Days After Your Departure
Days After Your Departure

Author: Rich Etienne

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780692915936

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"Days After Your Departure" is an arresting and undeniably meditative work self-published by poet and author Joekenneth Museau. In this collection of writings, Joekenneth candidly explores facets of his life directly affected by the untimely death of his mother. "Days," albeit difficult to categorize, is best described as a multimedia memoir formed by a tapestry of prose, poetry, and photography (Rog Walker). Like a work within a work, the book's design (Cleon Grey) adds a layer of visual storytelling that accentuates Joekenneth's narrative. The author's journey in faith, grief, and mental health challenges his audience to look inward encouraging them to confront the delicate nature of their own lives.

Welcome to the Departure Lounge
Welcome to the Departure Lounge

Author: Meg Federico

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2009-02-10

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1588367851

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The adventure begins when Meg’s mother, Addie, vacationing in Florida, takes a spill. At the hospital, Addie bolts upright on her gurney and yells “I demand an autopsy!” before passing out cold. “One minute, she is unconscious, the next, she’s nuts,” observes Meg Federico in this hilarious and poignant memoir of taking care of eighty-year-old Addie and her relatively new (and equally old) husband, Walter, in their not-so-golden years. Addie’s accident is a portent of things to come over the next two years as Meg oversees her mother’s home care in the Departure Lounge, the nickname Meg gives Addie and Walter’s house in suburban New Jersey. It is a place of odd behaviors and clashing caregivers, where chaos and confusion reign supreme. Meg had expected that Addie and Walter would settle into a Rockwellian dotage of docile dependency. Instead the pair regress into terrible teens. Meg watches from the sidelines in disbelief as her mother and stepfather, forbidden by doctors to drink, conspire to order cases of scotch by phone; as Addie’s attendant accuses the evening staff of midnight voodoo; as the increasingly demented Walter’s sex drive becomes unbridled and mail-order sex aids are delivered to the front door. Meg jumps in to cope with the pandemonium–even as she struggles to manage her own family back in Nova Scotia. With a fresh voice and a keen eye for the absurd, Meg Federico writes a story that will resonate with the generation now caring for their parents. Welcome to the Departure Lounge is a moving and madcap chronicle of a family–their moments of joy, the memories they’d rather forget, and the just plain loopiness of their situation. “How’s life at the Departure Lounge?” Meg’s brother asks. Meg doesn’t know where to start. “Let’s just say the drinks are outrageous, and they never run out of nuts.”

The Sudden Departure of the Frasers
The Sudden Departure of the Frasers

Author: Louise Candlish

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-05-21

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1405919868

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF ITV'S OUR HOUSE COMES ANOTHER ADDICTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE YOU SIMPLY CAN'T PUT DOWN 'The best book I have read all year . . . keeps you guessing until the end' 5***** READER REVIEW 'I was gripped by this book' 5***** READER REVIEW ________ My name is Amber Fraser. I've just moved in at Number 40, Lime Park Road. You'll think of me as a loving wife, a thoughtful neighbour and a trusted friend. But this is a lie. When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to Number 40 on picture-perfect Lime Park Road, it should be a dream come true. But it's strange that the house was on the market for such a low price. And that the previous owners, the Frasers, had renovated the entire property yet moved out within a year. And that none of the neighbours will talk to Christy. As her curiosity begins to give way to obsession, Christy finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery of the house's previous occupants - and the dark and shocking secret that tore the street apart . . . ________ 'Hints of Rear Window . . . addictive and fun . . . it will keep you guessing until the end' Stylist 'Brilliantly obsessive' Red 'Tense and intriguing' Woman & Home 'Pacy and claustrophobic' Fabulous 'Smart and perceptive' Good Housekeeping

Time of Departure
Time of Departure

Author: Douglas Schofield

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1466884614

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Full of spellbinding twists, Douglas Schofield's Time of Departure will appeal not only to thriller aficionados, but to readers who appreciate a strong female lead and a compelling love story. A page-turner that will keep readers on the edge of their seats, Time of Departure heralds the arrival of an immensely talented new crime novelist. Florida state prosecutor Claire Talbot is as tough as they come, and not everyone loves her for it. Newly promoted Felony Division Chief, Claire has about as many jealous detractors as she does supporters. Some colleagues are openly skeptical about her youth, her abilities, and even her gender. When a highway project construction crew unearths two skeletons in a common grave, Claire reopens an investigation into a string of abductions that took place before she was born. While researching the file, she meets retired cop Marc Hastings, who once worked on the case. He maneuvers his way into the investigation-and into Claire's life. Marc has an uncanny familiarity with Claire's habits, and she begins to realize that not all is as it seems. The detective urges Claire on, mysteriously convinced that only she can solve the case. Together, they unearth more graves. But then, disaster strikes ... and Claire finally discovers what Hastings knew all along. It's a secret almost too shocking for a sane mind to grasp. The key to the killings may lie deep in Claire's own past. But what if Claire's past lies in her future?