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FrontlineSparks, Nicholas
Summary: Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SPAGenova, Lisa
Summary: An accomplished concert pianist, Richard received standing ovations from audiences all over the world in awe of his rare combination of emotional resonance and flawless technique. Richard now has ALS, and his entire right arm is paralyzed. He knows his left arm will go next. When Richard becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, his distant wife Karina becomes his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GENGreen, Tim
Summary: From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRESparks, Nicholas
Summary: "Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SPASummary: When he was 29, Stephen Heywood was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and told he had 2 to 5 years to live. This episode of Frontline follows Stephen and his family as they refuse to accept the doctors' death sentence. The Heywoods' tale shows a passionate, acerbic and relentlessly hopeful reaction to a disease that transforms their lives. They confront the encroaching paralysis of ALS with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Farrell, Colin
Summary: The story of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish filmmaker who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ITSFitzmaurice, Simon
Summary: In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017