Book Description
Equipped with more inherent psi power than any mortal or elf, an abused little girl threatens to destroy Earth and the Fairie world, unless the elves can stop her
Author : Mercedes Lackey
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 1993-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671721541
Equipped with more inherent psi power than any mortal or elf, an abused little girl threatens to destroy Earth and the Fairie world, unless the elves can stop her
Author : Kay Lynn Mangum
Publisher : Shadow Mountain
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Mormons
ISBN : 9781590387481
Fifteen-year-old Rachel uses poetry and her Mormon faith to cope with grief over the loss of her father, the horrors of her brother's alcoholism, resentment of her new stepfather, and the awkwardness of having an attractive schoolmate as her stepbrother.
Author : Julia Hollander
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Children with disabilities
ISBN : 9780719564581
After moving to the country to start a new life together away from the pressures of London, Julia and Jay had it all. Pregnant with their second child, Julia looked forward to a happy, complete family. But giving birth to this baby was not the straightforward experience it had been with the first. There were complications. Every mother's worst fear began to take shape as Julia realised that something was wrong. The months that followed involved endless hospital visits and consultations with doctors as she tried to convert her mother's instinct into a concrete diagnosis. Eventually it became clear that Julia's baby was severely disabled. When the Bough Breaks is an account of one woman's coming to terms with loss and the decision she has to make. It is also a portrait of a mother's love, strength and courage in the most difficult circumstances.
Author : Judith R. Bernstein
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1449415008
A psychologist and bereaved parent offers strategies by which parents can accept and integrate the effects of trauma into their lives. When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter is a poignant and sensitive book that offers bereaved parents the comfort of learning how others have navigated this rutted road. It is the first book to assess the enduring consequences of loss and the first to shed light on the evolution in values, perceptions, and relationships that follow the death of a child. With great honesty and empathy, it acknowledges that no family ever “recovers” from this tragedy, but rather adapts to a life irretrievably altered. Praise for When the Bough Breaks “Quite simply the best book I know of to help bereaved parents—clear, compassionate, and absolutely on target.” —Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People? and How Good Do We Have to Be? “A sensitive and honest description of the overwhelming journey bereaved families endure as they struggle to adjust to their new lives. Not only is this one of the best books I’ve ever read for bereaved families, but it also offers some real insights for those who care about bereaved parents and siblings.” —Diana Cunningham, executive director of The Compassionate Friends
Author : Anna Myers
Publisher : Walker Childrens
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802787255
Ophelia knows she has to make it work with this new foster family. She's been through too many homes since a terrible tragedy left her alone and emotionally isolated, and the state is not going to move her again no matter how unhappy she might become. So when her new foster mother asks her to take a job reading aloud to Portia McKay, an elderly neighbor, Ophelia grudgingly agrees. At first Ophelia only goes because she gets paid. But as they get to know each other, Portia and Ophelia discover that they have much more in common than their Shakepearean names. They both have horrible secrets that they have never shared with another living soul. And it seems that this unlikely friendship may be just what they both need to break free of their emotional prisons. Anna Myers seamlessly blends contemporary and historical narratives as Opehlia's and Portia's tales unfold.
Author : Sylvia A. Hewlett
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 39,25 MB
Release : 1991-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Examines the plight of America's children demonstrating how and why child neglect diminishes America's prosperity and humanity.
Author : Irene N.Watts
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 33,83 MB
Release : 2010-01-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1770490264
Millie’s is a small family — just a mother, a father, a small brother, Hamish, and her. Both her parents had been orphaned (and were introduced in Watts’ novel Flower), but the family they created was tight-knit and loving. When Millie’s mother announces that she is pregnant, it seems life is perfect. They have each other, and, although the Great Depression has brought hard times to their small town, Millie’s father’s services as a blacksmith are still in demand. But when her mother dies, suddenly everything changes. Her father retreats into depression and Millie, only thirteen, finds herself responsible for a newborn baby. When a stranger appears and threatens the remnants of the family even further, Millie musters courage she never dreamed she had to rebuild the home that means so much to her. Irene N. Watts’ memorable story is as complex and as comforting as family life itself.
Author : Denise Grover Swank
Publisher : DGS
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1940562295
The sixth book in the Rose Gardner Investigations series. For months, Rose has suspected her ex-brother-in-law, has a foot in the criminal world, and she’s equally sure her deceased sister had the evidence to prove it—evidence stolen days just days after Violet’s death. Those suspicions turn concrete when a body shows up at the construction site Mike works at, and the concrete cracks open wide when her niece and nephew go missing. Rose might be weeks away from delivering her own baby, but that doesn’t stop her and her best friend, Neely Kate, from looking for the kids. She needs answers and fast, but her search leads her to the man who betrayed her months ago… the father of her baby. James “Skeeter” Malcolm has been playing games with her for months—refusing to relinquish her paternity but refusing to tell her why. James knows what Mike is up to—Rose is sure of it—but can she convince him to tell help before it’s too late?
Author : Oscar Patton
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781432789374
Love, hate, ambition, greed, lasciviousness-- human nature is laid bare in this story about the fall of the grandest house in Hebron, Georgia. Following the sudden death on the same night of her infant son and her rich and powerful husband, Ada McCallum, too young and too beautiful, must assume control of a vast empire and make her way in a world of men at war, at home and abroad. Strong willed Ada, a twentieth-century Scarlett O'Hara, succeeds in business and in love, but her behavior can be reckless and her choices unwise. Local newspaper editor and McCallum family friend Carl Goodman narrates Ada's life and reveals dark secrets. He also chronicles race relations, ghost sightings, and happenings in and around Sailla County.
Author : Jerome Gold
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 158322985X
For fifteen years, Jerome Gold worked as a rehabilitation counselor in a prison for juveniles in Washington state. Throughout his time there, he kept a journal of his experiences with youths who had been incarcerated for murder, kidnap, assault, rape and other sex offenses, auto theft, burglary, and selling drugs. What started as a journal designed to relieve stress turned into the evocation of one man's nuanced perspective on a unique group of young people. Paranoia & Heartbreak tells Gold’s personal story of coming to terms with people who have crossed over to the other side of their own humanity. Writing from ample experience and with unflinching compassion, Gold brings the reader to see these "deviants"—and through them, in some slanted way, our whole society, with an unexpected intensity.