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Women and children first : a novel / by Grabowski, Alina,author.;
"Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town's industries for generations. When a young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge. Told through the eyes of ten local women, Grabowski's Women and Children First is a ... portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life's interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood, class, and sexuality, ambition, disappointment, and tragedy, this novel is a ... rendering of love and loss."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; City and town life; Death; Epilepsy in youth; Grief; High school girls; Loss (Psychology); Murder; Secrecy; Social classes; Women; Young women;
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Dancing at the pity party [graphic novel] : a dead mom graphic memoir / by Feder, Tyler,author,illustrator.;
"Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Feder, Tyler; Feder, Tyler; Children of cancer patients; Mothers and daughters; Terminally ill parents; Death; Grief;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Denison Avenue [graphic novel] : a novel / by Wong, Christina(Christina M.),author.; Innes, Daniel,illustrator.;
"A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown-Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable."--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Upside-down books.; Chinatowns; Chinese Canadians; Gentrification; Grief; Older people; Widows;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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American mother / by McCann, Colum,1965-author.; Foley, Diane,author.;
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped in northern Syria, and nearly ten since that day in August 2014 when she would learn that he had been murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A whole decade. Time rushes past. And yet, for Diane, that moment is unending. In American Mother, legendary author Colum McCann tells Diane's story as she recalls the months of his captivity, the efforts made to bring him home and the days following his death, in which Diane came face to face with one of the men responsible for her son's kidnapping and torture. A testament to the power of radical empathy and moral courage, American Mother takes us inside one woman's extraordinary journey to find connection in a world torn asunder, and to fight for others as a way to keep her son's memory alive.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Foley, Diane; Foley, James, 1973-2014,; Foley, James, 1973-2014.; IS (Organization); Grief.; Hostages; Journalists; Kidnapping victims; Mothers and sons; Mothers of war casualties; Political kidnapping; Terrorists; Victims of terrorism;
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Chenneville : a novel of murder, loss, and vengeance / by Jiles, Paulette,1943-author.; Springer, Nick,cartographer.;
"Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post-Civil War frontier seeking redemption"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Frontier and pioneer life; Murderers; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Revenge; Veterans;
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Virgin River / by Carr, Robyn,author.;
A nurse/midwife, drawn to a small town by the possibility of escaping her grief over the death of her husband, finds challenges and new love.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Widows; Nurse practitioners; Small cities; Abandoned children; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Firstborn : a memoir / by Christensen, Lauren,1967-author.;
"A memoir of love, familial bonds, and grief that defies consolation, which the author began writing the day she lost her daughter in utero"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Christensen, Lauren, 1967-; Christensen, Lauren, 1967-; Fetal death; Loss (Psychology); Motherhood.; Mothers; Pregnant women; Stillbirth;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Remember Me. by Coulter, Allen,film director.; Cooper, Chris,actor.; de Ravin, Emilie,actor.; Markle, Meghan,actor.; Brosnan, Pierce,actor.; Pattinson, Robert,actor.; Lionsgate (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chris Cooper, Emilie de Ravin, Meghan Markle, Pierce Brosnan, Robert PattinsonOriginally produced by Lionsgate in 2010.Two people scarred by grief find happiness in each other. Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin star in this deeply romantic story with a stunning ending.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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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.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Python's Kiss [text (large print)] : Stories. by Erdrich, Louise.;
From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-wining author Louise Erdrich comes a powerful and haunting short story collection shot through with love and grief, disappointment and redemption.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Short Stories (single author); FICTION / Women;
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