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The language of sand : a novel / by Block, Brett Ellen.(CARDINAL)670540;
Includes reader's guide (p. [267]-276)A charming, life-affirming story, "The Language of Sand" is about a woman who is desperately in need of a fresh start in a colorful island community off the coast of North Carolina
Subjects: Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Grief in women; Self-realization in women;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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Crescendo / by Weiss, Amy E.,author.(CARDINAL)400258;
"An inspirational tale of a love across lifetimes "Til death do us part," Aria and her husband swore. But death came much too soon. When tragedy strikes one summer night, everything is taken from Aria: her family, her future. Desperate to find meaning in life after loss, she and her beloved mare leave their home in search of something -- anything. It feels like the end of her life. It is the beginning. If she can find her way through the forest of grief, she will discover an incredible adventure waiting on the other side. Hers is no ordinary journey -- it is a journey into the nature of the soul. Each step takes her further into uncharted lands. The cave of darkness. The lake of time. The human heart. Each place she goes and each person she meets has a new lesson to teach her, and soon she comes to learn the most astounding one of all: her loved ones have never left her. They are with her throughout the lifetimes. They are eternal and immortal. And so is she. And so are we"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Romance fiction.; Fiction.; Widows; Grief in women; Spirits; Immortality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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This too shall pass : a novel / by Busquets, Milena,author.(CARDINAL)603934; Miles, Valerie,1963-translator.(CARDINAL)617157;
A literary tsunami * that is taking the world by storm already sold in over 30 countries about one unforgettable woman's search for a meaningful life. Blanca is forty years old and motherless. Shaken by the unexpected death of the most important person in her life, she suddenly realizes that she has no idea what her future will look like. To ease her dizzying grief and confusion, Blanca turns to her dearest friends, her closest family, and a change of scenery. Leaving Barcelona behind, she returns to Cadaques on the coast, accompanied by her two sons, two ex-husbands, and two best friends, and makes a plan to meet her married lover for a few stolen moments as well. Surrounded by those she loves most, she spends the summer in an impossibly beautiful place, finding ways to reconnect and understand what it means to truly, happily live on her own terms, just as her mother would have wanted. A fresh, honest, and ruefully funny story about love, sex, marriage, grief, friendship and parenthood, THIS TOO SHALL PASS is an irresistible novel that is fast becoming an international phenomenon. A seductive voice, one that wants to take a strong bite on life. --Silvia Marimon, ARA (Spain)*
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Grief; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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The weekend / by Wood, Charlotte,1965-author.(CARDINAL)539875;
"For nearly four decades, lifelong friends Jude, Wendy, Adele, and Sylvie have seen each other through romances, child-rearing, changing careers, divorces, medical recoveries, and general aging. But now Sylvie has died, and the three remaining women are tasked with cleaning out her beach house before it's sold. Thrust together In this weathered old house on the ocean, where the ghosts of their younger selves compete with their current realities, the women ponder a collective lifetime of loves and grievances, disappointments and successes, and ultimately, how a life can change in a single unexpected instant - or over the course of a weekend"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Death; Older women; Grief in women; Female friendship; Self-realization in women; Women's friendships.;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 31
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The saddest girl on the beach / by Frese, Heather,1974-author.;
"Grieving after her father's death, a young woman seeks solace in an Outer Banks beach town of North Carolina where her best friend's family runs a small inn. The family welcomes Charlotte with chowder dinners and a cozy room, but her friend Evie has a looming life change of her own, and soon Charlotte seeks other attractions to navigate her grief. Will she, like in some television movie, find her way back through a romance, or are there larger forces at play?"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Grief; Self-realization in women;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12
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S.E.C.R.E.T. : a novel / by Adeline, L. Marie.(CARDINAL)403082;
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Grief in women; Secret societies; Self-realization in women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Digging in / by Nyhan, Loretta,author.(CARDINAL)608501;
Paige Moresco found her true love in eighth grade and lost him two years ago. Since his death, she's been sleepwalking through life, barely holding on for the sake of her teenage son. As Paige stares at her neglected lawn, she knows she's hit rock bottom. So she does something entirely unexpected: she begins to dig. As the hole gets bigger, Paige decides to turn her entire yard into a vegetable garden.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Vegetable gardening; Grief in women; Life change events;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Baby, it's cold outside : a novel / by Warren, Susan May,1966-(CARDINAL)343605;
Dottie Morgan has no desire to share her home or her heart over the Christmas holidays. After all, her Christmas spirit froze over when Dottie lost her son in World War II. But when a blizzard of the decade traps Dottie in her home with four near strangers, she just might discover that opening her door might also open her heart to a Christmas miracle and a new reason to celebrate Christmas.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Romance fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Grief in women; Blizzards; Strangers; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The Mourning Parade : Library Edition. [sound recording] by Langley, Dawn Reno.(CARDINAL)551551;
Natalie DeAngelo lost everything when her two sons were killed in a school shooting. For relief from her loss, she volunteers as a veterinarian on an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. Still battling memories that torment her, Natalie must also find a way to heal an angry, injured elephant named Sophie. Can Natalie and Sophie heal together?
Subjects: Grief in women -- Fiction.; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Fiction.; Single mothers -- Fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Seduction [large print] / by Rose, M. J.,1953-(CARDINAL)346793;
"A suspenseful novel about a grieving woman who discovers the long-lost letters of Novelist Victor Hugo, awakening a mystery that spans centuries" --
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Grief in women; Love-letters; Widows;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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