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"The grieving book that New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh needed herself years ago, this is a modern, accessible approach to grief when you don't know how to help or what to do, inspired by a viral social media post that touched millions as it assures the reader that there is a path through their darkness"--

"Time of death..." the doctors said. I wont forget that moment I looked over at Ellie- the paleness of her once rosy cheeks, the blue hue coating her perfect lips-the woman I had been with since we were five years old. My wife. My best friend...and the mother to our newborn baby girl. You promised me we would be together forever, I wanted to tell her. She gave me her forever, I told myself. Her forever just ended at twenty-five. "You need to say your...

Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, whose poem Explaining My Depression to My Mother has become a cultural phenomenon with over 5,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life and of living. Benaim's wit, empathy, and gift for language produce a work of endless wonder.

"When the strange new girl at her high school takes her to a place underneath the subways of New York, where people like them can go and find a home, Harriet Adu, who is riddled with guilt over her brother's death, gets a second chance at being a better person"-- Provided by publisher

"Wynne, who is grieving the death of her fiance, starts seeing disturbing images on her cell phone about her future. If she doesn't figure them out in time, she will die"--

A Londoner transported from a Jamaican diaspora in the city to the English countryside, Tess, as she and her husband settle in, finds the dramatic arrival of their fraternal twins—one who presents as black and the other as white—stirring up complicated feelings and questions of belonging.

Mouse's teacher is sick--so sick that she might not ever return to school. With love, Mouse creates beautiful letters for Miss Daisy. And Miss Daisy leaves something beautiful in return . . .

"Though the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean's hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher--until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises. First, he asks Mira to come to Sourwood in Eastern Kentucky to teach at his mission school. Second, he asks...

"Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed-it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days....

"Written by first-generation Latinx teens, this bilingual book - told in Spanish and English - follows Belinda, a young girl of Mexican and Salvadoran heritage who once loved to sing. But ever since her aunt's death, Belinda has been afraid to use her voice. When a new owner decides to paint over the mural that was created to honor her aunt, Belinda rallies the entire community together to stop it. Can Belinda lead her community and lift her voice...