Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7091&N=6594+4294964018 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727216 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699772 Losing her home when her owner passes away, Prudence the brown tabby cat is taken in by her former owners grieving daughter, who maintains a meticulously organized life to avoid the pain of past losses and memories about her dynamic relationship with her mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703548 Milk Glass Moon, the third book in Adriana Trigianis bestselling Big Stone Gap series, continues the life story of Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney as she faces the challenges and changes of motherhood with her trademark humor and honesty. With twists as plentiful as those found on the holler roads of southwest Virginia, this story takes turns that will surprise and enthrall the reader... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699638 When youth sleuth Sammy Keyes travels to Las Vegas to stop her mom from marrying her boyfriends dad, she never expects shell learn the identity of her absent father in the process--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728346 Aoife Grayson will do anything to make her way to the Deadlands and try to win back her love, Dean, who died helping her, even if that means killing Tremaine, who has vowed to keep her in the Thorn Lands, the faerie home of her mother Nerissa. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729156 Presents a collection of essays about womanhood and the bonds between female relatives, discussing such topics as the proper technique for packing dishes, the importance of bringing a coat in the summertime, and the dos and donts of dating. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639120 When her mermaid mother is missing, Jade, who is afraid of the ocean, must come up with a plan to get her back on dry land. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643961 Nine-year-old Katie and her four-year-old brother, Tyler, have an emotional summer during which their father considers moving them to Portland and they are surprised by a visit with their mother, a country singer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703498 In the beginning, there was an apple, and then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spikers head clears, a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mothers research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644298 A collection of stories about the complicated and powerful ties between mothers and daughters includes such tales as a mother and child who turn cooking ingredients into symbolic weapons and a woman who questions her place in the face of teen antics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641497 More than anything else, thirty-something Holly Fisher longs for family. Growing up in Seattle without a dad or grandparents, she wonders what it would be like to have a heritage, a place of belonging. Holly is furious when her mother, Esther, reveals a long-kept secret: Hollys grandmother and uncles are still alive and begging Esther to return. And Holly is shocked when she learns that the family shes never known lives on a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, farm--as part of an Amish community her mother once abandoned. Guilt-ridden Esther, terrified to see her mother and siblings, begs Holly to accompany her on a visit to Esthers mother before she dies. But can their journey to a conflicting world heal their emotional wounds and finally bring them home? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727158 Ida has never been close to her mother, Mavis, but she is a little too close to Maviss husband, the less-than-godly preacher of First Presbyterian Church. When Ida gives birth to a baby boy, she claims the preacher is the babys father. After Ida is convicted of negligent homicide and goes to prison, Mavis finds herself faced with the task of raising Idas six-year-old daughter, Tia. Mavis barely knows her grandchild, and must find a way to form a bond while shes still struggling with her husbands betrayal. Tia has already spent time with an abusive foster parent, and now must learn to survive with her emotionally distant grandmother. Yesterdays Eyes is an inspirational story that exposes the journey traveled by three generations of women who must come to terms with the past and learn how to forgive one another if there is any hope of healing.-- Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573503 Brandy Borne and her suspiciously well-informed mother, Vivian, have the winning bid on an abandoned storage units mystery contents, which they discover includes a vintage cornet. But when they arrive to claim the rest of their loot, the space is empty-except for the recently stowed body of Big Jim Bob, Vivians tipster-a.k.a. former flame. Only one thing is certain: someone has definitely put the rage in storage! Murder turns to mayhem when an intruder steals into the Borne home, tries to mete out some ruff justice to Brandys ferociously fluffy shih tzu, Sushi, and makes off with the cornet. But why is the horn worth killing for? Clues soon lead the sleuthing Borne duo to the next stashed victim-and some of Serenitys juiciest secrets. Now Brandy and Mother will have to play a perilous game of cat-and-mouse droppings to catch the corpse-hoarding killer before its time to blow Taps for all concerned...--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707154 Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574217 Lou shares the high and low points of being twelve as she takes a few awkward steps into dating, plays matchmaker for her single mother, and discovers, along with her best friend Mina, that they may be outgrowing playing with dolls. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641791 When seventeen-year-old Vanessa reunites with her biological mother, she faces the dilemma of a sirens existence, that in order to survive she must endanger the lives of those she loves most. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641879 Jane Patterson always felt lucky to work from home in Yorktide, Maine, next door to her best friend, Frannie Giroux, and her daughter Rosies inseparable friend Meg. But in the girls freshman year of high school, Rosie suffers an emotional breakdown due to bullying. Blaming both Meg and Frannie, Jane tries to help Rosie heal while dealing with her own guilt and anger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640029 North and South draws on Gaskells own experiences of the poverty and hardship of life in the industrial north of England. Her heroine, Margaret Hale, is taken from the wealthy south by her nonconformist minister father, to live in a fictional northern town. The stark differences are explored through Margarets abrupt change in circumstance, and her sympathetic reaction to the plight of the northerners. She comes into conflict with a local mill owner who proposes marriage to her. The two undergo a series of misunderstandings and changes of heart before they are reunited. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643135 Lara Reid knew she was an alien. What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally learned the word adopted. Twenty-two years later, a stranger arrives as she blows out the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake; a woman in a blue-and-black head tie who also claims the title Laras mother. Lara, always in control, now finds her life slipping free of the stranglehold shes had on it. Unexpected, dangerously unfamiliar emotions are turning Laras life upside down, pulling her between Nigeria and London, forcing her to confront the truth about her past. But if shes brave enough to embrace the lives of her two mothers, she may discover once and for all what it truly means to be Lara. -- Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539511 Art restorer Marina Nesmiths life seems flawless, at least on the surface. But more and more, Marina is conscious of what she lacks--most especially, the courage to tell her teenage daughter, Zoe, the truth about her father. Then Marina is invited to return to Florence, where she learned her trade as a gilder years ago. In those heady days, she wandered the citys picturesque streets and struck up a friendship with Thomas, an American photographer. He and his wife, Sarah, introduced Marina to a thrilling, bohemian world of art and beauty. Through them, she also learned about love, lies, and the way one mistake can multiply into many. Now, as past and present collide, Marina must move beyond the intricate veneer shes crafted around herself and find the life that she--and Zoe--have been looking for. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643124 Desperate Housewives meets The Witches of Eastwick in this novel about a woman who returns with her teenage daughter to her childhood home, not knowing that shes stepped back into a community run by a group of witches-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728928 Audrey Whitticomb has nothing to fear. Her mother is the superhero Morning Star, the most deadly crime fighter in the Twin Cities, so its hard for Audrey not to feel safe. That is, until shes lured into the night by something human and not human--something with talons and teeth, and a wide scarlet smile. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639310 When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie enter a world full of wonder and magic--lush green and chocolate grasslands and dazzling red, orange, and magenta evening skies; the heady pungency of Lowcountry Pluff mud and fresh seafood on the grill; bare toes snuggled in warm sand and palmetto fronds swaying in gentle ocean winds. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639211 Rachel Clairborne is a blonde beauty but, tired of being judged on her appearance, shes never let a man close. For the moment shes focused on finding her mother, who abandoned her family for the sultry paradise island of St. Antoine. But soon St. Antoine works its dark magic on Rachel, too, in the shape of irresistible Matt Brody. For the first time ever, she wants to give herself to a man. But Rachel can only look, not let herself be touched...because Matt clearly knows something about her missing mother.... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641928 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641308 Sometimes it takes getting hit with a hockey puck to help you see whats good for you! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646573 Julia Severn is a student at an elite institute for psychics. Her mentor, the legendary Madame Ackermann, afflicted by jealousy, subjects Julia to the humiliation of reliving her mothers suicide when Julia was an infant. As the two lock horns, and Julia gains power, Madame Ackermann launches a desperate psychic attack that leaves Julia the victim of a crippling ailment. But others have noted Julias emerging gifts, and soon shes recruited to track down an elusive missing person who might have a connection to her mother. As Julia sifts through ghosts and astral clues, everything she thought she knew of her mother is called into question, and she discovers that her ability to know the minds of others goes far deeper than she ever imagined. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643916 Meet the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women-an unbroken line of daughters-living together in the same house on a secluded olive grove in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. Anna, the family matriarch, is 112 and determined to become the oldest person in the world. An indomitable force, strong in mind and firm in body, she rules Hill House, the family home she shares with her daughter Bets, granddaughter Callie, great-granddaughter Deb, and great-great-granddaughter Erin. Though they lead ordinary lives, there is an element of the extraordinary to these women: the eldest two are defying longevity norms. Their unusual lifespans have caught the attention of a geneticist who believes they hold the key to breakthroughs that will revolutionize the aging process for everyone. But Anna is not interested in unlocking secrets the Keller blood holds. She believes there are some truths that must stay hidden, including certain knowledge about her origins that she has carried for more than a century. Like Anna, each of the Keller women conceals her true self from the others. While they are bound by blood and the house they share, living together has not always been easy.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646783 What better way to fancy Mom up for her birthday than to treat her to a super-deluxe beauty day created by Fancy Nancy herself? Its a pampering paradise, and right in the backyard! With relaxing music, fragrant lotions, colorful nail polish, and foamy mousse, Nancy gives her mom a total makeover. She even treats her to sumptuous refreshments and special entertainment. But when the pampering suddenly goes too far, has Nancy ruined her moms big day? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562751 After down-to-earth Zeeta and her flighty mother, Layla, settle in the idyllic beachside town of Mazunte, Mexico, where Zeetas true love, Wendell, has an internship photographing rare sea turtles, Zeeta discovers that paradise has its dark side as she and Wendell dig deeper to unearth her elusive fathers past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561603 A power struggle between a leading student at an elite institute for psychics and her jealous legendary mentor culminates in the student being forced to relive her mothers suicide during a brutal psychic attack. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561625 Twelve-year-old Lous attempt to play matchmaker for her mother and Richard are foiled by a mandatory visit with her grandmother, which is marked by boredom, Brussel sprouts, and Memaws own plans for Moms love life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711215 Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offenses carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she has ever loved, arrests her rebellious mother, Ember must take action. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699614 Miranda Fox has devoted much of her life to caring for her elderly father. After his tragic death, she starts to make plans for her future, funded by the inheritance she is sure will be coming her way, but it seems her arrogant and domineering half-brother has very different ideas ... Then a chance encounter with a man who has been given months to live boosts Mirandas confidence, and as their friendship grows she finally learns to stand up for herself and her dreams. Can Miranda find the happiness that she deserves? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639412 Flirtatious and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks a new and advantageous marriage for herself, and at the same time attempts to push her daughter into marriage with a man she detests. The plot unfolds through letters exchanged among Lady Susan, her family, friends, and enemies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574607 A novel that follows a young womans search for the truth about who her mother really is. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707158 In the South Carolina Lowcountry, three generations of a family--a grandmother, a mother, and a son--discover the indelible power of love as they share a memorable summer on Sullivans Island. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642409 There are few circumstances worse than being an orphaned, homeless, African American child in the South during the Great Depression. When Mary Woods found herself in that treacherous situation, she quickly learned she needed to count on what family she could find in order to survive. When she grows up to become a successful artist and has a daughter of her own, Nanda, shes determined to hold her child close. But when Nanda is accepted into an elite school on the East Coast, Mary finds she cant keep some of the worlds cruel realities at bay forever. Told from the perspective of both mother and daughter, Roadwalkers is the story of a special bond forged by savage history, and a tale of extraordinary loyalty and sacrifice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641330 Thirteen-year-old Katie Sutton, a self-proclaimed expert on grown-up behavior, begins writing a users manual to help other teens train and operate their parents, but when her own mother starts dating Yellow Tie Man, Katie needs all of her expertise to get rid of him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703243 Vianne Rochet returns to the French village of Lansquenet with her daughters, Anouk and Rosette, before allying herself with a desperate Father Frances Reynaud to reverse disturbing local changes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644075 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639810 Suspecting that her overworked nurse mother has been enmeshed in a boyfriends petty criminal schemes, fifteen-year-old Lynn Marie engages in online flirtations and hides a troubled AWOL soldier in the storage space of her home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643209 Learning of the infidelity of her husband, Nora Cunningham packs up her daughters--Annie, seven; and Ella, twelve--and takes refuge on Burkes Island, a craggy spit of land off the coast of Maine where her mother disappeared at sea long ago. Just as Nora begins to regain her balance, her daughters embark on a reckless odyssey of their own--forcing Nora to finally face the truth about her marriage, her mother, and her long-buried past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643826 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574791 Paris, France: 1860s. Whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will alter the face of Paris, molding it into a modern city. The reforms will erase generations of history - but in the tumult, one woman will take a stand. Rose Bazelet refuses to leave, taking refuge in her basement, where she passes the time by writing letters to her late husband. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644134 Seventeen-year-old Sethie, a senior at New York Citys Franklin White girls school, has outstanding grades, a boyfriend, and a new best friend but constantly struggles to lose weight. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699061 Abandoned at the age of eleven by her beautiful, capricious mother, Theodora Cairns, twenty years on and with a painful divorce behind her, is still struggling to get over her childhood abandonment. With the urging of her new love interest, Fergus Costello, and a chance discovery, Theo becomes determined to find her mother and demand answers to the questions she should have asked years ago. Her search for answers leads her to Vermont, USA--but will she be able to handle the disturbing truth? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699849 Lorain, scandalous leader of the New Day Singles Ministry, wages war on her daughter Uniques birth mother when Unique ends up in jail for murder, while Unique, fighting for her life behind bars, wonders if anyone will help her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543185 As her only child Molly readies for college, local fabric shop owner Linda Davis shares one last adventure with her daughter -- a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they make their way through the heart of the country, Linda pieces together the scraps that make up Mollys young life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708495 As the incessant bickering between her troubled husband and her abusive mother reaches a violent climax, Ruth must find a way to survive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709277 In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542364 The people of Cedar Cove know how to celebrate Christmas. Like Grace and Olivia and everyone else, Beth Morehouse expects this Christmas to be one of her best. Her small Christmas tree farm is prospering, her daughters and her dogs are happy and well, and her new relationship with local vet Ted Reynolds is showing plenty of romantic promise. But-- someone recently left a basket filled with puppies on her doorstep, puppies shes determined to place in good homes. Thats complication number one. And number two is that her daughters Bailey and Sophie have invited their dad, Beths long-divorced husband, Kent, to Cedar Cove for Christmas. The girls have visions of a mom-and-dad reunion dancing in their heads. As always in life--and in Cedar Cove--there are surprises, too. More than one familys going to have a puppy under the tree. More than one scheme will go awry. And more than one romance will have a happy ending!--Authors web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709657 Ivy Schneiders husband Rusty is always away touring with his gospel quartet. Meanwhile, her mother isnt doing so well, and Ivys father remains reclusive until the opportunity to eat a free meal arrives. Ivys siblings are no help either. And to top it all off, her precocious daughter Trixie refuses to be potty-trained. In the midst of all this, Ivy reaches out into the community hoping tha she might find other women like herself to talk to. Soon, a group whose members dub themselves Club Sandwich begin to offer each other spiritual guidance and support. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707754 Eleven-year-old Ellie Sanders is forced to grow up quickly when her pregnant mother develops health problems and her fathers attentions become diverted by a teenage produce peddler. To escape, Ellie creates a secret world of her own, where life still seems normal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1388339 Rubys blood holds the secret to the Water that keeps her and her fellow Congregants alive and enriches Darwin West, who has enslaved them for two centuries, but when her romance with an Overseer, Ford, brings her freedom in the modern world, she faces a terrible choice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710073 Kate divorces Alistair after 10 years of marriage, swearing off relationships altogether. But that was before she rented the extra space in her flat to the charming Davis Calder, who soon endears himself to Kate and her teenage daughter Roxy. Now married again and fresh off her honeymoon, Kate discovers a shocking secret about Davis and her daughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646444 Hope Merriott has always thought of herself as truly blessed; her three daughters bring her much joy. But when Hopes fourth daughter arrives, her birth coincides with the failure of her husband Alexanders newest business venture. And although Alexanders Great Aunt Rosabel offers to solve the familys financial worries by gifting Alexander her large, elegant house in Wiltshire, Hope is full of seemingly unreasonable foreboding. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707369 This engaging follow-up explores Fullers parents childhoods and charts the trajectories of their lives through all the British couples experiences in war-torn Africa. With the same sharply etched narrative that has earned the author such immense praise, Fuller expands on and offers new insights into her familys remarkable trials and successes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1296727 Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter, Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth. Theyre driving to Florida for Ruths 50th high school reunion. A long-time widow, Ruth would like very much to reconnect with Royce, the love of her youth. Bethannes ex-husband, Grant, would like to reconcile, so she also has a major life decision to consider. And Annie is out to prove to her onetime boyfriend that she can live a brilliant life without him. But even the best-laid plans can take an unexpected turn -- or even be completely derailed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707966 When Jana McGuire returns from a mission trip to Africa only to find her pastor husband has taken all their money and left with his secretary, she is devastated. Left with no worldly possessions, Jana is forced to seek help from her distant mother and bubbly, welcoming great-aunt Taffy. As Jana works through the heartache of her husbands betrayal, she seeks comfort from her mother, but is continuously rebuffed. Its soon clear to Jana that her mothers cold demeanor hides a tragic past, and the two must mend their relationships with God and each other. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542815 Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter, Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth. Theyre driving to Florida for Ruths 50th high school reunion. A long-time widow, Ruth would like very much to reconnect with Royce, the love of her youth. Bethannes ex-husband, Grant, would like to reconcile, so she also has a major life decision to consider. And Annie is out to prove to her onetime boyfriend that she can live a brilliant life without him. But even the best-laid plans can take an unexpected turn-- or even be completely derailed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539548 TV anchorwoman Lynn, on a horse-riding expedition in Utah, meets Jess, a former agent of the ATF. Separated from the main group, they run into a religious cult planning to detonate nuclear bombs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1388733 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1368640 Rubys blood holds the secret to the Water that keeps her and her fellow Congregants alive and enriches Darwin West, who has enslaved them for two centuries, but when her romance with an Overseer, Ford, brings her freedom in the modern world, she faces a terrible choice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1543170 Tells, in their separate voices and at a space of fourteen years, of Emmy, whose baby has been stolen, and Sophie, a teenager who defies her nomadic, controlling mother by making friends with a neighbor boy and his elderly aunts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573654 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707923 As an Amish young lady leaves Bird-in-Hand in a fancy car to search for her mother in Ohio, she wonders if her mom really wants to be found. She also hopes her Englisher friend--determined to forgo traditional medicine--can find the healing she seeks. But she has no idea her mom is following clues of her own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709852 When her husband dies on the eve of their impending European vacation, housewife Emma Hanley watches her dreams of world travel vanish even as she becomes more immersed in the lives of her two living children. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542345 In small-town Carolina, sixteen-year-old Lutie Painter treasures the Laundry List of songs written by her ancestor and does not want to share them, but ultimately they help her learn more about her absent mother and connect with fellow students Kelvin, Doria, and especially Train, a former friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539333 Thirty-three-year-old Kendra Richards just cant escape her reckless mothers endless requests for money that will never be repaid. Again and again, Kendra rescues Ginny despite the advice of her own father?a man who left Ginny and her cheating ways long ago. Kendra knows her mother is troubled?what she doesnt understand is why she cant tell her no?until she happens to meet psychologist Sam Hughes. . . Smart and sexy, Sam offers Kendra the answers?and the love and romance?shes been looking for. Shes finally happy?until Ginny turns up for another handout. But this time the situation is desperate, and the stakes are higher than ever. Now, Kendra must finally decide if shes willing to lose everything for a woman who has nothing to give. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709504 John Rocket Miglionni is a U.S. Marine turned private detective who gets a case looking for a young man named Jared who has run away after the murder of his father. As it turns out, Jareds sister is a beautiful woman John spent an unforgettable week with years ago. Victoria never forgot that week either--because now she has a six-year-old daughter who resulted from the impetuous, fiery affair. When John and Victoria reunite, it doesnt seem like they have enough in common to rekindle the flames they felt so long ago. But while working together to protect Jared, the two might just get hot and bothered once again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1541156 Half a century after her fathers disappearance is compounded by rumors that he was murdered, Jane Weld struggles with her daughters romance with the son of her fathers mistress, a situation that escalates throughout the course of a Scrabble game of unspoken words and secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642893 Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her through the most turbulent times, including a baby at fifteen and an endless family feud. But now Ramonas bakery threatens to crumble around her. Literally. Shes one water-heater disaster away from losing her grandmothers rambling Victorian and everything shes worked so hard to build. When Ramonas soldier son-in-law is wounded in Afghanistan, her daughter, Sophia, races to be at his side, leaving Ramona as the only suitable guardian for Sophias thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Katie. Heartbroken, Katie feels that shes being dumped again -- this time on the doorstep of a woman out of practice with mothering. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251264 Susan Pressman volunteers as a lunch mom in her daughter Mellys school in order to keep an eye on Amanda, a mean girl whos been bullying her daughter. Her fears come true when the bullying begins, sending Melly to the bathroom in tears. Just as Susan is about to follow after her daughter, a massive explosion goes off in the kitchen, sending the room into chaos... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710932 In 1961 fifteen-year-old Pert, who lives with her mother in Kinship, Georgia, meets her long-absent father and discovers the true meaning of home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1388479 When Alice Bliss learns that her father is being deployed to Iraq, shes heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love, all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and take care of her precocious little sister, Ellie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542147 A story about a mans deception, a familys complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoons two families, the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered. As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed characters, the father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncle, she also reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one anothers lives. At the heart of it all are the two lives at stake, and like the best writers--think Toni Morrison with The Bluest Eye--Jones portrays the fragility of these young girls with raw authenticity as they seek love, demand attention, and try to imagine themselves as women, just not as their mothers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574323 As her mother battles a citizens group that wants to ban all anti-Christian literature from the public library, Carla faces her own battle of torn loyalties when her boyfriend starts persecuting the homosexual owners of an antiques shop. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573745 In 1980s Atlanta, James Witherspoon is living a double life. He has two families, a public one and a secret one. When the daughters from each family become friends, James secrets are revealed and lives are changed forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698759 Erica Sanders believes her fiance Brian Lawson is her soul mate, but when her mother, Karen, hires a private detective to investigate Brian, a devastating betrayal is discovered that tears both families apart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708826 Unable to cope with the demands of her husband and mother-in-law, Maggie leaves them and Alexis, her 8-year-old daughter, behind to live a reclusive life in Paris. Told by her father that her mother never loved her, Alexis can never overcome a snese of loss and abandonment. Now, more than three decades have passed since Maggie and Alexis have had contact with each each other. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542924 Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game--she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday approaches. Valeries daughter, April, is also a dynamo in her chosen field. A top-notch chef, she owns her own restaurant--a cozy place that dishes up both comfort food and rare delicacies. The restaurant is a smashing success, and April devotes herself to it body and soul. Like her mother, she values professional success more than romance, and she cannot find any room for a man in her life as her 30th birthday grows nearer. The closest she has come to a relationship in years is an ill-advised one night stand. Jack Adams is a famous former NFL player, who is now an immensely successful sportscaster. He is also an incorrigible womanizer, who makes a habit of bedding models who are half his age. Nearing age 50 he begins to wonder if his wild ways still suit him, or if its finally time to grow up. These three driven professionals share the same birthday. And this year, the day that they share will prove to be one that changes their lives forever. Their birthday will set into motion a dramatic series of events--danger, adventure, laughter, heartbreak, and joy...and, ultimately, the most fulfilling birthday gift of all-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574394 Longing to hide from the world after the trauma of her parents divorce and the terrible bullying inflicted on her in school, teenaged Shelley moves with her timid mother to a remote cottage in the English countryside where all goes well, until an intruder invades their reclusive life and nothing is ever the same again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574279 When Frannie practices being a fashion designer at the mother- daughter fashion show, everyone is surprised by the consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707873 Kathleen Seymour is a woman who seems to have it all, though she hides a dark family secret. To her horror, everything comes crashing down when she loses her job and her daughter is caught shoplifting. Desperate to regain control over her life, Kathleen returns to her estranged family to mend her severely broken relationships before it is too late. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542882 When Camille and her two teenage daughters fled New Orleans for the island of Little Gale off the coast of Maine, the islanders were initially more suspicious than welcoming. Twenty-five years later, Camilles Creole restaurant, The Little Gale Gumbo Caf, has become an island staple-as has the legacy of her romance with islander Ben Haskell. Camille and Ben, along with their children, created a new family unit with a seemingly unbreakable bond. But when Ben is found unconscious in his home, next to the body of Camilles estranged husband, old secrets and suspicions reemerge, and the family must reunite to hope for Bens survival. But as revelations come to the surface, so do long-held secrets that will test the limits and definitions of family.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709708 Ellen Marshall is in her second marriage, now the mother of a 12-year-old son with her first husband Franklin and a four-year-old daughter with her current husband John. Ellen is growing tired of Johns constant need for everyones reassurance. Having left Franklin for his rigidity and domineering attitude, Ellen realizes she may have traded one set of imperfections for another. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710165 Kendras mom Ginny has let her down her whole life. Yet even now, at 33 years old, Kendra cant say no when her mother asks for help. So, determined to finally distance herself from Ginnys lies, Kendra starts seeing psychologist Sam Hughes. Through Sam, Kendra finds stability, independence, and even a chance at love. But when her mother returns more desperate than ever, Kendras newfound strength is put to the ultimate test. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709960 Fourteen-year-old Tangy Mae tells of the brutal physical and mental abuse that her mother inflicts on her and her ten siblings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542866 Unable to get answers from her mother, sixteen-year-old Liza learns from Karin that while her own actions may have doomed the fairy and human worlds, she may be able to save them with more training, if the Faerie Queen can first be stopped. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708743 Pastor George Landris and his one true love Johnnie Mae have faced many obstacles on their journey to the altar, and now they are finally about to be married. But when Landris is planning the wedding, his fiance gets wrapped up in the mystery of a valuable necklace and a mix-up in a hospital nursery that occurred more than 50 years ago. Johnnie Mae knows that it all has something to do with the enigmatic Sara Flemming, and elderly woman she met in Alabama. What she doesnt know is how important solving this puzzle will become. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709734 Trouble is brewing in the sleepy hamlet of Morning Shade. Multiple chain letters are circulating throughout town, and a local resident is to blame. Little old ladies are being victimized by empty promises of vast riches and rejuvenated health. Fortunately, the plucky Stella Diamond is on the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1708745 One morning, Felicia is startled to see police at the house of her long-ago lover, Luther. When she learns that Luthers wife and young son have been murdered in their home, she refuses to accept the polices contention that the man she once loved could have committed the crime. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709772 This story follows a mother and daughter struggling with a difficult legacy. Living in tropical Jamaica, adventurous Ida dreams of a place outside of her small island town. And her 26-year-old daughter May--the illegitimate offspring of legendary actor and notorious playboy Errol Flynn--searches for an identity of her own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1540133 Longing to hide from the world after the trauma of her parents divorce and the terrible bullying inflicted on her in school, teenaged Shelley moves with her timid mother to a remote cottage in the English countryside where all goes well, until an intruder invades their reclusive life and nothing is ever the same again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710654 After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1709433 Deeply wounded by her embittered mothers lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1710549 Willa, a romantic girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother, Cape Cods most popular wedding planner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644174 Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilization. Where once-lush hills carried cars and commerce, the roads today see only cannibalistic Beaters--people turned hungry for human flesh by a government experiment gone wrong. In a broken, barren California, Cass will undergo a harrowing quest to get Ruthie back. Few people trust an outsider, let alone a woman who became a zombie and somehow turned back, but she finds help from an enigmatic outlaw, Smoke. Smoke is her savior, and her safety. For the Beaters are out there. And the humans grip at survival with their trigger fingers. Especially when they learn that she and Ruthie have become the most feared, and desired, of weapons in a brave new world...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539531 Forced to live with the mother who abandoned her at birth, Lou goes looking for truth in her mothers fiction.