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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 247 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author explains how she discovered she had a secret half-brother--a youthful "mistake" by her mother who grew up neglected and abused in an uncaring foster system--and explores how their different upbringings impacted their destinies.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
271 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Philadelphia journalist describes his return to his small Louisiana hometown after the death of his younger sister, a schoolteacher around whom the community rallied and who inspired the author to move back to the town with his wife to raise their three children.
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Physical Desc
233 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the author's childhood memories of an older brother who succumbed to paranoid schizophrenia and required heavy medication, describing the author's adult battles with alcohol and her efforts to piece together her family history.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When they were born on May 28, 1934, quintuplets Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie captivated the world, defying medical history with every breath they took. In an effort to protect them from hucksters and showmen, the Ontario government took custody of the quints, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family. Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs their unprecedented upbringing with depth and subtlety,...
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the author's effort to rescue two dogs who bonded with her soldier brother before his death in Iraq, an effort that involved an unlikely network of heroes including a Utah animal rescue organization and a civilian airline.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's inspirational film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless...