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With more than five million copies sold, "Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his...
2) Grown ups
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Doubleday Canada
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together--birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie--who has the most money--insists on it. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . . . Still, everything manages to stay under control--that...
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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On the first anniversary of her divorce, Alex Martinez is looking forward to her new life. But then she gets a devastating diagnosis: she has a brain tumor. Instead of dealing with treatment possibilities--and her mother--Alex decides to go on adventures she'll never forget. But how long can she keep running?
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Howard Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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When Wynter Roth is turned out of New Earth, a self-contained doomsday cult on the American prairie, an outbreak of rapid early onset dementia is spreading across the nation. As Wynter finds herself face-to-face with the apocalypse she's feared all her life, her sister arrives with a set of medical samples. There's something far more sinister at play -- and these samples are key to understanding the disease. To get the samples to a lab in Colorado,...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Sarah, a career-driven young mother, suffers a traumatic brain injury in a car accident that leaves her unable to perceive left-side information. The disability causes her to struggle through an uncertain recovery as she adapts to her new life.
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Cape Charade volume 3
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HQN
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Kellen Adams has three deadly problems: She seriously offended a maniacal killer ; she just had a bullet removed from her brain; and, her new daughter is growing up too fast-- and she's in the line of fire. Living on an obscure, technology-free island off California should mean safety from the murderer who hunts Kellen and her new family. But as family time becomes terror-time, Kellen faces a killer playing a cruel game. Only one can survive, and...
7) Never change
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English
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A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinski is reasonably content with her quiet life, her dog, Frank, and her career as a visiting nurse. But everything changes when Chip Reardon, the golden boy she adored in high school, is assigned as her new patient. Choosing to forgo treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned to his New England hometown to spend what time he has left. Now, Myra and Chip find themselves engaged in a poignant...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early,...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When Natalie Shelton thinks back to how things were before the car accident, she remembers a great marriage. She and her husband, Zack, seem as strong and dependable together as the houses he builds. They live in Portland, Oregon, and Natalie is co-owner of a successful accounting firm. They're happy, she's almost sure of it. Yet as Natalie lies trapped in a coma, unable to communicate though aware of everything around her, she realizes that her husband...
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Cape Charade volume 2
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HQN
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Kellen Adams suffers from a yearlong gap in her memory. A bullet to the brain will cause that. But she's discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence, her very self. She finds herself in the wilderness, on the run, unprepared, her enemies unknown--and she is carrying a priceless burden she must protect at all costs. The consequences of failure would break her. And Kellen Adams does not break."--Amazon.
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