Pelzer, David J.
Summary: Amidst the towering redwood trees and the serenity of his childhood utopia of the Russian River, Dave Pelzer reflects on having the courage to move forward in your life, the peace to accept yourself, the vulnerability to strip yourself of facades, and to find the tenacity to carry on when life doesn't turn out the way you planned.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications, Inc. 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PELZER, DAVID J PELD'Aguiar, Fred
Summary: Drawing from two cultural perspectives, an acclaimed British-Guyanese writer and award-winning poet combines personal reminiscence and philosophy to reflect on a year of personal and global crisis, as he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 D'AGUIAR, FRED D'AGStrong, Cecily
Summary: "Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another tragedy struck: the coronavirus pandemic. Following a few harrowing weeks in the virus epicenter of New York City, Strong relocated to an isolated house in the woods...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: LP B STRONG STROrenstein, Peggy
Summary: The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, lifelong knitter Peggy Orenstein set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater. Orenstein shares her year-long journey as daughter, wife, mother,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 921 OREGilbert, Melissa
Summary: The New York Times best-selling author and star of "Little House on the Prairie" recounts her return to rustic life with her new husband in a cottage in the Catskill Mountains during the COVID-19 pandemic
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Strong, Cecily
Summary: "A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin-and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her-amid the coronavirus pandemic"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021