My Son's Story
A schoolboy playing truant bumps into his revered father coming out of a cinema with a woman.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: man-woman relationships [X], family [X], south africa, families, man-woman relationship, family life, domestic fiction
A Patchwork Planet
Barnaby Gaitlin, a thirty-year-old who was frequently in trouble as a youth, has been working steadily for eleven years for Rent-a-Back, Inc.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: charities, men, domestic fiction, baltimore (md.), family [X], man-woman relationships [X], family life
A Streetcar Named Desire
After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and her Stella's husband Stanley.
812
year: 2006
copies: 35
call number/section: 812
lexile:
subjects: family [X], man-woman relationships [X], family life, man-woman relationship, new orleans (la.), married people, women teachers, sisters, widows, rape, american drama, domestic drama
Safe Haven
Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding if she wants to put down roots and find true love.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: young women, secrecy, man-woman relationships [X], families, southport (n.c.), city and town life, moving, single women, widowers, interpersonal relations, north carolina, love stories, love stories, family [X], family life, love, romance fiction, man-woman relationship
Like Water For Chocolate
When Tita is prohibited from marrying Pedro, he marries Tita's older sister, Rosaura, instead and Tita is crushed.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 37
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: families, man-woman relationships [X], mexico, man-woman relationship, family life, love stories, family [X], love, romance fiction, love stories
Searching For Caleb
Tells the story of Duncan Peck, a restless man with a penchant for moving, his wife Justine, a fortune teller, and her grandfather, Daniel, a man who is on a quest to find the brother who disappeared decades earlier.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
White Teeth
Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, friends since serving together in World War II, deal with the problems of love, lust, and the other challenges of raising their families in 1970s London.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: family [X], friendship, man-woman relationships [X], family life, london (england), jamaicans, ethnic relations, muslim families
Kicked Out
Sixteen-year-old Dime, having difficulty adjusting to her parents' rules, moves in with her older brother and realizes that if she starts believing in herself others will too.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: teenage girls, man-woman relationships [X], family life, teenagers, girls, man-woman relationship, family [X], families
To Be A Man
Trevor feels he is caught between his girlfriend, Vanessa Allen, and his mother and brother, who think Vanessa is not a good influence on Trevor, and realizes he is old enough to make decisions for himself, but is not sure what the right one is.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: man-woman relationships [X], families, family life, man-woman relationship, family [X], electronic books, electronic books, african american teenagers, dating
Music In The Night
Sixteen-year-old Laura Logan falls in love for the first time with her handsome new neighbor Robert Royce, but her happiness is shaken when her grandmother forbids her to see Robert, and her determination to meet Robert in secret only leads to tragedy.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: young women, logan family (fictitious characters : andrews), large type books, cape cod (mass.), family [X], secrecy, man-woman relationships [X], family life, secrets
Painting Caitlyn
Caitlyn, feeling left out when her mom and stepfather finally succeed in getting pregnant, becomes involved with Tyler, an older boy whose charm and good looks hide a jealous, controlling, and dangerous personality.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
Token
Shira, a fifteen-year-old who lives with her grandmother and widowed father in a Miami hotel, picks up shoplifting as a new hobby and is caught by a streetwise boy from Spain who becomes her friend, ally, and possibly more as she wrestles with the hardships of growing up.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenage girls, jews, family [X], man-woman relationships [X], girls, man-woman relationship, teenagers, family life, bildungsromans, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, graphic novels, families, bildungsromans, graphic novels
Playing With Fire
Fifteen-year-old Kelly's life is a mess. Her mother is in jail, her best friend betrayed her, and her boyfriend seems too good to be true.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: man-woman relationships [X], revenge, family problems, family [X], man-woman relationship, families
Hopeless Savages
Zero Hopeless-Savage, the daughter of two rock stars, finds high school a little harder than most sixteen-year-olds, and when she finally finds a guy that doesn't think she's a freak, the papparazzi start making trouble before things can heat up.
741.5
year: 2004
copies: 4
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: alienation (social psychology), family [X], kidnapping, family life, high school students, man-woman relationships [X], fame
Platinum Garden
The school-wide chase for Kazura ends and the truth behind why Shizuku Magahara started it is revealed, and with the secret out, Kazura and Mizuki are getting closer and both become optimistic about Kazura's ability to heal Mizuki.
741.5
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: role-playing, dysfunctional families, man-woman relationships [X], family life, role playing, family [X]