Download or read book She Called Herself Jess written by Joann Pfeifer and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her beloved daughter, Jessie, took her life three weeks before graduating college, it left the family and all who knew Jessie stunned. Jessie was a vivacious, privileged child who was dearly loved, and she was raised by a loving village, but even that was not enough to get Jessie through her darkest night. Jessie's mom had written letters to her daughter beginning at her birth and decided to share Jessie with the world after her daughter's death. Suicide needs to be brought out of the shadows and talked about with all young adults. Anyone who chooses death over life needs to be fully aware of the destruction that they will leave behind. Suicide is not romantic. Suicide means that you will never walk on this earth again with those who love you. Proceeds from this book will be shared with nonprofit organizations which Jessie would have wanted to support: animals, conservation efforts, children, national parks, and-one that her mom wants to support-suicide prevention.
Download or read book Experimental Subjectivities in Global Black Women s Writing written by Sheldon George and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what innovative ways do novels by diasporic Black women writers experiment with the representation of Black subjectivity? This collection explores the inventiveness of contemporary Black women writers – Black British, African, Caribbean, African American – who remake traditional understandings of blackness. As the title word “experimental” signals, these essays foreground the narrative form and stylistic innovations of the black-authored novels they analyze. They also show how these experiments with form mirror the novels' convention-breaking experiments with reimagining Black female subjectivities. While each novel, of course, represents the complexities of diasporic experiences differently, some issues emerge that are broadly shared not just within a regional group, but across geographical borders. One feature of the collection is a comparative look at such linking themes across borders, under the rubrics: a return to precolonial systems of belief, reinventions of mothering, relational subjectivities, memory, history and haunting, and posthumanist revaluations. These themes take different shapes across the multitude of diverse cultures studied in this book. But together they establish a pan-global imaginative practice.
Download or read book The Bridesmaid s Dilemma written by Karen King and published by Headline Accent. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every summer has a story... READERS ADORE KAREN KING'S UTTERLY HILARIOUS AND CHARMING TALES: 'Such a brilliant book could not put this book down' ***** Reader Review 'Just a lovely excellent romantic story set in Cornwall. Didn't want to put it down or end' ***** Reader Review 'Another delightful story from a really enjoyable writer' ***** Reader Review 'An enjoyable, easy read with characters that jump off the page and a story that keeps you intrigued' ***** Reader Review 'I loved this book. The characters, the storyline and the setting. It made me want to book my next holiday' ***** Reader Review 'A good story line with a twist that really added to the plot, don't want this book to end' ***** Reader Review ______________ Fun-loving travel rep Jess doesn't want to be chief bridesmaid at her snooty cousin's wedding, but it will cause a family feud if she refuses. She doesn't want to fall in love either but when a raucous stag party arrives at her Majorcan hotel, Jess hits it off instantly with best man, Eddie. A summer romance is exactly what commitment-phobe Jess needs and, as the stag-do draws to a close, so does the holiday fling. She has no intentions of carrying on the summer fun but when Eddie turns up again, Jess is faced with a big dilemma. Will this bridesmaid get the happy-ever-after she never knew she wanted...
Download or read book The Great Mill Street Mystery written by Adeline Sergeant and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nightingales on Call written by Donna Douglas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife 1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nurses Dora and her old enemy Lucy are paired up on the children’s ward for the final three months of their training. The two nurses couldn’t seem more different, but they may have more in common than they think, as each hides a secret heartache. ... and new faces at the Nightingale Jess is the feisty eldest daughter of a notorious East End family and determined to prove herself as a ward maid. And new trainee nurse Effie can’t wait to escape her small Irish village, and make her way as a nurse in London. But Effie’s sister Katie soon begins to worry that Effie’s behaviour is out of control. Nightingales on call and in crisis: have they got what it takes?
Download or read book Passing Drug Tests written by Kenn A. Biscranium and published by Trafford. This book was released on 2005 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I smoked marijuana constantly during my 5 years on parole. Here's how I cleaned my body of THC metabolites and passed all the random drug tests.
Download or read book A Glasgow Trilogy written by George Friel and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished by irony, compassion and the author's own dry wit, these three novels paint a memorable picture of life in the streets, schools and tenements of Glasgow in the 1950s and 60s. With a unique vision of loneliness, old age, sexual longing, hot young blood and youth's casual cruelty, George Friel's books explore a dark comedy of tangled communication, human need and fading community. All these elements come together in the humorous parable of greed, religion and slum youth that is The Boy Who Wanted Peace; in the fate of old and disturbed Miss Partridge who is obsessed with the innocence of young Grace; and in the mental collapse of Mr Alfred, a middle-aged school teacher who is in love with one of his pupils. The humour, realism and moral concern of Friel's work clearly anticipate and stand alongside the novels of Alan Spence, Alasdair Gray, William McIlvanney and James Kelman.
Download or read book A Common Thread written by Iona Morrison and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment the woman rushed through her shop door nearly knocking her to the ground, Jessie Reynolds finds herself embroiled in another case. One that will not only solve several crimes but Matt’s and her future as well. Jessie is convinced that a common thread links the crimes of a missing girl, a murder, and a possible serial killer all together. And with Matt Parker’s logical approach she sets out to prove her theory. Matt is happy to collaborate with Jessie again even with the strangeness of a few ghosts, an improbable journey, and old enemies from the past thrown in. With a bit of charm and bribery on his part, the end of the case has the promise of future beginnings for them.
Download or read book The Search written by Howard Linskey and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A missing child. A terrifying killer. A gripping serial killer thriller, perfect for fans of Cara Hunter's Close to Home. Susan Verity was only ten when she went missing. For years the police tried everything in order to find her, with no luck. Until now. Convicted serial killer Adrian Wicklow has always been the prime suspect. At last, terminally ill after decades behind bars, Adrian finally says he'll tell the truth. For Detective Ian Bradshaw, this could be the breakthrough they so desperately need. But Bradshaw is suspicious: Would a murderer on death's door give up his last secret so easily? See what readers are already saying about this gripping serial killer thriller! "Not a dull moment... everything that I like about the crime genre!" ***** "Absolutely loved this and couldn't leave it alone" ***** "I was hooked from the first page and never put it down!" ***** "What a compelling read... keeps you guessing untill the very end" ***** "A gripping read with some heart stopping moments" *****
Download or read book Nerdlet Animals written by Tamara J. Resler and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detailed information about many different types of animals, for children"--
Download or read book Jessica F Woods written by Victoria King Heinsen and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica F. Woods, attorney of record, experiences the romantic and professional vicissitudes, the ups and downs of life in Columbus, Ohio, where she is immersed in the beginning practice of law for a prestigious firm breaking into the central Ohio market. Young, single, and beautiful, Jessica wrestles with navigating through her past and her lawyer father's sudden death as she engages with leftover clients from her dad's estate. Along the way, her professional colleagues, family, friends, boss, new clients, and a recalcitrant Maine Coon appear sometimes timely—sometimes unexpectedly—to make life particularly interesting, if not occasionally unnerving. Jessica manages them all with humor and practicality. A Lemontini now and then serves, too, as an anodyne if professional or romantic engagements get too hectic.
Download or read book Secrets from the Past written by Barbara Taylor Bradford and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful and emotional novel about one woman's quest to uncover long-buried secrets about her family--secrets she will stop at nothing to uncover, no matter the consequences. At thirty, American photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her unique and dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East, following in her famous father's footsteps. But after his unexpected death in France, she ends her job at the renowned photo news agency, weary of years of danger. Leaving the front lines behind, Serena returns to New York where she starts work on a biography of her celebrated father. When Serena discovers that her former lover Zachary North is in trouble overseas, she's forced to leave the safety of her new life, and head back to a place she was trying to escape...and her life will never be the same again. As she brings Zac back to health in Venice, she discovers a shocking secret in the archives of her late father's work. It is a secret that will propel her back to war-torn Libya, risking her life looking for clues that she hopes will piece together the mystery surrounding her parents' marriage and the part of their life together that she never knew. Well-kept secrets, passionate love, obsession, betrayal, redemption, and the power of the past to control the future propel Secrets from the Past, the explosive new novel from The New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford
Download or read book Rancor written by Connie Myres and published by Feather and Fermion Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, resentful spirits pursue souls until they get what they want—vengeance and sinful pleasures. A haunted turn of the century sanatorium, a seer, and twisted characters dominate this paranormal, psychological thriller. (Part 1) After Maggie McGee’s husband had committed suicide in their home, Maggie needed a place to live that would not remind her of the recent tragedy. She finds an affordable apartment in an old building sitting on a bluff along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Maggie knew the building used to be a tuberculosis sanatorium, later transformed into a psychiatric hospital until finally closing its doors in 1969 due to patient abuse. However, what she did not know was that sometimes, sinister attachments from the past pursue souls until their evil needs are satisfied. Maggie questions her sanity and grasp of reality, as diabolic and envious predators work against her in this paranormal, psychological thriller. (Part 2) Committed to a psychiatric hospital for psychosis, Maggie McGee has lost contact with reality. Spirits from the past have completed the task of leaving her in a living hell, allowing the dark-robed demon to feed on her for the rest of her life. But Maggie has Ethel, a seer, working on her behalf. Will Ethel be able to fight the evil forces without losing her mind? Will she be able to convince Detective Becker to believe her unbelievable story of ghosts, or will he consider her mentally unstable.? Will Ethel listen to the psychiatrist and trust his diagnosis that Maggie has a mental disorder brought on by her husband's death, and not by entities? Or is the murderer someone else? Follow along as parasitic beings continue to smother Maggie, relentlessly pursue Ethel and whoever may be in the way of their promised existence of ecstasy.
Download or read book Completing the Pass written by Jeanette Murray and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Romancing the Running Back and the First to Fight series comes the latest in the Santa Fe Bobcats series! Teamwork improves the chances of scoring . . . When the Bobcats’ fate on the field is sealed, and they would rather give their starting quarterback, Trey Owens, a break, they call in Josh Leeman: “The Backup.” But after Trey is placed on the disabled list for the season, all eyes are on Josh to lead the team. Josh’s sudden superstar status thrusts him into the spotlight, and garners plenty of attention from the ladies—except for one. Carrington Gray is delighted to see her father released from the hospital—but not so much to see Josh at the celebration. Their mothers have long tried to set them up, although it’s had the opposite effect. But under the circumstances, Carri and Josh would rather go on fake dates to appease their mothers than rock the boat. Yet the more time these two work together on their little lie, the more they see the surprising truth . . . Praise for the Santa Fe Bobcats series “Engaging . . . A believable story that drew me in from the first page.”—Cocktails and Books “Everything that I hoped for.”—The Reader’s Den “The heat between them is hot.”—Stuck in Books “A real hit . . . It was a fresh idea with a tried and true genre, and I loved that.”—The Book Pushers
Download or read book Frank Leslie s Pleasant Hours written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Star We Call Home written by Cidney Swanson and published by Williams Press. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a special anniversary edition of the book previously released as SAVING MARS. In this sweeping coming-of-age saga, disaster threatens the Mars colony’s survival, and a seventeen-year-old pilot might be Mars’s last hope. But when Jessamyn and her brother undertake a raid on ex-ally Earth, her brother is captured and accused of treason by Earth’s powerful Chancellor. Things get worse as Jess starts falling for the Chancellor’s rebellious nephew. Now she discovers that she holds the fate of her home world and of her brother in her hands, and soon she will have to choose between them. A spellbinding saga of love, sacrifice, and the indomitable spirit of a young pilot caught between duty and love.
Download or read book The Nobodies written by Alanna Schubach and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two young women whose friendship offered—and demanded—more than either should share. For fans of Sally Rooney and Claire North. “Sometimes I wondered if I imagined it,” said Nina. “But deep down I knew I didn’t.” Jess said, “We did too much damage for it not to be real.” Jess and Nina, Nina and Jess ... to everyone else they’re typical best friends, sharing closeness and confidences in their own little world. But Nina and Jess have a secret. Simply by touching their foreheads together, they can swap bodies. In Jess’s assertive persona, self-conscious Nina turns bolder, free to say what she’s frightened to voice on her own. Inhabiting Nina, Jess becomes part of the loving, stable family she craves. Now, in crisis after her father’s death, Jess has reentered Nina’s life following a long separation. Once again they switch bodies, and their worlds begin to mesh. Each deceives the other, confesses, is forgiven. But how deeply can you sink into another’s life before there’s nothing left of you? Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, The Nobodies poses questions about the nature of intimacy, the many flavors of betrayal, and the value of female friendships.
