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Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Liddle has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father--long thoughtdead after a plane crash--turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if that...
Author
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
''The captivating and unforgettable saga of the Dollanganger family continues in Petals On the Wind, the New York Times bestselling sequel to Flowers in the Attic and the inspiration behind the Lifetime original movie and "tortured love story" (Variety). Forbidden love comes into full bloom. For three years they were kept hidden in the eaves of Foxworth Hall, their existence all but denied by a mother who schemed to inherit a fortune. For three years...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
''Are you the child of toxic parents? When you were a child... • Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless? • Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you? • Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems? • Were you often frightened of your parents? • Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret? Now that you’re an adult... • Do your parents still treat you as if you were...
4) Stone fruit
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties -- Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Muchas personas sienten que les faltó algo en su infancia y se preguntan por qué su madre no parecía estar ahí para ellas. A pesar de que la madre pudo haber prestado cuidados de tipo físico, tienen la sensación de haber sido, de algún modo, «huérfanas de madre». En estas circunstancias, es difícil mantener una relación con la figura materna en la edad adulta. La madre emocionalmente ausente te ayudará a comprender por qué tu madre...
6) Patina
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
La continuación de Fantasma, finalista al Premio Nacional del Libro. Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo… un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen...
7) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"This long-awaited new graphic novel from Daniel Clowes (Ghost World and Patience) is a genre-bending thriller from one of the most innovative storytellers of all time. Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story ― actually, stories ― of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail,...
8) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in L.A. to claim his abandoned son and then heads to Texas to reunite the boy with his mother. Bonus features include commentary with Director Wim Wenders, interviews, deleted scenes, Super 8 home movies, gallery of photos, and a booklet with an essay from film critic Nick Roddick and interviews with cast and crew.
After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in L.A. to claim his abandoned...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the family’s social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (who’s rarely home). When Sophie is offered the chance to move to France for work, she seizes the opportunity, and promises to send for her niece in one year’s time. All Pumkin...
10) Cuando seas mio
Author
Series
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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Description
"Rosaline sabe que ella y Rob están destinados a estar juntos. Rose lleva años esperando a que Rob la bese. y cuando finalmente lo hace, todo es perfecto. Pero entonces Juliet regresa a la ciudad. Juliet, que solía ser la mejor amiga de Rose. Juliet, que ahora, inexplicablemente, la odia. Juliet, que es preciosa, vengativa y un poco salvaje. y que ha puesto la mira en Rob. A él ni quisiera le queda opción. Rose está destrozada por perder a...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary poetic retelling of the iconic myth, a teenage girl fleeing an abusive home takes refuge in the woods with a fairy-tale witch.
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice,...
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