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1542) Hobo mom
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A single father and pre-teen daughter are reunited with the woman who once left them, forcing all three to confront their own notions of happiness and whether someone who covets independence so strongly can ever settle down, no matter the cost.--
1548) Sway: a novel
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Ten-year-old Cass's attitude changes after her mother, whom she idolizes, leaves her behind, and her father who previously seemed boring and practical, takes her on a summer road trip in which he shows her the creative, magical side of himself.
1549) The stepmother
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Bea was once the apple of her husband's eye-- but now he's picked a more succulent fruit. Tessa is younger, fitter, prettier ... but does that make her wicked?
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"A richly imaginative debut, detailing a girl and her father finding their way--and themselves--while they work as traveling hardware salesmen in Pinochet-era Chile, is a rare work of magic and originality. For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D's life as a traveling salesman. Enchanted by her father's trade, M convinces him to take her along on his routes, selling hardware supplies amid the backdrop...
1553) War of the bastards
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A year after the Inquisitor Miles Hampstedt usurped the throne of Noveris, Tilla and her fellow bastards continue to fight tyranny as they contemplate a pact with the people of the Red Wastes.
1554) Chasing the skip
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When fifteen-year-old Rick's mother finally leaves for good, Ricki's absentee father steps in, taking Ricki with him as he chases bail "skips" across the country, but their fledgling relationship is tested as they pursue attractive, manipulative, seventeen-year-old Ian Burnham.
1555) Big familia: a novel
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Big Familia follows Juan Gutiérrez, a self-employed single father, as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. When his incarcerated father dies and his daughter reveals she's pregnant, Juan is forced to examine the emotional bonds that both hold and hinder him, to reassess his ideas of commitment, of friendship, of love.
1560) Maho no sanpomichi
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There is nothing more exciting that a trip down the road with Dad. There are snapping crocodiles, stomping dinosaurs, sleeping princesses and golden treasure - but that's not even the best bit. The best bit's at the end...