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81) Easy virtue
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
John Whittaker is a young Englishman who falls madly in love with Larita, a sexy, glamorous American woman. The two impulsively decide to get married. He takes her home to meet his family, she arrives like a blast from the future. John's mother takes an instant disliking to Lairta and undermines her every move. But Larita will blow their entrenched British stuffiness right out the window.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Braver Than You Think is the life-affirming story of how Downs, newly married and established in her career as a journalist, quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother's. Over the course of one year backpacking through seventeen countries - visiting all the places her mother, struck with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, cannot visit herself - Maggie faces some of the world's most exotic locales while...
Series
Criterion collection volume 505
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After losing their house to foreclosure, an elderly couple is separated when none of their five children will take them in together.
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage España
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Con ingenio y humor, María Amparo Escandón sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, engaños y traiciones, y con la decisión más difícil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo. L.A. está seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, está obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae de todo...
Author
Publisher
Éditions du Masque
Pub. Date
février 2021.
Language
Français
Description
"Cinq heures du matin. John Rebus, pourtant à la retraite, est tiré du lit par la sonnerie stridente du téléphone. À l'autre bout, sa fille, paniquée, lui apprend que son compagnon Keith a disparu. De son côté, la police écossaise découvre le corps d'un riche étudiant saoudien, Salman bin Mahmoud, assassiné sur un vulgaire parking d'Édimbourg. Et les pistes, aussi ténues que variées, ne semblent mener nulle part. Tandis que Siobhan...
92) The complete family guide to dementia: everything you need to know to help your parent and yourself
Author
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
If you are facing the unique challenges of caring for a parent with dementia, you are not alone. What do you do when your loved one so plainly needs assistance, but is confused, angry, or resistant to your help? Where can you find the vital information you need, when you need it? Journalist Thomas Harrison and leading geriatric psychiatrist Brent Forester show that you don't have to be a medical expert to be a good care provider in this authoritative...
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