Author : Ophelia Dickerson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 2016-08-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781536802337
My name is Ashley and I'm the mother of two, domestic housewife, part of the all American family living the dream. Well, that's what it looks like from the outside looking in, but what my friends and family don't know is that I live a secret life. A naughtier side of me surfaces from time to time and my husband encourages me to let it out. If I'd only known what I was getting into then, I would've tried this long ago.
Author : Jean Nathan
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2013-05-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466845309
A glamorous, haunted life unfolds in the mesmerizing biography of the woman behind a classic children's book In 1957, a children's book called The Lonely Doll was published. With its pink-and-white-checked cover and photographs featuring a wide-eyed doll, it captured the imaginations of young girls and made the author, Dare Wright, a household name. Close to forty years after its publication, the book was out of print but not forgotten. When the cover image inexplicably came to journalist Jean Nathan one afternoon, she went in search of the book-and ultimately its author. Nathan found Dare Wright living out her last days in a decrepit public hospital in Queens, New York. Over the next five years, Nathan pieced together a glamorous life. Blond, beautiful Wright had begun her career as an actress and model and then turned to fashion photography before stumbling upon her role as bestselling author. But there was a dark side to the story: a brother lost in childhood, ill-fated marriage plans, a complicated, controlling mother. Edith Stevenson Wright, herself a successful portrait painter, played such a dominant role in her daughter's life that Dare was never able to find her way into the adult world. Only through her work could she speak for herself: in her books she created the happy family she'd always yearned for, while her self-portraits betrayed an unresolved tension between sexuality and innocence, a desire to belong and painful isolation. Illustrated with stunning photographs, The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll tells the unforgettable story of a woman who, imprisoned by her childhood, sought to set herself free through art.
Author : Gail Lukasik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 151072415X
White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing is the story of Gail Lukasik’s mother’s “passing,” Gail’s struggle with the shame of her mother’s choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption. In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother’s decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness. Haunted by her mother’s fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her mother’s racial lineage, tracing her family back to eighteenth-century colonial Louisiana. In coming to terms with her decision to publicly out her mother, Gail changed how she looks at race and heritage. With a foreword written by Kenyatta Berry, host of PBS's Genealogy Roadshow, this unique and fascinating story of coming to terms with oneself breaks down barriers.
Author : Justine Cowan
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 32,22 MB
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0349013160
The true story of a foundling. 'Extraordinary ... A fascinating, moving book: part history of the Foundling Hospital and the development of child psychology, part Cowan's own story, and part that of Cowan's mother' LUCY SCHOLES, TELEGRAPH Growing up in a wealthy enclave outside San Francisco, Justine Cowan's life seems idyllic. But her mother's unpredictable temper drives Justine from home the moment she is old enough to escape. It is only after her mother dies that she finds herself pulling at the threads of a story half-told - her mother's upbringing in London's Foundling Hospital. Haunted by this secret history, Justine travels across the sea and deep into the past to discover the girl her mother once was. Here, with the vividness of a true storyteller, she pieces together her mother's childhood alongside the history of the Foundling Hospital: from its idealistic beginnings in the eighteenth century, how it influenced some of England's greatest creative minds - from Handel to Dickens, its shocking approach to childcare and how it survived the Blitz only to close after the Second World War. This was the environment that shaped a young girl then known as Dorothy Soames, who was left behind by a mother forced by stigma and shame to give up her child; who withstood years of physical and emotional abuse, dreaming of escape as German bombers circled the skies, unaware all along that her own mother was fighting to get her back. The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames is a gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author's own mother. Praise for The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: 'As a social history of the Foundling Hospital, this is a fascinating read' SUNDAY TIMES 'Page-turning and profoundly moving' VIRGINIA NICHOLSON 'Part-memoir, part-detective story, The Secret Life Of Dorothy Soames will break your heart then piece it back together again ... Simultaneously exploring her mother's story of escape and the history of the Foundling Hospital, this is an unforgettable read' STYLIST 'A gripping true story' CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN 'Breathtaking' ADRIENNE BRODEUR, bestselling author of WILD GAME
Author : Hannah Moscovitch
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 25,49 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780369102836
The raw, transcendent, and untold secrets of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and mothering is revealed in this true story of motherhood for the twenty-first century.
Author : Serena Terry
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 34,69 MB
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008553300
From the creator of viral Tiktok sensation, Mammy Banter, comes a hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood – and how having it all sometimes isn’t what you think it might be.
Author : Delaine Moore
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 15,92 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1580053866
Recounts the physical and spiritual self-discovery of the author as she tests her limits, reclaims her body, and takes control of her life along the way.
Author : James W. Peterson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,3 MB
Release : 2000-10-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0595132103
It all began when James Peterson was a camp counselor and two children, watching him meditate, described the colors they saw around his form: “…we saw colors coming out of his stomach. And the outside was purple, then it was blue, then it was yellow, then reddish and light yellow in the middle.” Studies indicate that almost seven percent of young children have such psychic experiences. For the most part, they don’t tell anybody about them for fear of being ridiculed. But the author believes it would be psychologically healthy for them to relate such occurrences to adults if they feel the need. In this book Peterson has put together a charming collection of case-histories about such psychic episodes. He believes they should be accepted as factual: that frequently they emanate from the “wisdom of innocence” present in youngsters. The question of the secret life of kids is examined by Peterson from the point of view of philosophy, occultism, and child psychology. He suggests why and how such experiences manifest, and their potential value to the child’s growth pattern.
Author : Tiffany Fletcher
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Abused children
ISBN : 9781608610587
Tiffany recounts the challenges of growing up in the care of her mother who was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID), a condition that produces multiple "personalities" in victims of profound trauma.
Author : Carl Jones
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :
Whether one calls it instinct, an inner sense, gut feelings, ESP, or hunches, the expectant mother's intuition is legendary. "The Secret Life of the Expectant Mother" presents compelling stories of pregnant women who have a sense of communication with their unborn child, flashes about medical complications, or dreams that foreshadow the future. This book contains dozens of practical exercises designed to develop intuition and strengthen the parent-child bond.
