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Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 203 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oscar winner Judi Dench stars in this darkly humorous drama about a meek, middle-aged divorcee who suddenly begins to behave in ways that shock her ex and her grown daughter. Extras include biographies of star Judi Dench and writer Catherine Heath.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 294 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Formats
Description
Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, two middle-aged women, make a fresh start by opening a gardening business. Mysteries grow around these two gardening sleuths as they dig up trouble on the job and use investigative skills to get to the bottom of things.
Author
Series
Class Mom volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Jen Dixon is not your typical Kansas City kindergarten class mom-or mom in general. Jen already has two college-age daughters by two different (probably) musicians, and it's her second time around the class mom block with five-year-old Max, this time with a husband and father by her side. Though her best friend and PTA President sees her as the "wisest" candidate for the job (or oldest), not all of the other parents agree. From recording parents'...
Author
Series
Class Mom volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
If you've ever been a room parent or school volunteer, Jen Dixon is your hero. She says what every class mom is really thinking, whether in her notoriously frank emails or standup-worthy interactions with the micromanaging PTA President and the gamut of difficult parents. Luckily, she has the charm and wit to get away with it--most of the time. Jen is sassier than ever but dealing with a whole new set of challenges, in the world of parental politics...
Author
Series
Class Mom volume 4
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"As a new Mat Mom of the Pioneer Middle School (PMS) Wrestling team, Jen Dixon finds herself thrown in the middle of the "guerrilla war against so-called perfect mothers," armed only with her cutting wit and acerbic sense of humor (New York Times Book Review). Handling a whole host of new challenges, from the dreaded seventh-grade science fair to a school fundraiser (again!), Jen faces the somewhat-terrifying new social dynamics of the wrestling moms...
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Muscle is the body's natural heating system. Regular strength training revs up your metabolism and helps protect against the bone loss that naturally occur in your 50s. A complete strength workout includes insights into the importance of strength training; exercise tips for achieving maximum goals; 40-minute core routine, including abdominal section; advanced excerses; Q & A session.
13) The Charles Schwab guide to finances after fifty: answers to your most important money questions
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xvi, 414 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Whatever your specific financial issue, one thing is certain - your range of choices is vast. As the financial world becomes increasingly complex, what you need is deeply researched advice from professionals whose credentials are impeccable and who prize clarity and straightforwardness over financial mumbo-jumbo."--Dust jacket.
14) The paper palace
Author
Description
It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-- the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different, because last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next 24 hours, Elle will...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Disconnected from the outside world until a health scare and a sink hole in his yard force him to forge new relationships, middle-aged Richard Novak finds his life changed by a doughnut shop owner, a kidnapped woman, and a counterculture icon.
Author
Formats
Description
To cool-headed, fastidious Pricilla Messing, Italy will be an escape, a brief glimpse of freedom from a life that's starting to feel like one long decline. Rescued from the bedside of her difficult mother, forty-something Cilla finds herself called away to Rome to keep an eye on her wayward teenage niece, Hannah. But after years of caregiving, babysitting is the last thing Cilla wants to do. Instead she throws herself into Hannah's youthful, heedless...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Formats
Description
Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of "I Feel Bad About My Neck," taking a cold, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten. A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated...
20) The good caregiver: a one-of-a-kind compassionate resource for anyone caring for an aging loved one
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
328 pages: illustrations; 23 cm
Description
Offers those caring for an aging loved one practical advice to help them cope with the day-to-day challenges they might face.
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