Download or read book An Unkindness of Ghosts written by Rivers Solomon and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler. —One of Esquire magazine’s 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time “Solomon debuts with a raw distillation of slavery, feudalism, prison, and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine . . . Stunning.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship’s leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot—if she’s willing to sow the seeds of civil war.

Download or read book Three Siblings written by Harish Noudiyal and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Siblings By: Harish Noudiyal A multifaceted issue such as poverty has been a consistent problem throughout history. Some are born into it and some from society reason neglect. Three Siblings is a fictional story based on facts that occur from generation to generation, especially in the countryside. It combines moments of pain, agony, poignancy, struggles, compassion, tragedy, hunger, and hope that one day, God willing, the situation can be solved by either nature or somebody’s involvement and changing the whole atmosphere.

Download or read book The Fourth Finger written by Latifat Balogun and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Finger narrates the story of Ahdia a beautiful young woman that seems to have been able to accomplish all life has to offer except a successful love relationship. Love seems to hate her, and eludes her every time she thinks she has finally found the perfect man. She hopelessly and tirelessly goes through heartbreaking relationships leaving her to doubt her own ability to love and be loved. To compound her problems, she is from a conservative Islamic African background that views marriage and child rearing as a necessity/obligation for every woman. She represents a clash of cultures and is ultimately torn in between accepting her African or Western cultural belief systems pertaining to gender, marriage, love, and divorce

Download or read book My Daughter My Mother written by Annie Murray and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984 two young mothers meet at a toddler group in Birmingham. As their friendship grows, they share with each other the difficulties and secrets in their lives: Joanne, a sweet, shy girl, is increasingly afraid of her husband. The lively, promising man she married has become hostile and violent and she is too ashamed to tell anyone. When her mother, Margaret is suddenly rushed into hospital, the bewildered family find that there are things about their mother of which they had no idea. Margaret was evacuated from Birmingham as a child and has spent years avoiding the pain of her childhood - but finds that you can't run from the past forever. Sooky, kind and good-natured, has already been through one disastrous marriage and is back at home living with her parents. But being 'disgraced' is not easy. Her mother, Meena, refuses to speak to Sooky. At first her silence seems like a punishment, but Sooky gradually realizes it contains emotions which are far more complicated and that her mother may need her help. Meena has spent twenty years trying to fit in with life in Birmingham, and to deal with the conflicts within her between east and west, old ways and new. My Daughter, My Mother by bestselling saga author Annie Murray, is the story of two young women discovering the heartbreak of their mothers' lives, and of how mothers create daughters - and learn from them.

Download or read book The Truths We Hold written by Kamala Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now adapted for young readers, Vice President Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life. With her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as attorney general of California, Kamala Harris has blazed trails throughout her entire political career. But how did she achieve her goals? What values and influences guided and inspired her along the way? In this young readers edition of Kamala Harris’s memoir, we learn about the impact that her family and community had on her life, and see what led her to discover her own sense of self and purpose. The Truths We Hold traces her journey as she explored the values she holds most dear—those of community, equality, and justice. An inspiring and empowering memoir, this book challenges us to become leaders in our own lives and shows us that with determination and perseverance all dreams are possible.

Download or read book Tamsin written by Peter S. Beagle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Last Unicorn comes an “engaging story of a friendship that transcends time”(Library Journal)... Arriving in the magnificent countryside of Dorset, England, to live with her mother and new stepfather, the young and very American Jenny Gluckstein has little interest in her historic surroundings, including that of the 700 acre Stourhead Farm her stepfather is restoring. Then she meets Tamsin, a kindred spirit that has haunted the lonely estate for 300 years, trapped by a hidden trauma she can't remember, and by a powerful evil even the spirits of night cannot name. To help her, Jenny must delve deeper into the dark world than any human has in centuries, and face a danger that will change her life forever.

Download or read book The Diamond Ring written by N. Rajanna and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a tale of woe of Meenakshi, an orphan girl from southern India. Like the thousands of orphans in India, she lives a life in which others determine her every move. For her, every event is predestined. Many of us are fortunate enough to be told and to believe that our destiny lies within our own hands. In the case of unfortunates like Meenakshi, that is not the case. All of their efforts to decide life for themselves are futile. Fate, for them, is the puppet master. No matter how hard they try there is no outwitting Destiny for Destiny always triumphs!

Download or read book Let s Never Speak of This Again written by Megan Williams and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Text Prize, Let's Never Speak of This Again is the big-hearted YA debut of the year, celebrating the depths and strengths of friendship through all of life's ups and downs

Download or read book Never Fear Meena s Here written by Karla Manternach and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When third-grader Meena starts to believe she has super powers and is protected from epileptic seizures, she jeopardizes her relationship with her friends and younger sister.

Download or read book With my Beloved One written by DP Gautham and published by Damick Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is very easy to enter into someone’s life, be it the one whom you love or the one who loves you secretly. Love is not same with everyone, for a few of them it comes up with the struggle. But of course, sometimes you get success. This book is all about Love, Passion and Life. It shows how an aspiring film director Khanna is very firm towards his goal and the girl named Meena is very determined to do her MS and another girl named Niya is a nerd who is born to do nothing rather than loving Khanna. Their struggles make you feel the grief and their love makes you feel the joy. If you wish to spy their life and negotiate your life with characters of the book, grab the book and flip through the pages.

Download or read book Live Your Best Lie Volume 1 written by Jessie Weaver and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds mask the darkest, and bloodiest, secrets. Social media influencer Summer Cartwright leads a very charmed life: millions of followers, the hottest designer and vintage clothes at her fingertips, a newly minted book deal, the coolest friends, and, until recently, the hottest boyfriend at her über-elite prep school. Every moment of her life has been carefully planned and cultivated to complement her "imperfectly perfect" social media persona. She is truly #LivingHerBestLife. But when Summer goes missing during her annual Halloween party and then an unscheduled post appears on her feed stating that she'll be dead within the next five minutes, those closest to Summer know something isn't quite right—or on-brand. Grace, Summer's camera-shy best friend; Adam, Summer's gamer ex-boyfriend; Laney, Summer's moody camp roommate; and Cora, an influencer wannabe, all decide to investigate. And when they come upon Summer's lifeless body, they soon realize that no filter is strong enough to mask the lies we tell ourselves. Told in multiple POVs interspersed with social media posts and flashbacks, Live Your Best Lie has twists and turns that will keep readers turning the page and no one will be able to guess the ending.

Download or read book Meena Meets Her Match written by Karla Manternach and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For Junie B. graduates” (Kirkus Reviews). Join Meena as she navigates the triumphs and challenges of family, friendship, and personal secrets in this charming middle grade debut. Meena’s life is full of color. She wears vibrant clothes, eats every shade of the rainbow, and plucks eye-catching trash from the neighborhood recycling bins. But when Meena’s best friend, Sofía, stops playing with her at recess and she experiences an unexpected and scary incident at breakfast, nothing can fight off the gray. That’s when Meena comes up with a plan to create the BEST and most COLORFUL Valentine’s Day Box in the class. With the help of her cousin, Eli, and her stuffed zebra, Raymond, Meena discovers that the best way to break through the blah is to let her true colors shine.

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Download or read book Team Meena written by Karla Manternach and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meena learns that it is possible to have a long-distance friendship with Sofía while still making new friends.

Download or read book Teen Queens written by Cathy Hopkins and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there ever a kiss without consequences? Lia has everything - glamorous parents, a brother who adores her, good friends, looks, brains . . . and she has remained kind and unpretentious in spite of it! Everyone loves Lia. But when a popular boy starts to focus his attention on her, and Lia kisses him, another girl becomes a vengeful enemy, making Lia's life as miserable as can be. And the rest of the gang have to help her out of a dreadful mess . . . The third book in the popular TRUTH, DARE, KISS, PROMISE series.

Download or read book Theatre After Empire written by Megan E. Geigner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizing the resilience of theatre arts in the midst of significant political change, Theatre After Empire spotlights the emergence of new performance styles in the wake of collapsed political systems. Centering on theatrical works from the late nineteenth century to the present, twelve original essays written by prominent theatre scholars showcase the development of new work after social revolutions, independence campaigns, the overthrow of monarchies, and world wars. Global in scope, this book features performances occurring across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The essays attend to a range of live events—theatre, dance, and performance art—that stage subaltern experiences and reveal societies in the midst of cultural, political, and geographic transition. This collection is an engaging resource for students and scholars of theatre and performance; world history; and those interested in postcolonialism, multiculturalism, and transnationalism. The Introduction ("Framing Latine Theatre and Performance") of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Download or read book Big Girls Drama written by Tresser Henderson and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it's being told you have to purchase two seats on an airplane or getting dirty looks when you're with a handsome man, being a big girl in a superficial world can come with more issues than any woman should have to deal with. Add to that some over-the-top family and marriage issues, and you have the perfect recipe for some Big Girls Drama. When Vivian married Sheldon, she thought she would be spending life with her best friend, but now she is facing a dreadful problem: a sexless marriage. Whenever she tries to reach for him in the night, Sheldon attacks her. Is he no longer attracted to her? Is he having an affair? Vivian is sinking into depression, and she becomes determined to figure out what secret her husband is hiding. Monica's husband Devin has been very clear about why he's not interested in her anymore. She tries to make things work with him, but when he calls out another woman's name one night, it's the final straw. Monica summons her inner strength and goes from dutiful wife to a sista out for revenge. Kelly has also found out that her husband is having an affair—with a man. Now he wants to move the man in and introduce him to neighbors as Kelly's cousin. She's not going for it, and things soon go from bad to worse when she learns some even more devastating information about her husband. Sonya is single, so she doesn't have the marital woes that her friends do, but raising a teenage daughter alone comes with its own set of problems. When she discovers that her daughter is pregnant, she's heartbroken, but when she finds out who the father might be, pandemonium ensues. Tresser Henderson delivers another hilarious, fast-paced novel that will keep readers entertained to the very last page.