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1) The Shack
Language
English
Formats
Description
After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
3) Umami
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Trying to forget the mysterious death of her little sister years earlier, Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives in the heart of Mexico City, decides to plant a vegetable garden in her backyard, which prompts her neighbors to dig into their own pasts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to the remote island of Chiloé, off coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life. Maya, a young American on the run records in her diary her adjustment to a new country, her drug problems, her romantic...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguaz F͠alls, where they must confront the horrific legacy she has bequeathed. For the woman they are grieving came from a family like no other--a centuries-old secret society called the Order that pursues eternal life through ghastly rituals....
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Audrey Burke is reeling from the shock of the news that has just been delivered to her door by the local police - her husband, Brian, had been killed in a random act of violence. Once anchored by the love and comforts of their marriage, Audrey is not adrift. Impulsively, she turns to Jerry, a down-and-out addict who has been her husband's close friend since childhood. Desperate to fill the painful void caused by her husband's death, Audrey invites...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Mario asks his mother why we cry, her answer comes in sweet imagery. She speaks of grey storm clouds, locked boxes and a vast ocean. She explains that we cry for many reasons -- sometimes we cry because we're sad. Other times we cry because we're lonely. Often we cry because we're frustrated. And through all these emotions, our tears can calm us, heal us and help us grow. Vivid illustrations and lyrical prose combine perfectly in this sensitive,...
9) Love Liza
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Successful web designer Wilson Joel's life spirals out of control after the sudden suicide of his wife. Unable to read the note she left him, Wilson forges new, unpredictable relationships with friends, co-workers and his stunned mother-in-law. But when he starts taking a dangerous drug, it could take what's left of his blown-apart life and extinguish it completely.
11) Carinositos
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
A woman must come to terms with the death of her 17-year-old son and her past when she seeks out her son's father.
12) Hesher
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Loud music. Pornography. Lighting fires. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher ... brings into the lives of TJ ... and his father Paul ... when he takes up residence in the garage uninvited. Grief-stricken by the loss of TJ's mother, Paul can't muster the strength to evict the strange squatter, and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes...
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