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"In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, heartbreaking mix of literary scholarship and true-crime writing."--Back cover.
In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by...
102) The book of Henry
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A single mother discovers a scheme in her son's book to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather and sets out to execute the plan at any cost.
103) Savages
Pub. Date
[2008]
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Jon and Wendy Savage (Hoffman and Linney) are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from their abusive father, Lenny (Bosco). Suddenly, a call comes in that Lenny's girlfriend has died and he cannot care for himself. Lenny suffers from dementia and her family dumps Lenny on his children. Despite the fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Gaeilge
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Rural Ireland 1981. A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Pub. Date
[2022]
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2 videodiscs (411 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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This four-part limited series chronicles the harrowing backstory of Olivia Winfield as she is wooed by the debonair Malcolm Foxworth. After a whirlwind romance, Olivia discovers the twisted truths lurking inside Foxworth Hall, and the fairytale life she expected becomes a nightmare, one that leads to her notorious decision to lock her grandchildren in the attic.
107) Antwone Fisher
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Antwone Fisher is a troubled sailor, sent to see a Navy psychiatrist about his temper. With the doctor, the seaman embarks on an emotional journey to confront his painful past and connect with a family he never knew.
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[2003]
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Caroline just wants to settle down in one place, find a decent guy, and provide a better home for her handful of a son, Toby. When she moves to Seattle and meets Dwight, she thinks she's got it made. Toby, however, feels differently after spending time with Dwight while away from Caroline. Dwight seems to want to mold Toby into a better person, but to do so he emotionally, verbally, and physically abuses the kid. The marriage proceeds, and soon Caroline,...
111) If there be thorns
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English
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"They thought they had left the attic far behind, but the darkness stalks them, ready to claim the next generation ..."--Back cover.
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2016.
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"In 1969 Alabama, eleven-year-old Dixie Dupree learns that the family she once believed was happy has deep fractures and records everything in her diary in this coming-of-age story about mothers and daughters, the guilt and pain that pass between generations, and the truths that are impossible to hide, especially from ourselves"--
In 1969 Alabama, eleven-year-old Dixie Dupree is already an expert liar. When she learns that the family she once believed...
113) The phenom
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ever since Hopper was a child, he has dreamed of becoming a major-league pitcher. Relentlessly pushed and punished by his abusive father, he's on the verge of becoming one of the game's most promising players when he unexpectedly breaks down on the mound. Now Hopper's only hope for a future lies with an unorthodox sports therapist who urges him to piece together the past and confront the man who is both bully and family.
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English
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A mother's search for the son she gave up uncovers terrifying secrets in a Minnesota town in this "masterfully depicted true-crime tale" (Publishers Weekly). In 1962, Jerry Sherwood gave up her newborn son, Dennis, for adoption. Twenty years later, she set out to find him-only to discover he had died before his fourth birthday. The immediate cause was peritonitis, but the coroner had never decided the mode of death, writing "deferred" rather than...
115) Dark river
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in fifteen years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
116) Petals on the wind
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Series
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©1980.
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cathy discovers that she has the power to revenge those childhood years locked in an attic with her brother and sister.
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Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
xi, 340 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just beginning -- he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It." In this book, he answers questions & reveals new adventures through...
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 117
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Claudia starts babysitting for a new family, she suspects the father is abusing his children.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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xxix, 329 pages ; 25 cm
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English
Description
"At the dawn of the twentieth century, a bright new age for children appeared on the horizon, with progress on ending child labor, providing public education, ensuring food and drug safety, combating abuse and neglect, and creating a juvenile justice system. But a hundred years on, the promised light has not arrived. Today, more than eleven million American children live in poverty and more than four million lack health insurance. Each year, we prosecute...
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