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Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Estranged sisters embark on a hiking trip on the tenth anniversary of their parents' deaths in an attempt to reconnect. In the wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula they'll face their deepest fears, question their most dearly held beliefs, and begin to see that perhaps the best way to move forward is the one way they had never considered"--
5) Wanted
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Bored office drone Wesley discovers his birthright as a member of an elite group of assassins.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Brothers Charlie and Cody are doing what they have to in order to get by after the death of their parents. Older brother Cody has enlisted in the army and is about to leave his wife Katherine and their young son. Charlie works as a car mechanic, having put his dream of becoming an engineer on hold when the cost of tuition was too high. When aspiring singer/songwriter Nancy comes to town, she and Charlie find themselves instantly attracted to each...
Author
Series
Amish memories volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"When Ivy Zimmerman's Mennonite parents are killed in a tragic accident, her way of life is upended. As she grows suspicious that her parents' deaths weren't an accident, she gains courage from her Amish great-grandmother's time in pre-war Germany in 1937. With the inspiration of her great-grandmother, Ivy seeks justice for her parents, her sisters, and herself"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
A memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simltaneously hilarious and wildily inventive as well as a deeply hearfelt story of the love that holds a family together.
10) Let me lie
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the newest psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You, Clare Mackintosh brings us a gripping story about how those who love us never really leave us... Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their...
12) Wave
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously...
13) Two weeks
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Four siblings, now adults, return home to North Carolina, to their terminally ill mother's house for what they think are her final few days. When she hangs on, they find themselves stuck under the same roof for two difficult weeks. But as the children come to terms with their grief, they discover laughter in the midst of sorrow, love in the face of anger, and an opportunity to gain new perspectives on their own lives.
14) Bereavement
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1989, a 6-year-old boy is lured into the vehicle of a stranger. The stranger is a serial killer with a tendency of butchering teenage girls. In the basement of a rural Pennsylvania slaughterhouse, he will teach the boy everything he knows. Five years later, teen Allison comes to live with her uncle following her parents' death. In time, she will discover the boy and his madman mentor. And they will all be plunged into an unimaginable evil from...
15) Volver
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past...
16) Double impact
Author
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Two twin brothers, separated as babies and unaware of each other's existence, struggle to avenge their parents' death.
17) Beautiful wave
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Nicole, a shy New York City high school student still mourning the drowning death of her beloved dad. When Nicole is sent to California to spend the summer with the free-spirited grandmother she barely knows, she'll learn a shocking family secret she yearns to understand. Now on a quest to Baja Mexico, Nicole will discover friendship, romance, the thrill of surfing, and a link to her late father that could change her life forever.
18) Birds of America
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Morrie is an uptight university professor who is anxiously seeking tenure. This requires the approval of his department head, who lives next door. Morrie and his wife Betty live in the house he inherited at 18, after his mother died and his father committed suicide. Morrie has raised his brother Jay and sister Ida, both have problems of their own. Ida is a substance abuser, as well as being promiscuous. Jay is a deeply gentle and sensitive soul whose...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What begins as a pleasant holiday with a new friend in Brighton quickly turns to devastation for Anabelle Milton when she receives the tragic news: her parents are dead. Turned out of the only home she's ever known, Annabelle is sent to live with an aunt and uncle who are strangers to her. Herartbroken, she arrives at Bellingham Cottage, a cozy home on the sprawling grounds of the Bellingham estate, to find an unexpectedly warm welcome--not only...
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