Author : Mary Catherine Bateson
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,17 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Anthropologists
ISBN :
A reflection on the author's parents, one a British scientist and the other the anthropologist Margaret Mead.
Author : Julia Dye
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 23,14 MB
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781944353148
Through My Daughter's Eyes is a one-of- a-kind, much-needed look at what it means to come-of-age in a military family today. Our middle school heroine Abbie is wiser than her years, and most of the adults in her life, for that matter. Equal parts Flavia de Luce and Harriet the Spy, Abbie describes her life this way: "My best friend andfellow Army-brat Megan and I had a plan to get through Dessau Middle School (Go Diamondbacks!) by being just good enough to not get noticed and not so good we'd be picked out for any attention. And it worked, for a while.Then my dad got deployed again, and mom fell apart, leaving me in charge of my own life and, it seemed, everyone else's. When Dad came home after about a hundred-million years, he wasn't much help,either. I know war is terrible, but it's not like he talks to me about it, so how was I supposed to know what to do? He's not even the same dad that left.I turned to my grandpa for help, but in the end, I had to let go of being the glue that kept everything together. I had to learn to give my parents room to save themselves...and our family."
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2019-03-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780578474458
Becky Kennedy was more than her parents had bargained for. Born a dwarf, her early medical problems nearly overwhelmed the family's resources. But as surely as she recovered and grew into a healthy little girl, Becky became more than Dan and Barbara Kennedy could have hoped for: not merely a miniature likeness of themselves, but a little person with such a unique perspective that she opened their eyes to a whole other world.In "Little People," Dan Kennedy confronts the deepest of parental fears: What if my child is different? His search for an answer provides a penetrating look at how our culture of diversity clashes with the reality of dis-ability and the belief that we have a right to the so-called perfect child.
Author : Lynn Cullen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2011-04-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599907933
With her mother dead of the plague, and her beloved brother newly married, Cornelia must manage her father's household, though he teeters on the brink of madness. She knows that among Amsterdam's elite circles, people are gossiping about her father's fading artistic genius--and about her, too. Yet there are two young men who seem unfazed by the slander- and very much intrigued by Cornelia. Set within the vibrant community of the 17th century Dutch Masters, I Am Rembrandt's Daughter is a moving coming of age story filled with family drama and a love triangle that would make Jane Austen proud.
Author : Tillie Geidel
Publisher :
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2021-02-11
Category :
ISBN :
Gary Geidel was a fireman at Rescue One FDNY who perished in the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. A small town boy from Tottenville Staten Island becomes an American hero. In this book his daughter will tell the story of his life, 9/11 through her eyes and the events to follow. Packed with hundreds of photos.
Author : Michele L. Waters
Publisher :
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2010-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780982867006
Interracial couple Richard Adams and Marilyn Halston encountered relentless ridicule, threats, and even beatings by white Southern racists until they migrated to the West where they married. Brittney, their daughter and founder of Ebony Eyes, a home for troubled pregnant teens discovers an unspeakable secret her parents had concealed for more than 30 years.
Author : Diane Currie
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 34,13 MB
Release : 2010-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1450216781
"Imagine the heart-wrenching devastation that is experienced by a family when a parent is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease! Author Diane Currie shares her candid and personal reflections about her mother's struggle with this disease as she copes with the reality of the present but always honors the memory of her past. Through a series of moving vignettes, she remains connected with her mother in a creative way as the strong bond between them slowly dissolves as the disease progresses. From the first moment of her mother's diagnosis, Currie conveys in a captivating manner the intense feelings of loss and hopelessness one experiences when dealing with this dreadful disease. She is able to protray the subtle changes in her mother's behavior and personality throughout her decline, all in a deeply human way. While Before My Eyes describes one family's touching and painful journey, in essence Currie's reflective account may typify the Alzheimer's experience, while offering support and validation to all those who walk its arduous path"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Deana Martin
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780330490641
Martin presents a heartfelt memoir of her father, recalling her early childhood, when she and her siblings were left in the erratic care of Dean's loving but alcoholic first wife, the constantly changing blended family that marked her youth, along with the unexpected moments of silliness and tenderness that this unusual Hollywood family shared.
Author : Mary M. Talbot
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 27,22 MB
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1621152014
Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes contrasts two comingofage narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations and gender politics, thwarted ambitions and personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds, poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of awardwinning graphicnovel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers and artists, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is smart, funny, and sadan essential addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir. * Bryan Talbot is recognized worldwide as one of the true original voices in graphic fiction. * Bryan Talbot's Grandville Mon Amour was nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award.
Author : Stan Substantial Robinson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 2021-05-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781008939912
"She Sees" is a father's observation of the world through the eyes of his two young daughters. Based on the song "In My Daughters' Eyes" by Substantial, "She Sees" takes readers on a father's journey as he observes his daughters, Serenity and Destiny, begin to make sense of the world around them and their place in it.
