Tang, Betty C.
Summary: After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TANAnderson, Susan
Summary: "Through therapists and word-of-mouth, thousands have discovered this formerly out-of-print classic. This is because abandonment - stemming from divorce, breakups, death, or the loss of friendship, health, a job, or a dream - is a challenge faced in every life. No other workbook so directly and practically addresses this issue. Readers learn to face five stages - shattering, withdrawal,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 ANDBurgess, Matthew
Summary: Sylvester imaginatively creates a special letter full of loving memories and shared moments for his favorite person, his beloved grandmother, even though she is gone.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BURRule, James S.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: M. Witmark & Sons 1922
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMThomas, Katherine Woodward
Summary: "Thomas forges a new path for those in the midst of a breakup or divorce. Her five-step plan promises a new way to end a failing relationship that isn't bitter and needlessly painful, but is instead characterized by goodwill, generosity, and respect. With its precepts, couples learn how to do minimal damage to themselves, each other, and their children"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 THOBadani, Sejal
Summary: Nothing prepares Jaya, A New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family's past. Intoxicated by the sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager student of the culture. But it is Ravi -- her grandmother's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Badani 2018Creamer, Henry
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Music Pub. Co. 1929
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMBurke, Joe
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Forster Music 1923
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMNichols, Peter
Summary: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community, The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC NICSummary: Harry, Arch, and Dan head into Del Norte, a small town in the middle of nowhere. Harry decides to return home after a seven-year absence, but not before Dan runs afoul of a group of unsavory characters and Harry vows vengeance for the lad's death. Harry and Arch flee from the town. Harry's wife, Hannah, is none too pleased to see her wayward husband at her doorstep. Taking his wife's anger in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN HIRFain, Sammy
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: 1945
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2 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMO'Nan, Stewart
Summary: When her husband goes to prison for his involvement in a string of burglaries and the death of a victim, his wife must raise their child in a community that is sometimes hostile to her, while struggling to maintain her dignity.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC O'NAhitRECord (Firm)
Summary: So, you just got dumped, huh? Or did you just dump someone? Doesn't matter who ended it. Either way, you're sleeping alone tonight. But don't worry, you're not really alone. HITRECORD's global community of over 750,000 active artists is here to help with The Art of Breaking Up, a new book designed to get you through this trying time. That's over 750,000 people who know the soul-crushing pain of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 ARTSchwiebert, Pat.
Summary: Grandy tries to cope with the death of her husband by making tear soup.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gief Watch 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SCHChupack, Cindy.
Summary: Presents a selection of humorous essays on the condition of being single, focusing on such topics as a first sexual encounter after a breakup, the concept of a male harem, and experiencing relationship panic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 CHUHolland, Judy
Summary: "HappiNest provides a road map to help parents navigate new paths, evolving relationships and existential challenges when their kids leave home. This book distills the latest research and presents vignettes from interviews with more than 300 experts, including psychologists, sociologists, seasoned empty nesters, and fledglings"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 HOLWilliams, Florence
Summary: "Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn't expect is that she'll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to the frontiers of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.7 WILStephens, Jessie
Summary: "Weaving together three true stories, Jessie Stephens captures the painful but wholeheartedly universal experience of heartbreak. Deeply relatable, addictive to the very last page, and powerfully human, Heartsick reminds us that emotional pain can make usas it breaks us, and that storytelling has the ultimate healing power"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 STEFreeman, Emily P.
Summary: Podcast host, spiritual director, and bestselling author of The Next Right Thing, Emily P. Freeman, offers guidance to help us recognize when its time to move on from situations that no longer serve us, allowing us to find new spaces where we can flourish and grow.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024