Download or read book Finding Gracie written by Grace Papagno and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-05-14 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up we become part of many varied social groups. We are children living at home with our families, we have experiences with friends, and we are students in school. For most, moving from one situation to another is simple. For others, it can be more dramatic. Finding Gracie: A Memoir is author Grace Papagnos compilation of her memories from childhood to adulthood. From a childhood of fear and betrayal to instilling a sense of self-worth and strength in her daughter, Papagno gently unfolds her story in short, yet touching, vignettes. Growing up in the fifties and sixties, the author depicts her twofold world, one in a home where an unpredictable mothers moods reigned, and the other filled with freedom in an outdoor world of natural wonder and faithful friends. Through constant questioning and the help of a patient mentor, she alters the negative direction of her upbringing and reestablishes herself by paralleling her life to that of her daughter. Finding Gracie: A Memoir travels from a past era into the present with amusing and poignant stories, inviting readers to remember their own beginnings and to grow up all over again. She tells her story through memoriesboth sad and happyalways filled with hope.
Download or read book Finding Gracie written by Alice Eason and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children will delight in this special story of faith filled with biblical lessons and ending in spiritual triumph. Beautifully written by Alice Eason, it reminds us that we are all God's sheep and if we become one of His "lost lambs", our faith in Him will bring us Home again. ~Connie Brooks Sweet little Gracie never imagined what was about to happen as she slipped into the forest to chase a bunny that looked just like her favorite slippers. But at 4 years old you don't stop to think about things like that. In the mean time, a little ways down the road Blue, an ole blue tick hound, was busy trying to save his pal Foxy, from Farmer John again. Never in a million years would Blue have dreamed the day would start by saving a friend and end founding a little lost lamb. Come along with them on this adventurous journey as they face bears, wolves and mountain lions to return the little lost lamb to its home.
Download or read book Finding Grace written by Larry Randolph and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful true story of what God can do through a willing heart and a wagging tail After a devastating series of personal losses, Larry Randolph finally had things under control. Then one morning while praying, he felt God speak two simple words to his heart: "Therapy dogs." There was only one problem. Larry didn't have a dog, and hadn't since the loss of his beloved basset hound, Gus. Why would God say that? Could Larry even open himself up to loving a dog again? He had far more questions than answers. But then came Grace. Together, Larry and his beloved yellow lab Gracie brought hope and healing to hundreds of sick and lonely people. But when Larry's own life takes a shocking and terrifying turn, it's up to Gracie to rescue Larry and his family too. Perfect for those looking for gifts for dog lovers and fans of animal stories Told with humor and heart Full of life lessons Includes photo gallery Written by Jennifer Marshall Bleakley (Joey and Pawverbs) and Larry Randolph, Finding Grace is the inspiring true story of a man willing to take a leap of faith and the four-legged companions by his side.
Download or read book Finding Grace written by Donna VanLiere and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Grace is the powerful, often humorous, and deeply moving story of one woman's journey of broken dreams. It is the story of how a painful legacy of the past is confronted and met with peace. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand why our desires— even the simplest ones—are sometimes denied or who has questioned where God is when we need him most. This story is about one woman's unlikely road to motherhood. Finally, it's a book about the "undeserved gift which is life itself." It's the story of "Finding Grace." Donna VanLiere has entertained millions with her inspirational stories. In her new book, she gives us a candid look into her own life, a life filled with suffering and pain, but one that ultimately finds peace with itself.
Download or read book Finding Grace written by Maren Cooper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Booker is thrilled to start married life in Two Harbors, Minnesota, with his ambitious ornithologist bride, Caroline—but he sabotages his own happiness when, blinded by his desire for a family, he tricks Caroline into a pregnancy she doesn’t want. Caroline, bold and unapologetic, follows her own nature and holds Charles to his promise to parent their daughter without her help—an arrangement that allows her to travel the world and follow her birds, wherever they may take her. This uneasy truce results in near tragedy for their daughter, Grace, who comes of age in a household full of toxic resentment on the one side and suffocating love on the other, and increasingly struggles with her mental health as she grows older. Told by all three of the characters involved and set against the backdrop of Lake Superior, Finding Grace is a piercing chronicle of the struggles and eventual insight gained by each over the years, starting with Charles and Caroline’s courtship and continuing into Grace’s early adulthood—and a poignant coming-of-age journey for both Grace and her parents.
Download or read book Finding Grace Through a Lifetime of Lies written by Karen Whisperer and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hello ~ I’m Karen, pleased to meet you. Who AM I? Who is Karen? Well, Karen is someone who has had many names, many titles during her last 57 trips around the sun. However, these are names I have been called, you will see some more throughout this book. I am NOT “just a preacher’s kid”. I am NOT just “the owner’s sister”. I am NOT “his wife” or “his wife” or even “his wife”. I am NOT “just a volunteer”. I am NOT “a healer”. I AM a “Motherless Daughter”! I AM “the sister who ran that show”! I AM “single and loving it”! I AM “the one who went from Volunteer to DIRECTOR of Disaster Services, American Red Cross”. I AM “a Spiritual Advisor” who doesn’t heal you, but guides you to heal yourself. I AM THE QUEEN OF MY LIFE, MY BUSINESS, MOTHERHOOD AND GRANDMOTHERHOOD! Welcome to my story, my life.
Download or read book Finding Grace written by Janis Thomas and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl is in terrible danger ... but can they reach her in time? Somebody’s coming for you California: Twelve-year-old Melanie has been in foster care her whole life, moving from home to home—unloved and unwanted. And although she has found relative contentment with her current foster parents, Melanie harbors a secret that, if discovered, would blow her world apart. Someone talks to Melanie, a presence no one else can see or hear, and this presence has a message for her: something bad is about to happen. New York: After years of battling with her troubled, unpredictable mother, Louise has managed to find peace in her solitary existence. Until the day Grace crashes back into her life and entreats Louise to help her save a child from imminent danger. Unwilling to get caught up in her mother’s madness, Louise resists. But she realizes the only way to be rid of Grace once and for all is to play along. Louise and Grace set off across America in search of Melanie, driven by Grace’s firm belief that they have to get there before the bad thing happens. To do that, Louise must first come to understand and trust her mother. But after a lifetime of pain and dysfunction, can the two finally heal old wounds in order to save one young girl?
Download or read book Amazing Gracie written by Mark Beckloff and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was love at first sight. Amid the frenzied barking and prancing of a house full of Great Danes, one pup was shivering in the corner. Gracie. But when Dan Dye reached her, she struggled to her feet like a clumsy foal, raised her forehead to his, and announced, as clearly as if she had actually spoken the words, You know I'm the one. Now get me outta here! By turns funny, moving, tender, and inspiring, Gracie's tale is a treat for every dog lover. There is Gracie's first morning, racing around Dan in the snowy yard. Gracie's first determination to prove to her step-sisters, Dottie the Dalmation and Sarah the Black Lab, that she's one of the girls. Gracie's defiant romance with a pint-size charmer named Byron, a Boston Terrier from the wrong side of the fence. Then born of necessity, the eureka moment: When Gracie's delicate constitution starts turning into anorexia, Dan teaches himself how to cook, and in three days is baking her the cookies that will spur her appetite, launch Three Dog Bakery, and transform their lives forever. Courage. Compassion. Kindness. Soul. Tenacity. And joy, above all, joy. These qualities Gracie possessed in abundance, and shared with everyone, human or canine, who had the good fortune to cross her path.
Download or read book Finding Love Again written by Tessa Vidal and published by Lovebird Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Finding Love Again series by bestselling lesbian romance author Tessa Vidal has all the feels. You’ll laugh, cry, and swoon reading this three book set. A Second Chance- Lauren Blackwood is at rock bottom. Her mother has recently passed away, she is struggling to make ends meet, and the only woman she’s ever loved dumped her. Now Gracie strolls back into her life, most likely expecting everything to return to the way it used to be. But that’s easier said than done. Despite the intense love she feels for Gracie, Lauren is afraid of getting hurt again. Is she capable of opening her heart, or will she continue her lonely existence, wondering what could have been? The Promise- Carly Poindexter is a catch, a wealthy real-estate developer who can have any woman she desires. She typically wants a good time for the night, nothing more or less. Carly has only given her heart away once, and two decades later, she will be reunited with the love of her life, Ashley James. Determined to win Ashley back, she agrees to a simple fling, no strings attached. But, what Carly wants and what she agrees to are two different things. Can she break through the barriers Ashley has erected around her heart, or will she lose her all over again? Reunited- Cast out of her wealthy family at a tender age, Jade Goodnight relies on the world’s oldest profession to make ends meet. After leaving the world of prostitution behind she struggles to find a path forward, until one day the family that originally betrays her shows up with the fortune she’s long been denied. When Luna Willows accidentally lands on her doorstep it is like déjà vu. As teens, Luna unknowingly triggers events that change Jade’s life forever. Sixteen years later, the curvy artist is about to turn Jade’s world upside down again. Fans of Harper Bliss and Clare Lydon will love this series of lesbian romance novels exploring second chances.
Download or read book Catching Gracie written by Sarah Baker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catching Gracie is the story about the trials, fears, and disappointments the Bakers had as they searched for their small black-and-tan dachshund, Gracie. The very first day at her new home, Gracie escaped from her kennel into a strange new world to her. She trusted no one. Afraid and bewildered, Gracie ran fast into the woods where coyotes roam. Other wild animals larger than Gracie also lived there. This was a very dangerous place for a small dachshund. The story relates the many situations and anxious days the Bakers spent while trying to catch Gracie.
Download or read book Gracie Allen for President 1940 written by William Carroll and published by Coda Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a premise that supposedly surfaced during a weekly writer's conference for their radio show, Gracie Allen for President 1940 is a treasury of nostalgic entertainment centered around Gracie's whistle-stop campaign for the presidency, during which an estimated 300,000 people across the nation came out to meet the train and hear her speak.
Download or read book The Temptation of Gracie written by Santa Montefiore and published by Simon & Schuster UK. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable tale of love lost and rediscovered, set in the enchanting backdrop of Italy—from internationally bestselling author Santa Montefiore, whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. Love may be lost, but it’s not gone forever. When Gracie Burton stumbles upon a weeklong cooking course at Castello Montefosco, a castle in the sun-kissed Tuscan countryside, she cannot resist the opportunity to revisit the past she left behind in Italy. Since her husband’s death eight years earlier, Gracie has grown apart from her daughter, Carina, a high-powered businesswoman in London and her granddaughter, Anastasia, who would rather spend her time on her phone than with her family, but both women decide to join her. Little do they know that a lifetime of secrets await them in Italy. Over the course of the week, Gracie reveals the truth about what has drawn her back to the castle and its owner, the mysterious Count Bassanelli. Carina and Anastasia are shocked to discover that Gracie spent fifteen years in Italy as an apprentice to her uncle, a renowned art restorer and collector. While there, she fell madly in love. Now, forty-one years later, she has returned in hopes of righting past wrongs. With the help of Mamma Bernadetta’s magical recipes and the kindness of her fellow guests, Gracie reconnects with her family and together, all three women learn that love once lost, is not gone forever. The Temptation of Gracie is a poignant, timeless tale of grand romance, a story of women through the generations, and a reminder that it’s never too late to love.
Download or read book Gracie s Journey written by Faye Cady and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-08-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Grace Thibodaux knew that she was a lucky girl, probably the luckiest girl ever. Both of her parents, Joe-Joe and Em, loved her so much. Grace loved them too. Their home was filled with music and laughter. Every day they taught Grace something new. Having Down syndrome, some things came easy to Grace; others were more difficult for her to learn. However, she always thought of what Em said: "That does not define you, Gracie." In other words, Down syndrome was just one part of Grace, like her dimples or brown eyes. Em had a way of explaining such matters: "You can do almost anything if you want it enough, Gracie." Life was good. Then on a December day, in the blink of an eye, the Thibodaux household changed forever. Gracie's beloved Joe-Joe was killed in a tragic accident. Her whole world was shattered on that day. Grace didn't think it could get worse, but it did. She awoke one day, and she could not remember Joe-Joe's voice or his laughter. She thought that she was losing him forever. Grace knew that she had to do something to keep Joe-Joe in her mind and in her heart, and she had to do it alone. She couldn't tell Em; she was already so sad. After careful planning, Gracie embarks on a suspenseful journey that brings life lessons, friendship, and healing.
Download or read book Grace written by Grace Roys and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Woodbridge Roys suffered from bi-polar disease before it was well understood. Her daughter feared that her children would also suffer mental illness. This annotation of Grace's diary opens the early 1900s missionary world in China and the personality of Grace to the reader. In December 1910 Grace married Harvey Curtis Roys, who was teaching physics at Kiang Nan government school in Nanking, under the sponsorship of the YMCA. Grace had had a mental breakdown weeks earlier when her missionary father forbade the marriage. The diary records their early married life, the births of their first two children, their social life with other missionaries in China, many of whom made major contributions to Nanking life and education: medical doctors and nurses, theology professors, agricultural innovators, and founders of universities, hospitals, nursing schools, and schools for young Chinese women and men. Included is their experience evacuating during the Sun Yat-sen Revolution of 1911. Well-known missionaries of that time came to tea and taught at the Hillcrest School that the mothers began for foreign children. The Nanyang Exposition took place in 1910, too, as China was in the throes of entering the modern era, with trains, electricity, telegraphs, and a new interest in democracy.
Download or read book Gracie s Song written by Michelle Schlicher and published by Michelle Schlicher. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Everything can be undone.” That’s what someone tells Gracie Brannen, but she’s doubtful. After graduation, she walked away from everyone she knew with barely a word. Ten years later, she’s back. Even as familiar places and faces bring back old pain, Gracie finds hope in rebuilding old ties and forging new ones. Maybe everything can’t be undone, but perhaps everything can be overcome.
Download or read book New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds written by Doyle, Denise and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although virtual worlds continue to grow in popularity, a substantial amount of research is needed to determine best practices in virtual spaces. The artistic community is one field where virtual worlds can be utilized to the greatest effect. New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds provides a coherent account of artistic practices in virtual worlds and considers the contribution the Second Life platform has made in a historical, theoretical, and critical context within the fields of art and technology. This volume is intended for both artists and scholars in the areas of digital art, art and technology, media arts history, virtual worlds, and games studies, as well as a broader academic audience who are interested in the philosophical implications of virtual spaces.
Download or read book A Dangerous Grace written by Read I. Myers and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
