Beside Golden Irish Fields
Author : Ava Miles
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Page : pages
File Size : 12,79 MB
Release : 2021-08-09
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ISBN : 9781949092363
Author : Ava Miles
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,79 MB
Release : 2021-08-09
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ISBN : 9781949092363
Author : Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802165591
“[A] novel of mid-life redemption . . . Ólafsdóttir writes about a good man in crisis with a raw beauty, as he gradually awakens to life and love.” —Financial Times Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize, Hotel Silence is a delightful and heartwarming new novel from Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, a writer who “upends expectations” (The New York Times). Jónas Ebeneser is a handy DIY kind of man with a compulsion to fix things, but he can’t seem to fix his own life. On the cusp of turning fifty, divorced, adrift, he’s recently discovered he is not the biological father of his daughter, Gudrun Waterlily, and he has sunk into an existential crisis, losing all will to live. As he visits his senile mother in a nursing home, he secretly muses on how, when, and where to put himself out of his misery. To prevent his only daughter from discovering his body, Jónas decides it’s best to die abroad. Armed with little more than his toolbox and a change of clothes, he flies to an unnamed country where the fumes of war still hover in the air. He books a room at the sparsely occupied Hotel Silence, in a small town riddled with landmines and the aftershocks of violence, and there he comes to understand the depths of other people’s scars while beginning to see his wounds in a new light. A celebration of life’s infinite possibilities, of transformations and second chances, Hotel Silence is a rousing story of a man, a community, and a path toward regeneration from the depths of despair.
Author : Raphael Semmes
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752583045
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Author : Leslye Walton
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0763670340
A 2015 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava — in all other ways a normal girl — is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.
Author : Rick Bragg
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0375413510
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over But the Shoutin’ a beloved bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South. This time he’s writing about his grandfather Charlie Bundrum, a man who died before Bragg was born but left an indelible imprint on the people who loved him. Drawing on their memories, Bragg reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family’s table through the worst of the Great Depression; a moonshiner who drank exactly one pint for every gallon he sold; an unregenerate brawler, who could sit for hours with a baby in the crook of his arm. In telling Charlie’s story, Bragg conjures up the backwoods hamlets of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid you can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava’s Man is unforgettable.
Author :
Publisher : Green Pieces Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780983344469
Ava's summer vacation began with anticipation and excitement as she awaited the opening of her town's Grand Park. She never envisioned by seeking fairness and equity for a friend with the guidance from her tenacious grandfather, this summer would evolve into a journey of learning, hope, and life-long appreciation for her country, the United States of America. Will Ava at last understand the reason why her father gave his life in its service? Follow Ava as she pursues her dream.
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Publisher :
Page : 1464 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Endowments
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Author : Janet Perroni
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1532084196
In this steamy romance novel set just as WWI is ending, Ava, a beautiful young woman, and Irish immigrant, initially explores her irresistible and alluring power over men with Alistar, a handsome sailor. Soon Ava learns she is pregnant, but before she can tell Alistar, his ship sets sail. Ava finds herself desperate growing up poor in America as an Irish immigrant during prohibition with little to no support from her family. Struggling to overcome her mistakes while dealing with a dysfunctional old school Irish family Ava later finds herself employed by a wealthy family of builders in Brookline, Massachusetts. The builder's son, Devon, is handsome and sophisticated and sees the beautiful young woman, Ava, irresistible. Fans of steamy historical novels will find themselves emotionally engaged by the twists and turns of Ava’s turbulent journey, as she walks through valleys of great sorrows and the pinnacles of dazzling ecstasy. At the height of ecstasy with Devon, Ava finds that she is pregnant again, and Devon’s estranged wife has returned. Caught in the middle of a romantic love story Ava is shocked to find out her father has arranged her marriage to an older gentleman from England who needs marriage to stay in America. Join Ava in this steamy romance novel as she learns how to care for her babies and use her body to fulfill her needs and overcome the hardships she faces. The backdrop of the roaring 20s showcases the difficulties the young heroine faces as an Irish immigrant growing up poor in America caught in the middle of a romantic love story. See how she battles to maintain a delicate balance between motherhood and independence in an old world that loves to shun. Although Ava’s path is twisted and rife with despair, she finds the strength to stand on her own.
Author : Marie Liechtenstein
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 28,34 MB
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3382500817
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Lu Fraser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 147119146X
A warmly reassuring rhyming story (with a fun counting element!) about how it’s ok to need a little alone time, from the author of the award-winning The Littlest Yak. Doug the camel is all alone and sometimes he wonders whether one is enough (it makes playing hide and seek terribly tough…). So when at first one, then two, then three, then four more camels turn up (followed by a whole camel herd), Doug delights in the possibilities all these new friends bring. But when Doug is ‘all camelled out’ from all the excitement and it's time to count down to bedtime, he takes just as much pleasure from the peace of being alone once again. Lu Fraser’s warm, funny text is a delight to read out loud and is brilliantly illustrated by Sarah Warburton in the first book from this exciting new picture book partnership. By Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley: The Littlest Yak