Davies, Nicola
Summary: A young boy and his family are trying to overcome the loss of his father. The natural world becomes part of the healing process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graffeg 2017
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Summary: A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PENQuindlen, Anna
Summary: When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centered their lives. Bill Brown finds himself overwhelmed, and Annie's best friend Annemarie is lost to old bad habits without Annie's support. It is Annie's daughter, Ali, forced to try to care for her younger brothers and even her father, who manages to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Jim Harrison is a test pilot in the United States Air Force in the post-World War II era and a young husband and father, but when his family is faced with a sudden inexplicable tragedy, his instincts as a father and a pilot are put to test as the family experiences both fear and hope"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHLies, Brian
Summary: Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together, especially in the garden -- but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG LIEMaynard, Joyce
Summary: After losing her mother in the September 11th attacks, young Wendy moves in with her father in California, where she meets her father's girlfriend and a sad bookstore owner while missing her half-brother back in New York.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAYPietrzyk, Leslie
Summary: This Angel on My Chest is a collection of unconventionally linked stories, each about a different young woman whose husband dies suddenly and unexpectedly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pittsburgh Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIECoake, Christopher.
Summary: Getting his life back together after the death of his young son, Brendan, and his divorce, Mark Fife is jolted when he receives a call from a woman who owns his old house and claims it is haunted by Brendan's ghost.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COAFox, Helena
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FOXMcLarty, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCLOdell, Jonathan
Summary: Two young mothers have each lost a child, but they overcome their racial differences to bring about justice in a pre-Civil Rights Mississippi town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MacAdam/Cage 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ODEJohncock, Benjamin
Summary: A U.S. Air Force test pilot passes up the chance to become an astronaut after his wife gets pregnant against all odds, and as fatherhood consumes him, a sudden tragedy puts his instincts as a father and as a pilot to the test.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHTropper, Jonathan.
Summary: As his wedding day approaches, Zachary King begins to wonder if his entire life might be a big mistake, doubts that are only enhanced by the arrival of Norm, Zack's freewheeling, overbearing father, after a twenty-year absence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TROCantor, Joanna
Summary: When 22-year-old Olivia learned that her mother had only months to live, she pulled up roots, leaving Vassar and her career plans far behind to be with her mother for her last days. And yet, just four months after her mother's death, everyone in Olivia's family already seems ready to move on. Her brothers are settled comfortably in careers and families of their own; her father has already...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CANWoolf, Virginia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 1990
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOBenway, Robin
Summary: Leo cant remember what happened the night of the accident. All she knows is that she left the party with her older sister, Nina, and Ninas boyfriend, East. And now Nina is dead, killed by a drunk driver and leaving Leo with a hole inside her thats impossible to fill. East, who loved Nina almost as much as Leo did, is the person who seems to most understand how she feels, and the two form a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Emily tries to comfort her best friend, Zack, whose dog Jojo recently died, by telling him about the "Invisible Leash" that connects each owner to his or her deceased pet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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Summary: Trying to escape her worthless life leads to unexpected and disastrous consequences when Sue Ellen steals money and a raft and embarks on a journey to dig up her best friend's body, burn it, and sprinkle the ashes in Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LANMcLarty, Ron.
Summary: Working as a quality control inspector at a toy factory in Rhode Island, friendless alcoholic Smithy Ide considers himself a loser until a tragic event prompts him to set off on an epic cross-country bicycle journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2006