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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched "virtuoso of language and image" (Rebecca Steinitz, The Boston Globe)"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise his two daughters"--
3) Inside man
Author
Series
Sam Capra novels volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When Sam Capra's best customer--and friend--is murdered outside his Miami bar, Sam decides to seek justice. Determined to find out the connection between his friend's death and a beautiful stranger, Sam infiltrates the Ligeras, one of Miami's most prominent--and dangerous-families. He faces a powerful but unstable mastermind intent on dividing his business empire between his three very different children, who may hold murderous secrets of their own....
4) The best man
Author
Series
Blue Heron romances volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she's ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family's vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past. ... Like Levi Cooper, the local police chief--and best friend of her former fiancé. There's a lot about Levi that Faith never noticed, and it's not just those deep green eyes. The only catch is she's having a hard time forgetting that he helped ruin...
Publisher
World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by his granddaughter (Xin Yi Yang) and his pet bird, a widower (Baotian Li) leaves Beijing to return to his native village in this heartwarming family drama.. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.. "Well acted and beautifully photographed, the movie offers a window into both modern urban and traditional Chinese life." - Nick Dent, Daily Telegraph. "A gentle tale ... [and] very sweet family...
Author
Series
Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 25
Language
English
Description
"The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate--and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state's evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Between things they like to do and things they need to do, Brother, Sister, and Papa Bear are finding it hard to keep up. Mama advises that they must learn to prioritize their chores and hobbies by being more organized. Working together, listening to each other and pitching in are the perfect solutions that can be used to find a balance in their daily lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Quercus
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings is set against the backdrop of the turbulent summer of 1968 in Martha's Vineyard, where twenty-two-year-old Whitney Dane begins questioning her goals and sense of independence at the side of a fiercely ambitious, underprivileged man.
10) In celebration
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Taught adaptation of David Storey's emotionally-charged family drama.
12) A week in winter
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When Maudie Todhunter, the elderly owner of a charming farmhouse in Cornwall, decides to sell the family homestead, a family drama unfolds, with old secrets bubbling to the surface.
15) Trial by fire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates a subdivision fire and the identity of an injured amnesiac woman, a case that unleashes a family drama and a remorseless killer.
16) Mother of George
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this dazzlingly beautiful romantic drama, a Nigerian woman living in Brooklyn must make a choice which could have dire consequences when she has failed to conceive a child a year after her glorious wedding.
17) King Charles III
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the Tony-nominated stage play, this is an examination of contemporary Britain—part political thriller, part family drama. After the Queen’s death, Prince Charles finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law, resulting in a constitutional and political crisis.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first new novel in four years from the beloved superstar author of Sarah's Key, a heartbreaking and uplifting story of family secrets and devastating disaster, in the tradition of THE NEST.The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's 70th birthday. Their hidden fears and secrets are slowly unraveled as the City of Light undergoes a stunning natural disaster. Seen through the...
20) The namesake
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The grown son of Indian immigrants is torn between finding his own cultural identity amongst his New York friends and respecting his parents' traditional ways.
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