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Winter Lived Experiences (Adult)

Winter Reading 2024-25
 

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1. The lion women of Tehran

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Author:
Kamali, Marjan
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2 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
1 copy on order.
Description:
In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in...

2. Maid: hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

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Author:
Land, Stephanie, 1978-
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"A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them." -- Publisher

3. A place for us: a novel

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Author:
Mirza, Fatima Farheen, 1991-
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Boulder Main Large Print
LP Mirz
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"An Indian-American Muslim family gathers together in their Californian hometown to celebrate the eldest daughter, Hadia's, weddin--a match of love rather than tradition. It is here, on this momentous day, that Amar, the youngest of the siblings, reunites with his family for the first time in three years. Rafiq and Layla must now contend with the choices and betrayals that lead to their son's estrangement. As siblings Hadia, Huda, and Amar attempt...

4. There there

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Author:
Orange, Tommy, 1982-
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Boulder Main Large Print
LP Oran
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"Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle's death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen Orvil, coming to perform...