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English
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Moonglow unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as “my grandfather.” It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact—and the creative power—of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is a portrait...
13) Emma
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Motivated by a birthday gift, a 72-year-old woman begins to paint.
14) The mitten tree
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Language
English
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Description
Old Sarah knits mittens for all the children waiting for the school bus and hangs them on the blue spruce tree at the bus stop.
15) Grave secrets
Author
Series
Deadtime stories (Reissued) volume 1
Language
English
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When Amanda and her friends dig a grave for a dead squirrel, they discover the grave is already occupied-- and not by an animal.
16) Grandpa's song
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
When a young girl's beloved, exuberant grandfather becomes forgetful, she helps him by singing their favorite song.
17) The retired kid
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Although he enjoys some aspects of his retirement, eight-year-old Brian gains a new perspective on his job of being a child after spending time in Florida's Happy Sunset Retirement Community.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Lillian's rise to fame and fortune spans seventy years and is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona she crafts for herself in the media. Conniving, profane, and irreverent, she is a supremely complex woman who prefers a good stiff drink to an ice cream cone. And when her past begins to catch up with her, everything...
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