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Kate Braestrup's life was transformed by the loss of her husband; now Kate faces the possibility that she may lose her son.
As a young mother, Kate Braestrup discovered the fierce protectiveness that accompanies parenthood. In the intervening years--through mourning her husband and the joy of remarriage and a blended family-Kate has absorbed the rewards and complications of that spirit.
But when her eldest son joins the Marines, Kate is at a crossroads:...
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For Maryanna Gabriel, the unexpected death of her artistic mother would change everything in her life. More than just overcoming this loss, she felt that she needed answers, not from others, but from within herself.
Leaving her forest home on Salt Spring Island, Gabriel travels to Europe and begins her life-altering trek from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, to Santiago, Spain. From a bomb scare in Paris, to strangers with messages, to a fellowship...
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A family tragedy propels this gripping true crime debut, as a mother searches for answers in the shocking murder of her husband, and conviction of her son.
In the early morning of October 18, 1986, Cherie Wier's life collapses when her teenage son takes the life of her beloved husband. For years, Cherie grapples with events preceding and following the crime, struggling to overcome the consuming grief she suffers from her loss and the difficulty she...
3204) Morning Sun in Wuhan
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What was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together.
Weaving in the tastes and sounds of the historic city, Wuhan's comforting and distinctive cuisine comes to life as the reader follows 13-year-old Mei who, through her love for cooking, makes a difference in her community. Written by an award-winning...
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Hailed as a "wondrous book" by Gretel Ehrlich, and winner of the Kekoo Naoroji Book Award for Himalayan Literature-a journey of healing that becomes a pilgrimage for the soul.
Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously...
3206) Dragon Fire
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In the evening when it gets dark, a daddy dragon, a mommy dragon, and dragon children breathe fire into the night. They see who can breathe their fire the farthest and they sing out, "Fire is life, and life is fire!" But one night Mommy has trouble making a flame. As she grows sicker, it's up to Daddy and the dragon children to love and take care of her. And when Mommy's flame goes out completely, Daddy and the dragon children give her one last hug,...
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One last summer to escape, to find herself, to figure out what comes next. Fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han will love this contemporary, coming-of-age romance. Graduation was supposed to be a relief. Except Quinn can't avoid the rumors that plagued her throughout high school or the barrage of well-intentioned questions about her college plans. How is she supposed to know what she wants to do for the next four years, let alone the rest of her life?...
3208) After Eli
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After the death of his older brother, Daniel Anderson became engrossed in recording details about dead people, how they died, and whether their deaths mattered but he is eventually drawn back into interaction with the living by two unexpected friends, Walter and Isabelle.
3209) Death is stupid
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""She's in a better place now," adults say again and again. Butmortality doesn't seem better, it seems stupid. This forthright exploration of grief and mourning recognizes the anger, confusion, and fear that we feel about death.Necessary, beautiful, and ultimately reassuring,Death Is Stupid is an invaluable tool for discussing death, but also the possibilities for celebrating life and love. The Ordinary Terrible Things Series shows children who navigate...
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A Mother's Tears for a Missing Son is a first-hand account of my personal journey when my son mysteriously disappears in remote Alaska wilderness. It describes the adventures of a free spirited young man who lived on the edge of life and whose choices brought him and his family to an unforeseen outcome of bizarre twists and turns. The expansiveness of the environment offers a setting where the unexpected can happen at a moment's notice. A Mother's...
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An amazingly joyous memoir told with humor and brilliant irony that illuminates the beauty of the absurdity that is life.
Christine Hemp's debut work of nonfiction, Wild Ride Home, is a brilliant memoir, looping themes of finding love and losing love, of going away and coming home, of the wretched course of Alzheimer's, of cancer, of lost pregnancies, of fly fishing and horsemanship, of second chances, and, ultimately, of the triumph of love and...
3212) Little Sure Shot
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Annie's family work hard to survive on their Ohio farm. Annie's happiest when hunting game with her pa, and she doesn't care one bit that it's not the kind of thing girls are meant to do. When tragedy strikes, the family is thrown into deepest poverty. Until one day, Annie dares to pick up Pa's old rifle, and find a way to feed her starving family.
As the family's fortunes worsen, Annie is sent away to work, and life becomes an ever greater struggle....
3213) Secondhand Summer
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Secondhand Summer begins in Ninilchik, a tiny Alaskan community where the Barger family fishes for salmon. The father's death forces a move from their homestead to an apartment in a poor section of Anchorage. Written in the first person and based on the author's own experiences, the tale is about Sam, a fourteen-year-old boy who loved the homestead fishing life he left behind. Like most kids his age, his physical abilities and his imagination exceed...
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When her brother dies of AIDS and her husband dies of cancer in the same year, Rosemary is left on her own with two young daughters and antsy addiction demons dancing in her head. This is the nucleus of The Art of Losing It a young mother jerking from emergency to emergency as the men in her life drop dead around her; a high-functioning radio show host waging war with her addictions while trying to raise her two little girls who just lost their daddy;...
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Une histoire d'amour avant tout, qui réunit deux générations
« Gloria était contente. C'était mercredi. Elle allait retrouver Grand-Mère Tout Doucement. Le vent était doux. Il tourbillonna dans ses cheveux courts et bruns. On sentait le printemps qui s'approchait. D'ailleurs, on était le mercredi 18 mars. Gloria se mit à marcher plus vite. Grand-Mère Tout Doucement, c'était la maman de sa maman… pourtant, ces derniers temps, la vieille...
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For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war, inspired a worldwide call for peace. In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time-how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from...
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Pistes et conseils pour atteindre la sérénité
Depuis l'aube des temps, les humains ont du faire face à de multiples défis. Ils ont connu, la maladie, la faim, les guerres, des deuils multiples. Ils ont toujours su se relever et continuer, trouver des raisons de vivre et d'espérer. Ainsi, au cours des siècles, ils ont accumulé une immense sagesse dont nous pouvons être les héritiers et que l'on découvre dans toutes les grandes traditions...
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Odyssey of Ashes: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Letting Go begins with the sudden death of Cheryl Krauter's spouse. Five months later, in a stroke of irony and magic, her husband wins a long-desired guided fly fishing trip in a raffle-and Cheryl decides to go in his place, fulfilling a promise to scatter his ashes by a trout stream.
Part I of this memoir is an account of the first year after Cheryl's husband's death, where she becomes an explorer in...
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Butterfly Awakens depicts the story of the extraordinary transformation of a forty-something Italian American attorney as she moves through unimaginable grief and sadness watching her beloved mother lose her battle to breast cancer. This tumultuous life experience shifts her world, causing her to question her life choices and opening her up to her soul's calling. Nocero brings readers along on her journey through a dark night of the soul as she deals...
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As Diana surveyed her newborn baby's face, languid body, and absent cry, she knew something was wrong. Then the doctors delivered devastating news: her first child, Emma, had been born with a rare genetic disorder that would leave her profoundly physically and intellectually disabled.
Diana imagined life with a child with disabilities as a dark and insular one, a life in which she would be forced to exist in the periphery alongside her daughter....
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