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"She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."-Corriere della Sera

"Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing."-El Mundo

"Elena Ferrante has given us a startlingly beautiful novel of exceptional and bold strength."-Il Manifesto

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2) Same as it ever was

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Lombardo, Claire

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"A woman named Julia reflects on her life and marriage in the suburbs of Chicago"--

3) Nightwatching

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Sierra, Tracy

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"A razor-sharp thriller about a mother forced to the breaking point when her life and the lives of her children are threatened by a stranger"--

4) Little pieces of me: a novel

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Hammer, Alison

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Investigating DNA revelations that say her father is a man she never met, Paige learns about her mother's past as a straitlaced university student who had a one-night stand with the campus golden boy.

5) Perfect little children

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Hannah, Sophie

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Literature in translation

All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora for twelve years. She doesn't want to see her today--or ever again. But she can't resist. She parks outside the open gates of...

6) My work

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Ravn, Olga

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"After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf the new mother, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively buys clothes she can't afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, Anna forces herself to read and write. My Work is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of giving birth, mixing different literary forms-fiction,...

7) Mother and child: destin de femmes

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"A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own"--From www.imdb.com.

8) A good house for children: a novel

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Collins, Kate

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The Reeve stands on the edge of the Dorset cliffs, awaiting its next inhabitants. Despite Orla's misgivings, her husband insists this house will be the perfect place to raise their two children. In 1976, Lydia moves to Dorset as a nanny for a family grieving their patriarch. She soon starts to hear and feel things that cannot be real, but her bereaved employer does not listen when Lydia tells her something is wrong. Separated by forty years, both...

9) Mother land

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Theroux, Paul

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JP, one of seven living children, contemplates his mother's influence on the family and his life, as he struggles with her disappointment in him and suspects she may have sabotaged a budding relationship.

10) Je t'aimerai toujours

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Munsch, Robert N

11) Blueberries for Sal

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McCloskey, Robert

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Puffin storytime

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Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.

12) The hero of this book: a novel

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McCracken, Elizabeth

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"Ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother's life and their relationship. Thoughts of the past meld with questions of the future: Back in New England, the family home is now up for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed. The narrator, a writer, recalls all that...

13) Boomer1: a novel

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Torday, Daniel

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"Torday is a singular American writer with a big heart and a real love for the world. He has the rare gift for writing dynamic action scenes while being genuinely funny." -George Saunders Bluegrass musician, former journalist and editor, and now PhD in English, Mark Brumfeld has arrived at his thirties with significant debt and no steady prospects. His girlfriend Cassie-a punk bassist in an all-female band, who fled her Midwestern childhood for a...

14) A little help

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"Laura, a Long Island dental hygienist, sneaks cigarettes and pounds back beers to cope with her unfaithful husband..., overbearing family, and a brother-in-law... who's loved her since high school. Her life really spins out of control when her husband suddenly dies and her 12-year-old son... tells an outrageous lie at school to impress his new classmates. Laura's going to need a little help to settle into a normal life or a lot more beer!"--Container....

15) Last rites

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Sala, Sharon

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Secrets and shadows volume 2
Jubilee Kentucky

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Trans Day of Remembrance
Trans Day of Remembrance: Adults

There's nothing a community won't do to protect its own...

Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother Aaron Pope returns to his life as a police officer, and is settling in just fine. Then Aaron's investigation into an attempted murder leads him right to Dani Owens.

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16) Vanishing monuments: a novel

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Stintzi, John Elizabeth

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A non-binary photographer returns home thirty years after running hoping to help with their mother's dementia and to find a closure that may no longer be possible.

17) Home Truths: A Novel

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Lewis, Susan

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International bestselling author Susan Lewis's riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman determined to protect her children-at all costs. A mother's worst nightmare becomes a reality… Angie Watts once had what seemed like an idyllic life: a house in a small town in the English countryside with her beloved husband Steve and their three adored children. She never could have predicted how her life would one day turn out. When her oldest son, Liam,...

18) Olga dies dreaming

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Gonzalez, Xochitl

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"All three narrators are Puerto Rican–born and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." —The Washington Post
"The narrators' accents and code-shifting create a vibrant auditory experience. In particular, Guerra's luscious voice conveys Olga's transformation from fighter to a compassionate woman as she overcomes dualities and finds wholeness within herself." –

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19) City of the Dead

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Patterson, James

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Hawk volume 2

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Hawk accepts her mother Max's help to prevent vengeful hybrids, amoral scientists, traitorous politicians, and a deadly virus from overwhelming her beloved, polluted city.

20) Star mother: a novel

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Holmberg, Charlie N

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Star mother volume 1

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