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5861) Priest of evil
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Finnish
Description
Detective Sergeant Timo Harjunpaa of the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit loses his daughter under tragic circumstances and is unable to recover from his loss. As he looks for a way to assassinate his daughter's killer, he works on various cases involving strange deaths, eventually determining them to be serial killings. But while he seems to get closer to the killer, the killer is actually getting closer to him, and plunges him into overwhelming darkness...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Told through the story of Bach’s writing of the St. Matthew’s Passion, this meditation on grief and music follows thirteen-year-old Stefan Silbermann who is taken under the tutelage of Bach and drawn into Bach’s family life, escaping the cruelty of his classmates.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend's family received two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant and vivacious wife developed unrelated, life-threatening forms of brain cancer. As he witnessed his young daughter fight during the courageous final months of her mother's life, Townsend - a lifelong scientist - was indelibly altered. He began to see scientific inquiry as more than a source of answers to a given problem,...
5864) The order of things
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old April must come to terms with the sudden death of her best friend, Zee.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The death of a parent isn't easy for a person of any age. Children, who do not yet fully understand death, may have an exceptionally hard time when their parent passes away. This book touches on many of the emotions that a child might feel during this difficult time--including grief, guilt, and fear--and offers advice on how to talk about these feelings. Some of the changes that may occur in a child's life after the death of a parent are also discussed."--...
5867) Wake
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When things get tough for Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated girl would do -- she goes to strangers' funerals. But after an unexpected series of mix-ups and white lies, Carys finds herself in possession of a dead woman's engagement ring and in love with Tyler, the grieving fiancé.
5870) Option B
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A powerful, inspiring, and practical book about finding resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Helping Parents Grieve is for any parent who has experienced the death of a child--and for those who aim to help someone who is grieving. You will meet men and women who have suffered, who share their stories, and help to kindle hope for finding life again. Topics include: Knowing you are not alone ; Dealing with the loss of hopes and dreams ; Grieving the death of a baby ; The family's grief journey ; Honoring and remembering your child.
5872) A girl's best friend
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Penelope, better known as Polka-Dot, is a spunky young girl who has a knack for helping people, particularly her ailing mother. While out looking for a part-time job, Polka-Dot befriends a hard-nosed police officer and his tracking dog, Luey. When Polka-Dot's mother's condition worsens, Luey helps Polka-Dot find the strength and faith inside to help her move forward.
5874) Breakaway
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Jason Marshall's younger sister passes away, he knows he can count on his three best friends and soccer teammates--Mario, Jordie, and Chick--to be there for him. With a grief-crippled mother and a father who's not in the picture, he needs them more than ever. But when Mario starts hanging out with a rough group of friends and Jordie finally lands the girl of his dreams, Jason is left to fend for himself while maintaining a strained relationship...
5875) The messy life of Blue
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Beulah "Blue" Warren, a fearless girl surrounded by boys, is beginning to forget her deceased mother but a new revelation gives her the strength to grieve for her mother once and for all.
5877) Our mother's house
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When their deeply religious mother dies, the seven Hook children bury her in the garden and continue life as normal. Then their absent father, Charlie, reappears.
5878) Proof of heaven
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With a wisdom far beyond his years, Colm has come to terms with his probable fate, but he does have one special wish. He wants to meet his father who abandoned his beloved mother before Colm was born. But the quest to find the dying boy's missing parent soon becomes a powerful journey of emotional discovery, a test of belief and an anxious search for proof of heaven.
5879) There will come a time
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Overwhelmed by grief and guilt after his twin sister Grace's accidental death, seventeen-year-old Mark Santos is persuaded by his best friend to complete the "bucket list" from Grace's journal.
5880) Metal fish, falling snow
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Dylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin won't make her stand out, a place where she might feel she belongs. But when she loses her mother in a freak accident, Dylan finds herself on a very different journey: a road trip across outback Australia in the care of her mother's grieving boyfriend, Pat. As they travel through remote towns further and further...
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