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2681) Mr. Woodcock
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
John Farley grew up as a chubby kid with no athletic skills and poor self-esteem. During his early teenage years his nemesis was Mr. Woodcock, the school's gym teacher. Woodcock took a sadistic glee in tormenting John and others like him. Years later, John has slimmed down and has come to terms with his self-image. He has become a best-selling author, publishing a self-help book on overcoming the specters of the past. John comes home to visit his...
2682) Panic room
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A woman and her daughter move into what they think is their dream house. It soon becomes a nightmare when thieves break in. They hide in the reinforced panic room only to find that what the thieves want is in there.
2683) Sunshine Cleaning
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rose Lorkowski is a single mother attempting to support her son Oscar and her unreliable sister Norah. She works a mundane job as a maid. Once the head cheerleader in school with plenty of prospects, Rose now has little to show for her life. She still sees the former head football player, but it is little more than a despondent affair. When Oscar is expelled from public school, Rose takes a job as a bio-hazard crime-scene cleaner to help pay for a...
2684) Colonial madness
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tori Porter and her mother, fun-loving best friends, compete against other relatives in hopes of inheriting a fortune from eccentric Great Aunt Muriel by spending two weeks in a colonial mansion, with no modern conveniences, no outside help, and daily tests.
Author
Series
Life in Icicle Falls volume 11
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When author and Christmas expert Muriel Sterling receives a disappointing Christmas tree that she ordered online, she makes it into a craft project and begins to learn the power of potential as she inspires her friends and sees her grumpy neighbor in a new light.--
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Things are so bad for recently widowed farmer Mary Bassett and her three children that this Thanksgiving they may not even be able to afford a turkey for their dinner. Suddenly, Mary's wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes for a visit. Although Isabella finds a kindred spirit in Mary's eldest daughter and budding writer Tilly, Mary resents her mother's attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. It will take more than money to...
2687) Thief of glory: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This WWII drama is both exciting in its revelations and heart-rending in its truth about human nature and forgiveness"--
Jeremiah Prins's life of privilege as the son of a school headmaster in the Dutch East Indies comes crashing to a halt in 1942 after the Japanese Imperialist invasion of the Southeast Pacific. Caring for his younger siblings when his father and older stepbrothers are separated from the rest of the family,he is surprised by what...
2688) Baby mama
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Kate is a single, successful career woman who wants something more - a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie, a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up.
"...the best female comedy duo since Lucy and Ethel."--USA Today
"...comedy sweeter - and more honest in its depiction of class difference - than one might otherwise expect."--TV Guide
"In this just-add-water comedy, a very...
2690) My mom's new boyfriend
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Marty is a devoted mom, who last saw her son, Henry, three years ago when she was unhealthy, coarse, and overweight. When Henry returns home from his latest secret operation, he brings his fianc�ee to meet his mom. Marty's still coarse, but has become a babe with a healthy libido. Henry is horrified, but his girlfriend, Emily, is entranced. When Marty begins dating the sultry Tommy, Henry gets the ultimate assignment: spying on his mom and her boyfriend,...
2692) One for the Murphys
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley is sent to live with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love"--
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10,000 to a woman who walked across America. Hoping to save her family's farm, Helga and her teenaged daughter Clara, armed with little more than a compass, red-pepper spray, a revolver, and Clara's curling iron, set out on foot from Eastern Washington. Their route would pass through 14 states,...
2695) Postcards from the Edge
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
2696) Cheri
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
The story of the love affair between a beautiful retired courtesan Lea, and Cheri, the son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux. After six years Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Cheri and Edmee, the daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Lea and Cheri begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.
2697) Frozen river
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman, and Lila, a Mohawk, both single mothers facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River.
2698) The winter guest
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An inside look at the lives of eight people living in a remote and icy Scottish village. The story focuses on the relationship between a mother and a daughter, played by real-life mother and daughter Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.
2699) Georgia rule
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Rachel is a rebellious teenager who is uncontrollable. With her latest car crash, Rachel has broken the final rule in mom Lily's San Francisco home. Lily hauls her daughter to the one place she swore she'd never return, her mother's Idaho farm. Georgia is not your typical sweet and doting grandmother. She lives her life by a number of unbreakable rules, demanding anyone who shares her home do the same. Now Georgia is saddled with raising the young...
2700) Grace is gone
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Stanley Phillips is a sad, disconnected man unable to tell his young daughters that their mother, a soldier, has died in Iraq. Instead, he takes the girls on a road trip, where their innocent charm helps him rediscover a healing joy he thought he'd lost forever.
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