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The other significant others : reimagining life with friendship at the center / by Cohen, Rhaina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet all our needs? And what can we learn about commitment, love, and family from people who put deep friendship at the center of their lives? In 'The Other Significant Others', NPR's Rhaina Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner-these are friends who are home co-owners, co-parents or each other's caregivers. Their riveting stories unsettle widespread assumptions about relationships, including the idea that sex is a defining feature of partnership and that people who raise kids together should be in a romantic relationship. Platonic partners from different walks of life-spanning age and religion, gender and sexuality and more-reveal how freeing and challenging it can be to embrace a relationship model that society doesn't recognize. And they show that orienting your world around friends isn't limited to daydreams and episodes of 'The Golden Girls', but actually possible in real life. Based on years of original reporting and striking social science research, Cohen argues that we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too much of them, while we diminish friendships by expecting too little of them. She traces how, throughout history, our society hasn't always fixated on marriage as the greatest source of meaning, or even love. At a time when many Americans are spending large stretches of their lives single, widowed or divorced, or feeling the effects of the "loneliness epidemic," Cohen insists that we recognize the many forms of profound connection that can anchor our lives. A rousing and incisive book, 'The Other Significant Others' challenges us to ask what we want from our relationships-not just what we're supposed to want-and transforms how we define a fulfilling life.
Subjects: Conduct of life.; Friendship.;
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I am homeless if this is not my home / by Moore, Lorrie,author.;
"A ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and persistence of all things--seen and unseen"--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Death; Love; Siblings;
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King and the dragonflies / by Callender, Kacen.;
"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: African American boys; Brothers; Hate crimes; Dragonflies;
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The extraordinary disappointments of Leopold Berry / by Riggs, Ransom,author.;
After years of grief-fueled visions of creatures from his favorite television show, seventeen-year-old Leopold Berry discovers that magic is real, and he might be the chosen one after all.Ages 14 and up.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Best friends; Families; Friendship; Magic; Television programs; Best friends; Family life; Families; Friendship; Magic; Television programs;
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If I stay : a novel / by Forman, Gayle.;
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.LSC
Subjects: Medical novels.; Coma; Death; Violoncellists; Family;
© c2009., Dutton Books,
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The Whittiers : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;
When a devastating tragedy takes their parents from them, the eldest four adult Whittier children must put aside their personal issues and grief to keep the family together and support each other and their two youngest siblings.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Parents; Siblings;
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Insurgent [videorecording] / by James, Theo,1984-actor.; Schwentke, Robert,1968-director.; Trapanese, Joseph.; Winslet, Kate,actor.; Woodley, Shailene,actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Roth, Veronica.Insurgent.Videorecording.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Summit Entertainment,publisher.;
Cinematography, Florian Ballhaus ; production designer, Alec Hammond ; editors, Stuart Levy, Nancy Richardson ; music, Joseph Trapanese.Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Mekhi Phifer.As war surges in the dystopian society around her, Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves, and herself, while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Roth, Veronica.; Action and adventure films.; Courage; Dystopian films.; Families; Feature films.; Identity; Social classes;
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The Hangover PT III, [videorecording]. by Goodman, John; Cooper, Bradley; Jeong, Ken; Galifianakis, Zach; Helms, Ed; Bartha, Justin;
Director, Todd Phillips.Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, John Goodman, Ken Jeong, Zach Galifianakis.The continuing misadventures of the Wolfpack. After the death of his father, Alan turns to the Wolfpack in his time of grief. This time, there's no wedding, no bachelor party, just one simple road trip. What could possibly go wrong?CHVRS rating: 14A.DVD.
Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
© 2013., Warner Bros Ent. Canada Inc.,
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Through the garden : a love story (with cats) / by Crozier, Lorna,1948-author.;
'Through the Garden' is a deeply affecting portrait of a long marriage and a clear-eyed account of the impact of grief, writing as consolation, and the enduring significance of poetry, from one of Canada's most celebrated voices.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Crozier, Lorna, 1948-; Lane, Patrick; Authors' spouses; Poets, Canadian (English); Authors, Canadian (English);
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Elm Tree Road / by Jacobs, Anna.;
In the sequel to 'Cherry Tree Lane', Nell the second Willitt sister, leaves her brutal father and moves with new husband Cliff to Lancashire. But Nell's happiness is short-lived and when tragedy strikes, Nell, mad with grief, runs away.
Subjects: Love stories.; Farmers; Fathers and daughters;
© c2011., Allison & Busby,
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