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Family matters

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-


At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinsons disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but are too squeamish and resentful to tend to his physical needs. Nariman must now turn to his younger daughter, Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two sons, who share a small, crowded home. Their decision will test not only their material resources but, in surprising ways, all their tolerance, compassion, integrity, and faith.
Date Published:2002

At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinsons disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but are too squeamish and resentful to tend to his physical needs. Nariman must now turn to his younger daughter, Roxana, her husband, Yezad, and their two sons, who share a small, crowded home. Their decision will test not only their material resources but, in surprising ways, all their tolerance, compassion, integrity, and faith.

Date Published:2002

Tales from Firozsha Baag

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-


In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay. Here are Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, and Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag; Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book and who narrates the final story as an adult in Toronto. We see their passions, their worst fears, their betrayals, and their humorous acts of revenge. Witty and poignant, in turns, these intersecting stories create a finely textured mosaic of lives and illuminate a world poised between the old ways and the new.
Date Published:1997

In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay. Here are Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, and Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag; Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book and who narrates the final story as an adult in Toronto. We see their passions, their worst fears, their betrayals, and their humorous acts of revenge. Witty and poignant, in turns, these intersecting stories create a finely textured mosaic of lives and illuminate a world poised between the old ways and the new.

Date Published:1997

Run

Patchett, Ann


It is an engrossing story of a fateful night and day that will change everything for one Boston family.
Date Published:2007

The field guide to the North American teenager

Philippe, Ben.


When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie."
Date Published:2019

The field guide to the North American teenager

Philippe, Ben.


Cataloging based on physical item bibliographic record. Spoken audio file. Duration: approximately 09:19:02 hr. Originally released by Harper Audio. When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie.
Date Published:2019

A fine balance

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-


"Emblem Editions Publication"
Date Published:1995

Such a long journey

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-


It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his fathers ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.
Date Published:1991

It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his fathers ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.

Date Published:1991

Belle Prater's boy

White, Ruth, 1942-


"Yearling Newbery" When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
Date Published:1996

Slam dunk

Jaimet, Kate, 1969-


When his star point guard goes missing, sixteen-year-old Slam Amaro finds out that coaching a girls' high school basketball team isn't the slam dunk he thought it would be.
Date Published:2009

This lullaby : a novel/

Dessen, Sarah


Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.
Date Published:2004

The serpent's egg

McCurdy, J. FitzGerald (Joan FitzGerald), 1943-



Date Published:2001

Spud Sweetgrass

Doyle, Brian.


"A Groundwood book."
Date Published:1992

Azar on fire

Abtahi, Olivia,


Includes exceprt from "Perfectly Parvin". Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi’s first year of high school has mostly been silent, and intentionally so. After a bad case of colic as a baby, Azar’s vocal folds are shredded—full of nodules that give her a rasp the envy of a chain-smoking bullfrog. Her classmates might just think she’s quiet, but Azar is saving her voice for when it really counts and talking to her classmates is not medically advisable or even high on her list. When she hears about a local Battle of the Bands contest, it’s something she can’t resist. Azar loves music, loves songwriting, but with her vocal folds the way they are, there's no way she can sing her songs on stage. Then she hears lacrosse hottie, Ebenezer Lloyd Hollins the Fifth, aka Eben, singing from the locker room. She’s transfixed. He's just the person she needs. His voice + her lyrics = Battle of the Bands magic. But getting a band together means Azar has a lot of talking to do and new friends to make. For the chance to stand on stage with Eben it might all just be worth it.
Date Published:2022

Includes exceprt from "Perfectly Parvin". Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi’s first year of high school has mostly been silent, and intentionally so. After a bad case of colic as a baby, Azar’s vocal folds are shredded—full of nodules that give her a rasp the envy of a chain-smoking bullfrog. Her classmates might just think she’s quiet, but Azar is saving her voice for when it really counts and talking to her classmates is not medically advisable or even high on her list. When she hears about a local Battle of the Bands contest, it’s something she can’t resist. Azar loves music, loves songwriting, but with her vocal folds the way they are, there's no way she can sing her songs on stage. Then she hears lacrosse hottie, Ebenezer Lloyd Hollins the Fifth, aka Eben, singing from the locker room. She’s transfixed. He's just the person she needs. His voice + her lyrics = Battle of the Bands magic. But getting a band together means Azar has a lot of talking to do and new friends to make. For the chance to stand on stage with Eben it might all just be worth it.

Date Published:2022

Saint young men. 2 /

Nakamura, Hikaru, 1984-,


Reads from right to left. "First published in Japan in 2009 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo as Seinto oniisan, volumes 3 & 4."--Colophon. Buddha, the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God, continue their goofy adventures through modern-day Tokyo, with escha-pades aplenty. The wise guys of Tachikawa, along with their band of saintly companions and immortal foes, immerse themselves even deeper into daily life among their new neighborhood acquaintances. As the seasons turn, new adventures await them around every corner: from the blissful highs of bullet train travel and gaming with friends to the mundane challenges of staying on budget when you have to pay for rent and groceries, not to mention Valentine's chocolates when you are filled with love for all of humankind...
Date Published:2019

Reads from right to left. "First published in Japan in 2009 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo as Seinto oniisan, volumes 3 & 4."--Colophon. Buddha, the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God, continue their goofy adventures through modern-day Tokyo, with escha-pades aplenty. The wise guys of Tachikawa, along with their band of saintly companions and immortal foes, immerse themselves even deeper into daily life among their new neighborhood acquaintances. As the seasons turn, new adventures await them around every corner: from the blissful highs of bullet train travel and gaming with friends to the mundane challenges of staying on budget when you have to pay for rent and groceries, not to mention Valentine's chocolates when you are filled with love for all of humankind...

Date Published:2019

Secret daughter

Gowda, Shilpi Somaya


Interweaves the stories of a baby girl in India, the American doctor who adopted her, and the Indian mother who gave her up in favor of a son, as two families--one in India, the other in the United States--are changed by the child that connects them.
Date Published:2010

A man in full

Wolfe, Tom


A satire on America featuring a capitalist trying to avoid ruin. The hero is Charlie Croker of Atlanta whose plantation and skyscraper face repossession by banks for non-repayment of a loan. One way out might be to request leniency in return for hushing up a rape.
Date Published:1999

Galveston : a novel

Quarrington, Paul.


Few people seek out the tiny Caribbean island of Dampier Cay. Visitors usually wash up there by accident, rather than by design. But this weekend, three people will fly to the island deliberately. They are not coming for a tan or fun in the sun. They are coming because Dampier Cay is where it is, and they have reason to believe that they might encounter something there that most people take great measures to avoid -- a hurricane.
Date Published:2005

Few people seek out the tiny Caribbean island of Dampier Cay. Visitors usually wash up there by accident, rather than by design. But this weekend, three people will fly to the island deliberately. They are not coming for a tan or fun in the sun. They are coming because Dampier Cay is where it is, and they have reason to believe that they might encounter something there that most people take great measures to avoid -- a hurricane.

Date Published:2005

The deep end of the ocean

Mitchard, Jacquelyn


"A Signet book."
Date Published:1996

Fight like a girl

Kamal, Sheena,


Love and violence. In some families they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his presence adding a layer of tension to Toronto's east-end townhouse Trisha and her mom call home, every punch he lands on her mother carving itself indelibly into Trisha's mind. Until the night he wanders out drunk in front of the car Trisha is driving, practicing on her learner's permit, her mother in the passenger seat. Her father is killed, and her mother seems strangely at peace. Lighter, somehow. Trisha doesn't know exactly what happened that night, but she's afraid it's going to happen again. Her mom has a new man in her life and the patterns, they are repeating.
Date Published:2020

Love and violence. In some families they're bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha's trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of Trinidadian descent. Her father comes and goes as he pleases, his presence adding a layer of tension to Toronto's east-end townhouse Trisha and her mom call home, every punch he lands on her mother carving itself indelibly into Trisha's mind. Until the night he wanders out drunk in front of the car Trisha is driving, practicing on her learner's permit, her mother in the passenger seat. Her father is killed, and her mother seems strangely at peace. Lighter, somehow. Trisha doesn't know exactly what happened that night, but she's afraid it's going to happen again. Her mom has a new man in her life and the patterns, they are repeating.

Date Published:2020

Vas-y, Soleil

Holm, Jennifer L.


Traduction de: Swing it, Sunny! L'été est fini, et Soleil Lévy se retrouve maintenant dans les couloirs étranges et intimidants de l'école secondaire. Quand son grand-père lui téléphone de Floride pour prendre de ses nouvelles, elle lui dit que tout va bienà mais la vérité est autre. Non seulement elle trouve l'école secondaire déroutante, mais la vie à la maison n'est pas évidente non plus. Elle s'ennuie de son frère David, qui a été envoyé dans un pensionnat. Quand il revient enfin, elle s'ennuie toujours de luià car il a changé. Heureusement, Soleil peut compter sur l'appui de sa meilleure amie et d'une mystérieuse nouvelle voisine. Au lieu de laisser toute cette confusion assombrir son quotidien, elle demeure optimiste et garde son humeur ensoleillée!
Date Published:2018

Traduction de: Swing it, Sunny! L'été est fini, et Soleil Lévy se retrouve maintenant dans les couloirs étranges et intimidants de l'école secondaire. Quand son grand-père lui téléphone de Floride pour prendre de ses nouvelles, elle lui dit que tout va bienà mais la vérité est autre. Non seulement elle trouve l'école secondaire déroutante, mais la vie à la maison n'est pas évidente non plus. Elle s'ennuie de son frère David, qui a été envoyé dans un pensionnat. Quand il revient enfin, elle s'ennuie toujours de luià car il a changé. Heureusement, Soleil peut compter sur l'appui de sa meilleure amie et d'une mystérieuse nouvelle voisine. Au lieu de laisser toute cette confusion assombrir son quotidien, elle demeure optimiste et garde son humeur ensoleillée!

Date Published:2018