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1) The promise
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people-morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners-who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by...
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler/Atria Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Killing a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels him to enter into a macabre bargain with a stranger in black.
7) The funeral
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing: Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral. This sensitive and life-affirming...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A touching picture book about a group of children who must say goodbye to a dear friend. Margot is sad because her beloved pet, Tim, has died. She and her friends band together to give him a proper sendoff. Melinda brings her French horn. Vincent brings balloons. Otto wears his best hat. When all gather together, they celebrate Tim's beautiful, simple life as they send him on a surprising farewell journey to a special place above the mountains and...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Daniel is a decent young man who is married to Jane. They live at his father's home. When his father dies, it his up to him to organize his funeral. On the morning of the funeral, with a suitably grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity inherent in such a circumstance will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work; his famous, but selfish brother...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the British Prime Minister passes away under mysterious circumstances, his funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. However, what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States, his formidable Secret Service head, and an English...
11) Speechless
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"As if being stuffed into last year's dress pants at his cousin's wake weren't uncomfortable enough, thirteen-year-old Jimmy has just learned from his mother that he has to say a few words at the funeral the next day. Why him? What could he possibly say about his cousin, who ruined everything they did? He can't recall one birthday party, family gathering, or school event with Patrick that didn't result in injury or destruction. As Jimmy attempts to...
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Elizabeth Mountbatten never expected her father to die so suddenly, so young, leaving her with a throne to fill and a global institution to govern. Crowned at twenty-five, she was already a wife and mother as she began her journey towards becoming a queen. As Britain lifted itself out of the shadow of war, the new monarch faced her own challenges. Her mother doubted her marriage; her uncle-in-exile derided her abilities; her husband resented the sacrifice...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Dante Mancuso works for The Company, a security organization operating just this side of the law. Returning home to San Francisco's Little Italy to attend the funeral of his father, Dante finds himself being pursued by Frank Ying, a Chinese detective eager to know the secrets Dante hides.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
16) The Queen
Publisher
Miramx Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An intimate, moving portrait of Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair following the death of Diana. They struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal Family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
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