by Lisa Genova (2018)
A once-celebrated concert pianist who is gradually succumbing to ALS is forced to accept help from the estranged wife he pushed away, a situation that forces the couple to reconcile their past before time runs out.
Fenton Johnson
This remarkable story of love, loss, and memory reveals the lives of two generations of a Kentucky family and their elderly neighbor. The illness and death of the youngest son from AIDS acts as a catalyst for this eloquent portrayal of conflicts and loyalties.
Elfie Donnelly
A ten-year-old Viennese boy describes his close relationship with his seventy-nine-year-old grandfather and how he copes with the old man's illness and death.
Carrie Bender
When, after their brother's marriage, Nancy and Dannie leave Hemlock Hill Farm to help the Taylor family at Timber Lane Cove, Nancy wonders if she'll ever have a home of her own, especially since Andrew, her intended, is still far away in Tennessee.
Judy Delton
Daisy Green worries about making new friends when her parents decide to sell their overcrowded apartment and buy a bigger house in the city.