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- The woman I wanted to be / by Von Furstenberg, Diane.;
- The Woman I Am -- Roots -- Love -- Beauty, Health, Aging, Peace -- The Business of Fashion -- American Dream -- The Comeback Kid -- The New Era."One of the most influential, admired, and innovative women of our time: fashion designer, philanthropist, wife, mother, and grandmother, Diane von Furstenberg offers a book about becoming the woman she wanted to be. Diane von Furstenberg started out with a suitcase full of jersey dresses and an idea of who she wanted to be--in her words, 'the kind of woman who is independent and who doesn't rely on a man to pay her bills.' She has since become that woman, establishing herself as a global brand and a major force in the fashion industry, all the while raising a family and maintaining 'my children are my greatest creation.' In The Woman I Wanted to Be, von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life--from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women. With remarkable honesty and wisdom, von Furstenberg mines the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, 'I want every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Von Furstenberg, Diane; Von Furstenberg, Diane.; Cancer; Fashion designers; Women fashion designers; Women philanthropists; Women;
- All the way to the river : love, loss, and liberation / by Gilbert, Elizabeth,1969-author.;
- "An essential, universally resonant new memoir from the author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-; Elias, Rayya.; Addicts; Bereavement.; Lesbians; Spouses of cancer patients; Women authors, American;
- The fault in our stars [videorecording] / by Dafoe, Willem.; Dern, Laura.; Elgort, Ansel.; Trammell, Sam.; Verbeek, Lotte,1982-; Wolff, Nat,1994-; Woodley, Shailene.; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
- Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Willem Dafoe, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Lotte Verbeek.Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous given that Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Cancer in adolescence; Cancer; Feature films.; Love; Teenagers; Terminally ill; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Young women;
- © 2014., 20th Century Fox,
- Likeness : fathers, sons, a portrait / by Macfarlane, David,1952-author.;
- From the author of the classic 'The Danger Tree' comes a powerful new memoir about a fathers love for his dying son. 'Likeness' is a heart-wrenching but ultimately life-affirming book about fatherhood and identity, love and grief, memory and healing. David Macfarlane lives in Toronto, ON. A Dewey Diva Pick.Book Club. Please Note: The following title was included in a previous Bestseller list; libraries may need to re-order.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Macfarlane, David, 1952-; Macfarlane, Blake.; Parents of terminally ill children; Cancer; Fathers and sons; Bereavement.; Authors, Canadian (English);
- The end of your life book club [sound recording] / by Schwalbe, Will.;
- The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a "book club" that brings them together as her life comes to a close.
- Subjects: Schwalbe, Mary Anne; Schwalbe, Mary Anne.; Schwalbe, Will; Schwalbe, Will; Audiobooks.; Cancer; Educators;
- © p2012., Random House Audio,
- From scratch : a memoir of love, Sicily, and finding home / by Locke, Tembi,1970-author.;
- "It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro's traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro's family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams."--Back cover.
- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Recipes.; Locke, Tembi, 1970-; Locke, Tembi, 1970-; African American actresses; Spouses of cancer patients; Television actors and actresses;
- Mayflies / by O'Hagan, Andrew,1968-author.;
- "Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news. Mayflies is a memorial to youth's euphorias and to everyday tragedy. A tender goodbye to an old union, it discovers the joy and the costs of love"--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Cancer; Male friendship; Middle-aged men; Nineteen eighties; Young men;
- Linda McCartney / by Fields, Danny.;
- Subjects: McCartney, Linda.; Rock musicians; Rock musicians; Rock musicians' spouses; Photographers; Photographers; Animal rights activists; Breast;
- © c2000., Renaissance Books,
- Did I ever tell you? : a memoir / by Kingston, Genevieve,author.;
- Based on her essay, 'She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box,' which appeared in the NYT 'Modern Love' column, 'Did I Ever Tell You' is an extraordinary memoir that tells the astonishing story of a mother's last gifts to her daughter, and the wisdom and love she bestowed upon her from beyond the grave.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Kingston, Genevieve.; Kingston, Genevieve; Bereavement.; Cancer; Mothers and daughters; Mothers and daughters; Mothers; Women authors, American; Women dramatists;
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [videorecording] / by Byrne, Rose,actor.; Cathey, Reg E.,actor.; Landesman, Peter,1965-screenwriter.; Woo, Alexander,screenwriter.; Winfrey, Oprah,actor.; Wolfe, George C,film director,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Skloot, Rebecca,1972-Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.; HBO Video (Firm),publisher.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
- Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Reg E. Cathey.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Biographical films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Feature films.; Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-; Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951; African American women; Cancer; HeLa cells; Human experimentation in medicine;
- For private home use only.
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