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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Flight Patterns comes a stunning new novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is never what it seems.... Recently divorced, Merilee Talbot Dunlap moves with her two children to the Atlanta suburb of Sweet Apple, Georgia. It's not her first time starting over, but her efforts at a new beginning aren't helped by an anonymous local blog that dishes about the scandalous...
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English
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Living on a suburban cul-de-sac positioned between extremely wealthy and impoverished neighbors, high school student Mary Elizabeth McPherson witnesses acts of violence and compassion that reverberate throughout her community in the wake of a string of burglaries.
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Best Fiction of 2022 - Kirkus Reviews
Diversifying my Bookshelf
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: March 21, 2022
Popular Books from 2022, for the Pueblo Chieftain, January 9, 2023
Diversifying my Bookshelf
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: March 21, 2022
Popular Books from 2022, for the Pueblo Chieftain, January 9, 2023
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
As a stoned teenager, Jon Willing thought he had the perfect plan for stealing a fortune in drug money. Twenty-five years later, a failing suburban dad with tan pants, he finds out how wrong he was. The battle that ensues will send Jon skittering across a landscape wracked by the Great Recession to confront the demons of his past: the grade-school bully who has terrorized him for decades, the grandfather that betrayed him, the girl that got away.
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English
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A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the writer behind the popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat People I want to punch in the throat: - anyone who feels the need to bling her washer and dryer - humblebraggers - people who treat their pets like children Jen Mann doesn't have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her neighbors, her fellow PTA moms, and that one woman who...
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English
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At forty-one, Vivian Armstrong Gray's life as an investigative journalist is crumbling. Humiliated after taking a bullet in her backside during an expose, Vivi learns that she's pregnant, jobless, and very hormonal. This explains why she says 'yes' to a dreadful job covering suburban living back home in Georgia, a column she must write incognito.Down South, it's her sister's ballroom dance studio that becomes her undercover spot where she learns about...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"From three-time Bram Stoker-Award-winning novelist Sarah Langan comes a propulsive literary suburban noir set in near-future America during the hottest summer on record. Maple Street has a neighborly cul-de-sac, where a terrible secret tears a rift between two misfit moms who were once best friends. When innocent Shelly Schroeder falls down a sinkhole, it's one mom's word against the other's, in a court of public opinion that can end only in blood....
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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Killing and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics but as one of the great voices of modern American literature....
12) Radiant city
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Surrealist filmmaker Gary Burns (Waydowntown, A problem with fear) joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the burbs. Amidst the fresh foundations of monster homes, the two explore the dark side of suburbia and create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do. Playing off sitcoms and reality TV, Burns and Brown turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in The late suburban age.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Big changes are afoot in the Harper household. Vint's kids Buzz and Sonja are gone, replaced by Bubba Higgins, the son of Eunice and Ed. Ken Berry's Vinton shines in the episode 'Soup to Nuts, in which he must decide who has the best chili recipe, Mama, Naomi, or Iola.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Weisberger returns with a novel starring one of her favorite characters from The Devil Wears Prada--Emily Charlton, first assistant to Miranda Priestly, now a highly successful image consultant who's just landed the client of a lifetime--
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English
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"Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief. Chuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much as his annual trip to Hilton Head with his wife, Cat--that yearly taste of relaxation they'd become accustomed to in retirement, after a lifetime of working and raising two children. Now, just months after Cat's death, Chuck finds that he...
17) One smart skunk
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebecca the skunk lives under a suburban family's deck, eluding the traps set to ensnare her, but the smell of moth balls and the noise of rap music finally convince her that the suburbs are no place to raise her family.
19) Don't let go
Author
Language
English
Description
With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Cob enexplores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller. Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon Nap Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo's girlfriend Diana were found dead on the railroad tracks -- and Maura, the girl Nap considered the love of his life, broke...
20) Stay close
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
387 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three people--a suburban housewife, a talented documentary photographer, and a detective--living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede ... and that desperation and hunger can lurk behind even the prettiest facades.
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