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Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
2) Martyr!
Author
Language
English
Description
Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past-toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm--except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
4) Juniper
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ruth is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected bond.
Author
Series
Carrion City duology volume 1
Publisher
Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She's been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she'll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to the top. But nothing can prepare her for the toughest job yet: when her best friend, Sarah, shows up at her door in need of help. Keeping Sarah safe becomes top priority....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Eli North is not okay. His drinking is getting worse by the day, his emotional wounds after a deployment to Afghanistan are as raw as ever, his marriage and career are over, and the only job he can hold down is with the local sheriff's department. And that's only because the sheriff is his mother--and she's overwhelmed with small town Shaky Lake's dwindling budget and the fallout from the opioid epidemic. The Northwoods of Wisconsin may be a vacationer's...
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Matt, a loner alcoholic, struggles to maintain sobriety and honor his mother's dying wish to see him get sober. His AA sponsor offers him refuge at his farm where Matt finds Yup'ik, a stray husky with a unique talent. Their relationship struggles at first, but with the help of their Montana community, the two strays find a connection and discover what it takes to pull through to the finish line.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (approximately 234 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Undercover girl: A New York City policewoman goes undercover to investigate her father's murder, and wrangles her way into the confidence of a doctor whose office is a front for a dope ring.
One way street: A crooked doctor steals the loot and the girlfriend of a maniacal mobster. He decides to live an honest life in Mexico, but destiny awaits in fatalistic Los Angeles.
Appointment with a shadow: Alcoholic reporter Paul Baxter has drowned his career...
Author
Publisher
[Dianna Good Sky]
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 146 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Growing up, I knew two things to be true: My dad was a drunk. Being an Indian was complicated. Dad tried to teach us the language, the culture, what it meant to be Ojibwe. But no one wants to learn from a drunken Indian, least of all, me. Then, in the winter of 1980, my dad nearly died. When he awoke, everything changed. This is his story. Warrior Spirit Rising is the inspiring true account of Dianna's dad, Gene, as told through her eyes. Her dad...
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