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-- All is wellBy Awad, Mona2021., Adolescent, Simon & Schuster Call No: SUPERNATURAL F AWA Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "ALL'S WELL is about Miranda Fitch whose life is a waking nightmare after an accident ruins her acting career, and leaves her with chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers and alcohol. On the verge of losing her job as a college theater director, Miranda lives out her broken dreams through an upcoming production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, when the unimaginable happens. She suddenly recovers, but at what cost?"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]-., Top Shelf Productions Call No: GN TEM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "For this ragtag band of space gays, liberation means beating the patriarchy at its own game. Pan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess... until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life may not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world... and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down."--Provided by publisher.
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[2020]., Dutton Books Call No: REALISTIC F ILO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it's the first time she's been so far from her family--and the first time that she's been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past--her mother's struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father's attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately, Ada discovers she needs to brush off the destiny others have chosen for her and claim full ownership of her body and her future"--From the publisher's web site.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: TEEN FIC ILO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A mixed-heritage dancer's coming of age within the African diaspora is shaped by abuse at the hands of a cousin, her mother's descent into addiction, and her father's efforts to create a Nigerian-inspired home in America"--Provided by publisher.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A mixed-heritage dancer's coming of age within the African diaspora is shaped by abuse at the hands of a cousin, her mother's descent into addiction, and her father's efforts to create a Nigerian-inspired home in America"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Flower crowns and fearsome things2021., Andrews McMeel Pub. Call No: POETRY NF LOV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: ". . . explores the complexity of femininity through alternating wildflower & wildfire poems"--BTCat.
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2016., Adolescent, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: REALISTIC F FOR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, for anyone who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention, here is Maribeth Klein. A harried working mother who's so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn't even realize that she's had a heart attack. Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth does the unthinkable - she packs a bag and leaves.
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[2017], Henry Holt and Company Call No: REALISITIC F BUN Edition: First edition 2017. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Everything about fifteen-year-old Cat's new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena.
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2019., Flatiron Books Call No: FANTASY F ARM Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women's experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers' sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan's shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates'. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice"--Provided by the publisher.
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2012, c2011., Atria Paperback Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st Atria Paperback Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Holly tires of the limitations her life as a stay-at-home mom affords her and immerses herself in extramarital sex, which gives Andrea pause to ponder pursuing Holly's cast-off husband; meanwhile, Marissa, who has a rebellious, gay son and a terminally ill daughter, struggles to connect with her husband, who hides behind his work.
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2011., Atria Books Call No: Realistic FIC Hopkins Book 1 Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The lives of three women, each experiencing a mid-life crisis, intersect in a powerful lesson of friendship, betrayal, and forgiveness. Holly, a stay-at-home mom, loses weight and embarks on an affair; Andrea, a single mom looking for a decent man, can't ignore Holly's husband; and Marissa faces multiple challenges in her life without her workaholic husband.
