Download or read book Lily is Leaving written by Leslie A Fried and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cirque Press proudly announces this collection of verse, Lily is Leaving by Leslie A. Fried. In Lily is Leaving: Poems by Leslie A. Fried, the reader travels by train across Texas flatlands with the poet as she grieves for her lost lover, inhales the "spicy scent of leaves smoldering" as she recalls her beloved mother, walks in late summer along Oregon cow paths to search for the "dangerous opulence" of blackberries, considers the intelligence of crows, makes a feeble attempt to explain the fragility of life to her granddaughter, and mourns the loss of those innocents beaten down by history. All of this she does in seven chapters with titles such as Laws of Attraction; How and Why; and Shipwreck and Resurrection - using language that curls the ear, wracks the heart and satisfies the mind. Leslie Fried is an archeologist of the soul, digging through the fractured histories of ancestors, and her own past with parents, lovers and sons, to describe the forces that mold our characters and haunt our dreams. She uses her acute powers of observation, and vivid images and metaphors, to relate both the depths of trauma and the heights of delight. She is particularly adept at revealing the deceitfulness we all use to bind others to ourselves and to make sense of our histories. In Leslie's poetic world, time is not linear, love covers a multitude of pains and disappointments, and grace is still possible. Tonja Woelber, author of the poetry collections Glacier Blue (2016) and Tundra Songs (2017). In her debut collection, Lily is Leaving, Leslie Fried writes "on the train my shadow is my letter of introduction." These poems are marked by their sensitivity to lives in transit, lives that need to journey in order to prosper, and, at times, to simply survive. When the speaker finds shelter, it's often outwardly flimsy -"our house is tiny / a chicken coop once /a crazy quilt now /of wood and windows /under the great fir" - but Fried vividly shows us how familial bonds deepen and intimacy flourishes in such idiosyncratic spaces. Indeed, the author delights in all invitations, large or small, that the world extends. And her poems make us at home in that world, as if we, too, are invited to live fully. For instance, she accepts an "Invitation to an Intimate Dinner Room 43, Airport Way South," and dines at "a small square table / covered in butcher paper /folded and taped" an experience that could have passed her by, had she let it. This is a narrator who takes her knocks at times because, fundamentally, she's in cahoots with abundance. When Fried tells us "I am planted and sprouting /in luminous air," we believe her. Deborah Woodard, author of Borrowed Tales Leslie Fried's debut collection offers an elegance in language illuminating carefully crafted poems that invite me to read and re-read lines, verses, and whole poems as I discover fresh angles, peepholes and circumstances to experience: ardor, family, history, loss, intimacy, death; to. . .know hard love as a trick of the trail. . .Here is a lively edginess of surprises along with Fried's 100 descriptions of place, each so vivid you might remember them later as if you had physically been there. It is a gift. Her gift is extended by her own illustrations. Delicate and impish special treats. For my own pleasure, I read the poems aloud to myself, and discover more heart, more about being alive as. . .the earth is breathing stories. . . Carol Levin, author of Stunned by Velocity (2012), Confident Music Would Fly Us to Paradise (2014), and An Undercurrent of Jitters (2018).

Download or read book Dash Lily s Book of Dares written by Rachel Cohn and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix original series starring Austin Abrams and Midori Francis! A whirlwind holiday season romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. “I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” 16-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on her favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to pick up the notebook and rise to its challenges. What follows is a whirlwind romance as Dash and Lily trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City. But can their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions, or will their scavenger hunt end in a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions? Co-written by Rachel Cohn (GINGERBREAD) and David Levithan, co-author of WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON with John Green (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS), DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES is a love story that will have readers scouring bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.

Download or read book Lily Alone written by Jacqueline Wilson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily isn't home ALONE - but she sort of wishes she was; looking after her three younger siblings is a lot of responsibility. When Mum goes off on holiday with her new boyfriend and her stepdad fails to show up, Lily is determined to keep the family together and show they can cope without any grown-ups. But taking care of 6-year-old twins, her 3-year-old sister and the family's flat feels overwhelming and Lily is worried that school or social services might discover their situation and break up the family. What could be better than to take all the little ones for a camping adventure in the park? Plenty of space to run about, no carpet to vacuum, and surely no chance anyone will guess they're there . . .

Download or read book It Ends with Us written by Colleen Hoover and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn’t let go, long after you’ve finished it” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Your Perfects, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can’t stop thinking about her first love. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened. An honest, evocative, and tender novel, It Ends with Us is “a glorious and touching read, a forever keeper. The kind of book that gets handed down” (USA TODAY).

Download or read book Locked Out Lily written by Nick Lake and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A startlingly original, delightfully eerie tale for 9+ readers, with stunning illustrations by a renowned and multi-award-winning artist Lily just wants things to go back to the way they were: before she got sick, before her parents decided to have another baby. So when she’s sent away to stay with her grandmother while her mum has the baby, Lily is determined to go home. But she doesn’t expect to find people in her house – people who look like her parents, but definitely aren’t… Together with some unlikely animal companions, Lily must face her fears and summon the courage to break into her own house, and defeat ‘The Replacements’ before the night is out." Allegorical and atmospheric, this is a modern classic to treasure, perfect for fans of Coraline and A Monster Calls. 'A book of such wit and flair and delight: the kind of book you finish and immediately begin again, so that you can live again alongside the characters.’ - Katherine Rundell, bestselling author of Rooftoppers

Download or read book Where Lily Isn t written by Julie Paschkis and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Lily Isn't is Julie Paschkis and Margaret Chodos-Irvine's beautiful bereavement picture book celebrating the love of a lost pet. Lily ran and jumped and barked and whimpered and growled and wiggled and wagged and licked and snuggled. But not now. It is hard to lose a pet. There is sadness, but also hope—for a beloved pet lives on in your heart, your memory, and your imagination.

Download or read book Miss Lilly Is Leaving written by Katharine Holabird and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angelina is heartbroken when she hears that Miss Lilly is moving away to teach at the Rodentski Academy. Angelina and the other mouselings come up with a plan to stop their beloved teacher from leaving. Can they convince Miss Lilly to stay?

Download or read book Lily Hates Goodbyes written by Jerilyn Marler and published by Quincy Companion Books. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily's Daddy is in the military. Join her as she learns to cope with her emotions and to be happy in her daily life while she looks forward to joyfully saying hello when Daddy gets home.

Download or read book The Truth of Right Now written by Kara Lee Corthron and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A heart-wrenching debut novel about relationships in its many forms--families, friendships, romance--and how Lily and Dari, coming from different backgrounds and different worlds, strive to find a connection through their differences as they fight against their own individual pasts"--

Download or read book Missing Lily written by Annette K. Larsen and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lylin is not used to being alone--much less alone, hurt, and lost. So when she is separated from her guard and forced to abandon her horse, she counts herself lucky to stumble upon a manor house. Still frightened by those who chased her into the night, she keeps her identity a secret, calling herself Lily as she accepts the help of kind servants and the compassion of Lord Fallon. When they fall into an easy friendship, she wonders if her secrecy was too hasty. However, as she gets to know the manor and its residents, Lylin discovers that she's not the only one hiding secrets, and it may be a very good thing that her host doesn't know her true identity as a member of the royal family." -- from p. [4] cover.

Download or read book Lily written by Dorothy W. Cosey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily is a beautiful young woman the daughter of Thomas and Margarita Kendal a poor farming family that resides in Western Tennessee. Lily's life has always been quite and simple but and unexpected encounter with the handsome Bradley Thomas will change Lily's life forever. Bradley sweeps Lily off her feet with his good looks and intellect, the tall handsome stranger that knows what he wants out of life, but what Bradley wants right now is Lily. He falls for Lily the first time they meet, but Bradley has some complications in his life, will his former lover forgive him for falling for Lily? On the other hand, will she seek revenge for Bradley's unfaithfulness? Bradley and Lily's life will encounter several different forces which could ultimately destroy there life together. Will family secretes hold the key to Bradley's future? This adventure takes these two on a journey beyond the imagination. Will Lily be able to fit into a family that is somewhat divided or will she help smooth over the hostilities that are brewing?

Download or read book The Adventures of Lily written by Darcy Busch and published by darcy busch. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily and her friend Nick live in a small town in western Kansas. Together they solve many mysteries that they find in Scott City. Lily is very stubborn, and when her mind is made up, no one, not even Nick can convince her otherwise. The duo find many unusual occurrences in their small town. Lily and Nick face many obstacles, just like children in our society. Things arenat always what they seem, and Lily is very aware of this. These detectives will lead the reader through a maze of interesting cases. Who knows, maybe you can even help them solve one?

Download or read book Lily written by Harry Brunswick Loëb and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lily Leaves etc written by Henry Rowland BROWN (Poetical Writer, the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lily Norris Enemy written by Joanna H. Mathews and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Lily Norris’ Enemy by Joanna H. Mathews

Download or read book All That You Leave Behind written by Erin Lee Carr and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A documentary filmmaker and daughter of the late, great New York Times columnist David Carr celebrates and wrestles with her father’s legacy in a raw, redemptive memoir.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “A breathtaking read . . . a testimony equal parts love and candor. David would have had it no other way.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates, bestselling author of Between the World and Me NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GLAMOUR AND MARIE CLAIRE Dad: What will set you apart is not talent but will and a certain kind of humility. A willingness to let the world show you things that you play back as you grow as an artist. Talent is cheap. Me: OK I will ponder these things. I am a Carr. Dad: That should matter quite a bit, actually not the name but the guts of what that name means. A celebrated journalist, bestselling author (The Night of the Gun), and recovering addict, David Carr was in the prime of his career when he suffered a fatal collapse in the newsroom of The New York Times in 2015. Shattered by his death, his daughter Erin Lee Carr, at age twenty-seven an up-and-coming documentary filmmaker, began combing through the entirety of their shared correspondence—1,936 items in total—in search of comfort and support. What started as an exercise in grief quickly grew into an active investigation: Did her father’s writings contain the answers to the question of how to move forward in life and work without her biggest champion by her side? How could she fill the space left behind by a man who had come to embody journalistic integrity, rigor, and hard reporting, whose mentorship meant everything not just to her but to the many who served alongside him? All That You Leave Behind is a poignant coming-of-age story that offers a raw and honest glimpse into the multilayered relationship between a daughter and a father. Through this lens, Erin comes to understand her own workplace missteps, existential crises, and relationship fails. While daughter and father bond over their mutual addictions and challenges with sobriety, it is their powerful sense of work and family that comes to ultimately define them. This unique combination of Erin Lee Carr’s earnest prose and her father’s meaningful words offers a compelling read that shows us what it means to be vulnerable and lost, supported and found. It is a window into love, with all of its fierceness and frustrations. “Thank you, Erin, for this beautiful book. Now I am going to steal all of your father’s remarkable advice and tell my kids I thought of it.”—Judd Apatow

Download or read book Here s Lily written by Nancy N. Rue and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grow with the spirited, sometimes awkward, but always charming Lily as she learns what real beauty is. In this fun, entertaining story, readers meet awkward sixth grader Lily Robbins who, after receiving a compliment about her looks from a woman in the modeling business, becomes obsessed with her appearance and with becoming a model. As she sets her sights on winning the model search fashion show, she exchanges her rock and feather collection for lip gloss, fashion magazines, and a private "club" with her closest friends. But when the unthinkable happens the night before the fashion show, Lily learns a valuable lesson about real beauty. This best-selling, biblically based fiction series for girls--with a fresh new look and updated content--addresses social issues and coming-of-age topics, all with the spunk and humor of Lily Robbins as she fumbles her way through unfamiliar territory. As readers come to love Lily and her stories, they'll also benefit from the companion nonfiction books that will help them through their own growing pains.