Lauren Ambrose
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down--and inspiring a motley crew of unexpected allies to band together to solve the mystery--in this utterly original debut. Molly Dunn is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and interprets people literally. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The esteemed Head Maid of the 5-star Regency Grand Hotel, Molly Gray, when a world-renowned mystery author drops dead, matches wits with her old foe, Detective Stark, to solve this case, which not only threatens the hotel’s pristine reputation but may be linked to her own past."
3) Loving Leah
Author
Language
English
Description
A quirky love story revolving around the unexpected wedding and unconventional married life of a 26-year-old widow and her late husband's brother, a handsome 30-year-old cardiologist. A Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie.
4) About Sunny
Author
Language
English
Description
Single-mom Angela is trying to hold it together for her daughter Sunny. At her breaking point, Angela is faced with an impossible choice: can she give up what she loves most for the promise of a better life for Sunny?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
It's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man...
7) Diggers
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers.
11) A dog year
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Jon Katz, a writer at a mid-life crossroads, decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story
12) Cold souls
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An actor who is agonizing over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' has his soul extracted by a high-tech company; he soon regrets the operation but learns that his soul has been placed on the Russian black market
13) The other woman
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When a woman lawyer's recent marriage is turned upside down by her precocious stepson, the situation is further complicated by an unexpected tragedy and the interference of her husband's jealous ex-wife
15) Diggers
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of two generations of hard-living clam diggers trying to maintain their way of life in the midst of the enormous changes swirling around them. A funny, heartfelt '70s-era period piece set in the still-unspoiled Hamptons area of Long Island.
16) Diggers
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Four Long Island friends follow in their families' footsteps and work as clam diggers in the 1970s, until a corporation encroaches on their traditional territory
17) Coma
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...