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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party, friends and relatives have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the family.
23) I loved you all
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Widow Marguerite Daigle loses her grip on her life and her children when she turns to alcohol for relief from the pressures of single motherhood, and her teenage daughter finds refuge with local babysitter and religious right-to-lifer Isabel Flood.
24) Ordinary people
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
28) Identical
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins, the daughters of a district court judge father and politician mother running for US Congress. Everything on the surface seems fine, but underneath run very deep and damaging secrets. When the girls were 9, Daddy started to turn to his beloved Kaeleigh in ways a father never should and has been sexually abusing her for years. For Raeanne, she needs to numb the pain of not being Daddy's favorite;...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
Micky is searching for meaning in her life, and when she meets Leilani, a child with physical disabilities, Micky finds it. Leilani's stepfather believes aliens will heal the girl or take her away with them, so when the family disappears, Micky sets off to find them.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the Gere family, telling of the suffering they endured after twelve-year-old Brenda, the firstborn, was abducted and murdered, leading father Joe into an alcoholic decline that ended in suicide, and focusing on the long search for Brenda's body, and the trial of her attacker, Michael Green.
31) Lit: a memoir
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary Karr's bestselling, unforgettable sequel to her beloved memoirs The Liars' Club and Cherry-and one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year-Lit is about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student....
34) Scarlett
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After being expelled from yet another school in London, twelve-year-old Scarlett is sent by her exasperated mother to live with her father, stepmother, and stepsister in Ireland, where, with the help of a mysterious boy, she eventually overcomes her anger and resentment and feels part of a family again.
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