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Bev is the Smart One, who finally leaves her artistic ambitions in chalk dust (and her humor-impaired husband in the arms-and legs-of his nubile protégée) to become a schoolteacher. Clare is the Pretty One, who married well and seems to be living a designer version of the suburban dream. Joey is the Wild One, struggling to stay clean and sober now that she's used up her fifteen minutes of fame as a one-hit-wonder rock star.
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Preparing for Baby is a must-have resource for every new and expecting parent, a legal and financial version of What to Expect While You're Expecting. Often, parents don't have the time or energy to deal with important legal and financial matters—like buying life insurance, learning how to save for college, or creating a will. Preparing for Baby provides plain-English information about the basic legal and financial issues most new parents' face,...
25) Duane Hopwood
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A down-on-his-luck divorced father decides that the time has come to get his life back on track before he loses everything. A moving, humorous look at the limits of unconditional love, what defines a family, and our responsibility for our own happiness.
28) Death in love
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A family's dangerous legacy unravels as a mother's desperate wartime choices haunt the lives and loves of her sons. In 1990's New York, her eldest son finds a way out of his tailspin of one night stands and scams when he befriends a charming co-worker, while his brother struggles in a compulsive, co-dependent relationship with their mother.
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In this scintillating French drama, mother and daughter Astrid and Audrey are lawyers specializing in family law who make the perilous decision to work together. Along with partner Sofia, they deal with clients from a divorcing couple fighting over their bulldog to shady fertility trade dealings.
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"It is widely known today among ordinary Muslims and scholars of Islam that classical Islamic law denies that wives have any obligation to do housework. Their exemption from domestic labor became a talking point among Muslims responding to Orientalist stereotypes of the "oppressed Muslim woman" by the late nineteenth century, and it was a prominent motif in writings by Muslim feminists in the US starting in the 1980s. More recently, Kecia Ali has...
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This is "written by a Certified Elder Law Attorney to help seniors, veterans and their families navigate the long-term care legal maze. Inside you will find tips, tricks, and legal strategies to help protect the quality of life and resources for a loved one who is suffering from a chronic illness, such as Alzheimer's, Dementia, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington's Disease, or even the frailties of aging."--P. [4] of cover.
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Mahavir seeks to capture a locality's land with Tyagi's help, facing opposition from Bhaijaan, who considers the community his family. Bhaijaan, a bachelor with three love-struck brothers, learns they are orphans cared for by him. The brothers aim to unite Bhaijaan with his lost love, Bhagya, but discover she's married. Another Bhagya enters their lives, and as she and Bhaijaan fall in love, they plan to marry. Traveling to Hyderabad, they face a...