Download or read book Mothers Before written by Edan Lepucki and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was your mother before she was a mother? Essays and photos from Brit Bennett, Jennifer Egan, Danzy Senna, Laura Lippman, Jia Tolentino, and many more. In this remarkable collection, New York Times–bestselling novelist Edan Lepucki gathers more than sixty original essays and favorite photographs to explore this question. The daughters in Mothers Before are writers and poets, artists and teachers, and the images and stories they share reveal the lives of women in ways that are vulnerable and true, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always moving. Contributors include: Brit Bennett * Jennine Capó Crucet * Jennifer Egan * Angela Garbes * Annabeth Gish * Alison Roman * Lisa See * Danzy Senna * Dana Spiotta * Lan Samantha Chang * Laura Lippman * Jia Tolentino * Tiffany Nguyen * Charmaine Craig * Maya Ramakrishnan * Eirene Donohue * and many others

Download or read book They Call Me Mom written by Jenny Cioto and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will bring you through Jennys struggle of infertility and adoption. Be prepared to cry and laugh as she unfolds how God worked in her beautifully messy life.

Download or read book Design Mom written by Gabrielle Stanley Blair and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best seller Ever since Gabrielle Stanley Blair became a parent, she’s believed that a thoughtfully designed home is one of the greatest gifts we can give our families, and that the objects and decor we choose to surround ourselves with tell our family’s story. In this, her first book, Blair offers a room-by-room guide to keeping things sane, organized, creative, and stylish. She provides advice on getting the most out of even the smallest spaces; simple fixes that make it easy for little ones to help out around the house; ingenious storage solutions for the never-ending stream of kid stuff; rainy-day DIY projects; and much, much more.

Download or read book They Call Me Mom written by Michelle Medlock Adams and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving, funny devotions crafted for every day by moms who know the drill When women take on the role of mom, they take on a hundred other titles as well: healer, comforter, chef, teacher, cheerleader—and less flattering things like disciplinarian, ruiner of fun times, and chief worrier. In the middle of juggling all those roles, finding room to spend time alone seeking God can seem insurmountable. Moms Michelle Medlock Adams and Bethany Jett understand the struggles—and the joys. They've pulled together their own experiences with the crazy world of parenting as well as the most requested, most talked about topics on mommy blogs. Their research nailed down what moms really want to talk about. And then they created a devotional that speaks straight to the heart of the mommy life. They Call Me Mom is a lighthearted, transparent take on the real-life ups and downs mothers face through all stages of parenting. Whether mom just brought home her first baby or she has several kids and zero time, she'll find relatable words and helpful encouragement in these pages. And with one devotion for every week of the year, it's easy to fit in a few minutes with God in the middle of a full parenting life.

Download or read book Echoes Between Us Sneak Peek written by Katie McGarry and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Download a FREE sneak peek of Echoes Between Us, bestselling author Katie McGarry’s breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her. Veronica sees ghosts. More specifically, her mother's ghost. The afterimages of blinding migraines caused by the brain tumor that keeps her on the fringes and consumes her whole life haunt her, even as she wonders if it's something more... Golden boy Sawyer is handsome and popular, a state champion swimmer, but his adrenaline addiction draws him to Veronica. A girl with nothing to live for and a boy with everything to lose--can they conquer their demons together? “Katie McGarry knows what YA is, how it works, and what it can do better than anyone, but she always takes it one step further.”—Hypable At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Last American Painter written by Steven Johnson Leyba and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Call Me Hope written by Gretchen Olson and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As 11-year-old Hope struggles to live under the pressures of her verbally abusive mother, she's tempted to run away but instead chooses resilience. She creates a secret safe haven and an innovative point system (giving herself points for every bad thing her mother says to her); finds comfort and inspiration from Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl; and gains a support team. Ultimately, Hope is able to confront her mother about her hurtful words and help her begin to change.

Download or read book Love Like That written by Amanda Hill and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dalton Moss: quick-witted, impulsive, aggressively unambitious; a halfhearted assistant to a Hollywood events planner, she has a penchant for dive bars and abusing her mother’s credit card. Meet Dalton’s boyfriend, Roman: charming, intellectual, worldly; he lands in L.A. just long enough to slip a two-carat diamond on her finger before flying right off again. Now meet Dalton’s other boyfriend, Jeremy: perfect in his imperfection, surly in his attraction to her and can match her beer for beer; she doesn’t want to love him, but can’t help herself, despite Roman—and despite Jeremy’s other girlfriend. Confused? So is Dalton. Now that she’s engaged, twenty-five-year-old Dalton figures she should temper her fiery, furtive relationship with Jeremy. After all, this is her chance to shed her bad-girl habits and live happily ever after. It’s a no brainer: Roman’s offering a rescue from her drowned existence in L.A. But Jeremy could be her twisted ticket to wonderland. She’s been holding out for a crushing feeling, a love like that, but will she figure out which man she has it with before she loses them both?

Download or read book Will I Ever be Good Enough written by Karyl McBride and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers,Will I Ever Be Good Enough?provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women's psychology and health, psychotherapist Dr. Karyl McBride helpsyou recognize the widespread effects of this maternal emotional abuse and guides you as you create an individualized program for self-protection, resolution, and complete recovery.An estimated 1.5 million American women have narcissistic personality disorder, which makes them so insecure and overbearing, insensitive and domineering that they can psychologically damage their daughters for life. Daughters of narcissistic mothers learn that maternal love is not unconditional, and that it is given only when they behave in accordance with their mothers' often unreasonable expectations and whims. As adults, these daughters consequently have difficulty overcoming their insecurities and feelings of inadequacy, disappointment, sadness, and emotional emptiness. They may also have a terrible fear of abandonment that leads them to form unhealthy love relationships, as well as a tendency to perfectionism and unrelenting self-criticism, or to self-sabotage and frustration.Herself the recovering daughter of a narcissistic mother, Dr. McBride includes her personal struggle, which adds a profound level of authority to her work, along with the perspectives of the hundreds of suffering daughters she's interviewed over the years. Their stories of how maternal abuse has manifested in their lives -- as well as how they have successfully overcome its effects -- show you that you're not alone and that you can take back your life and have the controlyouwant.Dr. McBride's step-by-step program will enable you to:(1) Recognize your own experience with maternal narcissism and its effects on all aspects of your life (2) Discover how you have internalized verbal and nonverbal messages from your mother and how these have translated into a strong desire to overachieve or a tendency to self-sabotage (3) Construct a step-by-step program to reclaim your life and enhance your sense of self, a process that includes creating a psychological separation from your mother and breaking the legacy of abuse. You will also learn how not to repeat your mother's mistakes with your own daughter.Warm and sympathetic, filled with the examples of women who have established healthy boundaries with their hurtful mothers,Will I Ever Be Good Enough?encourages and inspires you as it aids your recovery.

Download or read book A Texan s Honor written by Kate Welsh and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Reynolds's soul is shaped by his father's cruelty and tortured by a mountain of regrets. A man with a heart as unreachable as his deserves to live out the rest of his days alone on his Texas ranch. Then a damsel in distress interrupts his isolation with a chance at redemption. Patience Gorham should be walking up the aisle. Instead she's pleading with a handsome stranger to save her from marrying a brute! But the last thing Patience expects is for her rescuer to have three conditions. To honor and obey…but never to love….

Download or read book Unknown Mom written by L.P. Childs and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a true story about my feelings from the day of my birth to the present. This book reveals information that I have kept to myself that I am revealing for the first time in my life, going through hell and major abuse. I have been trying all my life to overcome all types of abuse, betrayal, and hate and am learning how to love myself and to love others. I am teaching myself not to abuse anyone. This book is for all those who want to understand loving your child with all your heart. Otherwise, do not have them or except a child in your life.

Download or read book Affection for Crime written by and published by Theresa M Smith. This book was released on 2012 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Las Vegas Gazette crime columnist Maggie Hall, through clever journalistic questioning or blind bumbling, follows a bribery scandal that leads to two murders and attempts on her own life. A native Las Vegan and combination of Luella Parsons, Scarlett O’Hara, and Typhoid Mary, Maggie is well suited for her profession. When people go missing and dead bodies start to pile up, Maggie realizes she’s on the trail of the hottest story of her career. She’s also on the trail of two of the hottest men she’s ever met. Rick Steele, an investigative reporter at the Gazette, works the hard news angles of the murder case while managing to stay out of Maggie’s romantic clutches. Coop Demarco, however, one of the FBI agents assigned to the case, seems a far more willing partner.

Download or read book The Infinite Noise written by Lauren Shippen and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauren Shippen's The Infinite Noise is a stunning, original debut novel based on her wildly popular and award-winning podcast The Bright Sessions. Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond “typical.” Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability is extreme empathy—he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard enough, but Caleb's life becomes even more complicated when he keeps getting pulled into the emotional orbit of one of his classmates, Adam. Adam's feelings are big and all-consuming, but they fit together with Caleb's feelings in a way that he can't quite understand. Caleb's therapist, Dr. Bright, encourages Caleb to explore this connection by befriending Adam. As he and Adam grow closer, Caleb learns more about his ability, himself, his therapist—who seems to know a lot more than she lets on—and just how dangerous being an Atypical can be. “What if the X-Men, instead of becoming superheroes, decided to spend some time in therapy?” (Vox on The Bright Sessions) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Beautiful Ghosts written by Sherilyn Connelly and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Generation X transgender woman, Sherilyn Connelly came out of the closet in 1999. Her own identity still emerging, she had stumbled into a difficult, stifling relationship. Also, her employment at a tech company ceased when the dot-com bubble burst. It was a goth boy from Bolinas that first took her shopping for make-up, and the San Francisco goth scene became her respite. This wickedly eye-opening memoir reveals how Connelly dealt with a toxic partner and found her voice as a woman. A longtime cinephile, it tells how she became a writer, rekindled a love for cult films and horror conventions, and learned "the secret to becoming a star." Her remembrances are also a tale of a bygone era of sex, music and San Francisco and its darkened underworld of goth strays--her literate vampires and beautiful ghosts.

Download or read book I Jetebais written by Robert Martin Bishop and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-03-19 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am The Rebellion. With these words Jetebais laments his choice to leave heaven forever. I, Jetebais is more than just a book about Good versus Evil. This book explores the concept of how human arrogance can blind one to the outside intrusion of evil. It can even fool those who we look up to as the very representation of what should be good - leaders in the worlds of both politics and religion.

Download or read book The Knight of Yesterday written by Raunak Kumar Jha and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How long does it take to completely know a person? Or how long does it take to fall in love with someone? The answer may vary from person to person. Then let's change the question, would you let yourself be loved if you knew you were an awful person? Ana was just a normal girl in NYC, living with her friends Mia and Cassie, hating her job and questioning her life decisions. Life became a routine for her in the past five years, she felt stuck with the job and her failing love life when her friend Keith's new roommate Ronnie appears. He seemed like a decent guy and eventually she falls in love with him but little did she know what fate had in mind for her.

Download or read book Healed written by Lacole Robinson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK YOU ARE HOLDING IN YOUR HANDS IS NOTHING SHORT OF A TRIUMPH. It is the true account of the struggles, heartbreaks, failures, but ultimate victory of a life salvaged against all odds.