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Language
English
Description
"After a series of terrible dates, Marni McGuire, the host of a popular TV cooking show, forms an unbreakable bond with her best friend Ellen as well as a young intern on the show and her pregnant daughter Bella as they navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of life"--
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
258 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.
In 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain for being Jewish, and must flee the country or be killed. They journey by foot and by sea, eventually settling in Istanbul.
Over four centuries...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two parents stand by powerlessly as their only child seems intent on destroying herself. As the mother--a novelist--attempts to understand her daughter, she finds herself revisiting her own uneasy, unresolved relationship with her mother. Weaving between childhoods past and present, laced with temptation and betrayal, Nonfiction: A novel is an unflinching account of a mother, daughter, wife, and author reckoning with the world around her. But can...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the military dictatorship in South Korea, Insuk and Sungho are arranged to be married. The couple soon moves to San Jose, California, with an infant and Sungho's overbearing mother-in-law. Adrift in a new country, Insuk grieves the loss of her past and her divided homeland, finding herself drawn into an illicit relationship that sets into motion a dramatic saga and echoes for generations to come. From the Gwangju Massacre to the...
Author
Publisher
Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the morning of the first day of summer, the smell of a melon wakes Mai... and the adventure begins! Mai makes the journey to share this honey--sweet gift with her Obachama (grandmother), learning an important lesson along the way: when you pass along kindness to those around you, the kindness comes back to you in turn!
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Language
English
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For this multicultural family, inspired by the author's own, two New Years mean twice as much to celebrate! In the fall, Rosh Hashanah offers an opportunity to dip apples in honey, cast away mistakes, and lift voices in song at the synagogue. In the spring, Lunar New Year brings a chance to eat dumplings, watch dragon dances, and release glowing lanterns that light up the sky.
With joyful prose and luminous illustrations, Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield...
8) One on one
Author
Series
Buddy Steel mystery volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When legendary sheriff Burton Steel summons his son Buddy home from LAPD Homicide, a reluctant Buddy agrees. Burton is debilitated by ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. While Buddy is to cover his back, not an assignment he wants, the clincher is it's his last chance to connect with his proud, overbearing parent. What Buddy doesn't expect is to encounter crime in Freedom, a privileged coastal community a hundred miles north of Los Angeles, as vicious and...