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1) Every breath
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author
“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times
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“A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times
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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Unsparing in her depiction of the disease's harrowing effects, neuroscientist Genova also celebrates humanity." —People
"Sometimes it's easier to tell truth in fiction...And she tells it with heart and hope." —NPR
"Her juxtaposition of scientific detail with compassionate, heartfelt storytelling is unparalleled." —Bookreporter
"Every Note Played...
"Sometimes it's easier to tell truth in fiction...And she tells it with heart and hope." —NPR
"Her juxtaposition of scientific detail with compassionate, heartfelt storytelling is unparalleled." —Bookreporter
"Every Note Played...
4) Be mine
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colorful lives--sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent--Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all: caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank, in typical Bascombe...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of: time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and...
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
8) Blackbird
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily's daughters Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lou Gehrig, the Yank's great first baseman and the son of poor immigrants, rose to heights of baseball fame -- only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable disease known as ALS.
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