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Out of the woods : a memoir of wayfinding / by Darling, Lynn.;
"Combining the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love, Lynn Darling's powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods. When her college-bound daughter leaves home, Lynn Darling, widowed over a decade earlier, finds herself alone--and utterly lost, with no idea of what she wants or even who she is. Searching for answers, she leaves New York for the solitary woods of Vermont. Removed from the familiar, cocooned in the natural world, her only companions a new dog and a compass, she hopes to develop a sense of direction--both in the woods and in her life. Hiking unmapped trails, Darling meditates on the milestones of her past; as she adapts to her new surroundings, she uses the knowledge she's gained to chart her future. And when an unexpected setback nearly derails her newfound balance, she is able to draw upon her newfound skills to find her bearings and stay the course. In revealing how one woman learned to navigate--literally and metaphorically--the uneven course of life, Out of the Woods is, in the words of Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks, 'a marvelous book; both a compass and a manifesto for navigating the often-treacherous switchbacks of the second half of life'"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Darling, Lynn.; Adjustment (Psychology); Life change events; Middle-aged women; Self-actualization (Psychology); Solitude; Widows; Women journalists;
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Dark frontier / by Harffy, Matthew,author.;
"A man can flee from everything but his own nature. 1890. Lieutenant Gabriel Stokes of the British Army left behind the horrors of war in Afghanistan for a role in the Metropolitan Police. Though he rose quickly through the ranks, the squalid violence of London's East End proved just as dark and oppressive as the battlefield. With his life falling apart, and longing for peace and meaning, Gabriel leaves the grime of London behind and heads for the wilderness and wide-open spaces of the American West. He soon realises that the wilds of Oregon are far from the idyll he has yearned for. The Blue Mountains may be beautiful, but with the frontier a complex patchwork of feuds and felonies, and ranchers as vicious as any back-alley cut-throat in London, Gabriel finds himself unable to escape his past and the demons that drive him. Can he find a place for himself on the far edge of the New World?"--
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal conflict; Life change events; Police; Ranchers; Self-actualization (Psychology); Veterans;
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What Eden did next / by O'Flanagan, Sheila,author.;
"Five years after the death of her firefighter husband, Eden knows better than anyone that life can change in an instant. Now, instead of the future she had planned with Andy, she has Lila--the daughter he never got the chance to meet. And instead of Andy, she has his family. Then Eden meets someone. Someone she knew before Andy, before Lila, before the tragedy. Someone who reminds her of how she used to be. But Andy's mother has other plans. And Eden is facing an impossible choice. One that could tear a family apart ... Honest and emotionally gripping, What Eden Did Next is an irresistible, sometimes heart-breaking, ultimately joyful, novel of love, loss--and finding your own way to happiness.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Families; Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Widows; Women;
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Firekeeper : a novel / by Katłįà.1982-author.;
"Nyla has an affinity to fire. A neglected teen in a small northern town--trying to escape a mother battling her own terrors--she is kicked out and struggles through life on the streets. Desperate for love, Nyla accidentally sets fire to her ex's building and is then incarcerated for arson. Through community-led diversion, Nyla finds herself on a reserve as their firekeeper. But when climate change--induced wildfires threaten her new home, she knows intimately how to fight back. The fourth book from acclaimed writer Katłıà brings a Northern Indigenous perspective to the destructive effects of ongoing colonialism. Displaying Katłıà's enthralling storytelling style, Firekeeper is a coming-of-age tale that addresses intergenerational trauma by reclaiming culture, belonging and identity. Join Nyla on her healing journey through the fire to sacred waters."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lafferty, Catherine,; Climatic changes; Fires; Generational trauma; Identity (Psychology); Indigenous women; Nature; Self; Wildfires;
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Things I learned from falling : a memoir / by Nelson, Claire,author.;
In 2018, writer Claire Nelson made international headlines when she fell over 25 feet after wandering off the trail in a deserted corner of Joshua Tree. The fall shattered her pelvis, rendering her completely immobile. There Claire lay for the next four days, surrounded by boulders that muffled her cries for help, but exposed her to the relentless California sun above. Her rescuers had not expected to find her alive. Claire tells not only her story of surviving, but also her story of falling. What led this successful thirty-something to a desert trail on the other side of the globe from her home where no one knew she would be that day? At once the unbelievable story of an impossible event, and the human journey of a young woman wrestling with the agitation of past and anxiety of future.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Nelson, Claire.; Burn out (Psychology); Hikers; Hiking injuries; Hiking; Life change events; New Zealanders; Self-realization.; Wilderness survival;
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The Goldfinch [videorecording] / by Crowley, John,1969-film director.; Jacobson, Nina,film producer.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Paulson, Sarah,1974-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Tartt, Donna.Goldfinch.; Straughan, Peter,screenwriter.; Wolfhard, Finn,2002-actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Editor, Kelley Dixon ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; music, Trevor Gureckis.Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Ansel Elgort, Ashleigh Cummings, Aneurin Barnard, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Denis O'hare, Oakes Fegley.Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for drug use and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fabritius, Carel, 1622-1654.; Loss (Psychology); Bombings; Mothers; Self-realization; Art thefts; Young men; Life change events;
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Before I die / by Chang, Candy.;
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Subjects: Artists and community.; Graffiti.; Street art.; Death; Wishes.; Goal (Psychology); Self-realization.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Community arts projects.;
© 2013., St. Martin's Griffin,
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EcoMind : changing the way we think, to create the world we want / by Lappé, Frances Moore.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Environmental psychology.; Environmentalism; Sustainable development;
© c2011., Nation Books,
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Forgotten / by McKenzie, Catherine.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Lawyers; Life change events;
© c2012., HarperCollins Canada,
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Why do families change? : our first talk about separation and divorce / by Roberts, Jillian,1971-; Revell, Cindy,1961-;
Introduces young children to the concept of separation and divorce in a reassuring and straightforward manner.LSC
Subjects: Divorce; Separation (Psychology);
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