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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded,...
22) The gardener
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Farrar Straus Giroux
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English
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A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
23) Come away home
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Annie is left in the care of her elderly and out-of-date grandfather and is sure her summer is doomed. When her attempt at escape goes awry, she meets new friends who help her connect with her grandfather and bring the power of forgiveness into her family.
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"Dear friends and army wives Diana, Carmen, and Joanie have been through war, rumors of war, marital problems, motherhood, fears, joy, and heartache. But none of the women are prepared when their daughters decide to enlist in the army together. Facing an empty nest won't be easy ... With nothing to lose and no one at home, the girlfriends impulsively accept an unexpected offer from their elderly neighbor. The recently widowed Tootsie has an RV, a...
25) My family
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New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Follows the lives of three generations of Mexican Americans.
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English
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"Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised on a farm by their older sister. Stewie steadfastly tends the chickens left by his beloved late grandmother. And every day Stewie goes door to door selling fresh eggs from his wagon--a routine with a surprise just around the corner. It's his new customer, Marilyn. She's prickly and guarded, yet comfortably familiar--she reminds the grieving Stewie so much of...
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Familius LLC
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Caring for your aging loved ones can be overwhelming. You want to trust your aging parents, but you can see that age is taking its toll. You don't want to take away their independence, but you want them to be safe. You need a clear road map that shows you when and how to protect them before it's too late. With advice from registered nurse and elder law attorney Carolyn Rosenblatt, you will learn how to ensure your aging loved ones the best quality...
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Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Congregations say they want to reach new and younger people, many of whom are simply turned off by church. The big idea is that congregations must be willing to embrace radical ways to connect with new generations. Re-thinking old assumptions is a starting place but more is needed. To really connect, congregations have to move beyond and start doing new things that are out of their comfort zones. These authors give ten ways to help you move from just...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her seventies, now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a much-needed sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive to stage an...
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Thirty-two-year-old Jess Abbot has lost everything: her job, her apartment, and--most heart-wrenching--her eight-year-old son, Chance, to a tragic accident. Haunted by memories and grief, Jess packs what's left and heads for the small mountain town of Pine Lake, where she takes a position as caregiver to an eccentric old woman. A rumored clairvoyant, Lucy is strange but welcoming and immediately intuits Jess as a loose end in need of closure. But...
33) Crossbow
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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When fouteen-year-old Matt heads to the remote cabin he built to become a hermit, he encounters Forrest, a man who offers to teach him survival skills in exchange for use of the cabin, but Matt soon has reason to suspect Forrest's ethics.
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Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in ways she could not predict, just as it will for the elders who soon dub themselves the "Crazy Eights". They each choose a stop, somewhere or something they've always wanted to experience, on the way to their ultimate...
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Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Based on a true story. An elderly piano teacher takes a young music student under his wing and changes her life. Not long after arriving in Canada from China, a young girl and her father bump into a kind old man at their local park. They have no idea that he has been teaching young people music for over 50 years. Mr. Mergler can hear music in a way that most of us can't, and he knows that this little girl has a talent that, with encouragement, will...
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A devastating story of one family's border-crossing adventure to rescue one another and make peace with the past, set in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, two years after the occupation of South Ossetia by Russia in 2008"--
Having fled conflict in the former-Soviet Republic of Georgia as children, Saba and his brother have fought to make peace with the past. In particular, they struggle with the sacrifices of a mother who remained in a war...
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Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
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"The technology that was supposed to make young adults more astute, diversify their tastes, and improve their minds had the opposite effect. According to recent reports from government agencies, foundations, survey firms, and scholarly institutions, most young people in the United States do not read literature (or fully know how to), work reliably (just ask employers), visit cultural institutions (of any sort), or vote (most can't even understand...