Nunez, Sigrid
Summary: "Elegy plus comedy is the only way to express how we live in the world today, says a character in Sigrid Nunez's ninth novel. The Vulnerables offers a meditation on our contemporary era, as a solitary female narrator asks what it means to be alive at this complex moment in history and considers how our present reality affects the way a person looks back on her past. Humor, to be sure, is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023
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Summary: "A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an ex she runs into by chance at a public forum, an Airbnb owner unsure how to interact with her guests, a stranger who seeks help comforting his elderly mother, a friend of her youth now hospitalized with terminal cancer. In each of these people the woman finds a common need: the urge to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2020
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Summary: A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NUNUndset, Sigrid
Contents: Selma Broter.--Thjodolf.--Miss Smith-Tellefsen.--Simonsen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1959
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC UNDUndset, Sigrid
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 839.82 UNDSummary: Set in Australia's Victoria Alps, tells the story of a stormy romance caught up in a violent feud between landowners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Return 2003Summary: In this sparkling revival of the hit Australian dramedy, Laura Gibson returns to the lovely coastal town of Pearl Bay for the first time in 20 years, but it isn't the same as she remembers. Determined to mend her fractured relationship with her daughter, Laura realizes that Pearl Bay and her family may need her as much as she needs them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SEASummary: This evocative character study tells the story of a young American fashion assistant and spiritual medium who is living in Paris and searching for signs of an afterlife following the sudden death of her twin brother. A stirring depiction of grief in the form of a psychological thriller, and a chilling meditation on modern modes of communication and the way we mourn those we love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PERSummary: Anthony Doerr and series editor, Heidi Pitlor, select twenty stories that represent the best examples of the form published in 2018.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC BESSummary: Set during the 1880's when the Australian frontier was wild and dangerous, the film follows the exploits of a youth who sets out to tame a wild herd of horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Video 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MANSummary: Set during the 1880's when the Australian frontier was wild and dangerous, the film follows the exploits of a youth who sets out to tame a wild herd of horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Video 2002
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MANSummary: When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the UK and France, detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: A tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DECSarid, Yishay
Summary: A gripping examination of the complexities of military service as experienced by Abigail, a psychologist who becomes implicated in the dilemmas soldiers encounter both on and off the battlefield.--adapted from book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Restless Books 2022