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81) The switch
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Two couples. One twisted game of love and sex. A dark domestic thriller about the dangerous secrets that come to light when a wild fantasy turns sinister... When young couple Elena and Adam are offered the chance to housesit in their dream neighborhood for a few months, they jump at the opportunity. The leafy South London enclave is a world away from everything they know, complete with grand homes with lush gardens and quaint local coffee shops....
Author
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women--separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen--forged a lifelong friendship. Portia Washington's father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections....
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What happens when two ambitious young women, opposite in every way, join forces in a competitive male-dominated industry? Wren and Thessaly collide when they land coveted jobs at a glamorous New York City boutique wine importer. Hardworking, by-the-book Wren comes from a modest background and has everything to prove while Thessaly hails from a family of prestigious California growers-but she is plagued by self-doubt. Thrown together at work, where...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful coastal town in Oregon, they shared everything. Until the secrets they couldn't share threatened their bond and complicated their lives. Now, decades later, Suze, a famous actress desperate for safe haven following a brutal attack, is back in town. Phoebe, a successful illustrator and fabric designer, has discovered keeping a secret means she can't let anyone...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A new year of school is starting, and Brit finds herself struggling with feelings for a seemingly rude boy from class who might have a soft side. Meanwhile, Christine can't deny that she likes her best friend Abby . . . as more than just a friend. The only question is, does Abby have feelings for Christine, too? And will their feelings for each other mess things up in their friend group? Misunderstandings, betrayal, and jealousy are bound to get...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Janet Pimm is used to being invisible. 70 something, with her beloved allotment for company, she simply doesn't need anyone else. But when the local council threaten to close the allotments, Janet will do anything she can to try to save them - even enlisting the help of her irritatingly upbeat and interfering neighbor, Bev. As the two women set off on a journey together, Janet begins to realize that perhaps she isn't so happy to blend into the background...
87) Cinema Sabaya
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Arabic
Description
When several Palestinian and Israeli women attend a video workshop, they are drawn closer together through discussing their projects for the class.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Grieving but feisty widow Vivian Laurent is at a late-in-life crossroads. The man she loved is gone. Their only daughter is estranged and missing. And the assisted-living facility where her husband died is going into quarantine. Living in lockdown with only heartache and memories is something Vivian can't bear. Then comes a saving grace. Luna, a compassionate nursing assistant and newly separated mother, is facing eviction. Vivian has a plan that...
89) Still born
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura is so determined not to become a mother that she has taken the drastic decision to have her tubes tied. But when she announces this to her friend, she learns that Alina has made the opposite decision and is preparing to have a child of her own. Alina's pregnancy shakes the women's lives, first...
90) Roaming
Author
Publisher
Drawn + Quarterly
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis are softened with a palette of muted pastels, as though...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Four outcast high school girls--a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy and a fashion maven--join together to form their own "girl gang" and trigger a rock-'n'-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950's moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started"--
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking exploration of how to harness concepts from group therapy and the safety (and joy) of sisterhood to heal yourself and your relationships, from the licensed clinical psychologist who founded the award-winning podcast Therapy for Black Girls. There's an unlimited supply of books, articles, and listicles about how to work on a relationship and grow with a partner, but there are far fewer resources about what healthy growth looks like...
93) My divorce party
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Xan gathers her besties to celebrate and sulk in her impending divorce. Chaos ensues when she reveals she brought her life savings with the intention of blowing all of it by the weekend's end"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 2008, as snow falls without interruption, an actor in a Beckett play blanks on her lines. Fleeing the theater, she beats a retreat into her past and arrives at Snow Road Station, a barely discernible dot on the map of Ontario. The actor is Lulu Blake, in her sixties now, a sexy, seemingly unfooled woman well-versed in taking risks. Out of work, humiliated, she enters the last act of her life wondering what she can make of her diminished...
95) Fitting in
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Follows sixteen-year-old Lindy, who is unexpectedly diagnosed with a reproductive condition. The news upends Lindy's plans to have sex, her views on womanhood and sexuality, and her relationship with her mother. Most importantly, it changes her own relationship with herself"--
Author
Publisher
Mindy's Book Studio
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and honest, The Better Half celebrates the absurdity and joy in life, and does so with an enviable grace and good heart. Mindy KalingFrom comedy writing duo Alli Frank and Asha Youmans comes The Better Half, a sidesplitting spin on reaching the pinnacle of life, only to stare down a slippery slope on the other side.After a difficult five years, at age forty-three, Nina Morgan Clarkes time has finally arrived. With...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In a village on Naxos lies a gorgeous guest house and taverna that never opened. Cressida's husband died suddenly three years ago - the taverna was their dream - but she's been too lost in grief to keep that dream alive. Marjory "Jory" St. James, a young traveler who always feels more at home on the move, arrives on Naxos in the middle of the night as if summoned by the island. She quite unexpectedly becomes Cressida's very first guest. Jory quickly...
98) Songs of Irie
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"During the political turmoil in 1976 Jamaica, Irie and Jilly must navigate their opposing upbringings as they fall in love and choose between the futures decided for them and the futures they desire."--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Up all night, Marlene drives the highways and back roads near her home in hopes that some landmark will spark an image of her daughter, one untainted by years of grief. Her husband Les steams out to sea in his effort to cope. He is a commercial fisherman on a boat staffed up with desperate loners and shape-shifting friends obliterating their bodies in two-week shifts of crushing labor. The couple keep their pain hidden from each other, and most of...
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