Author : John A. Robertson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 1996-03-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780691036656
In this wide-ranging account of the reproductive technologies currently available, John Robertson goes to the heart of issues that confront increasing numbers of people - single individuals or couples, donors or surrogates, gays or heterosexuals - who seek to redefine family, parenthood, the experience of pregnancy, and life itself.
Author : Margaret Ford
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781529027242
A moving true story of a young girl escaping hardship and coming of age in the Second World War.Margaret Ford grew up with her older brother Bobby in the mill town of Blackburn, England. Spending her early childhood living between her grandparents' rural pub and her parents' small terraced house, she thought they were a happy family. She was too young to understand her mother's sadness or that her father was gambling away what little money he earned. When she was ten, her father abandoned them, leaving her mother struggling to survive. Aged thirteen, Margaret made the hard decision to leave school and got a job in the dye works to help pay the rent. Later that year, war broke out.Coming of age in the Second World War, Margaret learned to live for the moment. As the boys she grew up with were killed in action, and Blackburn was bombed, she snatched happiness where she could find it. By the time she was seventeen, she was a regular at the dance halls, where the young soldiers were eager to court her. But her childhood sweetheart, Raymond, was thousands of miles away, serving on a submarine in the Far East. Would she ever see him again?Poignant yet heartwarming, A Daughter's Choice brilliantly evokes a lost world, seen through the eyes of a courageous and spirited young woman who never gave up on her dreams.
Author : Tamora Pierce
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2003-09-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0375890432
When you gamble with kingdoms, all bets are off. Legends are born in this thrilling and New York Times bestselling spy saga from the fantasy author who is legend herself: Tamora Pierce. Aly is from a family known for great deeds. She is the daughter of Alanna, the famed knight and King’s Champion of Tortall. But even though she is bold and brave, like her mother, her true talents lie on her father’s side, in the art of spying. When Aly is captured by pirates and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Isles, she strikes a bargain with the trickster god. If she can keep young noblewomen Sarai and Dove safe for the summer, then he will return Aly to her family. The task should be simple, but Sarai and Dove are anything but. It’s a time of murderous plotting at court, and Aly will need to rely on her training and the insights of a strange young man named Nawat to survive in a world where trust can cost you your life. “Tamora Pierce’s books shaped me not only as a young writer but also as a young woman. She is a pillar, an icon, and an inspiration. Cracking open one of her marvelous novels always feels like coming home.” —SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Tamora Pierce didn’t just blaze a trail. Her heroines cut a swath through the fantasy world with wit, strength, and savvy. Her stories still lead the vanguard today. Pierce is the real lioness, and we’re all just running to keep pace.” —LEIGH BARDUGO, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Author : Lynne Ewing
Publisher : Volo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2003-04-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780786808519
In a reckless attempt to change the future, Catty drops Jimena into her troubled past-and into dangerous territory for the ex-gang members. As Jimena runs for her life, she is caught by the police and put in jail. There she is further threatened by a new type of Follower with a shape-changing power she is unable to resist. Her only choice is to break out of jail and hide out with a most unlikely ally-her old gang rival, Payasa. Together they have to save the other Daughters of the Moon before Jimena's most terrifying premonition comes true.
Author : Nina Tassler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1476734674
A collection of essays from notable, highly accomplished women in politics, academia, athletics, the arts offering advice for raising empowered girls.
Author : S.D. Robertson
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008374805
The exciting new novel from the bestselling author of My Sister’s Lies. Is her whole life built on a lie?
Author : Lynn Austin
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 1999-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1441202234
What Would You Do If a Secret Was Causing Your Family to Crumble? Is there a secret terrible enough that it should never be revealed, not even if it was tearing a family apart? For more than five decades Emma Bauer has kept one--carefully guarding it with all her strength, and for more than five decades that choice has haunted her life and also the lives of her daughters and granddaughter. Is it too late for wrongs to be righted? Does Emma even have the strength to let the healing power of truth work in her family? The story of four generations of women and the powerful effects that their choices have had on their lives is at the heart of Eve's Daughters, an epic novel from author Lynn Austin. Grand in scope but tender and personal at the same time, it will please you as a fan of contemporary or historical fiction. Exploring times from World War I to the 980s, Eve's Daughters is an insightful look at mothers, daughters, sisters, and families that allows you to see a little bit of yourself through the characters' triumphs, struggles, and hard-tested faith. Yearning for love, dignity, and freedom, the four generations of women must come to terms with the choices they have made. Healing comes when the past is forgiven but only when they embrace God's forgiveness can they shatter the cycle that has ruled their lives over the decades. Link to Readers' Discussion Questions
Author : David Moshman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595409180
In the late 1970s some 30,000 Argentines, mostly young men and women thought to have leftist sympathies, were kidnapped and tortured to death by the military government, which denied what was happening. In response, the mothers of the disappeared came together and marched in Buenos Aires at the Plaza de Mayo, demanding week after week that their children be returned or accounted for. Democracy was finally restored, with promises of truth and justice. As memory gave way to historical amnesia, however, and judicial processes to "reconciliation," the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo continued to march. "Do not forget," they insisted, "do not forgive." Sixty years later, a nonlocalizable electronic agent that calls itself the Daughters of the Plaza de Mayo emerges on the global Network. No one knows what the Daughters are or what they want. They tell horrifying stories from Argentina and elsewhere. They provide seemingly endless lists of victims' names. They invoke El Eternauta, a comic book character from a space beyond time, to press a moral perspective that demands the impossible. They are singular and plural, informative and obscure, irritating, threatening, unclassifiable, and relentless in the pursuit of their agenda, whatever that may be.
Author : Lisa Graham McMinn
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1441202595
Today's culture offers broadening opportunities for women; yet it still pressures them to fit long-standing stereotypes. McMinn challenges parents, teachers, churches, and civic communities to create a social environment that nurtures strong, confident girls. Combining careful research with personal experience, McMinn takes a thoughtful look at gender differences and patterns limiting women's full participation in society. She discusses what it means to raise strong daughters made in the image of God and covers the various aspects of strength--confidence, interdependence, voice, and self-image.
Author : Dianna Leigh Holden
Publisher : 0845450 BC Limited/Worldwide People Locaters Publishin
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780986489631
Holden provides a look at her childhood as one of Canada's foster children. She tells of how she was thrust into a system that was set up to protect her only to be victimized by her caregivers. In addition, she interviews other foster parents, foster children, and government officials, and addresses the issues that need to be changed.
