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Measuring up : a memoir of fathers and sons / by Robson, Dan,1983-author.;
"A tender memoir of fathers and sons, love and loss, and learning to fill boots a size too big. Dan Robson's father was a builder, a fixer. A man whose high-school education was enough not only to provide for his family, but to build a successful business. Rick Robson held things up. When he dies, nothing in his son's world feels steady anymore. In a very real sense, the home his father had built suddenly seemed fragile. Without its natural caretaker, the house would fall to pieces. And his family shows all the same signs of crumbling. Dan is hit especially hard. He knows he is not the man his father was. Dan never learned the blue-collar skills he admired, because his father wanted him to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. Now that his father is gone, the acknowledgment of his sacrifices, and the sheer longing to be close to him again in some way draw him to the tools that lie unused in the garage. So begins Dan's year of learning the skills his father's hands had long mastered, and trying to fill the steel-toe boots left behind. Measuring Up is the story of that journey. Robson picks up where his father left off, working on the house and the truck, as much for the family as for himself. In much the same way that Michael Pollan comes to know his house inside-out in A Place of My Own, Robson learns the mysteries and proud satisfaction of plumbing, carpentry, wiring, and drywalling, and comes to understand how our homes are built. He also comes to see how his home was built by his father, uncovering more than one heartbreaking reminder of the kind of man his father was, and what he meant to his family. Tender and unflinching, Measuring Up is a story of love, mourning, and learning what it means to be a man."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Robson, Dan, 1983-; Bereavement; Construction industry.; Family-owned business enterprises.; Fathers and sons; Fathers;
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Lies and other love languages : a novel / by Dev, Sonali,author.;
From the bestselling author of The Vibrant Years comes an emotional story of three women navigating ugly truths and safe lies with only love to guide them on a journey of motherhood, friendship, and life. Bestselling advice columnist Vandy Guru built her career teaching others how to live honestly and courageously, but after the loss of her husband, Vandy's public veneer can barely conceal her grief. When her beloved daughter Mallika suddenly disappears and her estranged childhood best friend Rani returns, stirring up long-buried secrets, Vandy's carefully crafted life feels at risk. Aspiring choreographer Mallika Guru is tired of failure. When another audition ends in rejection, she signs up for a genetic study to find out why she's so different from her accomplished family. But the results reveal her whole life to be a lie, and Rani seems to be the only one who knows the truth. Rani Parekh sacrificed everything for Vandy once. But to hold on to the life she's rebuilt, she must confront her troubled history and face Vandy and Mallika. Join these three extraordinary women as they journey from LA to Mumbai on an incredible path of discovery, hope, and love.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Advice columnists; Bereavement; Choreographers; Family secrets; Female friendship; Grief; Mothers and daughters; Widows; Women;
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The signs and wonders of Tuna Rashad / by Deen, Natasha.;
One of aspiring screenwriter Altuna Rashad's goals for the summer before leaving for college in the fall is to win over her crush, Tristan Dangerfield. Another goal is to help her older brother Robby get a life so he will stay out of hers. She believes the signs her Caribbean ancestors are sending are proof they are on her side, despite Tristan and Robby not believing in those signs.LSC
Subjects: Caribbean Americans; Caribbean Americans; Families; Brothers and sisters; Bereavement; Interpersonal relations;
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Notes on grief / by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,1977-author.;
"Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father's death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the millions of people grieving this year; about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it. With signature precision of language, and glittering, devastating detail on the page--and never without touches of rich, honest humor--Adichie weaves together her own experience of her father's death with threads of his life story, from his remarkable survival during the Biafran war, through a long career as a statistics professor, into the days of the pandemic in which he'd stay connected with his children and grandchildren over video chat from the family home in Abba, Nigeria. In the compact format of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, Adichie delivers a gem of a book--a book that fundamentally connects us to one another as it probes one of the most universal human experiences. Notes on Grief is a book for this moment-a work readers will treasure and share now more than ever--and yet will prove durable and timeless, an indispensable addition to Adichie's canon"--
Subjects: Essays.; Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-; Grief.; Bereavement; Fathers; Authors, Nigerian; Fathers and daughters;
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The manicurist's daughter : a memoir / by Lieu, Susan,author.;
"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success-until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what happened. For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone-why did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother's life in Vietnam? And how did this surgeon, who preyed on Vietnamese immigrants, go on operating after her mother's death? Sifting through depositions, tracking down the surgeon's family, and enlisting the help of spirit channelers, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of beauty. The Manicurist's Daughter is much more than a memoir about grief, trauma, and body image. It is a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Lieu, Susan.; Lieu, Susan; Bereavement.; Children of immigrants; Mother and child.; Surgery, Plastic; Vietnamese Americans;
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My wife said you may want to marry me : a memoir / by Rosenthal, Jason,author.;
On March 3, 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal penned an op-ed piece for the New York Times' "Modern Love" column-- "You May Want to Marry My Husband." It appeared ten days before her death from ovarian cancer. A heartbreaking, wry, brutally honest, and creative play on a personal ad--in which a dying wife encouraged her husband to go on and find happiness after her demise--the column quickly went viral, reaching more than five million people worldwide. In My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me, Jason describes what came next: his commitment to respecting Amy's wish, even as he struggled with her loss. Surveying his life before, with, and after Amy, Jason ruminates on love, the pain of watching a loved one suffer, and what it means to heal--how he and their three children, despite their profound sorrow, went on. Jason's emotional journey offers insights on dying and death and the excruciating pain of losing a soulmate, and illuminates the lessons he learned.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Rosenthal, Jason,; Rosenthal, Amy Krouse; Bereavement.; Grief.; Loss (Psychology); Widowers; Widowhood.; Wives;
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Tommysaurus Rex / by TenNapel, Doug.;
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Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.; Dinosaurs; Human-animal relationships; Death; Bereavement;
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Mixed up / by Korman, Gordon.;
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Bereavement; Memory; Grief; Mothers and sons; Fathers and sons; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Friendship;
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Likeness : fathers, sons, a portrait / by Macfarlane, David,1952-author.;
From the author of the classic 'The Danger Tree' comes a powerful new memoir about a fathers love for his dying son. 'Likeness' is a heart-wrenching but ultimately life-affirming book about fatherhood and identity, love and grief, memory and healing. David Macfarlane lives in Toronto, ON. A Dewey Diva Pick.Book Club. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Macfarlane, David, 1952-; Macfarlane, Blake.; Parents of terminally ill children; Cancer; Fathers and sons; Bereavement.; Authors, Canadian (English);
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The Same Backward as Forward. by Barnes, Jennifer Lynn.;
Youve fallen in love with the Hawthorne brothers, now discover the love story of the lost scion of Hawthorne House. Read Hannahs side of the story, then flip the book over to experience their love anew through Tobys eyes in this unforgettable novel that you can read backward or forward. Please Note: Hannah's side of the story was previously published as a novella in Games Untold, ISBN 9780316573719.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Class Differences; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement;
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