Download or read book Inconvenient Daughter written by Lauren J. Sharkey and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Illuminates with cutting truth the layers of longing and grief which underlie a transracial adoption . . . sharply written, intense, and page-turning.” —Randy Susan Meyers, bestselling author of Waisted Rowan Kelly knows she’s lucky. After all, if she hadn’t been adopted, she could have spent her days in a rice paddy, or a windowless warehouse assembling iPhones—they make iPhones in Korea, right? Either way, slowly dying of boredom on Long Island is surely better than the alternative. But as she matures, she realizes that she’ll never know if she has her mother’s eyes, or if she’d be in America at all had her adoptive parents been able to conceive. Rowan sets out to prove that she can be someone’s first choice. After running away from home—and her parents’ rules—and ending up beaten, barefoot, and topless on a Pennsylvania street courtesy of Bad Boy Number One, Rowan attaches herself to Never-Going-to-Commit. When that doesn’t work out, she fully abandons self-respect and begins browsing Craigslist personals. But as Rowan dives deeper into the world of casual encounters with strangers, she discovers what she’s really looking for. With a fresh voice and a quick wit, Lauren J. Sharkey dispels the myths surrounding transracial adoption, the ties that bind, and what it means to belong. A Finalist for Foreword Review’s 2020 INDIES Book of the Year Award in Adult Fiction—Multicultural “Stirring . . . a moving account of Rowan’s difficult reckoning with her identity. This is an adept portrayal of the long shadow of abuse and the difficulty of being an adoptee.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book A Scholar of His College written by W. E. W. Collins and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stella Fregelius written by Henry Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stella Fregelius a Tale of Three Destinies written by Henry Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stella Fregelius A Tale of Three Destinies written by H. Rider Haggard and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Tracing the Shadow written by Sarah Ash and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescuing a starving young orphan girl from the streets, a member of the much feared Guerriers of the Commanderie's Inquisition is unaware that the child is the daughter of one of the mages they had just burned at the stake, and as Celestine grows to womanhood, her beautiful singing voice could provide the key to revenge on the betrayer who destroyed her father. Reprint.
Download or read book Raising a Strong Daughter in a Toxic Culture written by Meg Meeker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents have never had a tougher job than now. Our culture bombards our daughters with unhealthy role models, misleads them about the consequences of early sexual activity, and even adds to the confusion of adolescences by encouraging them to question their “gender.” Meg Meeker has been a pediatrician for more than thirty years, is a mother and a grandmother, and has seen it all. She knows what makes for strong, happy, healthy young women—and what puts our daughters at risk. Combining that experience with her famous common sense, she explains the eleven steps that will help your daughter—whether she’s a toddler or a troubled teen—to achieve her full human potential. In this book, you will learn: The four biggest questions every daughter has—and that you must answer Why it's the quality, not the quantity, of your daughter's friends that matters The essential, complementary roles that mothers and fathers play The dangers of social media—and how to help your daughter navigate them What every daughter needs to know about God Why depression is often a "sexually transmitted disease" How to launch your daughter into successful womanhood If you have a daughter, and worry about her future, you need Dr. Meg's advice.
Download or read book The Heather Moon written by Charles Norris Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Inconvenient Woman written by Dominick Dunne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Good unclean fun . . . [a] convoluted, scandal-greased, exposed-backsides-of-the-rich-and-famous story . . . told in a confiding, breathless undertone.”—Entertainment Weekly Jules Mendelson is wealthy. Astronomically so. He and his wife lead the kind of charity-giving, art-filled, high-society life for which each has been carefully groomed. Until Jules falls in love with Flo March, a beautiful actress/waitress. What Flo discovers about the superrich is not a pretty sight. And in the end, she wants no more than what she was promised. But when Flo begins to share the true story of her life among the Mendelsons, not everyone is in a listening mood. And some cold shoulders have very sharp edges. . . .
Download or read book Works written by Henry Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inconvenient People written by Sarah Wise and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of false allegations of mental illness is as old as our first interactions as human beings. Every one of us has described some other person as crazy or insane, and most all of us have had periods, moments at least, of madness. But it took the confluence of the law and medical science, mad–doctors, alienists, priests and barristers, to raise the matter to a level of "science," capable of being used by conniving relatives, "designing families" and scheming neighbors to destroy people who found themselves in the way, people whose removal could provide their survivors with money or property or other less frivolous benefits. Girl Interrupted in only a recent example. And reversing this sort of diagnosis and incarceration became increasingly more difficult, as even the most temperate attempt to leave these "homes" or "hospitals" was deemed "crazy." Kept in a madhouse, one became a little mad, as Jack Nicholson and Ken Kesey explain in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. In this sadly terrifying, emotionally moving, and occasionally hilarious book, twelve cases of contested lunacy are offered as examples of the shifting arguments regarding what constituted sanity and insanity. They offer unique insight into the fears of sexuality, inherited madness, greed and fraud, until public feeling shifted and turned against the rising alienists who would challenge liberty and freedom of people who were perhaps simply "difficult," but were turned into victims of this unscrupulous trade. This fascinating book is filled with stories almost impossible to believe but wildly engaging, a book one will not soon forget.
Download or read book Wallis in Love written by Andrew Morton and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of the Netflix series The Crown and from the author of the New York Times bestseller 17 Carnations comes a captivating biography of Wallis Simpson, the notorious woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne. "You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance." -- Wallis Simpson Before she became known as the woman who enticed a king from his throne and birthright, Bessie Wallis Warfield was a prudish and particular girl from Baltimore. At turns imaginative, ambitious, and spoiled, Wallis's first words as recalled by her family were "me, me." From that young age, she was in want of nothing but stability, status, and social acceptance as she fought to climb the social ladder and take her place in London society. As irony would have it, she would gain the love and devotion of a king, but only at the cost of his throne and her reputation. In Wallis in Love, acclaimed biographer Andrew Morton offers a fresh portrait of Wallis Simpson in all her vibrancy and brazenness as she transformed from a hard-nosed gold-digger to charming chatelaine. Using diary entries, letters, and other never-before-seen records, Morton takes us through Wallis's romantic adventures in Washington, China, and her entrance into the strange wonderland that is London society. During her journey, we meet an extraordinary array of characters, many of whom smoothed the way for her dalliance with the king of England, Edward VIII. Wallis in Love goes beyond Wallis's infamous persona and reveals a complex, domineering woman striving to determine her own fate and grapple with matters of the heart.
Download or read book My Daughter s Wedding written by Claire Baldry and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-07-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When ‘bride to be’ and single parent, Charlotte, discovers that her 61-year-old widowed mother is in a new relationship, she struggles to come to terms with it. “Why do you need to have a man, at your age?” Charlotte asks, “Can’t you just be a grandma?” The growing tension between mother and daughter combined with preparations for the wedding impact on both family and friends. In this compelling and unashamedly romantic tale of finding love in later life, the experience of a young care-leaver who is tasked with making the wedding bouquet, is skilfully intertwined with the family’s – sometimes turbulent– preparations for a modern wedding.
Download or read book Her Daughter s Cry written by M.M. Chouinard and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Had me hooked from the first page to the last with a heart-wrenching story and explosive conclusion. I love psychological thrillers and police procedural with strong female leads so I felt as if I won the jackpot with this one.” Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The woman stumbles through the woods, face burned from the sun, feet aching with fatigue. At last she catches sight of a road and limps towards the first store in sight. The kindly storekeeper rushes towards her, “Are you okay, sweetheart? What happened?” The woman looks down at her shirt which is covered in blood. “I—I don’t know. I can’t remember.” On a crisp New England morning, Detective Jo Fournier interviews a woman who dragged herself out of the forest, covered in blood and unsure of her own name. Jo gently tries to help Zoe, as she wants to be called, remember anything about her life. The wedding band on her finger says she’s married, but she can’t remember to whom. And she certainly can’t remember the person who attacked her… Then a shocking revelation comes back from the lab: the blood on Zoe’s clothes belongs to her daughter. Jo knows how painful it is to lose the person who means the most to you, her fiancé was murdered in front of her. One thought races through Jo’s head: who hurt Zoe so badly that she can’t remember her own child? Next a man claiming to be Zoe’s husband turns up looking for her, clearly wanting to finish what he started in the forest. Zoe is utterly terrified and, not knowing who to trust, takes off into the night by herself to find her daughter. Suddenly Jo is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse where the stakes couldn’t be higher. She is desperate to save Zoe and her daughter and find them both before the killer tracks them down. But when Jo takes a deadly risk to save Zoe—will she escape alive? From USA Today bestseller M.M. Chouinard, Her Daughter’s Cry will grab you from the first page and not let you go until the jaw-dropping twist! Perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Lisa Regan and Gregg Olsen Everyone is utterly addicted to Her Daughter’s Cry: “Just WOW!! The twists I just didn’t see coming… The story was crazy SO CRAZY!!! If you think you can guess what is going to happen, you will be sadly mistaken!! I loved every second of it.” Crossroad Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Hooked straight away… I was on the edge of my seat throughout this book and biting my nails… Full of action and suspense, this one will get a hold of you and will keep you in its clutches until the final thrilling act.” Once Upon A Time Book Blog ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Tension and suspense to keep me gripped and tapping my kindle faster and faster. This book had me hooked from the first page, read in one sitting and finally turned the last page at 2 a.m. I HAD TO KNOW THE TRUTH!” Goodreads Reviewer “Wow… Gripped me from the very first page until the very last page. I just couldn’t put it down and when I had to put it down I couldn’t wait to pick it up again!” Goodreads Reviewer “Addictive and extremely hard to put down… I was tearing through those pages like there was no tomorrow.” Star Crossed Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Download or read book Legitimate Daughter s Transmigration written by Da KeKe and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genius technology woman brought the system over the handsome brother comes to support me the king of assassins was used as a bodyguard destroying the marriage contract torturing the scum of a man and being so elegant and unrestrained.
Download or read book Kaleidoscope written by Cecily Wong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling and heartfelt novel about two sisters caught in their parents’ ambition, the accident that brings it all crashing down, and the journey that follows. Everybody’s heard of The Brightons. From rags to riches, sleepy Oregon to haute New York, they are the biracial Chinese American family that built Kaleidoscope, a glittering, ‘global bohemian’ shopping empire sourcing luxury goods from around the world. Statuesque, design savant, and family pet—eldest daughter Morgan Brighton is most celebrated of all. Yet despite her favored status, both within the family and in the press, nobody loves her more than Riley. Smart and nervy Riley Brighton — whose existence is forever eclipsed by her older sister’s presence. When a catastrophic event dismantles the Brightons’ world, it is Riley who’s left with questions about her family that challenge her memory, identity, and loyalty. She sets off across the globe with an unlikely companion to seek truths about the people she thought she knew best —herself included. Using the brightly colored, shifting mosaic patterns of a kaleidoscope as its guide, and told in arresting, addictive fragments, Kaleidoscope is at once a reckoning with one family’s flawed American Dream, and an examination of the precious bond between sisters. It reveals, too, the different kinds of love left to grow when tightly held stories are finally let go. At turns devastating and funny, warm and wise, sexy and transportive, Riley’s journey confronts the meaning of freedom and travel, youth and innocence, and what it looks like to belong, grieve, and love on one’s own terms.
