life change events

"Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogota with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the way they were before. When Mami announces that she and Luis are getting married and that they will all be moving to a new casa, Juana is quite distraught. Lucky for her, though, some things will never change -- like how much Mami loves her"--Amazon.com.

Margaret Jacobsen is looking at a bright future until everything is taken away in a brief turbulent moment. While in the hospital she is forced to face the possibility that nothing will be the same again. A story about finding love in the least likely place.

Missy Turner's life is turned upside down when she catches her husband with another woman and is caught in the middle of an armed robbery, and as everything falls apart, Missy begins making risky decisions that could destroy what little she has left.

"On one feverish, fateful summer night in 2013, four former classmates converge on the rustbelt town they grew up in--a region ravaged by the Great Recession, an opioid crisis, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--each of them with a mission, all of them haunted by regrets, secrets, losses and love"--Provided by publisher.

"Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Indigenous Mexican is secretive about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body. She is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion. She must choose loyalty to her life-long best friend who is contemplating an even more profound change of life or the boy she likes"--Provided by publisher.

Draws on interviews and focus groups with child soldiers to examine how they were initiated into the civil war in Sierra Leone and the challenges they faced after the war.

When widower Willa Drake receives a phone call from a stranger, she finds herself flying across the country to Baltimore, Maryland to look after a young women whom she has never met, her nine-year-old daughter, and their dog, Airplane.

"Putting his player ways behind him, Jasper Dane is now strictly a one-woman man. Jasper, desperate to start a family with his wife, Abby, is devastated when she puts their baby plans on hold. Holly has just arrived in town for the summer, and after landing a job with Jasper, the two form an unlikely friendship. Abby's immediate dislike of Holly and Jasper spending time together causes him to question her fidelity. Broken hearted at Abby's sudden change of heart, and suspicious for her reasons, Jasper takes action, sparking a chain of events that makes his once well planned life spiral out of control."--Back cover.

This story, told in three distinct narratives, explores the imbalances that sustain human relationships. The first section tells the story of a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. The next is narrated by an Iraqi-American man who is detained by immigration officers at Heathrow Airport on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan,. And the third is an interview with Blazer as he talks about life, love, and legacy.

"It's senior year, and Miranda Black's best friend, Syd, has run away, suddenly and inexplicably, leaving behind nothing but a pink leopard print cell phone with a text message from the mysterious HIM. Everyone wants to know why Syd left, but the truth is, Miranda has no idea. When Miranda's mother abandoned her as a child, Miranda had found shelter in her friendship with Syd, who wore her own motherlessness like a badge of honor"--Provided by publisher.