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1) Baby teeth
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION STAGE 2018
1 available
FICTION STAGE 2018
1 available
Description
An ailing woman fights to protect her family from her mute daughter's psychologically manipulative schemes, which are complicated by her doting husband's denial about their daughter's true nature.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORIAR 2014
1 available
FICTION MORIAR 2014
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORIAR 2014
1 available
FICTION MORIAR 2014
1 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MORIAR 2014
1 available
FICTION MORIAR 2014
1 available
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD FICTION MORIAR 2014 UNABRIDGED
1 available
CD FICTION MORIAR 2014 UNABRIDGED
1 available
Description
Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated.
"A murder... . . . a tragic accident... . . . or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what? Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 12 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
On Shelf
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction - Large Print Shelf
LP FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
LP FICTION WILKER 2022
1 available
Description
"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 traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with...
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"A mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: In a world where women can't have it all, but are selected as either mothers or workers at the beginning of their adult lives, is choice the biggest burden of all?"--
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MCMYNE 2022
1 available
FICTION MCMYNE 2022
1 available
Description
"Haelewise has always lived under the shadow of her mother, Hedda-a woman who will do anything to keep her daughter protected. For with her strange black eyes and even stranger fainting spells, Haelewise is shunned by her village, and her only solace lies in the stories her mother tells of child-stealing witches, of princes in wolf-skins, of an ancient tower cloaked in mist, where women will find shelter if they are brave enough to seek it. Then,...
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Series
Bridget Jones volume 3
On Shelf
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION FIELDI 2013
1 available
FICTION FIELDI 2013
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION FIELDI 2013
1 available
FICTION FIELDI 2013
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION FIELDI 2013
2 available
FICTION FIELDI 2013
2 available
Description
Londonite Bridget Jones faces the challenges of maintaining sex appeal as the years roll by, the nightmares of drunken texting, the skinny jean, the disastrous e-mail cc, total lack of Twitter followers, and TVs that need ninety buttons and three remotes to simply turn on.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HARDIN 2021
1 available
FICTION HARDIN 2021
1 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HARDIN 2021
2 available
FICTION HARDIN 2021
2 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HARDIN 2021
1 available
FICTION HARDIN 2021
1 available
Description
"Sonya used to perform on stage. She used to attend glamorous parties, date handsome men, ride in fast cars. But somewhere along the way, the stage lights Sonya lived for dimmed for good. And then, in their absence, came darkness--blackouts, empty cupboards, hazy nights she can't remember. Haunted by her failed career and unresolved childhood trauma, Sonya has fallen deep into an alcoholic abyss. What keeps Sonya from losing herself completely is...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION JERKIN 2021
1 available
FICTION JERKIN 2021
1 available
Description
An ambitious college student gives birth to a baby girl destined to be raised by an important Harlem family, who believe the infant will restore their prosperity.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WROBEL 2020
1 available
FICTION WROBEL 2020
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WROBEL 2020
1 available
FICTION WROBEL 2020
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WROBEL 2020
1 available
FICTION WROBEL 2020
1 available
Description
"In her compulsive, sharply-drawn debut, Stephanie Wrobel peels back the layers of the most complicated of mother-daughter relationships. For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries,...
10) Dear child
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On Shelf
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HAUSMA 2020
1 available
FICTION HAUSMA 2020
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HAUSMA 2020
1 available
FICTION HAUSMA 2020
1 available
Description
"A woman held captive finally escapes-but can she ever really get away? Gone Girl meets Room in this page-turning, #1 internationally bestselling thriller from one of Germany's hottest new talents "Chilling, original and mesmerizing." -David Baldacci Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers of Fall 2020. A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WALL 2019
1 available
FICTION WALL 2019
1 available
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WALL 2019
1 available
FICTION WALL 2019
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION WALL 2019
1 available
FICTION WALL 2019
1 available
Description
"Set in the years 1950-1970 in a changing America and London, follow[s] two married couples - ministers and academics - whose intricate bonds of faith and friendship, jealousy and understanding, are tested by the birth of an autistic child"--
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Series
Aunties (Jesse Q Sutanto) volume 1
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Checked Out
2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
1 copy, 4 people are on the wait list.
Description
"What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then, toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ELLMAN 2019
1 available
FICTION ELLMAN 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION ELLMAN 2019
1 available
FICTION ELLMAN 2019
1 available
Description
Baking a multitude of tartes tatin for local restaurants, an Ohio housewife contemplates her four kids, husband, cats, and chickens. Also, America's ignoble past and her own regrets. She is surrounded by dead lakes, fake facts, Open Carry maniacs, and oodles of online advice about survivalism, veil toss duties, and how to be more like Jane Fonda. But what do you do when you keep stepping on your son's toy tractors, your life depends on stolen land...
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION CATHRY 2023
1 available
FICTION CATHRY 2023
1 available
Description
When her best friend starts ghosting her, taking all of their mutual friends with her, Fallon Monroe, pushing down a lifetime of insecurities, reads a recently unearthed letter that gives her the ability to see her friendships in a new light, forcing herto decide between hanging on and letting go.
"For fans of Laura Hankin and Jennifer Weiner, this fresh, clever, and complex debut "mom-com" explores the ups and downs of friendship and what happens...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SWEENE 2021
2 available
FICTION SWEENE 2021
2 available
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SWEENE 2021
1 available
FICTION SWEENE 2021
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION SWEENE 2021
1 available
FICTION SWEENE 2021
1 available
Description
"A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship from Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Nest"--
16) The great alone
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North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD FICTION HANNAH 2018
1 available
CD FICTION HANNAH 2018
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD FICTION HANNAH 2018
1 available
CD FICTION HANNAH 2018
1 available
Checked Out
9 copies, 35 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
8 copies, 82 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
8 copies, 82 people are on the wait list.
Description
When her father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season.
"In 1974, a former Vietnam POW, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares, moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in an attempt to find peace, restoration, and freedom. They will also face dangers, both internally and externally,...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MAKKAI 2018
1 available
FICTION MAKKAI 2018
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MAKKAI 2018
1 available
FICTION MAKKAI 2018
1 available
Checked Out
2 copies, 5 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 19 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
2 copies, 19 people are on the wait list.
Description
"A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed and award-winning author Rebecca Makkai In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic...
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On Shelf
North Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION HANKIN 2020
1 available
FICTION HANKIN 2020
1 available
Description
"A dark, witty page-turner set around a group of wealthy mothers and the young musician who takes a job singing to their babies and finds herself pulled into their glamorous lives and dangerous secrets.... After her former band shot to superstardom without her, Claire reluctantly agrees to a gig as a playgroup musician for overprivileged infants on New York's Park Avenue. Claire is surprised to discover that she is smitten with her new employers,...
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On Shelf
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION MCCRAC 2022
1 available
FICTION MCCRAC 2022
1 available
Incline Village Library - Adult Fiction - New Arrivals Shelf
FICTION MCCRAC 2022
1 available
FICTION MCCRAC 2022
1 available
Description
Ten months after her mother’s death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother’s, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother’s life and their relationship. Thoughts of the past meld with questions of the future: Back in New England, the family home is now up for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed. The woman, a writer, recalls all...
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On Shelf
South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION JOHNSO 2023
3 available
FICTION JOHNSO 2023
3 available
Checked Out
6 copies, 10 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
5 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
5 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
Description
"From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter....