inheritance turns out to be a dilapidated house and an old dog named Levi. Combing through her great grandmother's possessions, Gus stumbles across an old trunk filled with long-lost childhood belongings-- and cold case files that belonged to her mother, a disgraced police detective who died in a car accident when Gus was eight. A news story about the unearthing of a body linked to one of the cold case files leads Gus to a deserted ghost town-- and stirs up the evils of the past, putting her life in danger.
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2012., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Descendants Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
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By Tyler, Anne1982., Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: Fic Tyl Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2017., Adult, Canongate Books Call No: SC Fic Kel Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Murdo, a teenager obsessed with music, dreams of a life beyond home. His recently widowed dad, Tom, stumbles towards the future, terrified of losing what remains of his family. Both are in search of something as they set out from rural Scotland on a journey to the American South." -- Back cover.
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c2006., Sphere Call No: Fic Alb Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: What if you could spend one more day with a lost love one? Charley Benetto chose to live with his father when his parents divorced. He returns to his hometown decades later when his life is falling apart and finds his mother, who died eight years earlier still living there.
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c2012., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Fic McK Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Emma Tupper, a young lawyer with a bright future, sets out on a journey after her mother's death: to Africa, the land to which her mother always wanted to travel. But her mother's dying gift has unexpected consequences. Emma falls ill during her trip and is just recovering when a massive earthquake hits, turning her one-month vacation into a six-month ordeal. When Emma returns home, she is shocked to find that her friends and colleagues believed she was dead, that her apartment has been rented to a stranger and that her life has gone on without her. Can Emma pick up where she left off? Should she? As Emma struggles to recreate her old life, everyone around her thinks she should change - her job, her relationships and even herself. But does she really want to sacrifice everything she's working so hard to regain?"--Publisher.
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2004., Atria Books Call No: MYS Fic Mac Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2013., General, Washington Square Press Call No: Fic Hat Edition: 1st Washington Square Press pbk. ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Thirty-six-year-old Grace McAllister never longed for children. But when she meets Victor Hansen, a handsome, charismatic divorced restaurateur who is father to Max and Ava, Grace decides that, for the right man, she could learn to be an excellent part-time stepmom. After all, the kids live with their mother, Kelli. How hard could it be? At thirteen, Ava Hansen is mature beyond her years. Since her parents divorce, she has been taking care of her emotionally unstable mother and her little brother. She pays the bills, does the laundry, and never complains because she loves her mama more than anyone. And while her father's new girlfriend is nice enough, Ava still holds out hope that her parents will get back together and that they'll be a family again. But only days after Victor and Grace get engaged, Kelli dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances and soon, Grace and Ava discover that there was much more to Kelli's life than either ever knew."--Publisher.
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2016., Adult, Berkley Books Call No: MYS Fic Mac Edition: 1st Berkley hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "On a rainy afternoon, a mother's life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street... I Let You Go follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past. At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them."--From publisher.
