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1) Mercy
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes a “sensitive exploration of the balance of love” (Publishers Weekly).
Two cousins are driven to extremes by the power of love, as one helps his terminally ill wife commit suicide at her request, and the other becomes involved in a passionate affair with his wife’s new assistant. In the midst of betrayals and trials,...
Two cousins are driven to extremes by the power of love, as one helps his terminally ill wife commit suicide at her request, and the other becomes involved in a passionate affair with his wife’s new assistant. In the midst of betrayals and trials,...
2) Mercy
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Pub. Date
2001
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After his life is saved by Michelle Renard, a beautiful surgeon from backwoods Louisiana, Theo Buchanan seeks her out to thank her, and becomes caught up in her battle against an evil secret society out to destroy her.
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Eudora Honeysett has lived a full life, and witnessed the indignities and suffering of old age. At eighty-five, her end will be on her terms. A call to a clinic in Switzerland sets the plan in motion. Then she meets ten-year-old Rose Trewidney, a pint-sized rainbow of color and sparkling cheer. Eudora finds herself embarking on a series of adventures with Rose and their neighbor, the recently widowed Stanley. Eudora is reminded of her own childhood--...
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Random House
Pub. Date
1994
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As she cares for her mother, who has cancer, Ellen Gulden believes that Kate's pain is endurable. That means that she couldn't possibly give her the overdose of morphine that kills her, but standing accused of a mercy-killing, she believes that she knows who did.
6) Fifteen legs
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Sagacity Productions
Pub. Date
2009
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Examines the efforts of volunteers to save unwanted animals through an Internet-enabled escort service, delivering animals scheduled for euthanasia to adoptive families unable to travel the distance to the shelters.
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From bestselling author Peter Robinson comes this atmospheric, suspenseful, and thrilling standalone novel
Through the years of success in Hollywood composing film scores, Chris always promised his wife they'd return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now a widower, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he rents an isolated house that will allow him the space to grieve and the peace to compose his piano sonata. But when he finds...
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Shawn McDaniel volume Book 1
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Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel loves the taste of smoked oysters and his mother's gentle hugs. Unfortunately, it's impossible for Shawn to feed himself or to hug his mom back. Shawn has severe cerebral palsy, a condition he has had since birth that has robbed him of all muscle control. He can't walk, talk, or even focus his eyes on his own. But despite all these handicaps, despite the frustration of not being able to communicate, Shawn is still...
10) Kill me
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Dr. Alan Gregory volume Book 14
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2006
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THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.
New York Times bestselling author Stephen White has written a new breed of thriller. Throw out everything you think you know about twists, turns, and surprises.
Get ready for the next big thing.
Get ready to meet the Death Angels.
We've all been there. A loved one or a dear friend becomes desperately ill or is tragically injured. Someone--maybe even you--says, "If that ever happens to me, I wish someone would just . . . kill...
11) Lullaby
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Arc Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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Jonathan, the black sheep of a well-to-do family, is finally coming home. His cancer-stricken father, Robert, has announced he's ending his life in less than 48 hours. At first confused, angry and remote, Jonathan eventually sees the barriers he has set up to cope with the imagined disappointment from his estranged family, including his fragile mother, and seemingly successful sister. A chance encounter with his old girlfriend, now engaged to another...
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