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Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography
BIO.LAYMON (KIESE)
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1 of 1 | Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography | BIO.LAYMON (KIESE) |
1 of 1 | Bethany/Clark Adult Collection | BIO LAY |
1 of 1 | East Lyme Public Adult Biography | B LAYMON, KIESE (Laymon) (Heavy) |
1 of 1 | Essex Adult Nonfiction | 305.8 LAY |
1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Biography | BIOG LAYMON, KIESE |
0 of 1 | Haddam/Brainerd Adult Biography | B LAYMON |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Nonfiction | B/LAYMON |
0 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Biography | B/LAYMON |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Whitneyville Adult Nonfiction | B/LAYMON |
1 of 1 | Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction | 305.896 LAYMON L |
1 of 1 | Meriden Adult Biography | BIO LAYMON, K |
1 of 1 | Mitchell College Book Stacks | PS3612 .A959 Z46 2018 |
1 of 1 | Norwich/Otis Adult Biographies | BIO LAYMON |
1 of 1 | Old Lyme A Non-Fiction 300 | 305.896 LAY |
1 of 1 | Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction | B LAYMON LAYMON |
1 of 1 | Orange/Case Adult Biography | Biography LAYMON [Kiese] Laymon |
1 of 1 | Wallingford Adult Biographies | B LAYMON KIESE LA |
1 of 1 | West Haven Main Adult Biography | B LAYMON [KIESE] |
1 of 1 | Woodbridge Adult Biography | B LAYMON (KIESE) |
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2018 | First Scribner hardcover edition | On Shelf Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography BIO.LAYMON (KIESE)
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2019 | First Scribner trade paperback edition | Available from another library
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1 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Large Type Nonfiction | LP/92/LAYMON |
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2019 | Large print edition | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. | Available from another library
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In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a “gorgeous, gutting…generous”...
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1 of 1 | Bethany/Clark Adult Collection | BIO FIE |
1 of 1 | Durham Adult Biography | B FIELD |
1 of 1 | East Haddam/Moodus Adult Biography | B Fie |
1 of 1 | East Haddam/Rathbun A Biography | BIO FIE |
1 of 1 | East Hampton Adult Biography | B Fields |
1 of 1 | East Lyme Public Adult Biography | B FIELD, SALLY (Field) (In Pieces) |
1 of 1 | Essex Adult Nonfiction | B FIELD |
1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Biography | BIOG FIELD, SALLY |
0 of 1 | Haddam/Brainerd Adult Biography | B FIELD |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Nonfiction | 791.430/FIELD |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor | 791.4302/FIELD |
1 of 1 | Ledyard/Gales Ferry Nonfiction | 791.4302 Fie |
1 of 1 | Lyme Adult Nonfiction | 92 FIELD |
0 of 1 | North Branford/Smith Adult Biography | Biography FIELD |
1 of 1 | North Stonington/Wheeler Adult Biographies | B FIELD (OCT 18) |
1 of 1 | Old Lyme A Biography | BIO FIELD |
1 of 1 | Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction | B FIELD FIELD |
1 of 1 | Orange/Case Adult Biography | Biography FIELD [Sally] Field |
1 of 1 | Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Non-Fiction | 92 FIELD |
0 of 1 | Wallingford Adult Biographies | B FIELD SALLY FI |
1 of 1 | West Haven Main Adult Biography | B FIELD [SALLY] |
1 of 1 | Westbrook Adult Non-Fiction | B FIELD |
1 of 1 | Woodbridge Adult Biography | B FIELD (SALLY) |
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2018 | First edition | viii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | Available from another library
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Branford/Blackstone Adult CD Books
BCD BIO.FIELD (SALLY)
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1 of 1 | Branford/Blackstone Adult CD Books | BCD BIO.FIELD (SALLY) |
1 of 1 | East Lyme Public Adult Books on CD Non-Fiction | CD B FIELD, SALLY (Field) (In Pieces) |
1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Books on CD | BKCD BIOG FIELD, SALLY |
0 of 1 | Haddam/Brainerd Adult Recorded Book CD | RBCD B FIELD |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Talking Book CD | CD/TBK/791.4302/FIELD |
0 of 1 | Ledyard/Gales Ferry Audio Books | CD B Field |
1 of 1 | North Haven Adult Audiobook | Audiobook Biography Field, Sally |
1 of 1 | Norwich/Otis Adult Audio Books | CDB BIO FIELDS |
1 of 1 | Old Lyme Adult Talking Book - CD | AUDIO BIO FIELD |
1 of 1 | Orange/Case Adult Audiobook Nonfiction CD | Audiobook CD Biography FIELD [Sally] Field |
1 of 1 | Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Books on CD | BCD FIE - NF |
1 of 1 | Wallingford Adult Books on CD | CD BOOK B FIELD Sally FI |
1 of 1 | Westbrook Adult Compact Disc | NF COMPACT DISC B FIELD |
1 on order | Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library On Order | ON ORDER |
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2018 | Unabridged | 9 audio discs (10 hr., 30 min.) ; 12 cm | On Shelf 1 copy on order. Branford/Blackstone Adult CD Books BCD BIO.FIELD (SALLY)
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1 of 1 | Durham Adult Large Print Non-Fiction | LP B FIELD |
1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Large Print | LP BIOG FIELD, SALLY |
1 of 1 | Ivoryton Adult Large Print | LP BIO FIELD |
1 of 1 | Lyme Adult Large Print | LT 92 FIELD |
1 of 1 | North Branford/Smith Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Large Print Biography FIELD |
0 of 1 | North Haven Adult Biography | Biography Field, Sally |
1 of 1 | Old Lyme A Large Type Biography | LT BIO FIELD |
0 of 1 | Orange/Case Adult Large Print | Biography FIELD [Sally] Field [Large Type] |
1 of 1 | Woodbridge Adult Large Type Non-Fiction | LT B FIELD (SALLY) |
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2018 | Large print [edition] | viii, 501 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm | Available from another library
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2018 | OverDrive | Hachette Audio | Checked Out
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2018 | OverDrive | Grand Central Publishing | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection has 4
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One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of seventeen. From Gidget's sweet-faced "girl next door" to the dazzling complexity of Sybil to the Academy Award-worthy ferocity and depth of Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln, Field has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic...
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2015
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1 of 1 | Durham Adult Biography | B HYNDE |
1 of 1 | East Lyme Public Adult Biography | B HYNDE, CHRISSIE (Hynde) |
1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Biography | BIOG HYNDE |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor | 782.4216/HYNDE |
1 of 1 | Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction | 782.4216 HYNDE H |
1 of 1 | New London Adult Non Fiction | B HYNDE |
0 of 1 | North Branford/Smith Adult Biography | Biography HYNDE |
1 of 1 | North Haven Adult Biography | Biography Hynde, Chrissie |
0 of 1 | Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction | B HYNDE HYNDE |
1 of 1 | Orange/Case Adult Biography | Biography HYNDE [Chrissie] Hynde |
1 of 1 | Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Non-Fiction | 92 HYNDE |
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2015 | Doubleday | 312 pages : photographs (some color) ; 24 cm | Available from another library
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1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Books on CD | BKCD BIOG HYNDE, CHRISSIE |
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2015 | Unabridged | Random House Audio | 8 audio discs (540 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | Available from another library
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2015 | OverDrive | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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"Few other rock stars have managed to combine her swagger, sexiness, stage presence, knack for putting words to music, gorgeous voice and just all-around kick-assedness into such a potent and alluring package. From “Tatooed Love Boys” and “Brass in Pocket” to “Talk of the Town” and “Back on the Chain Gang,” her signature songs project a unique mixture of toughness and vulnerability that millions of men and women have related to. A...
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Nonfiction
322.4209 ONE
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1 of 1 | Branford/Blackstone Adult Nonfiction | 322.4209 ONE |
1 of 1 | East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction | 322.4209 O'Neill |
1 of 1 | Essex Adult Nonfiction | 322.4 ONE |
0 of 1 | Haddam/Brainerd Adult Nonfiction | 322.42 O'NE |
1 of 1 | Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction | 322.4209 ONEILL |
1 of 1 | Meriden Adult Non-Fiction | 322.42 O'N |
1 of 1 | North Haven Adult Nonfiction | 322.4 O'Neill, Connor |
1 of 1 | Orange/Case Adult Nonfiction Book | 322.42 O'Neill |
1 of 1 | Wallingford Adult Nonfiction | 322.4209 O'NEILL |
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©2020 | First edition | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill | 262 pages ; 22 cm | On Shelf Branford/Blackstone Adult Nonfiction 322.4209 ONE
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2020 | Hoopla | Algonquin Books | 1 online resource (272 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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"A journalist's memoir-plus-reporting about modern-day conflicts over Southern monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate hero and original leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as a personal examination of the legacy of white supremacy through theUS today, tracing the throughline from Appomattox to Charlottesville"--
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2014
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2014 | OverDrive | Sourcebooks | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection has 2 |
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For fans of the New York Times bestseller I Quit Sugar or Katie Couric's controversial food industry documentary Fed Up, A Year of No Sugar is a "delightfully readable account of how [one family] survived a yearlong sugar-free diet and lived to tell the tale...A funny, intelligent, and informative memoir." —Kirkus
It's dinnertime. Do you know where your sugar is coming from? Most likely everywhere. Sure, it's in ice cream
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2019
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2019 | OverDrive | Books on Tape | Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection |
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A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing.
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Austin Macauley Publishers
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2022
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2022 | Hoopla | Austin Macauley Publishers | 1 online resource (332 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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Dream in a Suitcase unravels a fast-paced journey of survival, resilience, and the power of love. It is the first English language memoir of a female Romanian-American survivor of the worst communist dictatorship behind the Iron Curtain. The story offers a rich multicultural mosaic of a life divided not only between two cultures and languages, that of the heroine's native Romania and her adoptive US but also between Chicago's urban culture and that...
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Stone Bridge Press
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[2020]
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0 of 1 | Guilford Adult Non-Fiction | 791.43 ALPERT |
1 of 1 | Meriden Adult Non-Fiction | 791.43 AL |
1 of 1 | Wallingford Adult Nonfiction | 791.43 ALPERT |
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[2020] | Stone Bridge Press | 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm | Available from another library
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"An American's unique behind-the-scenes look at Japanese business and how the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki were introduced to the world. This highly entertaining business memoir describes what it was like to work for Japan's premiere animation studio, Studio Ghibli, and its reigning genius Hayao Miyazaki. Steve Alpert, a Japanese-speaking American, was the 'resident foreigner' in the offices of Ghibli and its parent Tokuma Shoten and played a...
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The Sumeru Press
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2020
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2020 | Hoopla | The Sumeru Press | 1 online resource (212 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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OCCUPY THIS BODY: A Buddhist Memoir is the story of Religious Studies Professor Sharon A. Suh's struggle to overcome a childhood of forced-feeding, emotional neglect, and cruelty from her Korean immigrant mother who battled and eventually succumbed to her own eating disorders. As she matures and awakens to her own body, she must come to terms with her past suffering and how it shapes her experiences as a Korean American woman raised and educated within...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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2015
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0 of 1 | East Lyme Public YA Fiction | YA 782.4216 Unlocking |
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2015 | 1st edition | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 261 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm | Currently Unavailable
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"A rock band on the cusp of massive stardom, Unlocking the Truth is made up of three thirteen-year-old African American boys: Malcolm, Jarad, and Alec. When not in school they spend their time as rock stars opening for the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Motorhead, and Guns N' Roses, and crowd surfing at Coachella. They are currently working on their soon to be released debut EP. The key to their success: hard work, dedication, passion, and focus...
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2022
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2022 | Hoopla | BookBaby | 1 online resource | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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Written in the first person and with a strong annotated historical and political background, "Hale and Farewell: A Vietnam Era Memoir" is a deeply personal and emotional journey of a patriotic soldier who served through the social maelstrom and political upheaval that accompanied the Vietnam Era. His ideals, ambitions, perseverance, traumatic heartbreaks, and abandonment carry the reader back in time in his deeply personal reflection of American history....
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Greenhill Books
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2019
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English
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2019 | Hoopla | Greenhill Books | 1 online resource (256 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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'I realised that this brief but abortive sortie was to be the final mission of my Luftwaffe flying career.' Johannes Kaufmann's career was an exciting one. He may have been an ordinary Luftwaffe pilot, but he served during an extraordinary time, with distinction. Serving for a decade through both peacetime and wartime, his memoir sheds light on the immense pressures of the job. In this never-before-seen translation of a rare account of life in the...
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Savas Publishing
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2014
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2014 | Hoopla | Savas Publishing | 1 online resource (504 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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This remarkable and very rare memoir discusses the bloody combat history of the Texas National Guard 36th Infantry Division in World War II, from pre-embarkation training through the capture of Rome. The perspective, as seen through the eyes of its author, General Fred Walker, is refreshing for its refusal to rely upon hindsight and revisionist history. Walker led a division longer than any other American officer during World War II. The 36th earned...
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Vintage Books
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c2012
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English
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1 of 1 | New London Adult Non Fiction | 818 MCS |
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c2012 | Vintage Books | xix, 347 p. ; 21 cm. | Available from another library
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"Ever since John Hancock broke into song after signing the Declaration of Independence, American politics and musicals have been inextricably linked. From Alexander Hamilton's jazz hands, to Chester A. Arthur's oboe operas, to Newt Gingrich's off-Broadway sexscapade, You, Me, and My Moon Colony Mistress Makes Three, government and musical theater have joined forces to document our nation's long history of freedom, partisanship, and dancers on roller...
15) Bad to me
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Nine Mile Art Corp
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2022
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2022 | Hoopla | Nine Mile Art Corp | 1 online resource (705 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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With one foot in the Beat Generation and another in Hippie culture, Bad to Me excavates the coming of age of its main character, George Jazlo, amid the heady swirl of American life in the late 60s and early 70's. G.M. Drosdowich has written a novel that renders historical events as if they were experienced right now: with vivid clarity, resonant characters, and a raw honesty that reverberates throughout the book. Not a memoir or a remembrance...
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Bold Type Books
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2019
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1 of 1 | East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction | 306.8743 McClain |
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2019 | First edition | Bold Type Books | xv, 251 pages ; 22 cm | Available from another library
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A warm, wise, and urgent guide to parenting in uncertain times, from a longtime reporter on race, reproductive health, and politics In We Live for the We, first-time mother Dani McClain sets out to understand how to raise her daughter in what she, as a black woman, knows to be an unjust -- even hostile -- society. Black women are more likely to die during pregnancy or birth than any other race; black mothers must stand before television cameras telling...
17) Always My Hero
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Renee Nickell
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2019
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2019 | Hoopla | Renee Nickell | 1 online resource (288 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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Always My Hero is the inspirational true story about a young woman whose Marine brother is tragically killed in action. She must fight her way through grief, come to terms with the estrangement of her father and face her past or risk losing everything. Her world came crashing down when she got the call saying her brother had been killed. Major Samuel Griffith, a Marine Corps Officer, was fiercely dedicated to becoming an F-18 aviator, he embodied...
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Harper Perennial
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2019
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1 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Biography | B/IKPI |
0 of 1 | Norwich/Otis Adult Nonfiction | 616.89 IKP |
1 of 1 | Woodbridge Adult Biography | B IKPI (BASSEY) |
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2019 | First edition | Harper Perennial | 257 pages ; 21 cm. | Available from another library
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In I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying Bassey Bassey Ikpi explores her life--as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist--through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety. Her remarkable memoir in essays implodes our preconceptions of the mind and normalcy as Bassey bares her own truths and lies for us all to behold with radical honesty and brutal intimacy. From her early...
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Rare Bird Books
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2022
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English
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2022 | Hoopla | Rare Bird Books | 1 online resource (108 pages) | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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The story of heartbreak to triumph in the wake of a tragedy. Their first date in college was a U2 concert and after that Lauren and Jack Grandcolas were inseparable. He was mesmerized by her sweetness, fierce intelligence and eyes that were as blue and alive as the ocean. They married and settled in San Francisco, each pursuing their dreams in the business world. After a decade of trying, Lauren finally got pregnant at the age of 38. On Sept. 6, 2001,...
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography
BIO.DANTICAT (EDWIDGE)
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1 of 1 | Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography | BIO.DANTICAT (EDWIDGE) |
1 of 1 | East Hampton Adult Nonfiction | 813.54 DAN |
1 of 1 | Essex Adult Biography | B DANTICAT (HAITI) |
1 of 1 | Guilford Adult Biography | BIOG DANTICAT, EDWIDGE |
1 of 1 | Hamden/Miller Adult Biography | B/DANTICAT |
1 of 1 | Ledyard/Bill Nonfiction | B Danticat |
1 of 1 | Mitchell College Book Stacks | PS3554 .A5815 Z46 2007 |
1 of 1 | North Haven Adult Biography | Biography Danticat, Edwidge |
1 of 1 | Norwich/Otis Adult Nonfiction | 814.54 DAN |
1 of 1 | Wallingford Adult Biographies | B DANTICAT DA |
1 of 1 | West Haven Main Adult Biography | B DANTICAT [EDWIDGE] |
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2008 | 1st Vintage books ed | Vintage Books | x, 272 pages ; 21 cm | On Shelf Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography BIO.DANTICAT (EDWIDGE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | 1st ed | Alfred A. Knopf | 272 p. ; 22 cm. | Available from another library
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2007 | Hoopla | Unabridged | Recorded Books, Inc | 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 51 min.)) : digital. | Available Online Online Hoopla Collection |
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In a personal memoir, the author describes her relationships with the two men closest to her--her father and his brother, Joseph, a charismatic pastor with whom she lived after her parents emigrated from Haiti to the United States.
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