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1) Kitchen
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Yoshimoto juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine of "Kitchen," is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikaga is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its...
Author
Series
Coyote sunrise volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Almost a year after settling down in Oregon, Coyote embarks on a cross-country road trip with her dad to scatter her mom's ashes, but the journey takes an unexpected turn when she realizes the secret to the chosen resting place lies in a lost book.
4) Until August
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover. Across sultry Caribbean evenings full of salsa and boleros, lotharios...
5) The guest
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. Laure has walked out on her husband--and their good friend--Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive...
6) Country baby
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this endearing board book, mom and baby enjoy a day out on the farm, picking carrots, cuddling sheep and finally coming home for a warm bath and snuggly bedtime.
8) Love novel
Author
Series
Biblioasis international translation volume no. 44
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Love in late capitalism: Ivana Sajko takes us to the frontlines of a war waged between kitchen and bedroom. He, an unemployed Dante scholar, trying to change the world and write a novel. She, once a passable actress with a vaguely rewarding theater job, now a stay-at-home mom. He is delirious with dreams of grandeur; she is on edge, a detonator bomb with a dirty laundry trigger. The rent is late, the neighbor caviling, the government astoundingly...
Author
Publisher
Red Deer Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Molly and Nainai have never been apart but now Molly's grandmother must return to China. After trying to walk to the airport herself, and sending hearts through the mail, Molly video chats with Nainai. It feels strange to see her on the phone - she looks small and sounds far away - but a familiar lullaby brings them together again.
Author
Publisher
North-South
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A young girl is thrilled to spend the day with her big sister, but things don't go as planned. It's so hot outside--legs-stick-to-the-seat hot--that her ice cream melts and then it rains. Their plans must change, and then change again as the library closes just before they arrive. But big sister knows just what to do next--even if it's nothing besides splashing in puddles and looking at the stars. The day isn't anything like little sister expected...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Zhenia is adrift in Los Angeles, pregnant with a baby her husband doesn't want, while her Russian grandmother and favorite person in the world is dying on the opposite coast. She's deeply disconnected from herself and her desires when she gets a strange call from Paul, a psychic medium who usually specializes in channeling dead pets, with a message from the other side. Zhenia's great-grandmother Irina, a Russian Revolutionary, has approached him from...
Pub. Date
[2002-2024]
Language
English
Description
Looking for some good beach reads? Want to sample some novels before organizing your book club? Check out this sampler set of 12 beach read titles from our Book Group collection. This set offers a selection of some of our favorites in the genre, whether you're looking for mystery, romance, or family relationships, and more.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
At thirty-six, Hope McKenna-Smith is no stranger to bad news. She lost her mother to cancer, her husband left her, and her bank account is nearly depleted. Her own dreams of becoming a lawyer long gone, she's running a failing family bakery on Cape Cod and raising a troubled preteen. Now, Hope's beloved French-born grandmother Mamie is drifting away in a haze of Alzheimer's. But in a rare moment of clarity, Mamie realizes that unless she tells Hope...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After her estranged sister runs off, leaving eight-year-old Riley in her father's care, Maggie reluctantly returns home to help. There she reconnects with Cooper, but she's afraid if she shows him her true self, he'll reject her.
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Zora grows up, she wants to be just like Aunt Bea. Aunt Bea is the best storyteller she knows! Every day after school, Zora heads to her aunt's house, where they take out their family book and turn Aunt Bea's kitchen into their stage. They raid Aunt Bea's costume chest, filled with colorful garments from her acting days, and even do special voices to tell the stories of swimming coaches, Sunday preachers, World War II pilots, and more--all real...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Lucy's father is a minor league baseball player, a professional pitcher hoping to get called up to the majors, and Lucy inherited his passion for the game. But she's never played pitcher. She worries her skills would be compared to her dad's and she'd never measure up. And his pitching may mean big things for his career and their family, but it's also what keeps him away from home so much of the year. Sometimes, Lucy isn't sure what would be worse:...
18) Familia
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A fact-checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco, takes a DNA test and discovers she has a sister in Puerto Rico who has been desperately trying to find her for 25 years, despite her parents saying it is impossible.
Author
Language
English
Description
Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn't know he's her best friend's younger brother. Lucy and Felix's chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again. It's easier said than done. Each year, Lucy escapes to PEI for a big breath of coastal...
Author
Series
Saralee Siegel book volume 4
Publisher
Apples & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Saralee Siegal accidentally summons Haman with her hamantaschen recipe, which creates trouble at Siegel House Restaurant.
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