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"'Have you ever heard of supernovas? They shine brighter than anything else in the sky and then fade out really quickly, a short burst of extraordinary energy. I like to think you and Ben were like that . . . in that short time, you had more passion than some people have in a lifetime.' Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one....
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"A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana was exquisitely polite, and properly friendly, but Lucy knew that she was not what Diana envisioned. But who could fault Diana? She was a pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice who helped female refugees assimilate to their...
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[2020]
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When Rachel Meyer, a thirtysomething foodie from New York, agrees to move to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband, Dhruv, she knows some culture shock is inevitable. Blessed with a curious mind and an independent spirit, Rachel is determined to learn her way around the hot, noisy, seemingly infinite metropolis she now calls home. But Rachel's sense of adventure is sorely tested when her mother-in-law, Swati, suddenly arrives from Kolkata announcing...
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"A woman's second act on the beautiful island of Nantucket delivers much more than she expected in this hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband who runs his own business and a son to take up his mantle one day. But now that her marriage has fizzled out and Ross, her only child, is graduating from college and getting serious with his girlfriend,...
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Life in Icicle Falls volume 11
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MIRA
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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When author and Christmas expert Muriel Sterling receives a disappointing Christmas tree that she ordered online, she makes it into a craft project and begins to learn the power of potential as she inspires her friends and sees her grumpy neighbor in a new light.--
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2022].
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English
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A multi-generational story about the deeply complicated relationships between mothers- and daughters-in-law, told through three women who marry into the same family. It's 2015 in New York City, and three women all known as Mrs. Tobias--Veronika, the matriarch, her daughter-in-law Mel, and Mel's daughter-in-law Birdie--are trying to navigate personal difficulties, some of which are with one another. Veronika and Mel, despite having little in common,...
7) Lifelines
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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2019.
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English
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"For fans of Meg Wolitzer and Maggie Shipstead: a sweeping debut novel following an American artist who returns to Germany--where she fell in love and had a child decades earlier--to confront her past at her former mother-in-law's funeral. It's 1971 when Louise leaves Oregon for Düsseldorf, a city grappling with its nation's horrific recent history, to study art. Soon she's embroiled in a scene dramatically different from the one at home, thanks...
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"One woman's journey home to Little Springs, Texas, gets derailed by her soon-to-be-ex-mother-in-law, who insist on joining her, and she must find a way to believe in the strength of her dreams in a novel filled with humor, small-town charm, rekindled love, and the resilient ties of family"--
Cast aside by her cheating husband, Katelyn Chandler is ready to pack it all in and drive home to Little Springs, Texas. She wants a chance to regroup, reconnect...
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As Anthony and Rachel Brinkley welcome their third daughter-in-law to the family, they don't quite realize the profound shift that is about to take place. For different reasons, the Brinkleys' two previous daughters-in-law hadn't been able to resists Rachel's maternal control and Anthony's gentle charm and had settled into their husbands' family without rocking the boat. But Charlotte—very young, very beautiful, and spoiled—has no intention
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Pegasus Crime
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2015.
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English
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"The Fall of 1957 in southern Virginia was a seemingly idyllic, even prosperous time. A young housewife, Charlotte Bliss, lives with her husband, Hasbrouck Preston "Press" Bliss and their two young children, Eva Grace and Michael, in the gorgeous Bliss family home. On the surface, theirs seems a calm, picturesque life, but soon tragedy befalls them--a series of shocking deaths, with apparently simple explanations. But nothing is simple if Bliss House...
11) Wyluzuj kobieto!
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Wydawnictwo Literackie
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2024.
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Polish
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"Czy da się zachować spokój i dystans kiedy jedyne dziecko opuszcza dom rodzinny? To wyzwanie czeka główną bohaterkę książki "Wyluzuj, kobieto!". Jak sobie z nim poradzi? Życie Wiki toczyło się do tej pory normalnym trybem. Była żoną, matką i artystką ilustratorką. Nie zdawała sobie sprawy z tego, że czas nieubłaganie biegnie do przodu, dlatego przeżyła wielki szok, gdy dogoniły ją nieuchronne zmiany. Jej ukochany, wypieszczony...
12) Bitter
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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It's 1969, and while the summer of love lingers in London, Gilda is consumed by the mistakes of her past. She walked out on her beloved son Reuben when he was just a boy and fears he'll never forgive her. When Reuben marries a petite blonde gentile, Gilda takes it as the ultimate rejection. Her cold, distant son seems transformed by love - a love she's craved his entire adult life. What does his new wife have that she doesn't? And how far will she...
13) Teściowa
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Sceny z życia rodzinnego volume 2
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Albatros
Pub. Date
2024.
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Polish
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As a single mother, Åsa and her son have always been close. But the relationship changes when her son meets a new girlfriend who soon becomes pregnant. Åsa does her best to bond with her new daughter-in-law, but when Åsa tries to help, she is considered to be interfering by the couple. It will be the beginning of a conflict that will tear her family apart. It becomes painfully obvious to Åsa that the most important person in her son's life is...
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