Search
Type
Format
Sort
Location
Audience

Wilkerson, Charmaine

Summary: "In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 0000

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC WIL

Wilkerson, Charmaine

2 holds on 7 copies

Summary: "In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WIL

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIL

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIL

Wiseman, Ellen Marie

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary--awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears--seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIS

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIS

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WIS

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Wiseman

Kingsbury, Karen

Summary: "A storm builds as Elizabeth Baxter prepares to celebrate her daughter Kari's wedding to Tim Jacobs, and there are dark currents of conflict coursing through the Baxter family. In the midst of them, Kari Baxter is starting to panic. Is marrying Tim a mistake? And what about her family? Her brother Luke is angry and resentful of their sister Ashley, who has recently returned from Paris. At the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KIN

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KIN

Macomber, Debbie

Summary: Joan Sample is not living the life she thought she would. Now a widow and an empty nester, Joan is content being something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to get back out into the world. With her encouragement, Joan makes big strides, taking care of her overgrown lawn, making new friends through a...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MAC

Fisher, Suzanne Woods

Summary: "Callie Dixon sets her goals and reaches them-so how did this executive chef end up in a small ice cream shop on Cape Cod, sharing a room with her cousin and refusing to set foot in the kitchen? It will take the charm of a young boy, and his quiet, steady father, to help her find the answers-and maybe the secret to happiness"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIS

Levithan, David

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius...right? But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEV

Frank, Victoria Benton

Summary: In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, a South Carolina transplant in New York City struggling to find her place in the world. When she receives a phone call from her troubled sister, Violet, Maggie must return to her hometown of Sullivan's Island, where she uncovers shocking secrets about her family's past. Upon her arrival, Maggie is confronted...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FRA

Davis, Barbara

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: The friendship between Rory Grant and Soline Roussel brings back memories of Soline's family's Paris bridal salon and their losses during World War II, both material and emotional.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021

Sorry, no copies available

Place a hold to request this item.

Mazzucco, Melania G.

Summary: After arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy--Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine--struggle to survive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime of Little Italy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAZ

Attenberg, Jami

Summary: "If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am," says Alex Tuchman of her parents. Now that her father is on his deathbed, Alex--a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sister--feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

Sorry, no copies available

Place a hold to request this item.

Wilson, Kevin

4 holds on 4 copies

Summary: Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

Sorry, no copies available

Place a hold to request this item.

Rowley, Steven

2 holds on 3 copies

Summary: "Patrick O'Hara is back. It's been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant's caretaker after their mother's passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by, and relaunch his dormant acting career. After the run of his second successful sit-com comes to a close, Patrick feels on top of the world......

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROW

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Rowley

Simon, Nina

Summary: A murder next door in their coastal California town unites the estranged Rubicon women--Lana, her daughter Beth and granddaughter Jack--to protect their family and solve the crime.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M SIM

Steel, Danielle

Summary: While her mother, Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law, a Hollywood icon at 62, deals with conflicting feels for a much-younger man, her daughter, Morgan, a successful plastic surgeon in NYC, falls for a much-older man, which brings them together as they each try to navigate an unconventional romance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STE

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STE

Zambra, Alejandro

Summary: Nine years after their bewildering breakup, aspiring poet Gonzalo reunites with his high school girlfriend, Carla, now the mother of a six-year-old son, Vicente. Soon the three form a happy sort-of family--a stepfamily, though no such word exists in their language. After a few years, their ambitions pull the lovers in different directions, but traces of Gonzalo remain: Vicente inherits his love...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZAM

Ramisetti, Kirthana

Summary: "Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAM

Angel-Ajani, Asale

Summary: "A debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANG

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANG

Yang, Kelly

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023

Sorry, no copies available

Place a hold to request this item.

Ryan, Jennifer

Summary: When an at-home DNA test reveals the truth about her father, Summer Sutherland, meeting him for the first time, settles into his Carmel home, ready to get to know her instant family--and pursue a romance with his business partner, which could tear their lives apart.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RYA

Thayer, Nancy

Summary: "Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life's challenges and finding new love, in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most famous and renowned romance authors in the business. But being a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC THA

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC THA

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Ronan, Kelsey

Summary: "When we meet August "Gus" Molloy on the opening pages of CHEVY IN THE HOLE he's just overdosed at the Detroit restaurant where he works. Shortly after, he packs it in and returns home to his family for another shot at sobriety. There, he meets and falls quickly in love with Monae Livingston, an urban farmer trying to coax a tenuous rebirth from the damaged land. As Gus and Monae begin dreaming...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Sorry, no copies available

Place a hold to request this item.

Shook, Cat

Summary: "The Williams family returns to Eulalia, Georgia, for the funeral of their beloved patriarch. When a secret is revealed during the eulogy, the family is left reeling: If their grandparents perfect marriage was anything but, what hope do they have of finding love?"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHO

Berg, Elizabeth

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: "This beautiful novel tells the love story of young Arthur Moses and Nola, and how a young man grew up to become the wise old man known as Arthur Trulove. Set in the 1950s in the warm community of Mason, Missouri, Arthur is a shy, unathletic teenage boy, in love with the most beautiful girl in his class. He is thrilled when they become friends, but he wants more than friendship. Alas, he learns...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BER

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BER

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BER

chat loading...
Back to Top