Download or read book Broken Wings and Christmas Things written by Zoe Cannon and published by Zoe Cannon. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tori would be the first to tell you that working at a coffee shop over the holiday season is nothing like a sappy Christmas movie. Everyone is hungover from too many holiday parties, cranky from dealing with their relatives, and stressed out from last minute Christmas shopping… and who do they take it out on? Their barista, that’s who. And if she didn’t have enough to deal with, now there’s something strange lying across the street from the coffee shop. It looks like a person… and he looks hurt. Tori can’t afford to step out of work to help him, but if no one else is going to do it, what choice does she have? And wait… are those wings coming out of his back? It can’t be—angels aren’t real. And even if they were, this one looks like he's fallen a long way, and Tori knows what it means when an angel falls… This short story is 4400 words long. It is also available in Santa’s Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.
Download or read book How to Fly with Broken Wings written by Jane Elson and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'If Finn Maison shouts jump you jump or you are dead.' Twelve-year-old Willem has two main aims in life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age. But all the other boys from the Beckham Estate do is make him jump off things. First his desk - and now the wall. As his toes teeter on the edge, Sasha Bradley gives him a tiny little wink. Might she become his friend? Bullied by Finn and his gang the Beckham Estate Boyz, Willem has no choice but to jump. As he flies through the air he flaps his arms, wishing he could fly and escape into the clouds. Instead he comes crashing down and breaks his ankle. Sasha, angry with herself for not stopping Finn and his Boyz, is determined to put things right. And soon, while the gangs riot on their estate, Willem and Sasha form an unlikely friendship. Because they share a secret. Sasha longs to fly too. And when Magic Man Archie arrives with stories of war-flying spitfires, he will change the lives of the kids on the Beckham Estate for ever. And perhaps find a way for Willem and Sasha to fly ... Touching on themes such as friendship and bullying, this is a charming tale about overcoming obstacles and finding friendship in unlikely places. 'heart-rending, heartbreaking and heartening' The Best New Children's Books Guardian Supplement
Download or read book Santa s Rejects written by Zoe Cannon and published by Zoe Cannon. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elf who stages a coup against Santa Claus. A dinner guest with horns and a pitchfork. A bitter charity worker who seems determined to ruin the holiday for everyone—but just might be making the world a better place. In all the Christmas stories, the good and the deserving get their due. But what about everyone else? Don’t the people on the naughty list deserve a Christmas miracle of their own? Move over, Tiny Tim. In these six irreverent but heart-filled stories, the spirit of Christmas is for everyone. This collection contains the following stories: A Hell of a Christmas The Unlikable Ones Broken Wings and Christmas Things No Warm Fuzzies Christmas Furlough The Naughty List
Download or read book Broken Wing written by David Budbill and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This posthumous novel from acclaimed author David Budbill tells the story of The Man Who Lives Alone in the Mountains. As winter descends on his idyllic home, the man encounters a bird with a broken wing, sending him into a poetic and profound meditation on solitude, friendship, and the unstoppable march of time. In the deep woods of Vermont, The Man Who Lives Alone in the Mountains exists in solitude and simplicity. His days are spent caring for his garden and observing the birds and creatures that visit his home. His nights are spent in a contemplative world of music, poetry, letter writing, and, most importantly, bird watching. As November arrives and The Man prepares for winter, he notices an injured bird, shiny and black, holding his own among bullying blue jays. He is drawn to the bird’s spirit of survival and freedom and names it Broken Wing. Since his only neighbors are a couple of hostile brothers and their bird-hunting cat, Broken Wing becomes a source of inspiration—and a friend. As fall changes to winter and back to spring, The Man’s dreams of Broken Wing give way to meditations on the peaks and valleys of life, the passage of time, and the poetry of nature.
Download or read book With Broken Wings written by Jerie Catillo and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH BROKEN WINGS is a riveting and engrossing memoir about one womans courage and perseverance in battling through, first, childhood sexual abuse and, later on, horrific physical and sexual abuse as an adult. It is a true story told in raw and honest details; a story of heart-wrenching losses, discovery, unwavering resilience and faith. Jerie Catillos story is a beautiful gift because of her rare ability and willingness to bare her soul to the universe; and because of her passion to reveal the healing she received after she poured out her broken self to others. WITH BROKEN WINGS speaks of Jerie Catillos fight to move forward in her lifedespite all she had to leave behind. It speaks of her transformation from a broken and torn woman to a woman who has been set free and who has jubilantly reclaimed her magnificent self and voice.
Download or read book Broken Wings written by John H. Bishop and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-08-12 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can?t go home again, because home is a time not a place.? Thomas Wolfe In turning Butch?s pages you join ten-year old Billy Johnson at his home on one of the worst days of his life. In Barstools, seventy-five year old Eric is losing his home. You will meet an expatriate executive and his wife in The Ecluse, away from home, searching for the rebirth of their troubled marriage. Instead, cruising along the ancient canals of France he experiences an epiphany. The protagonist in The Math Prize Winner is a modern flawed executive, attempting a final investment and atonement to save his career. The families in The Bad News First face a loss which reawakens the antagonisms and betrayals they encountered thirty years previously. Broken Wings provides a wide variety of characters, plots and dissimilar locations: farms in Grand Forks, Nebraska, a restaurant in Florida, and a funeral in Boston Massachusetts. There are featured locales starting Paris, Seoul, and Hong Kong. The concluding home destination is a 1940?s period piece in Huntsville, Alabama. This mini-memoir is a loving portrayal of John Bishop?s remembrances of his family growing up southern in the shadows of World War II.
Download or read book The Naughty List written by Zoe Cannon and published by Zoe Cannon. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year at the North Pole, it’s the same story. Santa makes his list. He checks it twice. The nice children wake up on Christmas morning to a pile of presents. The naughty children get a lump of coal. But don’t the naughty children deserve a little Christmas joy too? One elf thinks so. He thinks it’s time Santa’s workshop did things a little differently. Even if he has to take matters into his own hands. This short story is 2700 words long. It is also available in Santa’s Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.
Download or read book The Angel with a Broken Wing written by Adrianne Claire and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2015-10-24 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you believe in angels and you like a bit of a mystery, then read The Angel with a broken wing. To my adult readers: Once you have read my story, all of your childhood memories of Christmas will come flooding back. It will transport you back to a time when, as a child, you revelled in the excitement that was Christmas. A time of wonderment and belief in family and the simple things in life. But it doesn't end there - wait for the surprise at the end! To my young readers: I will introduce you to the magic of Chrismas that goes beyond the mystery of Santa Claus and the many presents you expect to receive. My story will give you a window into what can happen when you truly believe in something.
Download or read book Another Broken Wing written by James Sumner Kendrick and published by james sumner kendrick. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His mother vanished two days after he was born, and now, 30 years later, his father is dying, meaning that Stormy Day has a very limited time to get to the truth about his mother's leaving. Stormy is thrown into an endless sea of unlikely coincidences which carry him closer to the Day family secret.
Download or read book The Unlikable Ones written by Zoe Cannon and published by Zoe Cannon. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This December, Bex has a new job working for a charity that distributes Christmas gifts to needy children. It doesn’t pay well, but it makes her feel good inside. Or it would, if not for her coworker Deirdre. Deirdre has never had a kind word for Bex since she arrived. She threw away the festive decorations Bex bought with her own paycheck. Worst of all, she stopped Bex from giving a little extra help to a family that needed it. Why is someone that bitter working at a Christmas charity, of all places? And how can Bex stop her from ruining Christmas for everyone else? One man might know. And if he’s right. Deirdre might not be ruining Christmas at all. In her own way, she just might be making the world a better place. This short story is 7500 words long. It is also available in Santa’s Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.
Download or read book Half Broken Things written by Morag Joss and published by Delta. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping tale of psychological suspense perfect for the readership of Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell, Half Broken Things is a novel that peers into the lives of three dangerously lost people…and the ominous haven they find when they find each other. Jean is a house sitter at the end of a dreary career. Steph is nine months pregnant and on the run. And Michael is a thief. Through a mixture of deceit, good luck, and misfortune, these three damaged loners have come together at a secluded country home called Walden Manor. Now all three have found what they needed most: a new beginning, a little kindness, a little love. Living off the manor’s riches, tending its grounds and gardens, they leave the outside world far behind and build a happiness so long denied them. That is, until the first unexpected visitor arrives...igniting a chain reaction that is at once spellbinding and disastrous. A stunning, thought-provoking crime novel of chilling moral complexity, Half Broken Things is a gripping, haunting exploration of love and our need for it, of the damage done when we go long without it, and the deeds we might be driven to in its name.
Download or read book Broken Wings written by John Henson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-04-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader, to walk within the realm of dreams and imagination. The poems held within John's second book, cascade like a waterfall, tumbling over the emotions of all things seen and unseen. Broken Wings has at last been penned, following on the heels of 'Shadow Dancer'. Again, it will make you laugh, it will make you cry but most of all it will inspire you into wanting to keep turning the pages...
Download or read book No Warm Fuzzies written by Zoe Cannon and published by Zoe Cannon. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie just wants to mind his own business on Christmas Eve. So he’ll be sleeping on the street tonight—so what? He can handle the cold. But of course some obnoxious do-gooder from the shelter across town sees a homeless veteran and wants to earn herself a gold star by helping him out. She’s hopelessly naive, the poor thing. She doesn’t understand that there are monsters on the streets, even on Christmas Eve. If he were a younger man, he’d take this opportunity to add another body to his collection. But he doesn’t do that kind of thing anymore. He’ll have to find another way to scare her off. Too bad she’s as persistent as she is annoying. If it’s the only way to get rid of her, he might just have to let her do something nice for him after all. This short story is 3900 words long. It is also available in Santa’s Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.
Download or read book A Hell of a Christmas written by Zoe Cannon and published by Zoe Cannon. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcy has always said everyone is welcome at her dinner table on Christmas Eve. That was before her youngest daughter brought a new friend home. A friend with horns and a pitchfork. Now Marcy’s mother won’t shut up about how in her day, girls only brought respectable men home for the holidays. Her brother-in-law is making booze-fueled jokes about how they’ll all have a devil of a time tonight. And her husband, off in the clouds as always, is no help. No one at the table is perfect. Least of all Marcy herself. But has she finally found the one guest she can’t open her heart and her home to? This short story is 2700 words long. It is also available in Santa’s Rejects, a collection of offbeat Christmas stories.
Download or read book Even A Bird With Broken Wings Can Fly written by Lori Sue Schmitt and published by PageFree Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born disabled, and am confined to a wheelchair. I have no use of my arms and legs, but learned to adapt. Join me on my journey through my struggles, my triumphs, through some wrongs I survived. Despite being disabled, I've carved my way.
Download or read book Birds With Broken Wings written by Samuel D. G. Heath and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lovely bookstore owner asked me why she should read this book? I explained that in writing this book, I undertook a purposeful investigation leading where angels (and all good Baptists) fear to tread. It was during this attempt at explanation the picture formed in my mind of addressing an auditorium full of women. My opening remark to them is: 'Women hunger and thirst for romance. What is it that men want?" The entire audience responds with a resounding chorus in unison with one word: 'SEX!" I then ask: 'No, really ladies, what do men really want?" Again, with a single voice the chorus returns, loudly: 'SEX!" Seeing that I am getting nowhere fast I decide to try a new tack. I ask: 'Please, ladies, as a Romantic, a Poet, what do I, as a man, want?" Back it comes: 'SEX!" There is a definite mind set at work here. Okay, honestly, as a Romantic, a Poet, what do I want from a woman: SEX! Satisfied? But my admission of common guilt is only true to a point. Believe it or not, ladies, some men like myself want romance as much as you do. It is in searching for this elusive thing that I have discovered so much that betrays you ladies in the very areas you are supposed to excel in the romance department. I treat the causes and results of such betrayal in this book.
Download or read book Broken Wings and Shattered Dreams written by D. J. Armstrong and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Wings and Shattered Dreams is a collection of poems inspired to provide those who live in glass houses a glimpse of the real world that surrounds them. The collection includes pieces of history, moments with God and the Devil, bouts of depression and other emotional tragedies and triumphs, along with love, hate and life’s challenging obstacles from different walks of life. The poems were inspired by actual events in various locations throughout the streets of America. From inspiration to dark sadness in the realms of reality, Broken Wings and Shattered Dreams shares pain and passion from the heart and soul. An excellent read for the poetry lover in all of us.
