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Mothers--Death

  • What Casanova told me
    Author:
    Swan, Susan
    Summary:

    A dazzlingly imagined novel that embraces two centuries, two women, a long-lost Journal and the mystery behind the legendary Casanova’s last great love.

    It’s 1797, and an aging Casanova has returned to Venice in disguise to elude...
  • We are all made of molecules
    Author:
    Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin
    Summary:

    Thirteen-year-old Stewart Inkster is academically brilliant but "ungifted" socially. Fourteen-year-old Ashley Anderson is the undisputed "It" girl of grade nine, but her marks stink. Their worlds are about to collide when Stewart and...
  • Walking backward
    Author:
    Austen, Catherine
    Summary:

    When Josh's mother dies in a phobia-induced car crash, she leaves two questions for her grieving family: how did a snake get into her car and how do you mourn with no faith to guide you? Twelve-year-old Josh is left alone to find the...
  • Unsettled ground
    Author:
    Fuller, Claire
    Summary:

    From bestselling author Claire Fuller comes a portrait of life on the fringes of society, a heart-stopping novel of betrayal and resilience, love and survival. What if the life you have always known is taken from you in an instant? What...
  • Troubling love
    Author:
    Ferrante, Elena
    Summary:

    Following her mother's mysterious death, Delia embarks on a voyage of discovery through the streets of her native Naples searching for the truth about her family. A series of mysterious telephone calls leads her to compelling and...
  • The survivors : a novel
    Author:
    Schulman, Alex
    Summary:

    INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER -A gripping tour de force in which three estranged brothers return to the Swedish lakeside cottage where, more than two decades before, an unspeakable accident forever altered their family and changed the...
  • The glint of light
    Author:
    Major, Clarence
    Summary:

    Mark Smith, is a sensitive thirty-seven-year-old environmental scientist of mixed race. He tries to come to terms with his mother's painful death as he goes through the stages of grief. Mark is also reassessing his relationship...
  • The Big Dig
    Author:
    Harrington, Lisa
    Summary:

    Just as fourteen-year-old Lucy is starting to figure out life after her mom's death, her dad ships her off to Cape John, her mom's hometown, for the summer. Worse, she has to live with her nutty great-aunt Josie, who doesn...
  • Stuck in Oz : tales from Kansas
    Author:
    Grey, Andrew
    Summary:

    Tales from Kansas When Jeremy and Petey’s mother died, their house was taken to pay the debts she left behind, leaving them homeless. Afraid Petey will be put in foster care, they have no one to turn to but their Uncle Milt, so they...
  • Rules for life
    Author:
    Ryan, Darlene
    Summary:

    When her mother died two years earlier, Izzy thought the world would change in some identifiable way, but it didn't. It didn't even slow down. Along with constantly watching her brother, Jason, to ensure he didn't repeat his involvement...
  • Pain & wastings
    Author:
    Mac, Carrie
    Summary:

    At fifteen, Ethan is on the fast track to nowhere. In and out of group homes and constantly in trouble, he is fighting to find a sense of who he is. After breaking into an amusement park and being savaged by a police dog, Ethan is...
  • No return address
    Author:
    Anderson-Dargatz, Jenny
    Summary:

    On the anniversary of her mother's death, Rhonda receives a mysterious package in the mail. And it's from her deceased mother! As she tries to figure out how this is possible, Rhonda turns to the people around her, reconnects...
  • Liars and fools
    Author:
    Stevenson, Robin
    Summary:

    Fiona's life changed forever when her mother died in a South Pacific sailing accident. One year later, everyone tells her it is time to move on. To Fiona, moving on means leaving her mother behind-something she has vowed never to do....
  • Letters to my mother
    Author:
    Cardenas, Teresa, Unger, David
    Summary:

    The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, upon the death of her mother, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their good will, she finds their taunts about how dark her skin is and their...
  • Les questions orphelines
    Author:
    Le Thiec, Morgan
    Summary:

    Un roman mené avec sobriété et finesse. Billy, qui vit à l’étranger depuis de longues années, se voit contraint de rentrer à Montréal s’occuper de son père, âgé et souffrant. Il lui faudra bientôt vendre le magasin, la maison familiale...
  • Last lessons of summer
    Author:
    Maron, Margaret
    Summary:

    Amy Steadman is the young heiress of a prosperous children's book publishing franchise in New York. After her grandmother is murdered, apparently in a botched robbery, Amy goes to North Carolina to clean out the family home. But as she...
  • La dévoration des fées
    Author:
    Lalonde, Catherine
    Summary:

    Entre le conte de fées enragé et la reprise hallucinée des récits d’apprentissage, entre la forêt de Sainte-Amère-de-Laurentie et la grande ville électrique, La dévoration des fées raconte le sort de la p’tite, de Grand-maman et de...
  • Girl in Shades
    Author:
    Baggio, Allison
    Summary:

    Eleven-year-old Maya Devine has grown up with a warped view of reality. For one, she sees colour around people’s bodies and can sometimes hear what’s going on inside their heads. These insights make everyone a bit more interesting, but...
  • Eight days
    Author:
    Toten, Teresa
    Summary:

    How do you face a heartbreaking past? One day at a time. Or as Aggie says, one crisis at a time. In Teresa Toten's compelling new novel Eight Days, Samantha finds out that the mother she thought had died years ago has actually just...
  • Demon copperhead : a novel
    Author:
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    Summary:

    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" An Oprah's Book Club Selection An Instant New York Times Bestseller An Instant Wall Street Journal...

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