Download or read book Our Missing Hearts written by Celeste Ng and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unshakeable love. “It’s impossible not to be moved.” —Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review “Riveting, tender, and timely.” —People, Book of the Week “Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching . . . I was so invested in the future of this mother and son, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick) Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his mother, and what the future holds for them both. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and the power of art to create change.

Download or read book Togetherness Redefined written by Celeste Orr and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, author and divergent thinker Celeste Orr shares 52 of her popular togetherness tips to help families build big family togetherness on good days and bad days, in big ways and small ways, with everything from playing board games to having one-on-ones, talking about tough issues, reframing frozen pizza nights, and going after big family dreams, long-term travel, and adventure too.As a mom of teenagers who often feels like there aren't enough hours in the day or ideas in her head, and as someone who has shared these tips with families around the world in her email group and online platform, Celeste knows no effort is too small and it's never too late to build togetherness with your family - no matter what.With real-life stories and simple, honest examples, this book gives parents, grandparents, and families of all kinds a go-to list of ideas to break the disconnect that is so often a by-product of the modern-day trappings that keep us from having the kind of family life we truly want. It's great as a one-time read and also designed for those who want to keep it at their fingertips for on-the-fly togetherness suggestions when things get sticky at home.

Download or read book Celeste written by Virginia Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was her mirror image. Now the mirror has cracked. Celeste and her identical twin brother, Noble, are as close as can be - until a tragic accident takes Noble's life. It's a loss that pushes their mother, a woman obsessed with New Age superstitions, over the edge. Desperate to keep her son 'alive', Celeste's mother forces her to cut her hair, wear boys' clothes - and take on Noble's identity. Celeste has virtually disappeared - until a handsome boy moves in next door, and Celeste will risk her mother's wrath to let herself come back to life.

Download or read book Highland Heritage written by Celeste Ray and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, tens of thousands of people flock to Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and to more than two hundred other locations across the country to attend Scottish Highland Games and Gatherings. There, kilt-wearing participants compete in athletics, Highland dancing, and bagpiping, while others join clan societies in celebration of a Scottish heritage. As Celeste Ray notes, however, the Scottish affiliation that Americans claim today is a Highland Gaelic identity that did not come to characterize that nation until long after the ancestors of many Scottish Americans had left Scotland. Ray explores how Highland Scottish themes and lore merge with southern regional myths and identities to produce a unique style of commemoration and a complex sense of identity for Scottish Americans in the South. Blending the objectivity of the anthropologist with respect for the people she studies, she asks how and why we use memories of our ancestral pasts to provide a sense of identity and community in the present. In so doing, she offers an original and insightful examination of what it means to be Scottish in America.

Download or read book Saving Celeste written by Timothee de Fombelle and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crystal Ribbon written by Celeste Lim and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonder, mysticism, heartache, and joy are the stones that set the path to one girl's journey as her destiny unfolds. In the village of Huanan, in medieval China, the deity that rules is the Great Huli Jing. Though twelve-year-old Li Jing's name is a different character entirely from the Huli Jing, the sound is close enough to provide constant teasing-but maybe is also a source of greater destiny and power. Jing's life isn't easy. Her father is a poor tea farmer, and her family has come to the conclusion that in order for everyone to survive, Jing must be sacrificed for the common good. She is sold as a bride to the Koh family, where she will be the wife and nursemaid to their three-year-old son, Ju'nan. It's not fair, and Jing feels this bitterly, especially when she is treated poorly by the Koh's, and sold yet again into a worse situation that leads Jing to believe her only option is to run away, and find home again. With the help of a spider who weaves Jing a means to escape, and a nightingale who helps her find her way, Jing embarks on a quest back to Huanan--and to herself.

Download or read book A Nest for Celeste written by Henry Cole and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-02-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste. Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home. Is it nestled in the toe of a warm boot? In the shirt pocket of Celeste’s new friend Joseph? Or is home the place deep inside Celeste’s heart, where friendships live? Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white drawings, A Nest for Celeste is a short novel that tells the story a mouse living in the 1800s and his friendship with John James Audubon’s young apprentice. While enjoying this sweet amd appealing story, young readers will also learn about nineteenth-century plantation life and the famous naturalist who was known for his paintings of birds and American wildlife.

Download or read book Dare You to Hate Me written by B. Celeste and published by Lindon U. This book was released on 2023-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fan-favorite author of Underneath the Sycamore Tree comes the first in a raw, real romance series following the lives of the Lindon U football players and the complicated girls who change their lives forever. When Ivy asked her best friend to run away with her at sixteen, she knew he'd say no. He had football, an amazing family, and a happy home to go back to every day. So the night Ivy snuck out of his bedroom window after hugging him goodbye, she accepted she'd probably never see him again. Then they both wound up at Lindon University four years later. Ivy is barely picking up the pieces of her life when the boy whose initials she used to doodle hearts around approaches her at work. Aiden Griffith. Lindon U's star tight end. Still as attractive. Still as dedicated. With rumors of him being drafted to the NFL coming to fruition, Ivy knows it's only a matter of time before they have to say goodbye again. But he can't seem to let her go, no matter what she says, and she doesn't think she wants him to.

Download or read book Pancake Party Sunny Day written by Celeste Sisler and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader featuring Nickelodeon's Sunny Day! Suzette's breakfast party is in trouble when she and Johnny-Ray get lost. Can the girls from Nickelodeon's Sunny Day save the celebration--and the pancakes? Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Filled with action, comedy, and music, Sunny Day features a talented 10-year-old hair salon owner and entrepreneur named Sunny. Along with her friends and a can-do attitude, Sunny is ready to save the day--one hairdo at a time!

Download or read book Celebration at Christmas Cove written by Carrie Jansen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this humorous and heartwarming romance, sparks fly between a woman who can't wait to leave a wintry New England island, and a widower who would do anything to stay. Travel magazine writer Celeste Bell is in a terrible mood. Not only was her flight to the Caribbean diverted to a Massachusetts island, now it looks like she'll have to spend Christmas there. Single and still mourning the loss of her mother a year earlier, Celeste is desperate to avoid any emotional entanglements and all holiday festivities. She just doesn't feel like celebrating. But that's exactly what community center director Nathan White and his young daughter Abigail want to do. Nathan is entirely focused on making sure that his daughter has a happy Christmas, especially with the knowledge that if he can't raise money for the community center soon, it will close and they'll have to leave the island. When he meets Celeste, Nathan begins to feel a connection and wonders if he's brave enough to risk his heart once more. Thawing their frozen hearts, and saving the community center will require a Christmas miracle. But tis' the season...

Download or read book Gold Diggers written by Sanjena Sathian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2021 * One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 * New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize “Dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise.” —Celeste Ng, #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere “Sanjena Sathian’s Gold Diggers is a work of 24-karat genius.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post How far would you go for a piece of the American dream? A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers skewers the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition. A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is funny and smart but struggles to bear the weight of expectations of his family and their Asian American enclave. He tries to want their version of success, but mostly, Neil just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal. When he discovers that Anita is the beneficiary of an ancient, alchemical potion made from stolen gold—a “lemonade” that harnesses the ambition of the gold’s original owner—Neil sees his chance to get ahead. But events spiral into a tragedy that rips their community apart. Years later in the Bay Area, Neil still bristles against his community's expectations—and finds he might need one more hit of that lemonade, no matter the cost. Sanjena Sathian’s astonishing debut offers a fine-grained, profoundly intelligent, and bitingly funny investigation into what's required to make it in America. Soon to be a series produced by Mindy Kaling!

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Download or read book The Celebration Series Boxed Set written by Kristine Raymond and published by Me, Myself, & I Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now get all three books in the Celebration series in one collection! Welcome to the town of Celebration By Dawn's Early Light After a contentious divorce, Monica Russo is more than ready to start a new life and leave her old one behind. Driving cross-country over the Fourth of July weekend with her five-year-old daughter, her car breaking down in the small town of Celebration is not in her plans. Neither is falling for the sexy, knight-in-shining-armor who comes to their rescue. Joe Callaghan leads a quiet life, having never completely recovered from his disastrous marriage. Happening upon a woman and child stranded on the side of the road, he’s surprised when sparks fly between him and the single mother. With only a few days to do so, can he persuade her to forget the future she has planned and start a new life in Celebration…with him? Reservations for Two Tall, charming, and incredibly handsome Loren Hamilton can have any woman he wants – except the one who’s never forgiven him for breaking her heart. When they’re thrown together at his best friend’s wedding, he’s determined to win her over, but a misunderstanding may cause him to lose her forever. Madison Sinclair had hoped her years away from Celebration – and Loren – would lessen her feelings for him. She was wrong. Her attraction to him as strong as ever, she lowers her guard until circumstances lead once again to heartbreak, but upon learning the truth, will she be the one seeking a second chance? Under the Mistletoe Frankie Denton liked his life exactly the way it was, and the idea of adding a wife and kids to the mix never crossed his mind – until the day the sassy redhead he’d met at a friend’s wedding informs him she’s pregnant, a result of their one-night stand. Determined to do the right thing, he sets out to prove he’s not only husband material, but father material as well. After spending the night in the arms of a sexy mechanic she met in Celebration, Roxie Malone discovers she’s expecting. Embracing the prospect of motherhood, she’s shocked when Frankie steps up, eager to be part of their lives. But with first-hand experience that fathers don’t always keep the promises they make, can she put her trust in a man she hardly knows?

Download or read book The Slapshot Series Box Set Books 7 9 written by Heather C. Myers and published by Grey Star Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2022-12-24 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newport Beach Seagulls work hard, play hard, and f*ck hard This limited edition box set includes Books 7-9 in The Slapshot Series, and, with over 150,000 words, this is a box set you must have in your collection! Brutal Love & Stanley Cups, Book 7: Passion, regret, and destroying sofas all in the name of love. Wedding Rings & Champions, Book 8: One night. That's all it took and Natalie Bowman finds herself married to a professional hockey player. Summertime & Trade Deadlines, Book 9: An unexpected kiss under the fireworks with the wrong person. A looming trade deadline. Aurora is pulled into two different directions with no clear path to take. Grab your collection now before the final buzzer sounds and the season comes to a close.

Download or read book All the Shattered Pieces written by B Celeste and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You met him in Underneath the Sycamore Tree and now you'll see Kaiden Monroe dealing with the aftermath. A novella follow-up to the emotional tale you read about chronic illness, grief, and moving forward no matter the obstacles. Author's Note: Underneath the Sycamore Tree must be read first

Download or read book Wedding Rings Champions written by Heather C. Myers and published by Heather C Myers. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night. That's all it took and Natalie Bowman finds herself married to a professional hockey player. Vegas - the city of sin and indulgence. She goes to forget about Bruce - the ex that cheated on her after ten years together - and have fun. It’s not the city of romance, true love, or commitment, and she doesn't expect it to be. And yet, Natalie finds herself with a hangover, a ring on her finger, a new husband who looks like Thor fell from the sky himself. Now, Natalie is confronted with the fact that she's known Chris for a few hours, and she's suddenly his wife. She should walk away - but it's so easy to fall into his arms, and she's finding she doesn't really want to leave. - - - It’s supposed to be a business transaction, nothing more. Because Christopher Worthington, third line winger for the Newport Beach Seagulls, needs this marriage to save his reputation. At least, that’s what his agent insists. But it’s hard to remember that when she makes him feel something he’s never felt before with anyone. Safe. Letting his guard down is dangerous. Natalie is dangerous, the worst kind of temptation. Now, Chris must decide if Natalie is worth believing in happily ever after when he’s known nothing but heartbreak. Fighting temptation is impossible in the eighth book of the bestselling Slapshot Series. Scroll up and 1-click today!