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21) Family matters
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson's and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent....
Author
Publisher
NAL Accent
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In the middle of planning her wedding to a professional golfer, Kara Larson pays a nursing home visit to ninety-six-year-old Maeve Mahoney, whose reminiscences about her first love back in Ireland prompt Kara to recall her own first love, childhood neighbor Jack Sullivan.
Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 1
Publisher
Audio Renaissance
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
In 1956, as a minister approaches the end of his life, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Long-term couple John and Ella Robina are experiencing the struggles of growing older. With John having Alzheimer's and Ella undergoing cancer treatment, they decide to abandon their disease-stricken lifestyles and embark on a journey from Boston to Key West in an attempt to fully live what's left of their lives. Their trusty RV, which they've dubbed "The Leisure Seeker", will be their mode of transportation as they enjoy what may be their last adventure...