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Alzayat, Dima Bishop, Tim Crace, Jim Fleet, Carole Brody. Lawrence, Iain Zentner, JeffCrace, Jim
Summary: Aside from his trusty piano, Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his town for his music and songs, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days, occasionally performing the classics in small venues--never in the stadiums he could fill when in his prime. On the night before receiving his town's highest honor, Busi is wrested from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CRAZentner, Jeff
Summary: "One day Carver Briggs had it all -- three best friends, a supportive family, and a reputation as a talented writer at his high school, Nashville Academy for the Arts. The next day he lost it all when he sent a simple text to his friend Mars, right before Mars, Eli, and Blake were killed in a car crash. Now Carver can't stop blaming himself for the accident, and he's not the only one. Eli's...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZENAlzayat, Dima
Summary: "The award-winning stories in Dima Alzayat's collection are luminous and tender, whether dealing with a woman performing burial rites for her brother in "Ghusl," or a great-aunt struggling to explain cultural identity to her niece in "Once We Were Syrians."Alzayat's stories are rich and relatable, chronicling a sense of displacement through everyday scenarios. There is the intern in pre-#MeToo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALZBishop, Tim
Summary: "There's always an escape. Sometimes you need to search long and hard for the right one. After losing all he once cherished, Doug Zimmer follows his wife's parting bread crumbs and rides up the Pacific coast--on a bicycle. Armed with a revolver and only a vague plan to get through the months ahead, he aims to end his depression one way or the other. As spiritual forces wrangle for his soul, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Road Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BISFleet, Carole Brody.
Summary: "The issues that surround the loss of a spouse are numerous and complex. A very small sampling of these issues include helping children cope with a parent's death, re-entering the workplace and eventually re-entering the world of dating, love and intimacy; as well as moving through a profoundly emotional period. The widowed must find a way to accept and deal with these oftentimes conflicting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viva Editions 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.88 FLELawrence, Iain
Summary: Separated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a way to survive using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC LAWSummary: A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021