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Seasons of grace (Beverly Lewis) volume 1
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English
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Two young women, Amish Grace Byler and graduate student Heather Nelson, stand as counterpoints in parallel plots involving two secrets. Grace's mother is troubled; Heather, whose mother has died of cancer, tells no one in her circle of her own diagnosis of terminal illness, which drives her to Pennsylvania Amish country in search of healing. Grace's mother makes a decision that painfully complicates the action and drives it forward. Grace, her family...
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English
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Unlucky in work, love, and life, the Andreas sisters return to their childhood home. Each has a secret she's unwilling to share - each has come home to lick her own wounds. The Andreas family is an eccentric one. Books are their passion, TV something other families watched. Their father, a renowned professor of Shakespeare who communicates almost exclusively in verse, named all three girls for great Shakespearean women - Rose (Rosalind), Bean (Bianca),...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being...
5) Kill me
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Series
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English
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What if you could choose when to die? But once you decide, you can't change your mind. Ever. No matter what. Welcome to the next step in the evolution of suspense fiction. Kill Me is a brilliantly conceived roller-coaster ride that zeros in on some of the most provocative issues of our time.
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English
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He was a fishing guide and struggling artist from a south Georgia trailer park. She was the beautiful only child of South Carolina's most powerful senator. Yet when Doss Michaels and Abigail Grace Coleman met by accident, they each felt they'd found their true soul mate. Ten years into their marriage, when Abbie faces a life-threatening illness, Doss battles it with her every step of the way. And when she makes a list of ten things she hopes to accomplish...
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Missing his fifteen-years-dead wife while facing his own impending death from a rare respiratory disease, Roy Valois hacks into the "New York Times" to research his own future obituary and makes a shattering discovery about his late wife's true identity.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
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English
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Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong.
Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 39
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English
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Originally published in 1902, this is a story of deceit and betrayal, as well as of forgiveness. Milly Theale is an heiress with a short time to live and a passion for experiencing life to its fullest. Merton Densher is the man she loves, and the magnificent, predatory Kate Croy is the woman he loves, and will conspire with against Millie.
11) On death and dying: what the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy, and their own families
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English
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The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work, are now part of our common understanding of loss. Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement, this classic text is reissued with a new introduction looking at its influence on contemporary thought and practice.
12) Cloud nine
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Publisher
Bantam Books
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English
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Cured from cancer, Sarah Talbot's joy is so contagious it affects those round her. Among them are pilot Will Burke and his daughter, both depressed by death in the family, and friendship leads to romance.
13) The man who died
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Publisher
Orenda Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying. What is more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him. Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful rollercoaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations...
15) Before I die
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake. The Starlings live in Everton, an ordinary enough New Hampshire town. It's notable only for Corbin Park, an enormous hunting park, and for Maple Street Cemetery-home to many former residents of Everton. There's also the town legend that Emma Starling...
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Jane Smith novel volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date." -- Provided by publisher.