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Sara Chae is the founder of the app One Last Word, which allows you to send a message to whomever you want after you pass. Safeguards are in place so the app will only send out when you're definitely, absolutely, 100% dead, but when another Sara Chae dies and the obituary triggers the prototype to auto-send messages that Sara uploads on one drunken night--to her emotionally charged mother, to a former best friend who ghosted her, and to her unrequited...
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Provides guidance for parents of adult children in the early twenty-first century, discussing the importance of setting guidelines for the "un-empty nest," providing insight on the roles of grandparents and in-laws, describing alternative choices in lifestyles and values, and offering suggestions on how to help a struggling child.
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Ginny and William's peaceful life in Vermont comes to an abrupt halt as their children and grandchildren descend one summer with an assortment of adult problems. By summer's end, the family gains new ideas of loyalty and responsibility, exposing the challenges of surviving the modern family--and the old adage, once a parent, always a parent, has never rung so true.
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"Country music's hottest young superstar, Jana Kramer, plays the lead role in this romantic tale of a prodigal daughter's inspirational journey home. When her husband is arrested, wealthy New York socialite and singer Faith Carraday (Kramer) returns to her Southern roots and the family she left behind years ago. Amongst the beautiful fields of rural North Carolina, Faith will try to rebuild her shattered life, her marriage and her belief in herself....
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""Incredibly poignant ... Rachel Khong's first novel sneaks up on you -- just like life ... and heartbreak. And love."--Miranda July A few days after Christmas in a small suburb outside of L.A., pairs of a man's pants hang from the trees. The pants belong to Howard Young, a prominent history professor, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Howard's wife, Annie, summons their daughter, Ruth. Freshly disengaged from her fiance and still broken...
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In this book, the author tells the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces...
10) Walking on eggshells: navigating the delicate relationship between adult children and their parents
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Addressing different types of family issues, the author offers advice for parents and adult children on how to express what they think and what they want without pushing each other away.
12) A winter dream
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A holiday tale inspired by the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors follows the modern story of Joe, who after being forced out of the family business by jealous siblings becomes the chief advisor to the CEO of another company and his own family's savior in the face of a troubled economy.
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