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"Sarah and Adam Granatt had the perfect suburban life: a beautiful house, an adorable daughter, a baby on the way, and a once-in-a-lifetime love. They were the couple everyone envied -- until Adam died. In the wake of his death, Adam's secrets begin to emerge. The first comes out when a woman named Candace introduces herself to Sarah as Adam's mother. Sarah is rightfully confused: Adam had always said his mother was dead. Adam also lied about making...
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Pub. Date
2000
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English
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A young widow opens a chocolate shop in a French village, transforming its normally austere inhabitants into unabashed sensualists. The event coincides with Lent, and the villagers' rejection of traditional self-denial angers the parish priest who declares war
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English
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"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...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter is set over the course of one summer on a lush private island and explores addiction and sex, family and independence and who holds the power in a modern underworld.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPubiishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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When her daughter Eden, after surviving a drowning incident, comes home from the hospital and starts calling herself Eli, the name she'd reserved for Eden's unborn twin, Lucy knows something's very wrong with Eden as her disturbing behavior escalates.
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Clever Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Mommy Mouse and Little Mouse set out to explore! Rain or shine, their plans promise to be wonderful - especially because no one loves Little Mouse as much as Mommy does. Join the adventures of this sweet mother and son as they share a memorable day together." --back cover.
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VR Editoras
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Primera edición: marzo de 2023.
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Español
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"Jess es una experta en análisis de datos estadística, pero cuando se trata de amor ha tenido que aceptar que no hay fórmula mágica. Hasta que conoce una empresa que se espera que revolucione el mundo de las citas: con una muestra de ADN analiza el perfil genético de dos personas y promee formar las parejas más compatibles. ¿Se animará Jess a probar esta technología en nombre de la ciencia del amor?"--Page [4] of cover.
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English
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Single mother and full-time nurse Meghan Michaels, when it is revealed her patient with a traumatic brain injury didn't jump from a bridge but was pushed, mistakenly lets herself get too close to the case, realizing she and her daughter could be the next victims.
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Isolated and embroiled in a custody battle, Mary is desperate for a friend. So when she meets the charming and enigmatic Willa at a Brooklyn playground, their connection feels fated. But during a margarita-fueled moms' night out, Mary shares her darkest secret about her ex, George, and the next morning Willa simply disappears. No calls, no texts, nothing. Two months later, Mary's divorce is almost finalized, and she's trying to build a new life for...
13) The still point
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English
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When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy, disappointment and triumph, reveal the sacrifices they've made for their children, for friendship and for art.
14) La panza de mama
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A boy expresses his love for his mother and her belly.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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First edition.
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English
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"A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center--a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of If You Leave Me"--
16) Alas de sangre
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Series
Empyrean volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away ... because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans....
17) Trondheim
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English
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"In Norway, thousands of miles from home, a student drops dead on the street. A passerby revives his heart, but he remains in a coma from which he may never wake. His mothers rush across the continent to his bedside where they endure the strain of helpless waiting, pushing their troubled relationship to the edge. A profound exploration of a family in crisis, Trondheim portrays the way each woman copes with the looming tragedy and the possibility of...
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Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"This holistic guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels--and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years"--back cover.
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Series
Hildafolk volume 1
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
This Paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
In the mountains where she lives with her mother, Hilda finds many adventures and friends to share them with, including an antlered fox named Twig, a lost giant, a wood man, a wandering water spirit, and a mistakenly-belled rock troll.
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