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Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Irene, a lonely nineteen-year-old in rural North Carolina, works long nights at the local pool hall, serving pitchers and dodging drunks. One evening, her hilarious, magnetic coworker Luce invites her on a joy ride through the mountains to take revenge on a particularly creepy customer. Their adventure not only spells the beginning of a dazzling friendship, it seduces both girls into the mysterious world of pills and the endless hustles needed to...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen presentation.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carrie and Miranda wrestle with their single lifestyles. Miranda has new baby Brady and single motherhood, while Carrie finds herself in the world of publishing as the author of a real-life book of her columns. Charlotte wonders if she'd ever find another man, while Samantha finally gets rid of the one that had been vexing her far too much. From Samantha's anointment as the "Michiko Kakutani of vibrators" to Carrie's stressful book launch party. The...
863) Beaches
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary remake, it follows the serendipitous meeting of two young girls on the Venice Beach Boardwalk who, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on an unexpected and lifelong friendship. CC is an aspiring singer trying to make it in Los Angeles when a director who gives her first big shot discovers her. Hillary, the daughter of a prominent civil rights lawyer, is struggling to find her own destiny.
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Adam are now in a committed and the two are settling into a newfound domesticity in Hannah's apartment. Hannah is also working on her writing career and concentrating on delivering her eBook to her eccentric publisher. Marnie is adjusting to life after a sudden and traumatic breakup with Charlie. Nearing graduation, newly single Shoshanna masterminds a plan to create a healthy (at least on paper) balance between partying and her studies....
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of a book club of broken hearts, where four women come together and discover the power of female friendship and find the courage to pursue their dreams, from the USA Today bestselling author of My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding. Jazmine was supposedto be a professional tennis player, but her plans to go pro were quashed in a car crash. Now she's a top sports agent balancing a demanding career and single motherhood. Judith is an empty nester stuck...
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Lumberjanes have new adventures in these original stories that continue to explore the complex relationships among girls through adventure-filled plots that combine the fantastic with the familiar.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Penny and Tate have often clashed, despite their mothers' epic friendship; but now that they are living in the same house, beset by medical crises and Penny's problems dealing with the trauma of her father's death, they have to come to terms with their true feelings for each other.
868) Falling stars
Author
Series
Shooting stars volume 5
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Large type ed.
Physical Desc
431 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 268 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Friends for thirty years, Texas beauties Alana and Farrah supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life and the raising of their families. Now you can read the private diaries of the woman who was by Farrah's side every step of the way, from the cancer diagnosis in fall of 2006 to the inevitable end.
870) Antônia
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Language
Portuguese
Description
Four Afro-Brazilian women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil are determined to overcome poverty by forming an all-female rap band. Their aspirations are challenged by sexism, racism and violence
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Three best friends who get the chance to return to the year they turned 40--the year that altered all of their lives, in ways big and small--in turn get the opportunity to change their future.
872) East coast girls
Author
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Childhood friends Hannah, Maya, Blue, and Renee share a bond that feels more like family. Growing up, they had difficult home lives, and the summers they spent vacationing together in Montauk were the happiest memories they ever made, campfires on the beach, salt-spray hair and the effervescent excitement of the bright future ahead. Then, the summer after graduation, one terrible night changed everything. Twelve years have passed since that fateful...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits. The Ladies of the Lake, as the four girls call themselves, quickly bond like sisters, vowing that wherever life takes them, they will always be there for each other. But that is before: Before love and jealousy come between Adelaide and Dorothy,...
874) Soñar bajo el agua
Author
Publisher
Suma de letras/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Rosemary es una viuda de 86 años que ha vivido en el barrio de Brixton, en Londres, toda su vida. Allí ha visto cómo cerraba la biblioteca en la que trabajaba y cómo la frutería se convertía en un bar de moda. Cuando la piscina local a la que acude desde que era una niña, y en la que se enamoró de su marido, se ve amenazada también, Rosemary sabe que este puede ser el principio del fin. Kate es una joven reportera del periódico local y desde...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 417 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The women of Scarlet magazine push the boundaries in both their personal and professional lives. With unapologetic passion, they stand up for each other, and speak up for what they believe in most. With equal parts sass and style, these women continue to explore sexuality, identity, equality, love and fashion.
876) Bird life: a novel
Author
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Ueno Park, Tokyo, as workers and tourists gather for lunch, the pollen blows, a fountain erupts, pigeons scatter, and two women meet, changing the course of one another's lives. Dinah has come to Japan from New Zealand to teach English and grieve the death of her brother, Michael, a troubled genius who was able to channel his problems into music as a classical pianist until he wasn't. In the seemingly empty, eerie apartment block where Dinah has...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
187 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two unlikely women--Nanny, a Manhattan real-estate agent, and Alice, the prim owner of a boutique--are thrown together by the death of their mutual best friend, Roberta, as they attempt to unravel the truth about Roberta's previously unknown lover.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother's "don't ask, don't tell" generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a story of friendship past and present, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. London, 1939. In a city on the brink of war, beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her best friend, sweet Southerner Precious Dubose, are young models on the rise--and a duo as close as sisters. But when Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and former...
880) A train in winter: an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II.
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