Thomas, Abigail
Summary: In her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way. As she approaches eighty, what she herself calls old age, Abigail Thomas accepts her new life, quieter than before, no driving, no dancing, mostly sitting in her chair in a sunny corner with three dogs for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging ThomasThomas, Abigail
Summary: A memoir about aging, family, creativity, tragedy, friendship, and the richness of life. How to accept, appreciate, enjoy? Who are our most trusted, valuable companions and what will we do for them? When you've given up, when you least expect it, there it is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, ABIGAIL THOThomas, Abigail.
Summary: Virginia and Buddy have to get married in the summer of 1960 when they learn she is expecting a baby, but they quickly realize they do not know each other at all and the course of their love is not helped by the constant presence of Buddy's old flame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOThomas, Abigail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOThomas, Abigail.
Summary: Richard took their dog, Harry, out for a walk, and Harry came home alone. Richard had been hit by a car and was lying bleeding in the street. The traumatic head injury he suffered didn't kill him, as attending police had predicted it would, but it rendered him susceptible to large-scale memory loss, hallucinations, and such wild rages that Abigail was forced to commit him to an institution....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813.54 THOSummary: "From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet of American life. Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first book of its kind-a bold and urgent move towards social justice through a profound collection of essays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 BLASummary: Sarah Cain is sweet, successful, slightly self-absorbed and a city girl through and through. But when the untimely death of her sister draws her to Amish country for a funeral, she makes a discovery that will change her life: she is now the legal guardian to five Amish nieces and nephews! Desperately trying to juggle the kids, her career and her comfort level, Sarah must reevaluate her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007