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: Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter Anna is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother's presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as Anna...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MACShreeve, Michelle
Summary: "Losing a parent at any time in one's life is difficult, but losing a parent when a teenager brings its own distinct challenges. Coping with Parental Death offers coping strategies, expert advice, useful resources, and valuable insight from other young adults, providing support to those struggling with the death of one or both of their parents"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA 155.9 SHRAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: "CAMINO RIOS lives for the summers, when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this year, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. ... In New York City, YAHAIRA RIOS is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ACEGould, Leslie
Summary: "Ivy Zimmerman is successfully navigating her life as a young Mennonite woman, one generation removed from her parents' Old Order Amish upbringing. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivy's way of life is upended. As she deals with her grief, her younger sisters needs, her relationship with her boyfriend, and her Dawdi and Mammi's strict rules, Ivy finds solace in both an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GOUMcKinnon, Hannah Roberts
Summary: "Wendell Combs is as local as they come. Born and raised in the small town of Saybrook, Connecticut, his venture into the larger world was met with heartbreak. Now, middle-aged and a confirmed bachelor, he seeks solitude from his tour of duty as a soldier back in his hometown, working as head caretaker for wealthy Alan Lancaster's forty-acre estate, White Pines, a place he has come to love for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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Summary: "A bind-up of two popular novels by author Natasha Preston--The Twin and The Lake"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PREWells, Benedict
Summary: "From internationally bestselling author Benedict Wells, a sweeping, heartbreaking novel of friendship, memory, and the lives we never get to live. At eleven years old, Jules Moreau loses his parents in a tragic accident, and in an instant, his childhood is shattered. Leaving a comfortable home in Munich and holidays in the south of France far behind, he and his siblings, Marty and Liz, are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WELCitra, Becky
Summary: "A YA novel about discovering family secrets. Rachel and her little sister, Jane, are spending the summer with strangers: their grandparents. Up until their mom's death a few months ago, she didn't even know they existed. When their last remaining uncle decides they can't spend the summer in Vancouver, they are packed off to the family ranch in the BC interior. But her new-found family isn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CITGruen, Sara.
Summary: A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2006
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRUSummary: "Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker ... meets Charlie ..., her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother..., both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie's arrival was no coincidence, and that the shocking secrets of his past could affect...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER STOSummary: Both dealing with the recent loss of a parent, Cara Hill and country music star Heath Sawyer become unexpected traveling partners as they make their way to Oklahoma for Christmas. They bond over their respective tragedies, but will the trip take them down a path to a little holiday romance?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD TIMSteel, Danielle
Summary: Nicole 'Coco' Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been given every opportunity in life. Having inherited her mother's stunning beauty and creativity, along with her father's work ethic and diligence, she has the world at her feet. Her graduation from Columbia is fast approaching, and with it the summer job of her dreams working at a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2020
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: LP FIC STESearles, John
Summary: Struggling with the loss of her parents, who helped haunted souls find peace, Sylvie Mason pursues the mystery, moving closer to the truth of what happened that night as she comes to terms with her family's past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEAChokshi, Roshani
Summary: "Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under her powerful guardian, Aunt Tina. As soon as her magic awakens, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night. But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CHOLewellen, Lyndsey
Summary: "When mankind's attempts to control nature backfire, Texas descends into a wasteland. Storms rage and ravenous beasts roam the Outer Grid. The only safe havens rest inside the tech-obsessed domed cities. But when her parents are murdered inside the Plex City dome, seventeen-year-old Juniper Conway wants revenge. Ties to her extended family threaten to pull her back as she runs from city to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enclave Publishing 2024
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Summary: "A story set on the American border with Mexico, about family and friendship, life and death, and one teen struggling to understand what his adoption does and doesn't mean about who he is"--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library/Random House 2017
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Summary: Bestselling author Buckley's most personal and transcendent work--the tragicomic true story of the year in which he lost both of his parents. The author offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a mother or father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: B BUCKLEY BUCIgnatieff, Michael.
Summary: A woman's decline and death from Alzheimer's disease, told by her philosopher son, chronicling its impact on the family: a heart attack for the father, depression for the one son, a marriage breakdown for the other. Lots of reflections on the process of aging and dying, including the thought that having inherited her genes he, too, may end that way. By the author of Aysa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IGNSummary: Sally Lockhart has started her own financial consulting business. When her client loses a fortune from the unexpected collapse of a shipping line, Sally is determined to find out why so many of their ships have mysteriously vanished without a trace.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHAAcevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Two sisters mourn their father's death after his plane crashes on a flight to the Dominican Republic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ACECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ACEGoldhagen, Shari
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOLPrice, Reynolds
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1986
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PRIStreep, Meryl
Summary: After the death of their father, three grown daughters, each with their own personal issues, return to their Oklahoma home and dysfunctional mother.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay 2014