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4) Torch
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Claire Woods has always admired her mother Teresa's determination, strength, and compassion, and is devastated by Teresa's sudden death, as is Claire's brother Joshua, and as the two struggle to deal with their own grief, they must find a way to keep their mother's memory alive.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dark and compassionate, graceful yet raw, Undressing the Moon explores the seams between childhood and adulthood, between love and loss. . .
At thirty, Piper Kincaid feels too young to be dying. Cancer has eaten away her strength; she'd be alone but for a childhood friend who's come home by chance. Yet with all the questions of her future before her, she's adrift in the past, remembering the fateful summer she turned fourteen and her life changed...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Mia Landan, recovering from breast cancer and the shock of discovering her husband's infidelity, leaves her home in Charleston and takes refuge in a long-abandoned fishing cabin in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, recently inherited by her fly fishing instructor Belle Carson, and becomes caught up in trying to learn the truth about Belle's grandmother, Kate, a legendary fly fisher and journalist in the 1920s whose life and reputation...
9) Before I go
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman in Georgia with stage four breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a "replacement wife" for her husband before she passes away" --
10) Stepmom
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Language
English
Description
A young stepmother struggles to win a place in the hearts of her husband's children, who are still very much dominated by his ex-wife--an apparently perfect mom--who is dying of cancer.
12) Brian's song
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1971
Language
English
Description
Though they are competing for the same position, rookie football players Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo become roommates and close friends--a bond that deepens when Piccolo learns he has cancer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retired heart surgeon Ben Givens, diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, decides to take one last hunting trip in the Columbia Basin of central Washington where he plans to end his life, but the people he meets and the situations he faces along the way cause him to change his mind.
14) Do no harm
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mother of a kindergartener, married to her police detective soulmate, Emma has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local hospital. When her son, Josh, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, she is determined to save him. Emma makes the risky decision to sell opioids to fund the life-saving treatment Josh needs. When somebody ends up dead, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues-- with her own husband leading the chase. With her son's life hanging...
15) Alice & Oliver
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
Alice Culvert is a force: passionate, independent, smart, and gorgeous, she--to her delight--attracts attention wherever she goes, even amid the buzz of mid-90s New York. In knee-high boots, with her newborn daughter, Doe, strapped to her chest, Alice is one of those people who just seem so vividly alive, which makes her cancer diagnosis feel almost incongruous. How could such a being not go on? But all at once, Alice's existence, and that of her...
16) Safe haven
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding so that she can put down roots and find true love.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
To secure his legacy, a terminally ill billionaire makes a shocking proposal to his beautiful assistant in this contemporary medical romance.
With six months to live, Charleston heir Jonathan Tarleton must set his affairs in order. He knows that his family's business would be safe in the hands of his dedicated assistant, Lisette Stanhope. But the only way to leave her in charge is to marry her first. He tells himself that their contract marriage...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Live for today. Love for tomorrow... Maple Springs is where second chances begin. Staggered by her cancer diagnosis, Monica Zelinsky seeks the solitude of her uncle's remote cabin. Instead, she finds her brother's best friend, too-handsome marine Cash Miller, and his two young nephews. Now Monica and Cash's long-hidden attraction could become something deeper-- if they let it. Because when the future is uncertain, falling in love is the greatest...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Our narrator's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week ... Because how do you decide what makes...
Author
Publisher
Pelican Book Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When witnesses to a mass murder start dying, breast cancer survivor Teddy Federline must push aside her anger and trust an ex-boyfriend to ensure she lives long enough to testify against the killer. Detective Sloan Michaels still has deep feelings for Teddy but realizes that after the way he left her years ago, he has a lot of making up to do. Now, he must keep his focus on the case and off the woman he loves. If Sloan doesn't keep Teddy safe, he'll...
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