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• The Optimist's Guide to Letting Go

  Reichert, Amy E., 1974-

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  Newly widowed Gina works at her grilled cheese food truck while trying to raise her moody teenage daughter and deal with her own grief. When her mother has a stroke, Gina learns a secret she's been keeping for years and goes looking for the truth.

• The Almost Sisters

  Jackson, Joshilyn,

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  After a one-night stand with Batman at a comic convention, Leia discovers she’s pregnant. When she goes home to tell her family, her stepsister’s marriage implodes, and her grandmother reveals she has Alzheimer’s and is also hiding family secrets.

• Ask Again, Yes

  a Novel

  Keane, Mary Beth,

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  Kate and Peter grew up together as neighbors and best friends until one event threatens to shatter their bond and families.

• A Spool of Blue Thread

  Tyler, Anne,

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  Here are four generations of Whitshanks, their lives unfolding in and around the sprawling, lovingly worn Baltimore house that has always been their anchor.

• The Distance Home

  a Novel

  Saunders, Paula, 1957-

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  A family saga set in the American West about the damage of childhood and the power parents have to shape their children, for good or bad.

• Inside the O'Briens

  Genova, Lisa

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  Irish-Catholic police officer Joe O'Brien is handed a devastating diagnosis. While his four children watch his deterioration, they have to decide if they want to be tested for the carrier gene or leave it to chance.

• Hearts Beat Loud

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  In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a father and daughter become an unlikely songwriting duo in the last summer before she leaves for college.

• Postcards From the Edge

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  This film was inspired by one of Carrie Fisher's earlier memoirs. After a woman is released from a rehab facility to live with her mom, she intends to stay sober. It's just that her mom is also a champion drinker in her own right.

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