Download or read book Making Spaces Safer written by Shawna Potter and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shawna Potter has been a touring musician for over twenty years--and has been sexually harassed for just as long. Here's her DIY guide to fighting back.

Download or read book Kin written by Shawna Kay Rodenberg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the richness and dignity of Appalachian life ... [Rodenberg's] stories of lives that are generally overlooked make for essential reading."--The Washington Post “Kin moved me, disturbed me, and hypnotized me in ways very few memoirs have." –Rosanne Cash A heart stopping memoir of a wrenching Appalachian girlhood and a multilayered portrait of a misrepresented people, from Rona Jaffe Writer's Award winner Shawna Kay Rodenberg. When Shawna Kay Rodenberg was four, her father, fresh from a ruinous tour in Vietnam, spirited her family from their home in the hills of Eastern Kentucky to Minnesota, renouncing all of their earthly possessions to live in the Body, an off-the-grid End Times religious community. Her father was seeking a better, safer life for his family, but the austere communal living of prayer, bible study and strict regimentation was a bad fit for the precocious Shawna. Disciplined harshly for her many infractions, she was sexually abused by a predatory adult member of the community. Soon after the leader of the Body died and revelations of the sexual abuse came to light, her family returned to the same Kentucky mountains that their ancestors have called home for three hundred years. It is a community ravaged by the coal industry, but for all that, rich in humanity, beauty, and the complex knots of family love. Curious, resourceful, rebellious, Shawna ultimately leaves her mountain home but only as she masters a perilous balancing act between who she has been and who she will become. Kin is a mesmerizing memoir of survival that seeks to understand and make peace with the people and places that were survived. It is above all about family-about the forgiveness and love within its bounds-and generations of Appalachians who have endured, harmed, and held each other through countless lifetimes of personal and regional tragedy.

Download or read book Green Island written by Shawna Yang Ryan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEST BOOK AWARD IN FICTION BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES • A stunning, lyrical novel that tells "the story of how the Tsais, a Taiwanese family, survive the 'February 28 Incident' of 1947 and precariously navigate the decades that follow" (The New York Times). As an uprising rocks Taiwan, a young doctor in Taipei is taken from his newborn daughter by Chinese Nationalists, on charges of speaking out against the government. Although the doctor eventually returns to his family, his arrival is marked by alienation from his loved ones and paranoia among his community. Years later, this troubled past follows his youngest daughter to America, where, as a mother and a wife, she too is forced to decide between what is right and what might save her family—the same choice she witnessed her father make many years before. The story of a family and a nation grappling with the nuances of complicity and survival, Green Island raises the question: how far would you go for the ones you love?

Download or read book Beyond the Pear Blossoms written by Shawna Rodrigues and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four friends. Three weddings. Two paths. Tori has kept men at a distance while pursuing her goals, and has relished in the friendships she has built. Upon returning to Oregon after college, she quickly realizes the number of weddings and engagements are increasing around her. She trips over the roots of her small town as each relative only seems to care about the prospects in her dating life. By happenstance (or Fate?), she reconnects with an acquaintance, and starts to see him in new ways. She quickly finds herself in a relationship with more depth and trust than she ever thought possible. Their connection is strong and deep, yet ends as quickly as it began. Was it Tori? Was it him? Was it something they could figure out? Do the things she wants most in her life just not align? Isn't this relationship what Tori has been working towards her entire life? Tori looks to her closest friends who know her best to help her untangle these questions, even though the answers lie with her. Beyond the Pear Blossoms is a deep exploration into the heart of the relationships we build, our competing desires, and the decisions we make. It's a journey through the moments of being lost, a reminder of the places where we feel found, and ultimately what it takes to choose our way.

Download or read book Writing Redefined written by Shawna Coppola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Writing, Redefined asks educators to reflect critically on the kinds of writing - and the kinds of writers - traditionally valued in school spaces and offers a compelling argument for broadening our ideas around composition in order to honor the stories, the voices, and the lived experiences of all students"--

Download or read book I Was a Teenage Dominatrix written by Shawna Kenney and published by Last Gasp of San Francisco. This book was released on 2002 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ride shotgun with Shawna Kenney as she transforms her self from young. broke and miserable to an educated, confident woman after answering one newspaper ad: Get Paid for Being a Bitch. This award winning tell all comically chronicles Konney's simulataneous navigation through at Washington DC dungeon and academia.

Download or read book Water Ghosts written by Shawna Yang Ryan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unexpected arrival of Richard Fong's wife, along with two other women from China, brings complications for Richard as he struggles to combine his two lives and decide if he wants to be with his wife, the local woman he has fallen for, or the prostitute he has been visiting.

Download or read book Psycho Girl written by Shawna Savage and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That's when he grabbed me by my arm and dragged me down the hall into the bedroom. He threw me into a chair, where I remained for the next six hours. Dino raged, intimidated, brow beat, degraded me, and withheld food and water. With tears rolling down my face, emotionally exhausted, and fearful for the safety of my children and myself, I reluctantly agreed and was released. He smiled and said, 'See. Be a good girl, and life will be much, much easier for you when you learn to be a good girl.' Through many toxic relationships, Shawna was the victim of several types of abuse—from verbal assaults to pure, physical torture. Her courageous recounting of these and other experiences opens the door for ultimate healing from the those that may call you Psycho Girl. Why me? Why anyone? How do I free myself from abuse? In Psycho Girl, author Shawna Savage confronts these and other questions. She encourages readers to trust God through new thought enlightenment by explaining how we are a collective soul or energy. Once you have been enlightened and realize you are not alone, you'll finally be able to free yourself from the abusive demons that surround us.

Download or read book Everything Affects Everyone written by Shawna Lemay and published by Palimpsest Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you believe in angels? When Xaviere is tasked with transcribing taped interviews her deceased friend Daphne left to her in her will, she begins to piece together the story of the photographer Irene Guernsey, a moderately well known but elusive photographer Daphne was interviewing. Irene's mysterious images captivate Xaviere as they had Daphne. Irene had never given interviews or talked about her work publicly, but near the end of her life, she reveals the magic hidden in plain sight in her mysterious and ethereal photographs and her attempt to capture angel wings on film.?And once the angels appear, the reader is taken on a journey that spans decades and changes the lives of multiple women along the way. Everything Affects Everyone, /em> is a novel about listening, about how women speak to one another, and about the power of the question.

Download or read book 101 Pat Downs written by Shawna Malvini Redden and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two million people fly commercially every day in the United States, and every single passenger must interact with members of airport security. Why do travelers put up with long lines and invasive screenings? Why do Transportation Security Administration officers (TSOs) put up with the disrespect and anger directed at them? Shawna Malvini Redden asked these questions for years—interviewing passenger and security officers alike, taking note of everything from carry-on bananas to passengers who fumed when their water bottles were confiscated. Malvini Redden encountered a range of passengers: the entitled business travelers; the parents with toddlers; the hot mess, travels-once-a-year, can’t-figure-out-how-to-get-through-the-security-checkpoint-without-crying flier. The answers, Malvini Redden admitted, were far more complex than she anticipated. 101 Pat-Downs is the story of Malvini Redden’s research journey, part confessional, part investigative research, and part light-hearted social commentary. In it she illuminates common experiences in airport security checkpoints specifically focused on emotion and identity, presenting the inside scoop on airport security interactions via her experiences and those of passengers and TSOs. Along the way Malvini Redden introduces common characters of airport security, humanizing the stereotypically gruff TSO and explaining in a social-science framework why so many passengers feel nervous inside TSA checkpoints. Ultimately, Malvini Redden shows how people navigate communication in complex interpersonal situations and offers research-driven suggestions for improving interactions for passengers and TSOs alike.

Download or read book The Wisdom of Jane Austen written by Shawna Mullen and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of quotes and excerpts from such works of literature as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion provides insight into Austen's humor, intelligence, and independent spirit regarding such topics as courtship, friendship, and men. Original.

Download or read book Grow a Living Wall written by Shawna Coronado and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make a beautiful, practical, environmentally conscious garden, even in a small space - grow UP with a living wall!

Download or read book What You Didn t Learn in Sunday School written by Shawna R. B Atteberry and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years I've read rants against the evils of feminism from some of the top Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christian leaders who blame women wanting to go to work, go into ministry, and be equals to their husbands for all the social ills happening in our country. If women would just stay home divorce rates would plummet, no abortions would happen, public schools wouldn't be in trouble, and all the world's ills would come to an end. There's just one little problem: Does the Bible really say all of that? What You Didn't Learn in Sunday School will introduce you to women in the Bible who: Were religious leaders. Disobeyed their husbands to obey Godde. Had careers. Made their own decisions. And guess what? The world did not end. Eight verses have been used to make women second-class citizens, and at times, virtual slaves to their husbands. The rest of the Bible is full of stories of strong women who led their families, their people, and their countries.

Download or read book Windfall written by Shawna Barnett and published by Hansen House. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Liana Foley knows a thing or two about fights. She fights the King's Navy. She fights to balance power in oppressive Vioria. She fights for respect as a female, bisexual, pirate captain. But she's losing her biggest fight: to escape her secret past as a lost Princess. With a mysterious letter and a stranger threatening to expose her, Liana is blackmailed into attending a royal ball and protecting her counterpart, sheltered Princess Rhian. The pretenses are suspicious enough, but Liana takes the risk in hopes to finally unveil the magic plot that killed her parents and forced her into hiding. When Liana encounters Rhian's own lightning-wielding powers, the ball erupts in violence. The sheltered princess falls into the care of Liana-and her band of pirates. On the run, the only safe haven for the Windfall crew to hide is the most-dangerous place of all: under the thumb of Liana's narcissistic, abusive brother-in-law. In order to protect her crew, her family, and naïve Rhian, Liana must demand sacrifices from herself and the people she loves. Her choices will make powerful enemies; good thing Liana Foley knows a thing or two about fighting those. Content warnings: Attempted rape Domestic violence Torture Murder Representation: Own voices Bisexual main character Asexual

Download or read book Cross Roads written by Donald Wilson II and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shawna is not a typical teenager. Not only is she homeless and surviving in New York City on her wits and talents, but she is also the target of a sinister group of creatures bent on killing her. After barely escaping with her life, Shawna must ally herself with the only group capable of stopping them and keeping her alive. Under the tutelage of Decker, a highly skilled agent and his personal assistant Gibbs, Shawna begins her intense training to become a member of this covert group of defenders for humanity. They relocate to Colorado where Shawna manages to find friendship and gains the attention of a charming and mysterious young man. Shawnas new life in Colorado is interrupted when her enemies discover her location and she is forced to put her training to the test. Shawna must face her most lethal enemy and comes to a deadly crossroads that will alter her life forever if she can survive.

Download or read book The Scream Within written by Dwan Abrams and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book And Hell Followed With Her written by David Neiwert and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses a criminal, racist, and violent underworld of right-wing extremism connected to the Minuteman movement and general American nativism.