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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn't protect her from life's cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve's young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (173 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This romance revolves around a theme that occupied Shakespeare later in life: reconciliation. Wrongs committed by one generation--here a wife unjustly accused of adultery--are made right by the next generation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two strangers meet over the hood of a used car in Texas: Marcus, who is fleeing both his financial and personal failures; and Maria, who after years of dodging her mistakes has returned to her hometown to make amends. One looking forward, the other looking back, they face off over the car they both want and think they need: a low-slung sky-blue 1984 Buick Electra. The car, too, has seen its share of failures. Each dent and ripped seam represents...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Zara Mahoney was enjoying newlywed bliss until her life is upended by her estranged sister, Eve, and Zara must take custody of her children. Eve's struggles lead her to Tiff Bradley, who's determined to help despite the past hurts the relationship triggers. Can these women find the hope they-and those they love-desperately need?"--
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm-from personal transgressions to our culture's most painful and unresolved issues. American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead of the perpetrator's obligations or recompense for harmed parties. As survivor communities have pointed out, these emphases have too often only caused more harm. But there is a better model, rooted in the work...
10) Mr. Wonderful
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gus finds that alimony payments are cutting into his dream of renovating a rundown Brooklyn bowling alley, so he sets out to find the right guy for his ex-wife. When he finally finds "Mr. Wonderful", Gus realizes that he wants her back.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When Josiah Burkhalter, the man who once broke her heart, insists on helping her open a tea shop, Leah Beiler, as Christmas approaches, finds herself confused by her feelings for Josiah as they work closely together, forcing her to confront her fears and reach for the love she deserves.
Author
Publisher
Avery, Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Estrangement from a family member is one of the most painful life experiences. It is devastating not only to the individuals directly involved--collateral damage can extend upward, downward, and across generations, More than 65 million Americans suffer such rifts, yet little guidance exists on how to cope with and overcome them. In this book, Karl Pillemer combines the advice of people who have successfully reconciled with powerful insights from...
14) Solo
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
Series
Imprint volume 61
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Pierce Waverly, the Earl of Devonmont, has been estranged from his mother for most of his life. When his mother's new companion, Mrs. Camilla Stuart, writes to tell him that his mother is seriously ill, he goes home. But when he learns that the lovely widow tricked him in order to effect a holiday reconciliation, he refuses to stay unless she meets his "terms."
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. In this groundbreaking account, journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns follows one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the saga of the Mahoney family,...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news. Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It's what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit's world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie...
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