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2) Afterlife
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English
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A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020
A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine * The New York Times * The Washington Post *Vogue * Bustle * BuzzFeed * Ms. magazine * The Millions * Huffington Post * PopSugar * The Lily * Goodreads * Library Journal * LitHub * Electric Literature
The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls...
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Language
English
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Description
Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation. The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as...
6) Don't go
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Reeling from the shock of their young daughter's death, Ben and Hazel attempt to restart their lives in a picturesque seaside village. But when the girl begins appearing to Ben in a haunting recurring dream, he becomes convinced that she is attempting to make contact from beyond the grave, and that his nightmare may hold the key to bringing her back to life.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: One morning, Fox is drawn toward the forest. There, in a clearing, he sees something small and silent, perhaps forgotten. It’s a bird, lying as still as can be. Fox is confused, upset, and angry. Is the bird broken? Why doesn’t it move or sing, no matter what Fox does? His curious antics are spied by a little moth, who shares a comforting thought about the circles in the sky—that the sun, even after it sets, is reflected...
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Language
English
Description
"A beautiful Berkeley mom with a radical past vanishes while hiking, leaving her family to piece together her secrets, in this keenly observed novel for readers of Emma Straub and Maria Semple--from the bestselling author ofAll We Ever Wanted Was Everything"--
"Billie is a beautiful Berkeley mom with a radical past--a teenage runaway from Northern California who took up with a group of environmental activists wanted by the FBI, lived dangerously,...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Two very different women, an upscale American named Mary and a middle-class Englishwoman named Martha, form an unlikely bond following the losses of their only children from malaria contracted in Africa. Battling their lingering grief and the strains on their marriages, the two work together to raise awareness of malaria while recovering their sense of purpose. A story of how ordinary people can make a difference in influencing social policy and affecting...
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After losing his wife and daughter, Preston Avery finds himself suddenly trapped in grief and isolated in a now empty house. As the days bleed together, all hope seems to be lost until a motorcycle mysteriously appears one. In an act of restless despair, he sets out on a solo trip across California. On the road, he crosses paths with a young woman named Tracey, who is finally able to break through his fog of grief just long enough to throw him a lifeline...
12) Deeply
Publisher
Distributed by Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A traumatized teenager, who is brought to remoted fishing island off the coast of Nova Scotia to recover from the sudden death of her first love, encounters a curse which has haunted the island since the days of the Vikings.
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Bernadette and Rodney are the best of friends. Rodney's not so good at playing cards, but he's great at staring contests. His favorite food is lettuce, though he eats it VERRRRRRY SLOOOOOWLY. And he's such a joker! When Bernadette goes to sleep at night, Rodney is always there, watching over her from his tank. As the seasons pass, Rodney moves slower and slower, until one day he stops moving at all. Without Rodney, Bernadette...
14) Antichrist
Series
Criterion collection volume 542
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In this graphic psychodrama, a grief-stricken man and woman retreat to a cabin deep in the woods after the accidental death of their infant son, only to find terror and violence at the hands of nature and, ultimately, each other. But this most confrontational work yet from one of contemporary cinema's most controversial artists is no mere provocation. It is a visually sublime, emotionally ravaging journey to the darkest corners of the possessed human...
15) The husband hour
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone--Lauren most of all--by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny. Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family's old beach...
Author
Series
Haven makers volume 2
Publisher
Multnomah
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Becoming Us comes a novel unpacking loss, doubts, friendship, and the hard questions we ask of God and those we love. After her mom passed away, Jennalyn was in the midst of moving, having a baby, and helping her husband work toward his dream job. At the time, she thought she processed the shock and loss, but only now that Jennalyn has two small children, a lovely new home, a lucrative side hustle with her art, and...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her parents, Lotties loses her colorful magic and is sent to the gray wasteland to live with her uncle, but the discovery of a locked-up garden, a wise cardinal, and a hidden boy gives Lottie a second chance at bringing color back into her life.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
After a dog she is watching disappears from a city parade and the owner receives a ransom note, thirteen-year-old Sammy must use her detective skills to solve the mystery.
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
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Description
When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, begins a mysterious project-building a phone booth in his garden. At first Makio is puzzled; the phone isn't connected to anything. It just sits there, unable to ring. But as more and more villagers are drawn to the phone booth, its purpose...
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