Malka
In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek to Hungary while seven-year-old Malka, who they were forced to leave behind when she became ill, fends for herself in a ghetto.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jews [X], holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), survival, poland, mothers and daughters [X], holocaust, 1933-1945, historical fiction, mother-daughter relationship, survival skills
The Last Night Of Ballyhoo
The Freitags, a family of elitist German Jews, are thrown into turmoil in the winter of 1939 when daughter Lala falls for her uncle's new assistant, Joe Farkas, and hints for him to take her to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season, but Joe sets his sights on Lala's cousin, Sunny.
812
year: 1997
copies: 1
call number/section: 812
lexile:
subjects: jewish families, mothers and daughters [X], family life, jews [X], mother-daughter relationship, atlanta (ga.)
Morning Is A Long Time Coming
En route to Germany in search of the maternal love she never had, eighteen-year-old Patty Bergen lingers in Paris and experiences her first love affair.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: mothers and daughters [X], prejudices, jews [X], mother-daughter relationship, large type books, large print books
A Picture Of Grandmother
A letter inviting Sara's mother and grandmother to come from Poland to America and mentioning a mysterious photograph arouses Sara's curiosity and leads her to discover a family secret.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Saying It Out Loud
With the help of her best friend, sixteen-year-old Mindy sorts through her relationships with her solicitous mother and her detached father as she tries to come to terms with the fact that her mother is dying from a brain tumor.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: mothers and daughters [X], fathers and daughters, death, jews [X], mother-daughter relationship
Saying It Out Loud
With the help of her best friend, sixteen-year-old Mindy sorts through her relationships with her solicitous mother and her detached father as she tries to come to terms with the fact that her mother is dying from a brain tumor.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: mothers and daughters [X], fathers and daughters, death, jews [X], mother-daughter relationship
The Imposter Bride
Lily arrives in Montreal as a mail-order bride only to be rejected by the man she is suppose to marry, but his brother takes pity on her and decides to marry her, and after her daughter is born, Lily abandons the family and leaves them with a diary explaining that she is not who they think she is.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Smothered
Upon graduating from Columbia University, Eloise "Lou" Hansen is grimly determined to find a job and move out of her parents' home, while her mother is equally determined to keep her there.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mothers and daughters [X], family life, jews [X], humorous stories, california, jewish families, humorous fiction, romans ? clef
From Dust, A Flame
On her seventeenth birthday, Hannah Williams begins exhibiting impossible, temporary mutations--gills one day and horns the next--that are the consequences of a desperate bargain her mother made with a sheyd decades ago, and to break the family curse, Hannah and her brother track down their mother's estranged family and discover a legacy that traces back to the Golem of Prague.
FIC
year:
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mothers and daughters [X], brothers and sisters, demonology, golem, blessing and cursing, jews [X], supernatural, new york (state), paranormal fiction
Planning Perfect
Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sexual minorities, lgbtqia+ people, mothers and daughters [X], asexual people, mother-daughter relationship, dating (social customs), jews [X], romance fiction