Download or read book Dad written by Bob Seay and published by Bob Seay. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an underachieving son reconnect with his father before it's too late? Jacob's life is already complicated enough. Now his Dad, whose mind isn't as sharp as it once was, is driving out for a visit. Or he was, before he got lost along the way. Now it's up to Jacob to get this right. A touching story about families, relationships, and aging parents. Editorial Review by Jon Michael Miller of Readers' Favorite In Dad by Bob Seay, we meet Jacob, our narrator and protagonist, in his mid to late thirties, struggling both in his professional world and in his marriage. With his "compulsion to tell everybody everything," he tells us his story as if we are his best friends, exposing all his failures and amusing quirks. Brooke, his wife, wants all his money, and he has lost his job as a high school teacher. In survival mode, he lives in Colorado and works as a ghost-writer of term papers for college students. He lives and works online from the back room of a laundry. His squalid existence is interrupted when he is informed by his brother back in Cincinnati that their dad, suffering from Alzheimer’s, has hit the road and is in a hotel room in Kansas City, Missouri. Jacob is the logical person to collect his old man. In so doing, he finds his dad having lunch with a hotel maid Amelia, who is watching over him. We soon become familiar with the sights along Interstate 70, as his dad tells Jacob about installing communications devices in St. Louis’s Gateway Arch. He has other stories about his activities on Mars and in submarines. Despite Jacob’s honest flaws and his relentless search for self and redemption, I came to like and even to identify with him. Yes, he is largely responsible, as he admits, for his own problems. Fortunately, he is in a stable, tight-knit family, all intent on taking care of their sad, but sometimes funny dad. But I felt that Dad is the vehicle of the real underlying story, which is Jacob trying to dig himself out of the hole he has dug for himself. He meets his female spiritual twin in the person of Amelia, not really a hotel housekeeper but a refugee from nursing and an aspiring artist. She escapes from an abusive, Confederate flag-flying boyfriend into Jacob’s black Mustang convertible, nicknamed Beast, which hauls Jacob back and forth several times between Denver, Kansas City, Topeka, and Cincinnati. “We’re all doing the best we can,” says Amelia compassionately. I was both sadly moved and often amused by Jacob’s search for a better life. And along with the story, we learn a lot from the various topics Jacob ghost-writes about—nursing burnout, the Feds, Buddhism, and neo-Nazis, to name only a few. Oh, yes, and the Stanford Marshmallow Index, which somehow nibbles at Jacob’s core. And we meet a quirky, loving family in the turmoil of losing the family patriarch, who is quite an overarching backdrop in his own right. Author Bob Seay dedicates his novel Dad “to all families with aging parents,” and I cannot imagine a more accurate portrayal or one more moving.

Download or read book Shih Tzu Achoo written by Terri Meyers and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Dad s Gap Year written by Tom Wright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seriously William, you're eighteen and you're gay, for Christ's sake. You're meant to swim against the tide. A proper gap year is all about traveling. Seeing the world. Popping your cherry. This is our chance to start living. Me and you. This is the story of Dave; a dad in mid-life freefall who takes his repressed, gay, teenage son William on a wild adventure to Thailand. Gay love, straight love, trans love, buddy-love, drinking games and beer bellies. Fasten your seat belts, it's gonna be a mad one!

Download or read book The Shih Tzu Who Knew Jiu Jitsu written by Yvonne Sifuentes and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a wonderful story about a little Shih Tzu who is confronted by a gang of dogs called "The Ruffs." He is pressured to join the gang or never visit his favorite park again. But there is a sense of hope when he meets a female Poodle who teaches him about the gentle art of jiu-jitsu.

Download or read book The Cowboy Whisperer written by Sabrina Sol and published by Forever. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a champion equestrian butts heads with a sexy, brooding cowboy, the heat between them sizzles. After her last disastrous competition went viral, Olympic hopeful Veronica del Valle spent three years healing – and hiding. Finally ready for another shot, Veronica agrees to train at an under-the-radar, family-run ranch in tiny Esperanza, California. The living accommodations? Sparse. High-end equestrian equipment? Zero. What Rancho Lindo does have is stable manager Tómas Ortega, a brooding, handsome cowboy who offers Veronica unsolicited advice during her training sessions. Advice that, infuriatingly, turns out to be right every time. The only thing Tómas cares about are his horses and saving his family’s ranch—and not their new boarder, who makes it clear she’s not happy with his stables. So he’s shocked Veronica offers to pretend to be his girlfriend when Tomas’s ex comes back to town. All she wants in return is some after-hours training. He soon realizes Veronica is nothing like he imagined, and the harder he falls, the more he worries, because Veronica’s Olympic dreams will eventually take her away from Rancho Lindo – and from him.

Download or read book Thoughts of a Changed Mind Letters from Father to Son written by Eric Robinson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thoughts of a Changed Mind" is a series of letters written from a father to his son on a broad range of topics including stories about encountering God, a call to Catholicism, contemporary social issues, practical wisdom for everyday life, and much more.

Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul Thanks Dad written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad will resonate with any father with its heartwarming, loving, and even amusing stories from the next generation. This book gives fathers the pat on the back they deserve. Children of all ages share their heartfelt words of thanks and loving memories in these 101 stories. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad will bring any father joy, inspiration, and humor, and maybe even find that their kids did pay attention after all.

Download or read book A Bean to Die For written by Tara Lush and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Cleo Coyle and Lucy Burdette, reporter-turned-barista Lana Lewis is back on the case when a body is dug up in the community garden. Lana Lewis is brewing up new concoctions at Perkatory, a popular café in Devil’s Beach, when she decides she wants to try her hand at growing her own coffee. She secures a gardening plot in the community garden, thanks to her father and the garden’s owner, Darla. Darla’s list of rules is long, but that doesn’t stop someone from leaving Jack Daggett’s body amongst the gardening plots. Jack, an environmental activist, had been banned from the garden previously, because of his many fights with Darla about organic produce. Lana promises her boyfriend, police chief Noah, that she’s going to stay out of this case, having been too involved in previous cases. But when she learns that Jack died from an accidental overdose, and Darla is the top suspect because of her shady past, Lana can't help but poke around in an attempt to clear Darla's name. As Lana dives deeper into the case, she learns that Jack had more enemies than she realized. When Darla turns up dead, Lana has to turn up the heat on her investigation. With Lana on the case, it won’t be long before someone spills the beans to crack this case wide open. But will she able to find the killer before they strike again?

Download or read book For Mat written by Dionne Deramus-Ingram and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew Trusette is an intercessor and warrior in his Majesty's service, he has been formatted with special key's to 'Detroit' for unlocking the portals and gateway's there; and most of all the souls of men. He's been commissioned to disable the ruler's of darkness who are planning to unleash Evilirius and plunge the city into sheer chaos. But - The Ruler's of darkness have a first class ticket to the world of Evil, in store for Matt; can he overcome the hindrances in his life, in time to Free himself, and the city from impending destruction? He's on a rescue mission to snatch the city from the jaws of D'Evil one street at a time.

Download or read book Kiss Me Kate and Other Stories written by Jim Farrell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phil discovers that Kate, the voice in his Garmin GPS, is a lot more than a disembodied voice. Shes in trouble, and she needs his help! When a couple arrives from cold Rhode Island to their rented condo in Florida, all they can think about is warm temperatures and sunshine. But then the husband walks into a moral dilemma that almost ruins his week in the sun. Betsy decides to memorialize her deceased parents.in a most unusual way. Young, innocent Cheryl shocks her mother by opening the conversation at the familys Sunday dinner with I almost got involved in a bar fight yesterday. Larry Hawkins is a widower, MIT physics professor, and believer in time travel who is anxious to test his inventions and fulfill every old mans fantasy. Roberto Villarreal has no idea a life-changing adventure is about to begin when he picks up a stranger and his granddaughter at a rest stop in Mexico. Mark Tuttle and Sandy Roberts wonder if you can love all your children equally and yet love one more than the others. In the process they discover that Love is infinite. Kiss Me, Kate and Other Stories is a collection of short tales set in a variety of locations and illustrating the depth of the human spirit, the importance of laughter, and the miracle of love.

Download or read book Pall in the Family written by Dawn Eastman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aptly named Crystal Haven is the destination for tourists seeking psychics, séances, and the promise of contacting the spirit world. In this small western Michigan town, everyone knows the Fortune family. Rose is gifted with tarot card readings. Her sister, Vi, is a self-proclaimed pet psychic. And Rose’s daughter Clyde is… A cop. A cop on leave from Ann Arbor, more specifically, who’s come home to kooky Crystal Haven to reevaluate her life. Mom and Aunt Vi can’t wait for Clyde to finally embrace her own psychic gifts and join the family business. Clyde would prefer the low-stress lifestyle of a dog walker and the low-key company of her nephew, Seth. But when a local psychic is killed, leaving behind a traumatized Shih Tzu, it seems to be in the cards for Clyde to get involved. With her old flame Mac leading the investigation, that may prove awkward. Whether she uses her skills as a cop or her long-denied psychic abilities, it’s up to Clyde to divine a killer’s identity before someone else suffers more misfortune.

Download or read book Grounds for Divorce written by Remy Maisel and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily, a down-on-her-luck intern, is recruited by the State Department to solve the Palestinian problem. Only this time they want it handled as a divorce settlement. To pull off the most acrimonious divorce of all time, she must let go of the family trauma that has tainted her whole life... but what if it won’t stay in the past?

Download or read book Through a Daughter s Eyes written by Sharran Pollard and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever heard the saying, "Church folks are the worst folks?" Through a Daughter's Eyes explains this phrase well. It is a dynamic story written by a daughter explaining the struggles her father endured in order to accomplish his success. It tells what a wonderful man he was, how his vision became his reality, how his legacy should live on, and how he had to deal with his "church" folks! This book paints a vivid picture of how God fought his battles just by trusting in Him, believing in His word, and keeping the faith. This is a MUST read! In this book, you get a glimpse of the man who devoted his life to God, his family, his church, and his life. You see a man who has touched the lives of so many and a legacy that should not be forgotten. You witness the pain he went through. Through a Daughter's Eyes is an expression of pure love of a daughter to the memory of her late father. It is a testimony to the life of Pastor S. D. Pollard. This is a great, inspirational read that will make you laugh, cry, and, above all, remember God is...

Download or read book The Rizzlerunk Club The Big Bad Lies written by Leslie Patricelli and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a little lie turns into a more serious one, will Lily and Darby’s friendship survive—or is it the end of the Rizzlerunk Club? Lily Lattuga finally feels settled after moving to a new town and starting the fourth grade at a new school. She gets to live right across the lake from her best friend, Darby, who loves frogs and drawing just as much as Lily does. They even have their own club: the Rizzlerunks. But then things start going wrong: the new boy in class is a liar and a bully, and Darby begins acting strangely—she even breaks the Rizzlerunk pledge of honesty and gets Lily into trouble! And when something bad happens to one of the classroom rats on Lily’s watch, Lily finds herself caught in a lie with no clear way out. She realizes a little lie can snowball into a huge one that sucks in every good feeling and hurts others terribly. What’s a Rizzlerunk to do? Humorous, heartfelt, and full of illustrations that bring Lily’s charmingly candid voice to life, this second book in the Rizzlerunk Club series will resonate with anybody who has ever found it hard to do the right thing.

Download or read book A Texas Hero written by Linda Warren and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling for her protector For single mother Abby Bauman, a failed marriage and a troublesome ex are proof of love gone wrong. But once she's caught up in danger and saved—twice—by take-charge detective Ethan James, she considers whether falling for a true-blue hero is worth the risk. Even now, after the rescue, he seems bent on continuing to protect her and her daughter. Why? There's more to Ethan's determination to stay close than he's telling her. But when she confronts him, he proves she's more than a means to solve a case. That tempts Abby to take a second chance on trust—and love. Which might be the best choice she's ever made.

Download or read book Diary of a Misfit written by Casey Parks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's past, she is forced to reckon with her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in her life. "Most moving is Parks’s depiction of a queer lineage, her assertion of an ancestry of outcasts, a tapestry of fellow misfits into which the marginalized will always, for better or worse, fit." —The New York Times Book Review When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks's grandmother, a stern conservative who grew up picking cotton, pulled her aside and revealed a startling secret. "I grew up across the street from a woman who lived as a man," and then implored Casey to find out what happened to him. Diary of a Misfit is the story of Parks's life-changing journey to unravel the mystery of Roy Hudgins, the small-town country singer from grandmother’s youth, all the while confronting ghosts of her own. For ten years, Parks traveled back to rural Louisiana and knocked on strangers’ doors, dug through nursing home records, and doggedly searched for Roy’s own diaries, trying to uncover what Roy was like as a person—what he felt; what he thought; and how he grappled with his sense of otherness. With an enormous heart and an unstinting sense of vulnerability, Parks writes about finding oneself through someone else’s story, and about forging connections across the gulfs that divide us.

Download or read book Sex Lies Crazy People written by John Hickman and published by John Hickman. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John tells the bittersweet true story about his family's involvement in the Harewood Hotel, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent in England during the 1960's, interspersed with self-deprecating reminisces.Best described as a true life Fawlty Towers - but without Basil.When John is assigned to the kitchens will he be able to cook any better than his dysfunctional family? He's in good company with chefs who can't cook and waiters who don't speak English. A multitude of international guests include a millionaire addicted to pornography; a con man; a strange little man who reads tea leaves and scientologists seeking spiritual fulfilment.After falling in love for all the wrong reasons John meets Carole - but will their love last? Sex, Lies and Crazy People follows on from Tripping Over.