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1) The mothers
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English
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"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Twenty-five-year-old Aria Jackson feels she has finally overcome the rage and grief that tore her family apart after a car accident killed her father and sister when Aria was just nine years old, but when Aria learns she is expecting a child of her own, she finds the old pain and uncertainty threatening her happiness once again.
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Series
Dollanganger family series volume 8
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 08
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 11
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 08
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 11
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English
Description
"Continuing the events from Beneath the Attic and Out of the Attic, the prequel trilogy to the Dollanganger series comes to a riveting end with The Shadows of Foxworth, a passionate novel about Corrine Foxworth's intense desire to flee her overbearing life trapped in the Foxworth estate. Two generations before Corinne Foxworth locked her children in an attic, the life of her grandmother, a gorgeous young girl named Corrine Dixon changed forever. At...
5) Dear thing
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Language
English
Description
After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily has offered to give them the one thing that they want most. Romily expects it will be easy to be a surrogate. She's already a single mother, and she has no desire for any more children. But Romily isn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire-and even destroy their marriage. Now there...
Author
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 6
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 06
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 09
(Virginia C.)Dollanganger family volume 09
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 06
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger family volume 09
(Virginia C.)Dollanganger family volume 09
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Two generations before Corrine Foxworth locked her children in an attic, her grandmother, Corrine Dixon, is swept away by the charms of rich, sophisticated, and handsome Garland Foxworth. After discovering Corrine is pregnant, Garland marries her and both families agree to overlooks the pregnancy. Now the mistress of a labyrinthine estate, Corrine discovers that nothing is what it seems. She is increasingly troubled by Garland's infatuation with memories...
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English
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Contains scenes of miscarriage and childbirth, as well as cancer survival and implied animal endangerment.
"The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens--while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says. Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie...
8) Delia's gift
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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Delia Yebarra is devastated when Adan Bovia is killed in a boating accident, and when Delia learns she is carrying his child, she hopes it will be the link to Adan she longs for, but Adan's father, a powerful politician, uses his connections to control Delia's life, with unexpected and grave consequences.
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English
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Aviva Rosner is at a crossroads. Her fourth album is about to be released--and her manager says it's going to be big. But Aviva is focused on getting pregnant, which she can't seem to do. How far will she go to have a child? Is that what she really wants? And what about her music, and her growing obsession with Amy Winehouse? On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants...
10) Las madres
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd...
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Language
English
Description
Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as "Prom Mom"--the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance--as long as she stays away from...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their dream home was once a house of horrors. In the wake of their traumatic discovery, the baby arrives and Mia can't shake her...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Meet Silicon Valley executive Tessa Callahan, a woman passionate about the power of technology to transform women's lives. Her company's latest invention, the Seahorse Solution, includes a breakthrough procedure that safely accelerates human pregnancy from nine months to nine weeks, along with other major upgrades to a woman's experience of early maternity. The inaugural human trial of Seahorse will change the future of motherhood and it's Tessa's...
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed, with a troubled teenage daughter of her own, Ellis returns to Barrow, where life still catches her by surprise. First, the town eccentric is none other than Louie Johnson, who is estranged from his grown daughter and keeping things hopping down at the nursing home where Ellis gets a job. Then Ellis's father suddenly reappears after almost two decades, and Ellis is torn between bitter resentment and a profound yearning to reconect...
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