Molly Ringwald
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Siblings (Fiction)
Jewish American Heritage (adults)
Jewish Book Week
Siblings (Fiction)
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Two siblings with very different personalities attempt to take control of their mother's food obsession and massive weight gain to save her life after their father walks out and leaves her reeling in the Chicago suburbs.
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Five high school students-- a Rebel, an Athlete, a Brain, a Princess and a Basketcase-- find themselves thrown together serving a Saturday morning detention. They do not have much in common, except giving up their day, sitting in the school library, and writing an essay for the principal. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some of the Rebel's marijuana, they begin to pour their hearts out to each other. They talk about their...
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"Samantha Baker is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday-- if only someone in her family would remember it. She's your average teen, enduring creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the 'Big Blonde on Campus' who stands between her and the boy of her dreams."--Container.
7) Baja
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A young couple has a drug deal go bad and flees across the border to Baja California, Mexico. The woman's ex-husband is sent down by her father to talk sense into her, but the stakes get deadly when a hitman starts hunting them all down.
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"The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson--"the French Brokeback Mountain" (Elle)--about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I'm frightened...
10) Pretty in pink
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"Andie is a high school girl from the other side of town. Blane's the wealthy heartthrob who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure"--Container.
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When it happens to you, you will be surprised. That thing they say about how you knew all the time, but just weren't facing it? That might be the case, but nevertheless, there you will be.
Molly Ringwald mines the complexities of modern relationships in this gripping and nuanced collection of interlinked stories. Writing with a deep compassion for human imperfection, Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while
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"To Molly, the war means watching exciting newsreels at the local movie palace, having hot chocolate in the basement during blackouts, and learning to tap dance so she can win the part of Miss Victory in the school pageant. But when Molly's father goes overseas and her mother starts working in an airplane factory, suddenly the war no longer seems so far away. Then an English refugee, a girl Molly's age named Emily, comes to stay with the McIntires....
14) King Cobra
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Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, King Cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behind-the-scenes world of the pornography industry. It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary...
15) Sixteen candles
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For high schooler Samantha Baker, her sixteenth birthday might be the worst day of her life. Her entire family has forgotten about it due to her older sister's impending wedding; her biggest crush, high school hunk Jake Ryan has discovered an embarrassing sex quiz filled out by Sam in which she details how she is saving herself for him; and to make matters worse, she is hounded by a relentless nerd who won't take no for an answer.
16) Siberia
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When a diamond merchant from America travels to Siberia to find a buyer for a collection of blue diamonds with rare and mysterious origins, he becomes tangled in an affair with the owner of a small Siberian cafe. The more obsessive his affair becomes, the more the dangerous world of the Russian diamond trade intrudes upon his life, until eventually it seems there is no way out for either him or his lover. Both his relationship and the diamonds are...
17) Sixteen candles
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Lets us celebrate 'Sweet Sixteen' in this warm-hearted comedy about an average teenager whose family seemingly forgets this pivotal event in her life. Loaded with over 2 hours of never-before-seen bonus features, including a documentary.
19) Tempest
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"Trapped in a life that's lost all meaning, jaded New York architect Phillip Dimitrius sets off on a quest to find his roots. Joined by his rebillious daughter, Phillip heads off on a Greek odyssey where he crosses paths with a free-spirited singer. Together, the three start a strange, new life on an abandoned island in the Aegean Sea. But nothing perfect last forever ... and when a ship wrecks off shore one stormy night, the survivors turn Phillip's...
20) Johnny Appleseed
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Johnny Appleseed, the American legend, who traveled the frontier wearing a burlap sack, sporting a pot for a hat, and carrying a pouch full of apple seeds.