Afraid and weak, an abandoned mama dog and her six-pack of wee pups are in dire need. Bella, a tenacious furball, is destined for great things, though she doesn't know it yet. It isn't long before she chooses her humans: a retired firefighter and his wife, a former witness in protection, who themselves are searching for the missing piece of their hearts. Bella's imprint touches all who know her during her short journey through the world. You'll cry, cheer and laugh your way through the profound emotional impacts that lead to transformation from grief and trauma to joy and health. Bella's Dash and the Pack is a collection of true stories about the power and purpose of adopting the otherwise forgotten, while gaining immeasurable love and hope.

Bella's Dash: How Our Pup Rescued Us

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Violi, Jen

Dibblee, Jo

Dibblee, Michael

Pets & Animal Care

Tellwell Talent

In the spring of her senior year, Donna Parisi finds new life in an unexpected place: a coffin. Since her father’s death four years ago, Donna has gone through the motions of living: her friendships are empty, she’s clueless about what to do after high school graduation, and her grief keeps her isolated, cut off even from the one parent she has left. That is until she’s standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at Brighton Brothers’ Funeral Home. At that moment, Donna realizes what might just give her life purpose is comforting others in death. That maybe who she really wants to be is a mortician. This discovery sets in motion a life Donna never imagined was possible. She befriends a charismatic new student, Liz, notices a boy, Charlie, and realizes that maybe he's been noticing her, too, and finds herself trying things she hadn’t dreamed of trying before. By taking risks, Donna comes into her own, diving into her mortuary studies with a passion and skill she didn’t know she had in her. And she finally understands that moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting someone you love. Jen Violi’s heartfelt and funny debut novel is a story of transformationhow one girl learns to grieve and say goodbye, turn loss into a gift, and let herself be exceptional...at loving, applying lipstick to corpses, and finding life in the wake of death.

Putting Makeup on Dead People

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Hyperion Book CH

In the spring of her senior year, Donna Parisi finds new life in an unexpected place: a coffin. Since her father’s death four years ago, Donna’s been stuck in her grief, cut off from friends and family, and clueless about what to do after high school graduation. That is, until she’s standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at Brighton Brothers Funeral Home. At that moment, Donna realizes that what might give her life purpose is comforting others in death. That maybe she really wants to be . . . a mortician? This discovery sets in motion a life Donna never imagined was possible. By taking one big risk, Donna comes into her own. And she finally understands that moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting someone you love. Jen Violi’s heartfelt and funny debut novel is a story of transformationhow one girl learns to grieve and say good-bye, turn loss into a gift, and let herself be exceptional . . . at loving, applying lipstick to corpses, and finding life in the wake of death.

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