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Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xviii, 211 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"A few years ago, Kris Carr's world was falling apart. Her father was dying, she had to pivot her business because of the pandemic, and she was on the verge of reaching her twenty-year milestone of living with an incurable Stage IV cancer diagnosis. While sitting in a CVS parking lot, she broke down, finally allowing herself to feel the massive stress and sadness she had been suppressing in order to seem strong for those around her, and for herself....
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2013
Formats
Description
Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn't expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the adorable and charming Ben Ross. Their chemistry is instant and electric. Ben cannot even wait twenty-four hours before asking to see her again. Within weeks, the two are head over heels in love. By May, they've eloped.
Author
Series
Girl's guide (Laura Taylor Namey) volume 1
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lila Reyes, furious when her parents send her to the English countryside to recover from grief and heartbreak, unexpectedly falls in love with a teashop clerk--and England, itself.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"The death of a parent isn't easy for a person of any age. Children, who do not yet fully understand death, may have an exceptionally hard time when their parent passes away. This book touches on many of the emotions that a child might feel during this difficult time--including grief, guilt, and fear--and offers advice on how to talk about these feelings. Some of the changes that may occur in a child's life after the death of a parent are also discussed."--...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief. Chuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much as his annual trip to Hilton Head with his wife, Cat--that yearly taste of relaxation they'd become accustomed to in retirement, after a lifetime of working and raising two children. Now, just months after Cat's death, Chuck finds that he...
86) Petty magic: being the memoirs and confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, temptress and troublemaker
Author
Publisher
Crown Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Using witchcraft to extend her considerable life, Evelyn Harbinger dons a youthful appearance to catch the eye of a man she believes to be the reincarnation of a beloved World War II espionage partner who lost his life helping her to advance the Allied cause.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Sixty years after a book's publication, its author remembers his lost love and missing son, while a teenage girl named for one of the book's characters seeks her namesake, as well as a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness.
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"One minute, 26-year-old Tegan Lawson has everything she could hope for, including an adoring husband, Gabe, and a baby on the way. The next, a patch of black ice causes a devastating accident and Tegan's life is as shattered as the car they had to cut her out of. With the loss of her baby and her unbearable anger towards Gabe, who was driving that night, Tegan is drowning in grief. After a handful of sleeping pills land her in the hospital, lucky...
90) Summer shift
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
315, [12] p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Forty-four-year-old Cape Cod clam bar owner Mary Hopkins struggles to find the peace, love, and human connection that have eluded her for decades as she copes with her beloved great-aunt's descent into Alzheimer's disease, the tragic accident of a young waitress, and her rekindled romance with Dan, a lost love.
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Drawing on interviews with over 5000 women who became fatherless due to death, divorce, neglect, and outright abandonment, the authors have found that fatherless daughters tend to push their emotions underground. These issues in turn become distinct patterns in their relationships as adult women and they often can't figure out why. Delivered with compassion and expertise, this book allows readers support and understanding they never had when they...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Description
The world, itself, seems to bring together Henry, whose best friend died near their home in the mountains of Vermont, and Zavion, who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina, so that the boys can help each other heal.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
In the halls of Newport Academy, a unique private school that has attracted generations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, a poignant and unforgettable lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin for Maggie Shaw, her fourteen-year-old daughter Beck, and her sixteen-year-old son Travis.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The Truth About Death, the title novella of this virtuosic collection, is a masterpiece of sardonic humor that confronts Death head on and emerges bloody but unbowed. Simon, an undertaker, embalms his father and is facing his own death. Louisa, Simon's mother, makes peace with her husband over his dead body in a cooler in the basement of the funeral home. Simon contemplates the mystery of death over a plate of spaghetti cacio e pepe in Rome with...
96) Option B
Author
Publisher
Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From the Facebook COO and New York Times bestselling author of Lean In, and the New York Times bestselling author of Originals, a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about finding resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.
97) I'm Ok
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now bear.
98) The other Emily
Author
Description
"A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup's victims whose remains were never found. Writer David Thorne still hasn't recovered from losing the love of his life, or from the guilt of not being there to save her. Since then, he's sought closure any way he can. He even visits regularly with Jessup in prison, desperate for answers about Emily's final...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
206 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew. Pursuing a dream of a different kind of life, she is determined to find pleasure in her simply daily routines. Among those who help her in both expected and unexpected ways are the ten-year-old boy next door, three wild women friends from her college days, a twenty-year-old who is struggling to find his place in the world, and a handsome man who is ready for love....
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