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Timothy Warner, a PhD student who goes by the nickname "Moth, " wakes up on his ninety-ninth day of sobriety with an intense craving for drink. He asks his uncle Ed, a former alcoholic and now successful psychiatrist, to meet him at an AA meeting later that day. When Ed doesn't show up, Moth bikes to his office and discovers a grisly scene -- his uncle lying in a pool of blood, shot through the temple. The police pronounce the death a suicide, but...
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"An extraordinary story about an ordinary life." —People
Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer.
Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasn’t had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne.
Paula...
Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer.
Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasn’t had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne.
Paula...
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2018.
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English
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The newshound in Geneva Chase spurs her to bad if not downright dangerous choices as two unrelated crimes unexpectedly collide. A fifteen-year-old girl at her ward's high school has vanished along with her English teacher. Is this the same-old, or something more? And then there's the abused woman who torched her sadistic husband, and how to keep her out of the clutches of powerful mobsters--and thus, out of the news. Out on the crime beat, Geneva...
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Blessings volume 9
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English
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Malachi 'Mal' July's reputation as a player is making trouble for him, even though he's now a recovering alcoholic trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his family and the citizens of Henry Adams, Kansas. He's turning his diner into a profitable business, and mentors the town's foster kids. And he's even staying true to one woman-- Bernadine Brown. But all it takes is a moment of pride for Mal to betray his friends and family, and lose Bernadine's...
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2021.
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English
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"On her own since the age of eighteen, Cass Macklin dated brilliant, troubled Ben McGreavy.They partied their way through their twenties ... Now Ben is dead, and Cass is broke, homeless, scared, and pregnant. Determined to have a healthy pregnancy and raise Ben's baby ... Cass turns to the only person with the means to help her: Ben's brother Scott, third basemen for the Boston Red Sox, a man with a temper and problems of his own"--
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Deacon's family volume 1
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English
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Luke Schrock is a new and improved man after a stint in rehab, though everyone in Stoney Ridge only remembers the old Luke. They might have forgiven him, but nobody trusts him. He has been allowed to live at Windmill Farm under two conditions. First, he must make a sincere apology to each person he's hurt. Second, he must ask each victim of mischief to describe the damage he caused. Simple, Luke thinks. Offering apologies is easy. But discovering...
7) Any day now
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Sullivan's Crossing volume 2
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English
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For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and his new bride, Maggie, seems to be the best option to help her get back on her feet. Not wanting to burden or depend on anyone, Sierra is surprised to find the Crossing offers so much more than a place to rest her head. Cal and Maggie welcome her into their busy lives...
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When Nöel learns that his former flame is terminally ill and pregnant with a child she claims is his, he agrees to take care of the baby girl once she's born. But as a recovering alcoholic whose demons are barely under control, he can't do it alone. Luckily, he has an amazing network of family and friends who are ready to help. A tale of joy, heartbreak and hope in a close-knit Dublin community.
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Paramount
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[2004]
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1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Lola Delaney is a vulgar, dumpy, less-than-bright "shotgun bride" who is married to recovering alcoholic Doc Delaney. Their unhappy marriage is made even more unhappy when a sexy stranger, Marie, rents a room from Lola. Lola is a tiresome creature who never stops talking, especially about the "imminent" return of her runaway dog Sheba. Doc is having enough trouble staying from the bottle and resigning himself to his marriage without the curvaceous...
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Citadel Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
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viii, 225 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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The author, who became sober after spending most of her life as a young urban professional woman under the influence, reveals how she learned to navigate through life alcohol-free and regained her grip on reality.
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Hazelden
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[2014]
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xvi, 205 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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"Nagy offers guidance for people who are dating, or considering dating, a person in recovery from alcoholism or other addiction. The title plays on the recovery phrase "friend of Bill, " referring to a person following the Twelve Step program pioneered by Bill W"--
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2018.
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English
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Fifteen years ago, Lilith Wade was arrested for the brutal murder of six women. After her mother's death-row conviction, the media frenzy, and the release of an unauthorized biography, Lilith's 30-old daughter Edie is just trying to survive out of the spotlight. She's a recovering alcoholic with a dead-end city job and an unhealthy codependent relationship with her brother. Edie also has a disturbing secret: a growing obsession with the families of...
13) Cross my heart
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Legacy of faith novels volume 2
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English
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"Two broken paths lead toward God's redemption in the next installment of Robin Lee Hatcher's Legacy of Faith series. Ashley Showalter and Ben Henning have so much in common. Both were raised by single moms. Both want to help where they see a need. And both work with horses in the Idaho valley. Ashley runs a horse rescue operation, while Ben has started an equine therapy barn on his great-great grandfather's farm -- and both Ashley and Ben have the...
14) Back of beyond
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2011.
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English
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Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who's fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. Sober for fourteen years, Hank took pride in his hard-won sobriety and never hesitated to drop whatever he was doing to talk Cody off a ledge. When Cody takes...
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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First edition.
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307 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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Reporter and recovering alcoholic Geneva Chase investigates a gruesome murder in Connecticut in an attempt to save her career, while she navigates an affair with a married man and rekindles a romance with her high school sweetheart.
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New World Library
Pub. Date
2020.
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233 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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What could possibly be lucky about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something anything else to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized, with more than a bit of amazement, that she was...
19) Applause
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Danish
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Critically acclaimed alcoholic actress Thea Barfoed has gone through turmoil, resulting in a divorce and the loss of custody of her two boys. Eager to break with the past, regain control over her life, and get her children back, she uses charm and manipulation to persuade her ex-husband, Christian, that she is able to take back the mantle of motherhood. But ironically, she has not completely convinced herself.
20) Borderline
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
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262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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