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Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated / by Goodhand, James,author.;
A lifetime ago, Ray "Spike" Thorns was a well-regarded caretaker on a boarding school's grounds. These days, he lives the life of a recluse in a house rammed with hoarded junk, alone and disconnected from family or anyone he might have at one time considered a friend. When his next-door neighbor drops dead on Spike's doorstep, a case of mistaken identity ensues: according to the police, the hospital, the doctors--everyone--Spike is dead. Spike wants to correct the mistake, really he does, but when confronted with those who knew him best, he hesitates, forced to face whatever impression he's left on the world. It's a discovery that brings him up close to ghosts from his past, and to the only woman he ever loved. Could it be that in coming face-to-face with his own demise, Spike is able to really live again? And will he be able to put things straight before the inevitable happens--his own funeral? The result is a beautiful look at life and what we would all do if given a second chance.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Life change events; Mistaken identity; Recluses;
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Crow : a novel / by Spurway, Amy,1976-author.;
"When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable - and inoperable - brain tumours, she abandons the crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Effie's scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, she's known as Crow, and everybody suspects that her family is cursed. With her future all but sealed, Crow decides to go down in a blaze of unforgettable glory by writing a memoir that will raise eyebrows and drop jaws. She'll dig up "the dirt" on her family tree, including the supposed curse, and uncover the truth about her mysterious father, who disappeared a month before she was born. But first, Crow must contend with an eclectic assortment of characters, including her gossipy Aunt Peggy, hedonistic party-pal Char, homebound best friend Allie, and high-school flame Willy. She'll also have to figure out how to live with her mother and how to muddle through the unsettling visual disturbances that are becoming more and more vivid each day. Witty, energetic, and crackling with sharp Cape Breton humour, Crow is a story of big twists, big personalities, big drama, and even bigger heart."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Families; Life change events;
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Popstar [videorecording] : never stop never stopping / by Arnett, Will.; Cusack, Joan,1962-; Hader, Bill,1978-; Poots, Imogen,1989-; Rudolph, Maya.; Samberg, Andy,1978-; Sheen, Martin.; Silverman, Sarah.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Andy Samberg, Imogen Poots, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett, Martin Sheen, Joan Cusack.Conner4Real faces a crisis of popularity after his sophomore album flops, leaving his fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when he's no longer the dopest star of all.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Celebrities; Life change events; Male singers; Popular music;
For private home use only.
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Land [videorecording] / by Bichir, Demián,1963-actor.; Bukowski, Bobby,director of photography.; Christie, Warren,1975-actor.; Dickens, Kim,1965-actor.; McCabe, Anne,editor of moving image work.; Nielsen, Mikkel E. G.,1973-editor of moving image work.; Sollee, Ben,composer (expression); Wright, Robin,1966-film director,actor.; Big Beach (Firm),production company.; Flashlight Films,production company.; Focus Features,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Ben Sollee ; director of photography, Bobby Bukowski ; editor, Anne McCabe, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen.Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie.From acclaimed actress Robin Wright comes her feature film directorial debut, Land, the poignant story of one woman's search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness. Edee (Wright), in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew, and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic content, brief strong language, and partial nudity.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Grief; Sustainable living; Life change events;
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Walking on water / by Evans, Richard Paul.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Life change events; Loss (Psychology); Walking;
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The storm sister : Ally's story / by Riley, Lucinda,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sisters; Women sailors; Life change events; Nineteen twenties;
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Random / by Jillette, Penn,author.;
"Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he's inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby's prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the hotel's facade. The two weeks pass in the blink of a (snake) eye, but before Bobby's luck runs out, he stumbles upon enough cash to pay off Ruphart and change his family's fortune. More importantly, he finds himself with a new, for lack of a better word, faith. Bobby does not consign his big break to a "higher power"--what Penn Jillette hero ever could? Instead, he devises and devotes himself to Random, a philosophy where his life choices are based entirely on the roll of his "lucky" dice."--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Fortune; Gambling; Life change events;
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Lonely girl / by Cox, Josephine,author.;
One fateful night changes the course of Rosie's life forever. There is a tragic event that Rosie is the only witness to, and it takes away the person she loves most in the world. Grieving and alone apart from her faithful Labrador, she fights her way into the outside world to forge her own path. Will she triumph over the obstacles fate has set in her path, and will she ever find out the shocking truth behind her mother's cruel treatment?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Life change events; Mothers and daughters;
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Rescue : a novel / by Shreve, Anita.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Love stories.; Emergency medical technicians; Family secrets; Life change events;
© c2010., Little, Brown and Co.,
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Secrets from the past / by Bradford, Barbara Taylor,1933-;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Family secrets; Life change events; Photojournalists; Women photographers;
© 2013., St. Martin's Press,
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