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"A spare ... [and] bittersweet ... story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future"--
In Holt, Colorado, widower Louis Waters is initially thrown when the widowed Addie Moore suggests that they spend time together, in bed, to stave off loneliness. They are soon exchanging the confidences and memories of lives now empty of family, and their hopes for the...
3) Black River
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A former prison guard and talented fiddler returns to his Montana hometown to bury his wife and confront an inmate who, twenty years earlier, held him hostage during a prison riot.
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A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life Maya is the baby who ends up on A.J.'s bookshop floor with a note. What happens in the bookshop that changes the lives of these seemingly normal but extraordinary characters? This is the story of how unexpected love can rescue you and...
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Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
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Beacons of hope volume 1
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"Shipwrecked and stranded at Presque Isle port, Emma Chambers is in need of a home. Could the widowed Great Lakes lighthouse keeper and his young son be an answer to her prayer?"--
7) Say her name
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In a novel based on the author's real-life tragedy, Goldman, consumed with grief and guilt over the accidental death of his wife just before their second anniversary, obsessively collects every memory of her, especially her writings, with the hope of keeping her alive in his mind.
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"To the Lighthouse features the serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests who are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Virginia Woolf constructs a moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflicts within a marriage."--BOOK JACKET
10) Hannah's list
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Blossom street novels volume 7
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On the anniversary of his beloved wife's death, Dr. Michael Everett receives a letter Hannah had written him. In it she reminds him of her love and makes one final request. An impossible request--"I want you to marry again". She tells him he shouldn't spend the years he has left grieving her. And to that end she's chosen three women she asks him to consider.
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Amish millionaire volume 2
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Widower Eustace Byler, who stands out in his Amish community for his eccentricity and wealth, wonders if he can ever come to terms with his son's very different life choices.
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
13) Bag of bones
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Mike Noonan, a best selling author, is haunted by dreams about the death of his wife. Although it has been over four years since his wife's tragic death, Mike is unable to shake the grief. In an attempt to settle himself, Mike returns to his summer home. However, something dark is brewing underneath the town's surface, and Mike is about to discover it.
14) Worthy: a novel
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Virginia finally had the chance to explore a relationship with Aaron when he asked her on a date. She had been waiting, hoping that the widower and his young son, Buddy, would welcome her into their lives. But a terrible tragedy strikes on the night of their first kiss, crushing their hopes for a future together. Nineteen years later, Virginia is engaged, though she has not forgotten Aaron or Buddy. When her dog goes missing and it comes to light...
15) Go, went, gone
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The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European...
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Blackstone Audio
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2013
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7 CDs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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American Alec Hudson has carried the ashes - and the memory - of his late ex-wife, Gwynne, all the way from London's Heathrow Airport to the remote mountains fo North Wales honoring Gwynne's request that he scatter them atop a mountain they had climbed together years before. But the weather doesn't cooperate, so Alec seeks shelter at Fiona Edward's bed-and-breakfast at the base of the jagged peaks. As Fiona and Alec wait for the weather to clear,...
17) Navy Woman
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Navy series (Debbie Macomber) volume 4
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Harper Collins Publishers
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[2022]
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5 CDs (6 hrs., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Busy attorney Catherine Fredrickson loved her job at a submarine base in Washington, but her new boss, Royce Nyland, had her spirits sinking fast. The icy widower was distant, demanding-and incredibly attractive. And though he kept her at arm's length, he aroused a stormy passion in Catherine that was impossible to deny. Already struggling to keep afloat while caring for his energetic daughter, Royce didn't need any more distractions-especially not...
18) Safe haven
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"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...
19) Company man
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p2005
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14 CDs (17 hrs. 49 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Nick Conover, proud son of Fenwick Michigan, rose from a blue collar family to become the CEO of the state's richest company. Nick thought he had it all until his life spiraled out of control. Now, a single parent, Nick faces a slew of angry townspeople, most of whom Nick was forced to lay off, including one who has become a stalker. Damned by the town and shunned by police, Nick must protect his family and his reputation before he loses everything....
20) Hot shot
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Men of the sisterhood volume 5
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Loyalty is a way of life for the Sisterhood and their significant others. When lawyer Lizzie Fox's husband, Cosmo Cricket, is left critically injured after being shot by an unknown assailant, the men of BOLO Consultants head straight for Las Vegas to comfort Lizzie - and to uncover a dangerous enemy in the City of Sin. As head of Nevada's Gaming Commission, Cosmo has powerful enemies. Yet the shooting seems to be related to one of his private projects....
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