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Missing Bessie

Author : Jody Overend

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 437 pages

File Size : 11,23 MB

Release : 2022-12-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN :

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It's the summer of 1972 and Bessie has just turned fifteen in Ravenspond, Canada. She is young, curious and restless. Having just broken up with her boyfriend Jason, she decides to hitchhike to Vancouver with her best pal, Ash, and catch her hero Chris Lisacker in concert. But instead of ending up on the West Coast, Bessie and Ash find themselves in Heaven, with no idea how they got there. With the help of the Hawaiian-shirted Angel, Mel, Bessie gradually recovers her memories. But when her fate is about to be revealed, does she really want to know the truth?



Bessie: Lost & Found

Author : Jody Overend

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 335 pages

File Size : 50,61 MB

Release : 2012-12

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1460200918

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Fifteen-year-old Bessie MacIntyre and her best pal, Ash, find themselves in Heaven, with no memory of how or when or why they ended up there. And when Jason—Bessie’s trusted companion since childhood, and later her boyfriend—appears out of the blue, she feels slivers of fear run up and down her spine. Is there a dark side to Jason she wasn’t aware of? Is he the reason they’re here? Desperate for answers, Bessie is willing to break the most sacred laws in all of Heaven on her quest. She has to know. Was it Jason? Or was something . . . or someone far more sinister involved? With the gentle guidance of Angel Mel, Bessie gradually unravels the truth.



The Bessie Series - Books 1-3

Author : Jody Overend

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 1192 pages

File Size : 44,24 MB

Release : 2023-07-19

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN :

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Books 1-3 in 'The Bessie Series' by Jody Overend, now available in one volume! Missing Bessie: Ravenspond, Canada, 1972. Fifteen-year old Bessie has just broken up with her boyfriend Jason. Hitchhiking to Vancouver, she plans to catch her hero, Chris Lisacker, in concert. Instead of ending up on the West Coast, Bessie and Ash find themselves in Heaven, with no idea how they got there. As her memories begin to recover and her fate is about to be revealed, does she really want to know the truth? Surviving Bessie: After a tragic loss, Bessie feels responsible. How is she supposed to go on living with all this grief and guilt? Somehow, with the help of Angel Mel, her loving family, and unexpected new friendships, she is able to find her inner strength - and discover that even after all the rain, there will be sunshine. Forgiving Bessie: Bessie is on the verge of womanhood, with one more year of home-schooling to go. It’s time to choose a path into the future but Bessie feels lost and alone, unable to trust herself. When the alluring stranger, Arturo Rodrigues, arrives in Ravenspond, Bessie is drawn to her. What is it about him that feels so familiar? The truth is something she could have never imagined, even in a million lifetimes.



Bessie

Author : Chris Albertson

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 49,97 MB

Release : 2004-12-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0300107560

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Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bessie Smith was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties. This book--a revised and expanded edition of the classic biography of this extraordinary artist--debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937. Chris Albertson writes with insight and candor about the singer's personal life and her career, supplementing his historical research with dozens of interviews with her relatives, friends, and associates, in particular Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade. For this new edition he includes more details of Bessie's early years, new interview material, and a chapter devoted to events and responses that followed the original publication in 1971.



Missing the Moment

Author : Grace Thompson

Publisher : Canelo

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 41,6 MB

Release : 2017-04-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1911591010

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Can she choose between family and love? Seven years ago, Charlotte Russell’s father walked out on her family. Ever since, the task of caring for her bitter mother and sick uncle have fallen heavily on Charlotte’s shoulders. If only she had agreed to marry Joe Llewellyn the first time he asked. Unable to leave her family to fend for themselves, Charlotte is constantly delaying her own happiness, and fears that Joe may soon move on. Then, as 1950 begins, Charlotte’s father reappears, bringing with him his brood of children from his mistress. Torn between loyalty to her family, desire to rebuild the family business, and her need for independence and love, Charlotte fears she will never have a life of her own. Have she and Joe missed their moment? From Grace Thompson, author of the Holidays at Home, Badgers Brook, and Valley sagas, this is a heartbreaking tale of love and sacrifice. Missing the Moment is sure to enthral readers of Rosie Clark, Anna Jacobs, and Sheila Newberry.



The Hanging Tree

Author : Dorothy M. Johnson

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 41,89 MB

Release : 1995-01-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780803275843

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Collection of ten Western stories built around the title selection which is based on a true episode in Montana's gold-mining past in which three unlikely characters form an amazing bond.



Codename W Book One

Author : Odette C. Bell

Publisher : Odette C. Bell

Page : 199 pages

File Size : 27,34 MB

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Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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It doesn’t matter what’s after you. The only thing that counts is who’s in your corner. Bessie’s meant to be an ordinary journalist. Okay, she’s kinda scatty, bolshie, and has never backed down from a story – or a fight. But when a fight comes to her that could consume the whole city, there’s only one person she can turn to. Xavier Kilmer is a ghost vampire. He’s also Bessie’s sworn enemy. The animosity isn’t mutual. Three years ago, he met her and sparks flew. Ever since, every paper in town has promised she’s his true mate. When a shadowy force called the Ghost King reaches through the darkness to claim her as his bride, only Xavier can help. But all help comes at a cost. …. Codename W follows a journalist and her fated vampire fighting through a shadowy city to solve even darker crimes. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Codename W Book One today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series. Codename W is the 2nd Your True Vampire series. In a world where vampires know their true love at first sight, love brings trouble. Packed with action, wit, humor, and a dash of romance, you can read them separately, so plunge in today.



Codename W: The Complete Series

Author : Odette C. Bell

Publisher : Odette C. Bell

Page : 759 pages

File Size : 28,82 MB

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Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The complete Codename W series. Follow Bessie and Xavier on their epic journey into a shadowy side realm in this four-book boxset. It doesn’t matter what’s after you. The only thing that counts is who’s in your corner. Bessie’s meant to be an ordinary journalist. Okay, she’s kinda scatty, bolshie, and has never backed down from a story – or a fight. But when a fight comes to her that could consume the whole city, there’s only one person she can turn to. Xavier Kilmer is a ghost vampire. He’s also Bessie’s sworn enemy. The animosity isn’t mutual. Three years ago, he met her and sparks flew. Ever since, every paper in town has promised she’s his true mate. When a shadowy force called the Ghost King reaches through the darkness to claim her as his bride, only Xavier can help. But all help comes at a cost. …. Codename W follows a journalist and her fated vampire fighting through a shadowy city to solve even darker crimes. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Codename W: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell boxset. Codename W is the 2nd Your True Vampire series. In a world where vampires know their true love at first sight, love brings trouble. Packed with action, wit, humor, and a dash of romance, you can read them separately, so plunge in today.



The Woolworths Saturday Girls

Author : Elaine Everest

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 310 pages

File Size : 50,45 MB

Release : 2022-03-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1529078040

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The Woolworths Saturday Girls is the seventh instalment in Elaine Everest's much-loved Woolworths series. 1950. The Second World War is over and life has moved on for the Woolworth girls, Sarah, Maisie and Freda. In a new world the Woolworth women have high expectations of their daughters, wanting them to seize opportunities they didn’t have themselves. Ready to take on Saturday jobs at Woolworths, budding friends Bessie, Claudette, Clementine and Dorothy are faced with unforeseeable challenges as the real world comes into focus. Their bond can only be strengthened as they overcome the darkest times. Perhaps their lives are not as clear-cut as their mothers wished them to be . . . When Bessie finds love in the wrong crowd and falls pregnant, the image of her future and ambitions become skewed and she relies on the Saturday girls to help her see her problems through – but how can they find a home for the baby when it arrives? With wild imaginations, it is up to the Woolworth girls, new and old, to save the day and their futures. Can the Woolworth girls achieve their dreams in time for their futures to begin?



Forgiving Bessie

Author : Jody Overend

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 15,18 MB

Release : 2023-07-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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At sixteen and a half, Bessie is now on the verge of womanhood, with one more year of home-schooling to go. It’s time to choose a path into the future that will affect the rest of her life. But how can she do that with the burden of guilt she still feels from the catastrophic accident that took the lives of her beloved Jason and Ash? To compound her sadness, she has lost the companionship of Leif, the handsome Danish carpenter who befriended her last year, and who has been deported. Did he ever care for her or was he just filling in time? Once again, Bessie feels lost and alone, unable to trust herself. Then an alluring stranger, the Cuban-Canadian Arturo Rodrigues, arrives in Ravenspond just days before another unthinkable tragedy strikes. A tragedy that will send ripples throughout the MacIntyre family, and put her sister Leila’s life in grave danger. Bessie wonders, does she even deserve to feel happy again. And why is she so drawn to Arturo? What is it about him that feels so familiar? The truth is one she could never have imagined, even in a million lifetimes.