Celebrity, grief and family secrets; FICTION: A marvelous novel about a mercurial showbiz star -- and the mystery she bequeaths to her daughter.

• Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN). 2020.

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Black cake : a novel.

• Authors : Wilkerson, Charmaine, author

Subjects: Brothers and sisters -- Fiction; Mothers -- Death -- Fiction; Families -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made ...

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I guess I live here now.

• Authors : Ahn, Claire, author

Subjects: Korean Americans -- Juvenile fiction; Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fictionSeoul (Korea) -- Juvenile fiction; Seoul (Korea) -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "Melody always wanted to get to know the Korean side of her Korean American heritage better, but not quite like this. She's shocked to ...

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The inheritance of Orquídea Divina : a novel.

• Authors : Córdova, Zoraida

Subjects: Family secrets -- Fiction; Magic -- Fiction; Inheritance and succession -- FictionEcuador -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "The Montoyas know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won't ever leave ...

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Verity.

• Authors : Hoover, Colleen, author

Subjects: Married people -- Fiction; Secrecy -- Fiction; Family secrets -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband ...

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The light of the midnight stars.

• Authors : Rossner, Rena, author

Subjects: Magic -- Fiction; Fairy tales -- Fiction; Sisters -- FictionHungary -- Fiction; Hungary

• Abstract: Summary: "Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small ...

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Bestiary : a novel.

• Authors : Chang, Kristin, author

Subjects: Mythology -- Fiction; Taiwanese Americans -- Fiction; Family secrets -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "One evening, Ma tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body, named Hu Gu Po. She hungered to ...

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Mexican Gothic.

• Authors : Moreno-Garcia, Silvia, author

Subjects: Haunted houses -- Mexico -- Fiction; Families -- Fiction; Family secrets -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High ...

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On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel.

• Authors : Vuong, Ocean, 1988-, author

Subjects: Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction; Mothers and sons -- Fiction; Family secrets -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "[Little Dog gives a letter to his mother who can't read]. Written when the speaker, Little Dog is in his late twenties, the letter ...

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The other Americans.

• Authors : Lalami, Laila, 1968-

Subjects: Immigrants -- Fiction; Murder -- Fiction; Family secrets -- Fiction

• Abstract: Summary: "Nora Guerraoui, a jazz composer, returns home to a small town in the Mojave after hearing that her father, owner of a popular restaurant ...

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