Download or read book The Year We Missed My Birthday written by Lois Metzger and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven birthday stories all about the holiday that is dedicated to celebrating you.
Download or read book It s My Birthday written by Helen Oxenbury and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The birthday child's animal friends bring ingredients and help make a birthday cake.
Download or read book The Romanian written by Bruce Benderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2004 Prix de Flore—one of France's most distinguished literary prizes—a wildly romantic, true-life love story “History follows a trail of sputtering desire, often calling upon the delusions of lovers to generate the sparks. If it weren’t for us, the world would suffer from a dismal lack of stories," writes Bruce Benderson in this brutally candid memoir. “What astonishes and intrigues is Benderson’s way of recounting, in the sweetest possible voice, things that are considered shocking,” wrote Le Monde. What’s so shocking? It’s not just Benderson’s job translating Céline Dion’s saccharine autobiography, which he admits is driving him mad; but his unrequited love for an impoverished Romanian in “cheap club-kid platforms with dollar signs in his squinting eyes,” whom he meets while on a journalism assignment in Eastern Europe. Rather than retreat, Benderson absorbs everything he can about Romanian culture and discovers an uncanny similarity between his own obsession for the Romanian (named Romulus) and the disastrous love affair of King Carol II, the last king of Romania (1893-1953). Throughout, Benderson—“absolutely free of bitterness, nastiness, or any desire to protect himself,” wrote Le Monde—is sustained by little white codeine pills, a poetic self-awareness, a sense of humor, and an unwavering belief in the perfect romance, even as wild dogs chase him down Romanian streets.
Download or read book Days to Remember written by Donna Green and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Year We Turned Forty written by Liz Fenton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you could repeat one year of your life, what would you do differently? This heartwarming and hilarious novel from the authors of The Status of All Things and Your Perfect Life features three best friends who get the chance to return to the year they turned forty—the year that altered all of their lives, in ways big and small—and also get the opportunity to change their future. Jessie loves her son Lucas more than anything, but it tears her up inside that he was conceived in an affair that ended her marriage to a man she still loves, a man who just told her he's getting remarried. This time around, she’s determined to bury the secret of Lucas’ paternity, and to repair the fissures that sent her wandering the first time. Gabriela regrets that she wasted her most fertile years in hot pursuit of a publishing career. Yes, she’s one of the biggest authors in the world, but maybe what she really wanted to create was a family. With a chance to do it again, she’s focused on convincing her husband, Colin, to give her the baby she desires. Claire is the only one who has made peace with her past: her twenty-two year old daughter, Emily, is finally on track after the turmoil of adolescence, and she's recently gotten engaged, with the two carat diamond on her finger to prove it. But if she’s being honest, Claire still fantasizes about her own missed opportunities: a chance to bond with her mother before it was too late, and the possibility of preventing her daughter from years of anguish. Plus, there’s the man who got away—the man who may have been her one true love. But it doesn’t take long for all three women to learn that re-living a life and making different decisions only leads to new problems and consequences—and that the mistakes they made may, in fact, have been the best choices of all…
Download or read book A Piece of Him written by Supriya Jain and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of my life, an honest account of living through grief and hopefully conquering it. My husband, who was also my best friend for 15 years, passed away in a car accident. It was unexpected and shattering. There he was standing at the door one afternoon, waving me good-bye and the same evening he was dead. It was incomprehensible – still is. This is a story of my fight to bring him back; to have his child – a miracle of faith and science. This is a story of memories, grief, despair, bravery, craziness, and love. It’s also a story of fighting odds, prejudices, perceptions, and loneliness. Of being able to move on, yet not forgetting the long years of togetherness. Of how you realize the important things in life, and the lessons you learn. It’s my heart, out on paper.
Download or read book The Great Christmas Bowl written by Susan May Warren and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-12-07 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marianne Wallace is focused on two things this Christmas: planning the greatest holiday ever and her youngest son's football game. But when she's asked to sub for the school mascot in a fish costume, organize the annual church tea, and cope with children who can't come home, it might take a miracle to restore her cheer.
Download or read book Off to War written by Deborah Ellis and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Deborah Ellis has been widely praised for her gripping books portraying the plight of children in war-torn countries. Now she turns her attention closer to home, to the children whose parents are soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. In frank and revealing interviews, they talk about how this experience has marked and shaped their lives.The children, who range in age from 7 to 17, come from all over North America. They were interviewed on military bases, in the streets, in their homes and over the phone. The strength of Off to War is that the children are left to speak for themselves, with little editorial interference beyond a brief introduction. Includes a glossary, a list of organizations and websites and suggestions for further reading.
Download or read book Froggy s Birthday Wish written by Jonathan London and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Froggy’s birthday—but no one has remembered. His parents don’t seem to realize it’s his special day, and none of his friends are at home to wish him a happy birthday. Will Froggy celebrate his birthday all alone? Has everyone really forgotten?
Download or read book Because We Only Live Once written by Sonia Michelle Veliz Alvarado and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have the potential to achieve our dreams, to be better people, and to make the world a better place. Yet when we experience difficulty and challenges in life, how do we stay motivated? How can we remember that we are not alone, that there is always hope, and that we can overcome any challenge thrown in our way? Because We Only Live Once! shares one womans inspiring real-life story of the struggles, pain, disappointments, challenges, and obstacles she has had to face in her life. Author Sonia Michelle Veliz Alvarado talks about how and what helped her overcome each and every problem in her life, and her story can help anyone facing the same issues of loneliness, illness, betrayal, and disappointments. She opens her heart and her life, offering a window into the most difficult and painful experiences of her life in the hopes that young girls, women, and even men can realize they are not alone. No matter your situation today, you cannot wait until tomorrow to achieve your dreams and hopes. And even though life doesnt always meet your expectations, you have the gifts and the talents to make a difference in the world. So be motivated that the pain and the struggles you are going through today will be the hope and the inspiration that someone will need tomorrow.
Download or read book Love is Safe written by and published by Megan Wieand. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life After Katrina written by Barbie Root and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katrina, Rita, and Wilma are names that will always be remembered as violent storms that changed the lives of many people and the face of the lands they called home. "Life After Katrina" chronicles in real time the communication struggles of one family between Minnesota and hurricane-ravaged Mississippi. The only way they can contact one another is through the Guestbook feature on author Barbie Root's personal Web page. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, Barbie's family members' encouraging messages and constant communication are her only connections to a world beyond suffering and despair. After the initial shock and storm-induced panic wear off, the message board continues to connect Barbie and her family through many more ups and downs, happiness, and challenges. Readers across the nation, both affected and unaffected by natural disasters, will identify with Barbie's story through the common threads of love, laughter, and family. The Root family proves that even in the midst of anguish and uncertainty, sickness and death, there is still optimism, hope, and determination in "Life After Katrina."
Download or read book D C Public Schools written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circle of Love written by Tracy Brooks and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brooklyn is feeling on top of the world. Every day when she looks in the mirror, she sees another one of God’s miracles looking back at her. One morning when her cousin shows up at her front door, she cannot help but wonder what kind of drama Shay is preparing to instigate. After she quickly rejects Shay’s invitation to hang out, she looks forward to a serene day where she doesn’t have to apologize to anyone for Shay’s comments or actions. While on a search for inner-peace, Brookyn has recently embarked on a journey of self-discovery, determined to carefully examine her life and relationships. As her fiftieth birthday celebration approaches, Brooklyn must decide whether to invite Shay and deal with the subsequent drama or shun her from the event. While Brooklyn struggles to look at life from Shay’s point of view, she vascillates between the present and past while exploring the strength and love of true friendships and the acceptance of one another’s similarities and differences. But will she ever find a way to accept Shay as one of the girls in her circle? Circle of Love is the moving tale of a middle-aged woman’s journey to find peace within herself while examining her life, relationships, and the true meaning of acceptance.
Download or read book Unusual written by Amanda Burris and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you told me I'd be here today, believing what I do and working for the Lord, I would've told you, you are crazy. This is the story of how I found Jesus or, rather, how He chose me and how because of Him, I overcame obstacles like mental illness and finding truth in Jesus, while showing my journey of before, during, and after finding Him.
Download or read book Married Under the Influence written by Harmony Rose and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the wife of an alcoholic, author Harmony Rose searched for some validity to her emotions: she didnt want to feel crazy anymore or continue to carry the shame and blame that came with her husbands alcoholism. In Married under the Influence, she shares her story of living year after year with a husband who is an alcoholic. With excerpts from her journal entries, Rose tells how all she ever wanted was to be loved by the man she had given her heart to, but she had no idea how to reach him, even briefly contemplating suicide. Then, she had a spiritual awakening that changed their lives forever. She tells the details of her journey to not only help her understand and heal, but to help others. Including interviews with recovering alcoholics and with other wives whose husbands are alcoholics, Married under the Influence offers stories of strength, love, and hope. It shows how forgiveness can free you from your own emotional prison and how loving unconditionally doesnt have to mean losing yourself.
Download or read book Awakening Avery written by Carolyn Moring Lowes and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avery was there to pick up the pieces of her best friends heart when Hannahs innocence was pillaged. To gain back their independence, the girls go on a forbidden adventure to the big city. Then, as if by coincidence, Avery meets another, far-from-creepy individual., tall, dark, and handsome, who sweeps her off her sensibly shoed feet at first sight. He turns out to be incredibly romantic, sensitive, and richalmost too perfect. Their relationship flourishes quickly, and it feels so right to Avery: true, undying, passionate love. This normally sensible, average teenager has unwittingly embarked on a mystical journey with her newfound love. She finds herself learning many strange, unimaginable but somehow familiar things With good comes bad. To know the light, there must be dark; To know extreme love, you must also feel pain. And with truth comes secretsdangerous, dark secrets. To Avery, the world seems to be spiraling into a deep chasm of despair and fear. A fearful shroud of deception bewilders society. With Kaysens help, Avery learns what is on the other side of this unapparent cloak. These young lovers are an intrinsic part of a bigger, lighter picture and must awaken their supernatural gifts to save themselves and the others.
