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Just once, no more : on fathers, sons, and who we are until we are no longer / by Foran, Charles,1960-author.;
"In this vulnerable, honest, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Charles Foran offers a brief and powerful meditation on fathers and sons, love and loss, even as his own father approaches the end of life. Dave Foran was a formidable man of few words, seemingly from a different era than his sensitive, literary son, Charlie. Among other adventures, Dave had lived in the bush, been snow-blinded, hauled a dead body across a frozen lake on a dog sled, dodged a bullet during a bar fight, and gone toe to toe with a bear. Aspects of his life were like tall tales while others were more somber and enigmatic. A decent father to Charlie and his siblings, and a devoted husband to Charlie's mother, Dave was a tough, emotionally distant man, prone to gruff cynicism and a changeable mood. As Charlie writes: "He struggled most days of his life with wounds he could not readily identify, let alone heal ... Not only did my father never get over what had happened to him as a boy, he didn't try. Men usually didn't try back then. And we just had to deal." When Charlie turned 55, his father began a slow and, as it turned out, final decline. And Charlie felt something he'd never imagined before: a mysterious desire to write about his relationship with his father. On the surface, the motivation was to help lift an inchoate burden from his father's shoulders, to reassure him that he was loved. But there was also another, more personal motivation. "Late into the middle of my own lifespan," Charlie writes, "sadness took hold of my being ... I wanted to say so frankly, never mind how glib it sounded, how uncomfortable it made me." In spare, haunting prose, Just Once pulls on these threads--unravelling a fascinating personal story but also revealing its universal context (suggested by the title "Just Once, No More," a quote from a poem by Rilke that applies to all of our brief lives). With its skillful prose, humour, affecting intimacy, and love of life even in the shadow of death and uncertainty, this short but very full book presents a nuanced, moving portrait of a fond but distant father grappling with the end of life as his son acts as witness, solace, and would-be guide while shakily facing his own decline. What story can we tell ourselves and those we love, this memoir asks, to withstand the insecurities of self and the inexorable passage of time?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Foran, Charles, 1960-; Foran, Dave.; Aging parents; Fathers and sons; Fathers; Parent and adult child;
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Mon papa et moi / by Oswald, Pete.; Cavagna, Marlène.;
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Subjects: Histoires sans paroles.; Stories without words.; Randonnée pédestre; Père et enfant; Hiking; Father and child;
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Winter's bone [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Breznahan, Kevin.; Dillahunt, Garret.; Granik, Debra.; Hawkes, John,1959-; Lawrence, Jennifer,1990-; Woodrell, Daniel.Winter's boneVideorecording.; Lionsgate (Firm); Maple Pictures.; Roadside Attractions (Firm);
Music by Dickon Hinchliffe ; Edited by Affonso Gonçalves.Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt.Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions, and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Bluray
Subjects: Woodrell, Daniel.; Drug dealers; Dysfunctional families; Father and child; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Fugitives from justice; Mountain life; Rural families; Teenage girls; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., Roadside Attractions LLC : Maple Pictures,
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The man made of smoke : a novel / by North, Alex,1976-author.;
"The latest gripping serial killer thriller from the New York Times bestselling author Alex North. Dan Garvie's life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child ... narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer. He has dedicated his life since to becoming a criminal profiler, eager to seek justice for innocent victims. So when his father passes away under suspicious circumstances, Dan revisits his small island community, determined to uncover the truth about his death. Is it possible that the monster he remembers from his childhood nightmares has returned after all these years? With his signature shock and suspense, Alex North brings us The Man Made of Smoke. In turn emotional, introspective, and utterly terrifying, this is a story of fathers and sons, shadows and secrets, and the fight we all face to escape the trauma of the past."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Child witnesses; Criminal profilers; Fathers and sons; Islands; Serial murderers;
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A dog named Christmas [videorecording] / by Beal, Jeff,1963-; Beatty, David.; Emond, Linda.; Fisher, Noel,1982-; Gottlieb, Andrew,1966-; Greenwood, Bruce,1956-; Kincaid, Gregory D.,1957-Dog named Christmas.Videorecording.; Noman, Eric Van Haren.; Pogue, Ken.; Shields, Brent.; Werner, Peter H.; Willett, John.; Wingfield, Jenny.; Entertainment One (Firm); Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.;
Music by Jeff Beal ; edited by David Beatty ; production designer, John Willett ; director of photography, Eric Van Haren Noman ; teleplay by Jenny Wingfield.Bruce Greenwood, Linda Emond, Ken Pogue, Noel Fisher.When Todd, a developmentally-challenged 20 year-old with an affinity for animals, hears the animal shelter is looking for families to foster a dog for the holidays, he's eager to sign up. But his father, George, says "no adoptions" -- even temporary ones -- claiming he wants to protect Todd from disappointment. His wife, Mary Ann, knows better. Something else is troubling her husband -- something he doesn't want to face.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 Dolby surround.
Subjects: Christmas television programs.; Dogs; Families; Fathers and sons; Human-animal relationships; Made-for-TV movies.; Parent and adult child; Youth with mental disabilities;
© c2011., Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Ali Cross : like father, like son / by Patterson, James,1947-;
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Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); Child detectives; Child witnesses; Criminal investigation; Friendship; Fathers and sons;
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Hotel Transylvania. [videorecording] / by Gomez, Selena,1992-actor.; Mothersbaugh, Mark.; Samberg, Andy,1978-voice actor.; Sandler, Adam,voice actor.; Tartakovsky, Genndy,1970-director.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Camera, Alex Portin ; production design, Michael Kurinsky ; editor, Catherine Apple ; music, Mark Mothersbaugh.Voices: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi.When Dracula's daughter and her husband go away for a vacation, Dracula tries to bring out the monster side of his grandson.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen 1.85:1 ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Dracula, Count (Fictitious character); Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Grandparent and child; Hotels; Hotels; Monsters; Vampires; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La grotte secrète / by Smith, Annette.; Thomas, Meredith.;
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Subjects: Père et enfant; Camping; Cavernes; Father and child; Camping; Caves;
© c2003., Groupe Beauchemin,
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All the greys on Greene Street / by Tucker, Laura,1973-; Murphy, Kelly,1977-;
Ages 8 up.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Child artists; Fathers and daughters; Missing persons; Families;
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Unlocking parental intelligence : finding meaning in your child's behavior : with a selection of stories about mothers and fathers who discover wisdom in a new parenting mindset / by Hollman, Laurie.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Parenting.; Parent and child.; Child psychology.; Child development.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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