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1) The promise
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
Publisher
Shoreline Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
On the day of their dear friend's funeral, three lifelong buddies steal the ashes and go on an adventure to see their favorite soccer team play in their final game with the deceased's widow in hot pursuit.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Louisiana, 2042. Spurred by the effects of climate change, states have closed graveyards and banned burials, making cremation mandatory and the ashes of loved ones state-owned unless otherwise claimed. In the small town of St. Genevieve, Alma lives alone and struggles to grieve in the wake of her young mother Naomi's death, during which Alma failed to honor Naomi's final wishes. Now, Alma decides to fight to reclaim Naomi's ashes, a journey of unburial...
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets an over-the-top family, a new love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn't know were missing in this engrossing novel from Jane Igharo, the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether. Hannah Bailey has never had a relationship with her father, the Nigerian businessman who had a fling with her white mother, so she's always felt clueless about part of...
7) The funeral
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
In the wake of her father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her lascivious husband leave Tokyo and return to her family home to oversee a traditional funeral. Over three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly materialistic priest, and cinema2s most epic sandwich handoff, the tensions between public propriety and private hypocrisy are laid bare. Deftly...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley's funeral turns into an elaborate series of hilarious death traps, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When they find a dead bird, a group of children buries it in the woods, sings a song to it, and puts flowers on the grave.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
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.
11) Sitting shiva
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A little girl grieves the loss of her mother, but she can't grieve alone. When her friends and family arrive at her house to sit shiva, laden with cakes and stories, she refuses to come downstairs. But the laughter and memories gradually bring her into the fold, where she is comforted by her community. By the end of the book, she feels stronger and more nourished, and she understands the beautiful tradition. Then, when sees her father sitting alone,...
12) Do fish sleep?
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Jette wrestles with the death of her younger brother, Emil, at age six, recalling special times they had together, his long-term illness, and his funeral, as well as her parents' grief.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When tragedy strikes, Tess drops out of school and moves in with her funeral director dad, forcing her to examine life, death, and the boy she thought she knew and loved in a brand new light--
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Best friends for more than 60 years--and the matchmaking queens of Newton, Texas--Gussie and Inna Mae, when Blanche passes away, decide the best way to honor her is make a match for her niece, Sissy, who is only in town for six weeks.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young man journeys into Sri Lanka's formerly war-torn north, and into a country's soul, in this searing novel of love and the legacy of war from the award-winning author of The Story of a Brief Marriage. "The closest we seem to get to the present are those brief moments we stop to consider the spaces our bodies are occupying, the warmth of the sheets in which we wake, the scratched surface of the window on a train taking us somewhere else..." A...
16) Tim's goodbye
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A group of children says goodbye to a beloved pet turtle who has died.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Bonnet, Texas, Liddy Latham, the queen of funeral dinners, keeps a southern comfort-food tradition alive--until fancy-schmancy Matilda Monroe moves back to town. She wants room at the table for her own style of consolation and closure: healthy, modern, and vegan. But this is about more than fried chicken versus tofu turkey. Matilda's return is also stirring up their volatile, unresolved history. And just when they thought it couldn't get more...
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