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"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales"--
2) Foreign body
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English
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Shocked by her grandmother's untimely death a day after she travels to New Delhi to have affordable hip-replacement surgery, UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez heads to India for answers and uncovers a series of unexplained deaths.
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English
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"Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their medieval French village, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mere deal in more than herbs and medicines ... After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use magic to heal her mother's grief brooks tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves her village in search of a teacher"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, living a quiet life away from neighbors' stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up during the Troubles. But underneath her seemingly predictable existence, she doesn't know where her father is, and every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella's grandmother dies, she comes to realize there may be more...
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Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"As a child spends time with their beloved grandmother during her finals days at home and in hospice, the two fill their days with bird-watching, drawing and chatting. Their shared love of birds and drawing take them through the days to grandma's death -- and leave a lasting memory and legacy of love that will last a lifetime."--
Author
Publisher
Mysterious
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
After inheriting her family's business, Amy Stedman reflects on her marriage to a man who loves her only for her money, her mother's apparent suicide, her grandmother's unsolved murder, and the possibility that she may be targeted next.
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English
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It's always hard to lose a friend, but for Yardley O'Hanlon it's devastating. Her best friend is her wild and wonderful grandmother Gidge. They're two fashionable peas in a quirky little pod. They spend all their time together sewing and crafting and creating beautiful things — until Gidge dies, and Yardley loses her for good. Or does she?
Author
Series
[Erica Coleman mystery] volume 2
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Erica's grandmother and aunt are murdered, Erica uses her flair for cooking to butter up local law enforcement and gather clues. As she narrowly escapes becoming the third victim, Erica is more determined than ever to solve the case.
10) Angel birthdays
Author
Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Gracie and Jake's Grandma passes away, these children come up with a brilliant plan to help them grieve and celebrate their grandma's life--to host an Angel Birthday Party to celebrate their grandma's angel birthday. T
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Granny Adelaide's dying wish that each member of her fragmented family be present at her funeral, as well as at a picnic dinner featuring nostalgic family foods, forces her grandson to embrace the potential for peace with the father that abandoned his mother and siblings many years ago.
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
On Christmas Eve, eighty-five-year-old Miriam Gardiner walks onto the vast frozen river behind her home. As a younger woman, she used to steal out on winter nights to meet her lover, walking straight across the ice to their secret meeting place. She knows the way--but not the year. Miriam, her mind clouded by dementia, doesn't hear the snap of thin ice until it's too late. Was it an accident? Suicide? Or worse: did someone lure the old woman to her...
13) The building boy
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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer. Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head. She was alive! The boy's grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling to accept she has gone, the boy builds a giant structure from the bricks and girders he finds. And then Grandma comes to life! The boy is whisked away on an epic adventure across fields, through oceans and atop...
14) The memory eater
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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For generations, a monster called the Memory Eater has lived in the caves of Whistler Beach, Maine, surviving off the unhappy memories of those who want to forget. And for generations, the Harlows have been in charge of keeping her locked up--and keeping her fed. After her grandmother dies, seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow inherits the family business. But there's something Alana doesn't know: the strange gaps in her memory aren't from an accident....
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Heather Webber's Midnight at the Blackbird Café is a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town Southern charm. Nestled in the mountain shadows of Alabama lies the little town of Wicklow. It is here that Anna Kate has returned to bury her beloved Granny Zee, owner of the Blackbird Café. It was supposed to be a quick trip to close the café and settle her grandmother's estate, but despite her best intentions to avoid...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Williams women don't just keep secrets ... They bury them. The three Williams girls are as close as sisters can be, and they also share one special trait in common: each of them have a man in their lives that they could do without ... Their sister-in-law Stephanie, an outsider, knows all the family dirt and is watching the three of them ... When the woman who raised them, their beloved Gran, dies on the eve of her eightieth birthday, the Williams...
17) You, with a view
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Two high school enemies must reunite for a road trip inspired by their grandparents' broken engagement in this electric debut romance. Noelle Shepherd is unemployed, living with her parents, and grieving the loss of her beloved grandmother when she discovers decades-old photos of Gram and a smitten man, tucked alongside a love letter. She creates a TikTok to search for the mystery man, which goes viral, and she's shocked when his grandson responds--a...
18) Out to sea
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Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of The Star in the Forest comes this heart- felt story about learning to cope with anxiety and grief. Out to Sea follows the journey of a young girl named Lara who is so sad after the death of her grandmother that her tears flood her room, her house, her town, and eventually sweep her out to sea. Adrift, she struggles to overcome her sadness until she discovers a pearl at the bottom of the ocean that triggers happy memories...
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