Past Sins Cast a Long Shadow Dallas Phillips refuses to believe her father committed suicide, even though things were tough on his farm and he was deeply in debt. When she hears he'd told a neighbor about an upcoming windfall, she...
Fathers--Death
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Author:Wennick, ElizabethSummary:Jenna Cooper was only a few days old when her father was murdered and her family was shattered. Now fifteen, she daydreams of a picture-perfect sitcom family as she struggles with the gritty realities of her life. When Jenna finds out...
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Author:Hofmann, KarenSummary:Karen Hofmann’s empathetic and cathartic novel, What is Going to Happen Next, pieces together the lives of five members of the Lund family following their enforced dispersal after the death of the father and the hospitalization of the...
- Author:Kraus, DanielSummary:
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR The Martian meets 127 Hours in this "astoundingly great" (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller...
- Author:Meunier, StéfaniSummary:
Quatre ans après la mort de son père, la narratrice, qui vit seule avec ses deux enfants, tombe sur une vieille photo de lui entouré de cinq personnes qu'elle ne connaît pas. Grâce aux souvenirs recueillis auprès des vivants, elle...
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Author:Leung, CarrianneSummary:The Wondrous Woo tells the story of Miramar Woo who is the quintessential Chinese girl: nice, quiet, and reserved. The eldest of the three Woo children, Miramar is ever the obedient sister and daughter ... on the outside. On the inside...
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Author:Brown, TaylorSummary:The Altamaha River, Georgia's "Little Amazon," is one of the last truly wild places in America. Brothers Hunter and Lawton Loggins set off to kayak the river, bearing their father's ashes toward the sea. Hunter is a college student,...
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Author:Soucy, Gaetan, Fischman, SheilaSummary:The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches, originally published in French as La Petite Fille qui Aimait Trop les Alumettes, dominated the bestseller lists and captured major media attention when it appeared in Quebec. It was the first...
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Author:Parshall, SandraSummary:Young veterinarian Rachel Goddard’s world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm. The dog owner’s terrified tot, drenched with rain, loses sight of her...
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Author:Cuevas, MichelleSummary:A girl's friendship with a lonely black hole leads her to face her own sadness in this original, funny, and touching middle grade novel for fans of Crenshaw and Flora & Ulysses. When eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez shows up at NASA...
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Author:Jackson, MelanieSummary:It's all aboard! for mystery when Dinah Galloway takes the cross-country train from Vancouver to Toronto, to appear on a TV talent show. But will she make it-or be permanently derailed? Along with her sister Madge, and her fellow junior...
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Author:Guay-Poliquin, ChristianSummary:When the electricity inexplicably goes out nationwide, the mundanities of life gradually shift to the rigours of survival. In this post-apocalyptic setting, an unnamed mechanic jumps into his beat-up car and drives east, journeying 4,...
- Author:Smith, Mark Wm.Summary:
A prodigal son must solve the mystery of his philandering father’s murder if he hopes to eradicate his own demons. Connor Pierce enlisted in the Air Force to escape his crazy-making family. Years later, half a world away in Okinawa,...
- Author:Arnett, KristenSummary:
One morning, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business, while the...
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Author:Johansson, J. R.Summary:Jack and his half-brother Parker have no time to mourn the loss of their father. With an attack by the body-stealing Takers imminent, the pair must put aside their grief and track down the ingredients of their father’s formula—one that...
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Author:Belletête, MaryseSummary:Comment écrire sa propre histoire lorsqu’on est empêché par le poids de celle de toutes les autres, ou lorsque celle-ci nous échappe ? Digne descendante d’une lignée de femmes dérangées et d’un père absent, Ève cherche à en apprendre...
- Author:Laferrière, DanySummary:
"La nouvelle coupe la nuit en deux. L'appel téléphonique fatal Que tout homme d'âge mûr Reçoit un jour Mon père vient de mourir." Le narrateur décide alors de revenir dans son pays natal, Haïti, dont il avait été...
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Author:Mason, Bobbie Ann.Summary:Fifteen-year-old Issy and her newly single mother, Caroline Evans, are struggling to find their way alone, as well as together. At thirty-eight, with little money and all the responsibility for the two of them, Caroline is coming to...
- Author:Sager, RileySummary:
Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share. Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an...
- Author:James, EldridgeSummary:
Les membres du gang de Drygulch ont été évincés de leur cabane et ne savent pas où aller. Lorsqu’ils entendent dire que des colons recherchent des cow-boys, ils pensent que leur chance a tourné, mais il devient vite évident que tous ne...
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