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61) Wave
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously...
66) Untethered
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When Char Hawthorn's husband dies unexpectedly, she is left questioning everything she once knew to be true: from the cozy small town life they built together to her relationship with her stepdaughter, who is suddenly not bound to Char in any real way. Untethered explores what bonds truly form a family and how, sometimes, love knows no bounds.
Author
Language
English
Description
Graham and Annie have been married for nearly thirty years. A golden couple, their seemingly effortless devotion has long been the envy of their circle of friends and acquaintances. Graham is a bookseller, a big, gregarious man with large appetites--curious, eager to please, a lover of life, and the convivial host of frequent, lively parties at his and Annie's comfortable house in Cambridge. Annie, more reserved and introspective, is a photographer....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The author of the National Jewish Book Award finalist, Inspired Jewish Leadership, presents an affirming meditation on living fully and preparing for death that guides readers on an emotional journey that draws on the wisdom of myriad spiritual traditions, covering a range of practical issues while sharing compassionate, illustrative stories.
Author
Publisher
CatholicPsych Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Crushed by the weight of life-changing loss, how do we find the strength to carry unbearable grief with peace? With raw authenticity, Brianne Edwards shares her story of the loss of her son and gives readers a powerful encounter with the heart of a bereaved mother.
71) Other birds
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells comes an enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won't let you go. Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits-a stunning cobblestone building shaped like a horeshoe and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside...
72) The perfect girl
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
To everyone who knows her now, Zoe Maisey - child genius, musical sensation - is perfect. Yet several years ago, Zoe caused the death of three teenagers. She served her time, and now she's free. Her story begins with her giving the performance of her life. By midnight, her mother is dead. The Perfect Girl is an intricate exploration into the mind of a teenager burdened by brilliance, and a past that she cannot leave behind.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"DEATH. Even the word itself probably makes you a little uncomfortable. Just look at it, sitting there, demanding to be acknowledged. It might even make you a lot uncomfortable. We spend so much time trying to deny death, going on about our lives as if we and our loved ones are immune to it. Then, one day, its truth becomes undeniable. The Death of You won't flinch in looking into this vital, urgent matter. Like Miguel's first book, I Wanna Be Well:...
75) Rabbityness
Author
Publisher
Child's Play
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Rabbit does many unrabbity things that make his friends very happy. One day he is gone, and the woods become dark and gray. How can his friends fill the space he has left behind?
Author
Publisher
Creative Nonfiction
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Jim Meyer gave up the ghost after a fall from the roof of his home while replacing Christmas lights. He will be the first to insist he did not. Was it love that gave him the ability to haunt his wife and kiddos long after his heart had stopped beating? Or was it because as he'd often said when he was alive, "We are energy and energy never dies"? He'll tell you it's a bit of both... especially when that energy has a purpose to fulfill. Jim's wife,...
77) Sister
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'My sister would never have killed herself.'When Beatrice hears that her little sister, Tess, is missing, she returns home to London on the first flight available. But Bee is unprepared for the terrifying truths she must face about her younger sibling when Tess's broken body is discovered in the snow.The police, Bee's friends, her fiancé and even her mother accept the fact that Tess committed suicide. But nobody knows a sister like a sister, and...
79) Distortion
Author
Series
Moonlighters volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Watching her husband get randomly gunned down was traumatizing enough, but when Juliet Cole receives a voicemail demanding a hefty ransom in order to protect her remaining family, which includes her boys, she calls on her sister and PI Michael Hogan to help her reveal her husband's secret life and keep her family safe.
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