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Teddy is unhappily single in L.A. In between sessions with his therapist and dates with men he meets online, Teddy has debates with his dachshund, Lily, who occupies his heart. Unfortunately, he is also able to communicate with the "octupus" attached to Lily's head, which is soon revealed to be a metaphor for Lily's lethal cranial tumor. As Lily's condition worsens, Teddy faces off with the "octopus", engaging it in a battle of wills that takes on...
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"From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a funny, poignant, and highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever--both as a writer and a son. After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break when his novel sells to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis...
5) Swan song
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The film follows retired hairdresser and local bar performer icon Pat Pitsenbarger who has given up on life from the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home. But when Pat gets word that a former client's dying wish was for him to style her final hairdo, he sets out on an epic journey across Sandusky to confront the ghosts of his past, and collect the beauty supplies necessary for the job. A comical and bittersweet journey about rediscovering...
6) Swan Song
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A retired hairdresser Pat, escapes his small-town nursing home after learning of his former client's dying wish for him to style her final hairdo. Pat embarks on a comical and bittersweet odyssey across town to confront the ghosts of his past.
8) Angel's ink
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Asylum tales volume 1
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Looking for a tattoo and maybe a little something extra: a burst of good luck, a dollop of true love, or even a hex on an ex? Head to the quiet and mysterious Gage, the best skin artist in town. Using unique potions, a blend of extraordinary ingredients and special inks to etch the right symbol, he can fulfill any heart's desire. But in a place like Low Town, where elves, faeries, trolls, werewolves, and vampires happily walk among humanity, everything...
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The acclaimed Asylum Tales continue Wizard and tattoo artist Gage escaped the dread Ivory Towers, but no one can outrun his past forever. The wizards know Gage is using forbidden magic, and they will stop at nothing-even destroying cities-to stop him . . . and the nascent human uprising.
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For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance thirty years ago.
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her...
11) Cheshire Cat
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From acclaimed, Russian writer, Alexander Tsypkin, translated by Paul Lazarus, CHESHIRE CAT tells the hilarious story of a son who loses his father's ashes on the eve of his funeral. From a collection of short stories titled, Sammynolie and Other Stories.
13) Swan Song
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A retired hairdresser Pat, escapes his small-town nursing home after learning of his former client's dying wish for him to style her final hairdo. Pat embarks on a comical and bittersweet odyssey across town to confront the ghosts of his past.
14) Abducted
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After 7-year-old Eden is kidnapped during a home invasion, single father Dane Hunte takes matters into his own hands, while Detective Fini, leading the investigation, unravels the mystery surrounding the unusual crime.
