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"In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells a riveting story of the dark side of motherhood. Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced. As a young woman driven by these painful memories, Zoe sets the bar high for herself, studying hard and pursuing a career in the nonprofit world, where her deep compassion for disadvantaged children...
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""How can you not love a children's author who sees so clearly from her reader's point of view?"-Julie Bowen, actress, Modern Family"This book provides, through honest language and evocative imagery, a uniquely realistic view of how children experience divorce. While neither softening or white-washing this difficult topic, Higginbotham offers an ultimately comforting message to parents and children experiencing separation and divorce."-Lisa Spiegel,...
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Follows three mothers, each at a crossroads, and their potential involvement in a riot at a school trivia night that leaves one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but which evidence shows might have been premeditated. Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She$1 (Bs funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community,...
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Clavis Publishing, Inc
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[2020]
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English
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Mila has two homes: some days she lives with Mommy and some days she lives with Daddy. Today she is going to her mommy's house. Everything is a little different at Mommy's than at Daddy's. But Mommy and Daddy both think Mila is the sweetest girl in the whole world. A warm and simple story about a girl whose parents are divorced. For toddlers ages 30 months and up, with a focus on the child's daily life.
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s200
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Jolo's Two Bedrooms is a new approach to story-telling for children facing parental separation. In this compelling story, Jolo is overwhelmed with the number of emotions and fears he is experiencing. Jolo, moving from crisis to crisis and question to question, is helped by Jennifer Rainbow, a counselor who helps him to see that feelings and fears are normal and acceptable. When Jolo's parents realize that their job is to create a safe and secure environment...
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Clavis
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c2012
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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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A young girl named Nina recounts her feelings about her parents' divorce and describes what it is like to live in two households in this touching picture book. Everything is different from the way it was, and sometimes the behavior of the adults around her is upsetting to Nina. This honest, uncomplicated account of divorce from a child's point of view will reassure and comfort young readers who are experiencing the changes that divorce brings to a...
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who is 80 to get married again, even though everyone else in the family is against it. After her grandmother comes for a visit and they do all kinds of fun things together, Susanna writes her grandmother a letter telling her to marry again, and she does. As a result, her parents are very mad at her, and she wonders if she should have sent that letter. What will happen? Did Susanna give her grandmother good advice? Will the marriage work out? What...
12) A Little Spark
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From the multi-award-winning author of A Song Only I Can Hear comes another Children's Book Council of Australia Notable middle fiction novel that is warm, upbeat, intriguing and wholly absorbing.
NOTABLE BOOK: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers
SHORTLISTED: 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
I don't tell Mum and Sam anything about my weekends with Dad. It would be giving them tickets...
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Karen and Rob Burrows have always handled just about everything well - but what about divorce? Karen and Rob were always great partners, and together they built a life filled with success, good friends, and a beautiful son, Tommy. But as they each get caught up in the stresses of their careers, they realize they lack one thing - real, enduring love for each other. Can two parents who respect each other manage a pain-free separation? Mr. and Mrs. Burrows...
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Je suis Emilie Anderson, je me suis mariée à un homme pauvre, enfin je le croyais jusqu'à ce qu'il m'avoue qu'il est l'un des milliardaires les plus réputés des Etas Unis d'Amérique (ça m'apprendra à ne pas lire de magazines). Je lui pardonnai son mensonge par amour, toute sa famille m'aima contrairement à son père. Une belle journée d'été, je partis chez mon ami qui est un médecin pour savoir pourquoi j'ai des vertiges et la nouvelle...
15) Lisa and Lottie
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In the book that spawned the beloved movie The Parent Trap, nine-year-old Lisa from Vienna--bold, with a head of curls--meets Munich's buttoned-up Lottie at summer camp. Soon, a newspaper clipping tells the tale: they're identical twins, Lisa living a colorful, big-city life with her father while Lottie keeps house with their gentle mother. Why have their parents separated? And how can they get to the bottom of the mystery? They decide to switch hairstyles,...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.
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The Christmas holiday isn't looking so merry for Londyn Parker. Fed up with her parents arguing every night, she seeks out the attention of a boy online as an escape from the reality of her horrible home life. But Londyn's Christmas spirit totally disappears when her mother delivers unexpected news and The Slumber Sisters are driven into action once again to try and help one of their own.
18) Weekend dad
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here, thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at the park. And then they do the same things on Sunday. It...
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Philomel Books
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[2017]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Fifth-grader Winnie, with notes from her friends, writes of turning her treehouse into an embassy after her newly-divorced parents become unreasonable, where she is joined by nine others with complaints.
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After divorce shatters her family, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning--but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful intersections of love and family in this poignant novel--
It’s been nearly six years since Julia Jones had her heart broken. After her husband became involved with another woman, she did everything she could to save their marriage,...
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