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Chime - Franny Billingsley
From BooklistStarred Review Since her stepmother's recent death, 17-year-old Briony Larkin knows that if she can keep two secrets--that she is a witch and that she is responsible .... -
Carrie - Stephen King
An unpopular teenage girl whose mother is a religious fanatic is tormented and teased to the breaking point by her more popular schoolmates and uses her hidden telekinetic powers t... -
Bungalow 2 - Danielle Steel
From Publishers WeeklyIn Steel's latest, 42-year-old Tanya Harris loves her life as a mother of three, wife of a dashing San Francisco lawyer and moderately successful writer of sh... -
Brando_ Songs My Mother Taught - Marlon Brando; Robert Lindsey
From Library JournalThe publisher reportedly paid $5 million for this book but expects to recoup its investment; after all, this will be the only Brando autobiography available. Li... -
Bold Spirit - Linda Hunt
"Desperate. Determined. Unwaveringly confident. In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby dares to cross 3500 miles of the American continent to win a $10,000 wager. On foot... -
Black Milk - Elif Shafak
An acclaimed Turkish novelist's personal account of balancing a writer's life with a mother's life. After the birth of her first child in 2006, Turkish writer Elif Shafek suffered ... -
Birdie's Book - Jan Bozarth; Andrea Burden
Where do fairy godmothers come from? When Birdie goes to visit her grandmother for the first time, she learns that her grandmother is a fairy godmother-which means Birdie's a fairy... -
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
Amazon.com ReviewBecause of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal m... -
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua
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Bangkok Tattoo - John Burdett
Killing customers just isn't good for business."My mother Nong's tone reflects the disappointment we all feel when a star employee starts to go wrong. Is there nothing to be done? ...