Download or read book The Year She Fell written by Alicia Rasley and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic mystery at the heart of their family has finally surfaced . . . When Presbyterian minister Ellen Wakefield O'Connor is confronted by a young man armed with a birth certificate that mistakenly names her as his mother, she quickly sorts out the truth: his birth mother listed Ellen on the certificate to cover up her own identity, but also because Ellen is, in a way, related to the child. The birth father is Ellen's troubled husband, Tom. The secrets of the past soon engulf Ellen, Tom, and everyone they love.
Download or read book Small Steps written by Peg Kehret and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction 1997 ALA Notable Books for Children 1997 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers 1997 Pen Center USA West Literary Award 1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award (Vermont) 1998-1999 Mark Twain Award (Missouri) 1998 Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award 1998-1999 Texas Bluebonnet Award, Runner-Up 1998-1999 William Allen White Master Reading List (Kansas) 1998-1999 Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Master List 1998-1999 Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma) 1998-1999 Volunteer State Book Award Master List (Tennessee) 1998-1999 NH Great Stone Face Children's Book Award Master List 1999 Sasquatch Reading Award Master List (Washington State) 2000-2001 Iowa Children's Choice Awards Master List 2001 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Master List (Illinois) 2001 Young Hoosier Book Award 2015 Bluestem Book Award Master List In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret writes about months spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again. Peg Kehret was stricken with polio when she was twelve years old. At first paralyzed and terrified, she fought her way to recovery, aided by doctors and therapists, a loving family, supportive roommates fighting their own battles with the disease, and plenty of grit and luck. With the humor and suspense that are her trademarks, acclaimed author Peg Kehret vividly recreates the true story of her year of heartbreak and triumph.
Download or read book Where She Fell written by Kaitlin Ward and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the acclaimed novels Girl in a Bad Place and Bleeding Earth comes a heartstopping work of speculative fiction about what lurks beneath our feet... and beyond. Watch your step. Eliza knows the legends about the swamp near her house -- that people have fallen into sinkholes, never to be seen again, maybe even falling to the center of the earth. As an aspiring geologist, she knows the last part is impossible. But when her best friends drag her onto the uneven ground anyway, Eliza knows to be worried. And when the earth opens under her feet, there isn't even time to say I told you so. As she scrambles through one cave, which leads to another, and another, Eliza finds herself in an impossible world -- where a small group of people survive underground, running from vicious creatures, eating giant bugs, and creating their own subterranean society. Eliza is grateful to be alive, but this isn't home. Is she willing to risk everything to get back to the surface?
Download or read book The Night She Fell written by Eileen Merriman and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood . . . Her eyes were open, staring sightlessly into the sky. I’d like to think she saw the stars before she died; that in her last moments she flew, soaring on serotonin, dreamy with dopamine. I’d like to think she didn’t suffer . . .’ A beautiful young law student dies on the concrete below her third-storey window in chilly Dunedin. It’s clear enough how she died. What isn’t is why — or who’s involved. Plenty of people had a reason to hate Ashleigh, with her straight As and perfect looks. She’s fallen out with her flatmates, and her boyfriend Xander is having second thoughts about their future together. And then there are the weird messages. The Night She Fell is a gripping psychological thriller from one of New Zealand's most multi-talented contemporary novelists. 'Pacy, clever and enthralling, The Night She Fell is a deliciously evil exploration of narcissism. A thriller that will keep you awake long into the night.' - Rose Carlyle, bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror.
Download or read book She Fell In Love with a New York Hitta written by Infinity and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was once said that the hood was a deadly battlefield where only the strongest survive. Leilani Vasquez has had her fair share of fights being born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Her childhood was suffused with drugs and abuse as she was treated as a burden by the very woman who brought her into the world. Love eludes their home once Leilani’s innocence is torn away from her by her mother’s moral less boyfriend. Showing no mercy, Leilani is forced to grow up fast when she becomes pregnant with her stepfather’s child, along with a drug habit that she cannot kick. Events transpire between the odd family, changing Leilani’s life forever. Twelve years later, she’s a professional hit woman that uses her connections to become one of the leaders of the top drug organizations, The Supremes. Supported by her close friends, Leilani is making a better life for herself. Things go south when reality throws her life into shambles, turning her world upside down. Will Leilani be able to survive this battle, or will she become just another character in a fucked up hood tale?
Download or read book She Fell In Love written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lovely red-haired eighteen year old Lady Viola Francis is orphaned. She and her fortune are in the power of her stepfather, the sinister Sir Rudolph Vane. Viola’s late father, the Earl of Galhampton, was passionately interested in motor cars and from an early age Viola worked with him on his engines. Now she wants to fulfil his ambition to build one that can be sold to the growing numbers of people keen to acquire this new and expensive form of transport. Sir Rudolph, however, has other plans for her and her fortune and wants her to marry the ineffectual Lord Carncross. Viola can only see one way of releasing herself from his tyrannical hold and achieving her aims, she must leave The Castle, hide herself away and develop her engine, hoping that it will make her independent of Sir Rudolph. She finds refuge with her old Nanny and driving there she encounters Maximillian Fitzwilliam, another motor car enthusiast, who invites her to see his workshop at Hurcott Hall. There she discovers that he is the Marquis of Hurcott and meets the beautiful Lady Fairfax. Later Viola is introduced to her father’s heir, the new Earl of Galhampton, who has just returned to England from America to find that he has inherited a title without an estate or income. Lady Fairfax appears to have both men in her clutches and treats Viola as a little ‘ragamuffin’ girl of no account. Without knowing who she is, the dashing current Earl is attracted to Viola, who is herself falling in love with the Marquis. What happens when the Earl discovers her identity, Viola wins a thrilling motor car race and then finds her world turned upside down when Sir Rudolph discovers her whereabouts is told in this exciting romance by BARBARA CARTLAND
Download or read book She Fell In Love with a New York Hitta 2 written by Infinity and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second installment of this heartbreaking series, the story picks up right where we left off. The remaining leaders of the Supreme pick up the pieces of their lives after losing their dear friend Leilani. Clueless to who was behind his little sister’s murder, Isaiah relentlessly questions Juelz, pushing the teenager deeper into an opioid addiction. Seeing history repeat itself, Essence focuses on getting her nephew better; no matter how many attempts it takes, she’s determined to get Juelz clean. Don absorbs himself into finding the person responsible for Leilani’s death as guilt harbors what is left of his heart. Sincere is stuck in a realm of betrayal as he is persuaded to believe that his dead fiancé maliciously murdered his father in cold blood. Pain, guilt and anger torment the close knit family as they all desire to move on from Leilani’s death. But how far can they get before reality sinks her teeth into their lives? Will this family ever be able to move on, or will jealousy ruin what is left of this family?
Download or read book She s Come Undone written by Wally Lamb and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dolores Price. She's thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the chocolate, crisps and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly up. In his extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch an incredible ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. At once a fragile girl and a hard-edged cynic, so tough to love yet so inimitably loveable, Dolores is as poignantly real as our own imperfections.
Download or read book When She Fell written by Karen Cole and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisty, addictive psychological thriller about family, lies and the secrets we keep from those we love most. Avery is an obscure author whose recent disappearance is eerily similar to the death of a character in her latest thriller. Last seen walking the cliffs at Bosigran, it is suspected she fell, although her body has still not been found. When Alex, an ambitious young journalist, receives a copy of Avery's book in the post, she becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to her. Alex travels to Cornwall to research Avery's death for an article and discovers that the writer's life mirrored her book in more ways than one. She increasingly suspects that all is not as it seems. One question in particular keeps playing on her mind, did Avery jump was she pushed? *************** HEAR WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT KAREN COLE: 'Every time I thought I had it sussed a curveball was thrown. Beautifully dark and compelling' Caz, Amazon reviewer 'If you like Karin Slaughter you will love this!' Cath, Amazon reviewer 'I was constantly guessing throughout and I still didn't see that ending coming even though the clues are there!' Chanel, Amazon reviewer 'I absolutely loved this book. I could never have guessed the outcome' Annie, Amazon reviewer 'Another winner' Ashrae, Amazon reviewer
Download or read book She Fell In Love with a Savage 2 written by Shavekia Layfield and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-02 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiara opened her heart and life up to Omega. She trusted him with all that she had. All she wanted in return was a better life for her and her children. He promised her that and more. However, his endless trail of lies, mystery and secrets are coming back to haunt him. Tiara and her children ends up paying the price. Omega swears he innocent, but after the kidnapping Tiara is not so sure. She wants to know why she and her kids were kidnapped, but Omega doesn’t have an answer. He tells her he is going to fix it. A’ Quan uses this as an opportunity to slide back in and take back his family. Omega is not giving up so easily and truth is Tiara doesn’t want A’ Quan anymore. He betrayed her trust one time too many. Another body is found and linked to Omega. He calls in for reinforcement to clear his name. When the blast from the past blows through town, the cases against Omega takes as drastic turn leaving Tiara unsure what to believe, who to trust, or what her next move should be. Nothing is what it seems, except that Ryder is out to take down his brother. He wants to get out of the street life and live comfortable with the money that he feels like his father owe him. Omega has the money, but is not willing to share. This again causes Tiara and her kids to be caught in the crossfire. This time Omega is unavailable and she has no choice but to turn to A’ Quan. A’ Quan runs to her aid only to be dissed again. He finds that Omega has her heart and mind on lock. A’ Quan decides the only way to get his family back is to take out the SAVAGE and his little brother too!
Download or read book She Fell Among Thieves written by Dornford Yates and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vintage thriller featuring the welcome return of Richard Chandos, dashing hero extraordinaire, who seeks to rescue a young girl who has been kidnapped and drugged by a sinister old woman in the mountains of the Pyrenées. A gripping read originally published in serial form, ‘She Fell Among Thieves’ was a huge hit when it first appeared.
Download or read book And Then She Fell written by Alicia Elliott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Most Anticipated Book Pick by Good Morning America, Bustle, CrimeReads, Electric Literature, Debutiful, and Ms. Magazine A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous woman who discovers the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences On the surface, Alice is exactly where she thinks she should be: She’s just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Dawn; her charming husband, Steve—a white academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture—is nothing but supportive; and they’ve moved into a new home in a posh Toronto neighborhood. But Alice could not feel like more of an impostor. She isn’t connecting with her daughter, a struggle made even more difficult by the recent loss of her own mother, and every waking moment is spent hiding her despair from Steve and their ever-watchful neighbors, among whom she’s the sole Indigenous resident. Even when she does have a minute to herself, her perpetual self-doubt hinders the one vestige of her old life she has left: her goal of writing a modern retelling of the Haudenosaunee creation story. Then, as if all that wasn’t enough, strange things start to happen. She finds herself losing bits of time and hearing voices she can’t explain, all while her neighbors’ passive-aggressive behavior begins to morph into something far more threatening. Though Steve assures her this is all in her head, Alice cannot fight the feeling that something is very, very wrong, and that in her creation story lies the key to her and Dawn’s survival.... She just has to finish it before it’s too late. Told in Alice’s raw and darkly funny voice, And Then She Fell is an urgent and unflinching exploration of inherited trauma, womanhood, denial, and false allyship, which speeds to an unpredictable—and surreal—climax.
Download or read book Ten Thousand Wonderful Things written by Edmund Fillingham King and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Know This Much Is True written by Wally Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-03 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Download or read book William Lilly s History of His Life and Times from the Year 1602 to 1681 written by William Lilly and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "William Lilly's History of His Life and Times, from 1602 to 1681" is an autobiography of William Lilly, a seventeenth-century English astrologer. He developed the reputation of the most important astrologer in England through his social and political connections. In the book, Lilly, who predicted the Great Plague and the Great Fire, tells about his triumphs and adversities. He pays spacial attention to lawsuits and disputes, questioning the godliness of his art and the contents of his predictions, which sometimes offended or worried the publics.
Download or read book Minutes of the Cincinnati Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the Year written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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