Cooper, Desiree

Summary: "In Know the Mother, author Desiree Cooper explores the complex archetype of the mother in all of her incarnations. In a collage of meditative stories, women find themselves wedged between their own yearnings and their roles as daughters, sisters, grandmothers, and wives. ... With her lyrical and carefully crafted prose, Cooper's stories provide truths without sermon and invite empathy without...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Cooper 2016

Watson, Larry

Summary: Edie--smart, self-assured, beautiful--always worked hard. She worked as a teller at a bank, she worked to save her first marriage, and later, she worked to raise her daughter even as her second marriage came apart. Really, Edie just wanted a good life, but everywhere she turned, her looks defined her. Two brothers fought over her. Her second husband became unreasonably possessive and jealous....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAT

Ganshert, Katie

Summary: "Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district--and in their lives. When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GAN

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GA