Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Kate-Lyn Therkelsen and published by Kate-Lyn Therkelsen. This book was released on 2011 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the harrowing experiences of a real Australian family, The Wilted Rose tells the story of Sarah, an ambitious young woman battling against her family's strict religious beliefs to achieve her dreams. Balancing her passions with the traditional path of marriage and children pushes her to the brink of emotional chaos, and her husband faces the prospect of living an entire lifetime without the love of his wife. Their only daughter Grace grapples to cope with the toll her mother's emotional hardship takes on their family, and the normal mother-daughter relationship she longs for. Passion, religion, first love and heartbreak, depression and mental illness, family tragedy, and lifelong friendship intertwine to tell this truly captivating story of one woman's drive to overcome adversity, and the final straw that threatens to destroy her spirit and could tear her family's life apart. Kate-Lyn Therkelsen is based in Brisbane and has appeared in several publications, including the Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland, an organisation for which she has served as Treasurer. She is a contributing writer for international online magazine Suite 101, and her profile appears on the Young People Creating Queensland website. In 2007 she received a High Recommendation in the Young Writers section of the Alan Marshall Short Story Competition. The Wilted Rose is her debut novel.

Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Kate Kelsen and published by Pineapple Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a teenager, Sarah Ross excels academically and athletically. Sarah loves horse riding and competing in school sports, but her involvement in these activities is limited by her controlling mother. As a young woman in the 1950s, Sarah’s aspirations of becoming a nurse continue to be challenged by the pressures of family tradition and the culture of the time. In the throes of a thriving career, Sarah attempts to balance work, marriage and motherhood despite ill health. Her husband Jack, a simple yet loving man, cares for Sarah and their children. Isolated by stigma, the family’s lonely battles are kept private within their home. Meanwhile, Sarah and Jack’s only daughter Grace navigates the tumultuous journey through adolescence despite great adversity.

Download or read book The Rat Eater written by Anand Ranganathan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I was born on a bloody road. The blood was my mother's. My sisters couldn't find a midwife in time. There was no way my mother could get relief from the upper-caste well, and so they tell me, that my sisters ran to some puddles to fill their little mouths up and then ran back to where my mother was almost dying of pain and then spat out some water on her face and the rest down below on mine. That is how I came into this world.' Someone is disposing of politicians one by one. And the murderer has borrowed from the genius of Agatha Christie. When a local Mumbai politician is found wrapped in a plastic bag behind a park bench, the dashing and capable DIG Ajay Biswas is told to take over the case. Ajay arrives in Mumbai along with his wife Aparajita and soon discovers he is being misled by his Mumbai compatriots who are determined to save their own skin. Someone is deliberately providing false leads; his presence is not wanted. While in Mumbai, Ajay and Aparajita meet up with their old college friend Akhil Sukumar. Akhil and Aparajita have had a tortuous history, and it appears that the one-time lovers now want nothing more than to let bygones be bygones. Easier said. From the barren lands of rural India to the immaculate lawns of Cambridge, The Rat Eater is a book whose uninhibitedness may offend purists as it lays bare a few uncomfortable truths about India-a country entangled in a web of caste, corruption and cover-ups. The privileged flourish at the cost of the oppressed. The price has to be paid, and someone has decided that it needs to be paid in blood.

Download or read book A Wilted Rose written by Nedac Dasadi and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Florence Benet? She asks herself the same question. Some say, she is like a rose. Roses will bloom wherever they please, grow to different lengths, and be an assortment of different colors. All unique, all different in some way. They do not conform to standards, they do not do what they are told. But most people don't stop to look at the roses that all look the same, they look at the ones that stand out. The ones that were born different. People will turn and look, even if the flower doesn't want them to, because the flower has no say in what other people do, just like it has no say in what it will be.

Download or read book Garden of Thorns written by Amber Mitchell and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tense, fast-paced fantasy.” —Taylor Fenner, author of The Haunting Love After seven grueling years of captivity in the Garden—a burlesque troupe of slave girls—sixteen-year-old Rose finds an opportunity to escape during a performance for the emperor. But the hostage she randomly chooses from the crowd isn't one of the emperor's men—not anymore. He's the former heir to the throne...and is now leading a rebellion against it. Rayce is a wanted man and dangerously charismatic. He’s the worst person for Rose to get involved with, no matter what his smile promises. Assuming the hostage-taking is part of the emperor’s plot to crush the rebellion, he decides to take Rose as his hostage instead. Now Rose must prove where her loyalties lie, so she offers Rayce a deal—if he helps her rescue the other girls, she'll tell him all the Garden's secrets. Well, almost all. Because there’s one secret she’s been keeping these seven years...and she’ll take it to the grave. The Garden of Thorns series is best enjoyed in order: Book #1 Garden of Thorns Book #2 War of the Wilted Book #3 Roots of Ruin

Download or read book Wilted written by Julie Guthman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strawberries are big business in California. They are the sixth-highest-grossing crop in the state, which produces 88 percent of the nation’s favorite berry. Yet the industry is often criticized for its backbreaking labor conditions and dependence on highly toxic soil fumigants used to control fungal pathogens and other soilborne pests. In Wilted, Julie Guthman tells the story of how the strawberry industry came to rely on soil fumigants, and how that reliance reverberated throughout the rest of the fruit’s production system. The particular conditions of plants, soils, chemicals, climate, and laboring bodies that once made strawberry production so lucrative in the Golden State have now changed and become a set of related threats that jeopardize the future of the industry.

Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by A. F. Kline and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a critical mistake during cosmetic surgery, a Super Model takes her own life. A year later, hospital employees in another city start showing up dead. Each body found with a red rose and a card attached that reads, "to cause or to become limp; to lose force; to deprive of courage or energy." Detective Makaila Adkins is a good ole country girl from the hills of Southern Ohio. Makaila is now Lead Detective with the Santa Monica Police Department. It falls on Makaila to figure out why people in her city are dying and who is killing them. While Detective Adkins' methods may be a little 'different' or 'hillbilly', the results are unbelievable. But is all of her county common sense going to help her in this case?

Download or read book Life Beyond the Scars Finding Hope in Tragedy written by Charity Freeland and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Restoration Story written by Robert K. Cheong and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What unanswered questions do you have about your life? Some of us struggle to find meaning, others wonder about identity, and all of us want to be loved. Your story—the events and relationships that define you—will guide how you answer those questions. But God has a story too. His story is about sending Jesus to this broken world to mend all ...

Download or read book Kiss of the Rose written by Kate Pearce and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Kate Pearce's blogs and view other content on the Penguin Community. First in a sexy new series that takes a bite out of the court of King Henry VIII Desperate to defeat King Richard III and gain the crown, Henry Tudor made a pact with the Druids binding him and his heirs to the Druids' struggle against vampires. Ever since, the Llewellyns, a vampire- slaying family, have been in the king's employ. Now Henry VIII reigns, and his father's bargain has been almost forgotten-until bloodless corpses turn up in the king's bedchamber. To save the king, Vampire hunter Rosalind Llewellyn must form an uneasy alliance with Druid slayer Sir Christopher Ellis. But soon, Rosalind must face an unthinkable truth: that her sworn enemy may be her soulmate...

Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Steve Chiovaro and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Montana in 1908, The Wilted Rose tells the story of two young people whose lives intertwine in triumph and sadness. It begins with the selling of a young girl named Rose to a heartless madam and a boy named Cal violently rejected by his father. The two find each other as they travel through a world of hate, racism, and violence. As they come of age, their lives and the life of the town are changed forever.

Download or read book Rose written by Li-Young Lee and published by BOA Editions, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents I. Epistle The Gift Persimmons The Weight Of Sweetness From Blossoms Dreaming Of Hair Early In The Morning Water Falling: The Code Nocturne My Indigo Irises Eating Alone II. Always A Rose III. Eating Together I Ask My Mother To Sing Ash, Snow, Or Moonlight The Life The Weepers Braiding Rain Diary My Sleeping Loved Ones Mnemonic Between Seasons Visions And Interpretations

Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Kate Kelsen and published by Pineapple Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wilted Rose is the powerful true story of one Australian family's struggle with mental illness during the 1960s and 70s.

Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Kate Kelsen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the modest expectations of her well-meaning family, Sarah seeks to discover her aspirations for life and love as a career woman during the 1950s. Jack is the man who falls in love with her, adopting a dedicated role as both lover and carer. And Grace is their daughter, who must navigate the journey towards adulthood through great adversity. From a dairy farm in Maleny to the city streets of Brisbane, comes an inspirational Australian story of passion, heartache, and unbreakable family bonds.

Download or read book The Readymade Thief written by Augustus Rose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most must-read of all must-reads.” —Marie Claire “A kickass debut from start to finish.” —Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run. Betrayed by her family after taking the fall for a friend, Lee finds refuge in a cooperative of runaways holed up in an abandoned building they call the Crystal Castle. But the façade of the Castle conceals a far more sinister agenda, one hatched by a society of fanatical men set on decoding a series of powerful secrets hidden in plain sight. And they believe Lee holds the key to it all. Aided by Tomi, a young hacker and artist with whom she has struck a wary alliance, Lee escapes into the unmapped corners of the city—empty aquariums, deserted motels, patrolled museums, and even the homes of vacationing families. But the deeper she goes underground, the more tightly she finds herself bound in the strange web she’s trying to elude. Desperate and out of options, Lee steps from the shadows to face who is after her—and why. A novel of puzzles, conspiracies, secret societies, urban exploration, art history, and a singular, indomitable heroine, The Readymade Thief heralds the arrival of a spellbinding and original new talent in fiction.

Download or read book The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin written by Stephanie Knipper and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s The Language of Flowers--and with a touch of the magical--The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin is a spellbinding debut about a wondrously gifted child and the family that she helps to heal. Sisters Rose and Lily Martin were inseparable when growing up on their family’s Kentucky flower farm yet became distant as adults when Lily found herself unable to deal with the demands of Rose’s unusual daughter. But when Rose becomes ill, Lily is forced to return to the farm and to confront the fears that had driven her away. Rose’s daughter, ten-year-old Antoinette, has a form of autism that requires constant care and attention. She has never spoken a word, but she has a powerful gift that others would give anything to harness--she can heal with her touch. She brings wilted flowers back to life, makes a neighbor’s tremors disappear, and even changes the course of nature on the flower farm. Antoinette’s gift, though, comes at a price, since each healing puts her own life in jeopardy. As Rose--the center of her daughter’s life--struggles with her own failing health and Lily confronts her anguished past, the sisters, and the men who love them, come to realize the sacrifices that must be made to keep this very special child safe. Written with great heart and a deep understanding of what it feels like to be different, The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin is a novel about what it means to be family and about the lengths to which people will go to protect the ones they love. “This is the kind of book that invites you home, sits you down at the kitchen table, and feeds you something delicious and homemade. You will want to stay in this world where new relationships bloom out of broken ones, sisters find one another again, and miracles really do occur.” —Tiffany Baker

Download or read book Concrete Rose written by Angie Thomas and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book! If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his mom, who works two jobs while his dad’s in prison. Life’s not perfect, but with a fly girlfriend and a cousin who always has his back, Mav’s got everything under control. Until, that is, Maverick finds out he’s a father. Suddenly he has a baby, Seven, who depends on him for everything. But it’s not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. So when he’s offered the chance to go straight, he takes it. In a world where he’s expected to amount to nothing, maybe Mav can prove he’s different. When King Lord blood runs through your veins, though, you can't just walk away. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. He’ll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.