Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back.
Loss (Psychology)
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Author:Fox, HelenaSummary: -
Author:Kooser, TedSummary:Built on a treeless yard by a family who cleared away all the sprouting trees on the property, a house is eventually abandoned and left to deteriorate on a lot that is gradually overrun by wild trees, in a poignant tale of loss, change...
- Author:Donoghue, EmmaSummary:
In the late '70s, convent school teenagers Pen O'Grady and Cara Wall fall in love. They prove themselves to be up to the challenge of a relationship deemed unacceptable in Catholic Ireland'until Cara dies in a car...
- Author:Lee, Marisa ReneeSummary:
Healing after loss doesn't mean moving on. Marisa Renee Lee guides you through the pain of early grief and shows you how to to honor your loss. If we are able to own and honor what we've lost, we can have a beautiful and...
- Author:Krauss, NicoleSummary:
A young novelist inherited the desk from a poet taken by Pinochet's police. Then the desk is stolen from her by the poet's supposed daughter. In its drawers, another man discovers a long-kept secret about his wife. And a Jerusalem...
- Author:Woodgate, HarrySummary:
Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. Gramps and Grandad were adventurers. They would surf, climb mountains, and tour the country in...
- Author:Tegenkamp, Diana HopeSummary:
In this stellar debut collection by Métis poet Diana Hope Tegenkamp we find solace and outrage, grief and tenderness, bewilderment and beauty, all "entangled in hope and dreaming." After many losses-of a mother known and loved, of a...
- Author:Oliver, SallySummary:
An exquisitely eerie and unsettling speculative novel that grapples with questions of trauma, identity, and the workings of memory. Months after her sister's death, Marianne wakes up to find a growth of thick black hairs along her...
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Author:Chiavaroli, HeidiSummary:Boston, 2015Two years after nearly losing her life in the Boston Marathon bombing, Annie David is still far from "Boston strong." Instead she remains isolated and defeated-plagued by guilt over her niece, crippled in the blast, and by...
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Author:Griffith, RyanSummary:What would it feel like if the world emptied out? Lowell Garrish has lost everything-his parents, his grandma, the music the waves make on the shore in Nova Scotia. Desperate to hold on to real sound, Lowell sets off on a road trip...
- Author:McKenzie, CatherineSummary:
Emma Tupper is a dedicated lawyer with a bright future. But when she takes a month-long leave of absence to go on an African vacation, she ends up facing unexpected consequences. After she falls ill and spends six months trapped in a...
- Author:Reid, Taylor JenkinsSummary:
On a rainy New Year's Day, Elsie heads out to pick up a pizza for one. When she meet the adorable and charming Ben Ross, their chemistry is instant and electric. Within weeks, the two are head over heels in love. By May, they'...
- Author:Britt, FannySummary:
Dans ce roman choral sur la dislocation progressive d'un couple, Fanny Britt creuse sans merci la question de nos privilèges. On y rencontre Adam et Marion, dont la vie auréolée de succès sera mêlée à celle de Celia, qui a...
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Author:Foer, Jonathan SafranSummary:Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is a precocious Francophile who idolizes Stephen Hawking and plays the tambourine extremely well. He's also a boy struggling to come to terms with his father's death in the World Trade Center attacks. As he...
- Author:Moore, JessicaSummary:
Poems about being stranded in a truth that shows no mercy, speaking from the last place you'd ever choose to go.
- Author:Ng, CelesteSummary:
Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet ...
So begins the story in this exquisite debut novel about a Chinese American family living in a small town in 1970s Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their...
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Author:Ashley AntoinetteSummary:Love should burn slow, but with Ezra "Ethic" Okafor it is always fast and fleeting. After an accidental killing affects Alani, the woman he loves, she thinks he's a monster. Separated by tragedy, the pair endure a loss like nothing they...
- Author:Kelly, SandraSummary:
Patsy Keane survived her childhood, and some days that's all that matters. As the child of an alcoholic mother, Patsy is not prone to nostalgia. She lives in a world of her own creation, where Beverly Keane's maternal...
- Author:Walker, WendySummary:
In Wendy Walker's thrilling novel Don't Look for Me, the greatest risk isn't running away. It's running out of time. One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn't want to be found. Or at least,...
- Author:Hollis, RachelSummary:
Mega-bestselling author, teacher and self-help leader Rachel Hollis offers her devoted followers and new readers alike a short guide to seizing difficult moments for the learning experiences they are and finding value in them.
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