Benbrook Public Library

"For most of her life, Chrysta Bilton was part of a small, if dysfunctional, family of three. Her mom, Debra, yearned for motherhood. But in the 1980's, single lesbians had fewer options than are available today. Until one day, while getting her hair done in a Beverly Hills salon, Debra met the man who would be Chrysta's dad. Beautiful, athletic and from a "good" family, Debra was confident that Jeffrey Harrison was the ideal sperm donor. From a storied...

Tucked away in a remote cul-de-sac on the Maine coast is a place where the strange is normal, and the bizarre, is every day. This is a place, where, if you do not have an open mind, you will lose your mind in its reality and truths. This is the home of The Monsterjunkies, An American Family Odyssey. Residing at this place, twelve year old Crow and his fourteen year old sister, Indigo , along with their friends go down a reality curve to arrive at...

"One son walked out the door never to return as another son walked in." So begins the second volume in this trilogy as we pick up this outlandish family saga in the 1970s, recounted through a series of interwoven chapters featuring the many colorful characters. The story opens with a family tragedy as we see how far the Pendergasts have fallen from their days of fame and fortune. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn what became of Henry, Albert,...

From the author of the bestselling memoir North of Normal comes the harrowing story of a past that won't let go, and one woman's attempt to put her life back together after everything falls apart. In her bestselling memoir North of Normal, Cea wrote with grace about her unconventional childhood-her early years living in a tipi in Alberta with her pot-smoking, free-loving counterculture family. But her struggles do not end when she leaves her family...

After moving to a humble cottage outside of a tiny Texas town, Debra Monroe rids herself of an abusive husband, battles sexist contractors and workers as she renovates her home, and finally, after several disheartening letdowns, is able to adopt her beautiful baby daughter, Marie. Though elated that her dream is coming true, Monroe faces trials that befall her not just as a single mother but as a white mother of a black child. In On the Outskirts...

One Nut To Stand Alone If it's meant to be, it will be. Greet this day the way it has greeted you, with open arms and endless possibilities. Space, Time, Matter, Morning, Noon, And Night, Views. Made in America. Crazy, common, clowns to the left, cattle calls, family affairs, heads to count. I ain't the one to gossip so you ain't heard it from me.

"Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother's former nurse, the little half-brother isn't allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there's Merit. Merit Voss...

After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.

Hoping to discontinue her career as a bounty hunter for something safer, Stephanie Plum is inadvertently drawn into a case that is complicated by her tangled love life, her chaotic family, and her penchant for wrecking cars.

"The new novel from Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot, about how sometimes we don't appreciate how extraordinary our ordinary lives are until it's too late. "What a wonderful writer--smart, wise, funny." --Anne Lamott Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It's just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty...