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In an inspirational debut novel by the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother's ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.
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English
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"She was one of the FBI's top agents until she became the nation's most-wanted fugitive. Now Jane Hawk may be all that stands between a free nation and its enslavement by a powerful secret society's terrifying mind-control technology. She couldn't save her husband, or the others whose lives have been destroyed, but equipped with superior tactical and survival skills--and the fury born of a broken heart and a hunger for justice--Jane has struck major...
4) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 1
Language
English
Description
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
5) Peaceful
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Français
Description
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and bring them to acceptance. They have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.
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English
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"Leningrad, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child. It's clear he's destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB, he and his mother will have to leave Russia to survive. At the docks, should they choose a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander tosses a coin to decide his future..."--From the publisher's web site.
9) Ben is back
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
10) The editor
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Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Co
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
"After years of trying to make it as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally sells his novel. The editor is none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who has fallen in love with James's candidly autobiographical novel. But when he realizes the book's publication may unravel already fragile family and love relationships, James can't bring himself to finish the manuscript. Jackie pushes James to write an authentic ending, encouraging...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When challenges arise during a hiking and camping trip a mother could do a lot of things herself, such as carrying her son's heavy pack or putting up the tent by herself, but always finds a way to lovingly teach self-reliance.
12) The prodigy
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sarah believes that her son Miles's disturbing behavior is a sign that an evil supernatural force has taken over him. She has to choose between the need to investigate who or what is causing the darkness in him and her maternal instinct to protect him.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 11
Language
English
Description
"Bertie's mother Irene returns from the Middle East to discover that, in her absence, her son has been exposed to the worst of evils--television shows, ice cream parlors, and even unsanctioned art at the National Portrait Gallery. Her wrath descends on Bertie's long-suffering father, Stuart. But Stuart seems to have a new spring in his step"--
15) Devoted
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English
Description
A mother, a boy and a dog against the night. Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his 11 years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely...
16) Little Joe
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Alice is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species; when she engineers a special flower that can induce happiness, she smuggles one home as a gift for her son. As the plant grows and changes her son Joe's behavior, it becomes clear that "Little Joe" -- as the plant is called -- may have harmful side effects.
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English
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"A woman's second act on the beautiful island of Nantucket delivers much more than she expected in this hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts-complete with a husband who runs his own business and a son to take up his mantle one day. But now that her marriage has fizzled out and Ross, her only child, is graduating from college and getting serious with his girlfriend,...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"From bestselling author Patrick deWitt, a brilliant and darkly comic novel about a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York for Paris in the wake of scandal and financial disintegration. Frances Price - tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature - is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her adult son Malcolm is no help, mired in a permanent state of arrested development. And then there's the...
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Language
English
Description
"Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Café, known far and wide for its famous "Fried Green Tomatoes." And as Bud often said of his childhood, "How lucky can you get?" But sadly, the railroad yards began to shut down and the town became a ghost town, with...
20) Father figures
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
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