Download or read book Vandal Love written by D. Y. Bechard and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishing novel, Vandal Love follows generations of a unique French-Canadian family across North America, and through the twentieth century, as they struggle to find their place in the world. A family curse – a genetic trick resulting from centuries of hardship – causes the Hervé children to be born either giants or runts. Book I of Vandal Love follows the giants’ line, exploring Jude Hervé’s career as a boxer in Georgia and Louisiana in the 1960s, his escape from that brutal life alone with his baby daughter Isa, and her eventual decision to enter into a strange, chaste marriage with a much older man. Book II traces a different kind of life entirely, as the runts of the family discover that their power lies in a kind of unifying love. François searches for years for his missing father; his own son, Harvey, flees from modern society into spiritual quests. But none of the Hervés can abandon their longing for a place where they might find others like themselves. In assured and almost mystically powerful prose, D.Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming North America. Political, poetic, and philosophically searching, and imbued throughout with a deep sensitivity to the physical world, Vandal Love is a breathtaking literary debut about the power of love to create and destroy – in our lives, and in our history.
Download or read book Vandal Love written by Deni Ellis Béchard and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2012 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows generations of a French-Canadian family cursed by an odd genetic condition brought on by hardship that causes them to be born either giants or runts.
Download or read book Vandal Love written by Deni Ellis Bechard and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishing novel of epic ambition, Vandal Love—winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best first book in 2007—follows generations of a unique French-Canadian family across North America and through the twentieth century. A family curse—a genetic trick resulting from centuries of hardship—causes the Hervé children to be born either giants or runts. Book One follows the giants’ line, exploring Jude Hervé’s career as a boxer in Georgia and Louisiana in the 1960s, his escape from that brutal life alone with his baby daughter Isa, and her eventual decision to enter into a strange, chaste marriage with a much older man. Book Two traces a different kind of life entirely, as the runts of the family discover that their power lies in a kind of unifying love. François seeks the identity of his missing father for years, while his own son, Harvey, flees from modern society into spiritual quests. But none of the Hervés can abandon their longing for a place where they might find others like themselves. In assured and mystically powerful prose, Deni Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming landscape. Imbued throughout with a deep sensitivity to the physical world, Vandal Love is a breathtaking literary debut about the power of love to create and destroy—in our lives, and in our history.
Download or read book Vandal written by Carian Cole and published by Carian Cole. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She takes my breath away; she is so beautifully damaged. Yes, I had broken her, ravished her life and destroyed her happiness. I brought her to the ultimate despair. I was responsible for all the pain and suffering that now brought her to her knees in front of me. Broken. Hopeless. Reckless in her agony. She is a mirror of my own tortured soul. But what I took away I can give back, in ways she cannot even begin to imagine. She is everything right in all my wrongs. She loves me. She needs me. She has no idea I’m the one who wrecked her life.
Download or read book Vandal Love written by D. Y. Bechard and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishing novel, Vandal Love follows generations of a unique French-Canadian family across North America, and through the twentieth century, as they struggle to find their place in the world. A family curse – a genetic trick resulting from centuries of hardship – causes the Hervé children to be born either giants or runts. Book I of Vandal Love follows the giants’ line, exploring Jude Hervé’s career as a boxer in Georgia and Louisiana in the 1960s, his escape from that brutal life alone with his baby daughter Isa, and her eventual decision to enter into a strange, chaste marriage with a much older man. Book II traces a different kind of life entirely, as the runts of the family discover that their power lies in a kind of unifying love. François searches for years for his missing father; his own son, Harvey, flees from modern society into spiritual quests. But none of the Hervés can abandon their longing for a place where they might find others like themselves. In assured and almost mystically powerful prose, D.Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming North America. Political, poetic, and philosophically searching, and imbued throughout with a deep sensitivity to the physical world, Vandal Love is a breathtaking literary debut about the power of love to create and destroy – in our lives, and in our history.
Download or read book Vandal written by Rachel Leigh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have a secret. A deep and painful secret that has been feasting on my insides. Clawing at my heart and lacerating it in a slow and painful agony. If Wyatt thinks that he can just walk into my life and rattle things up, he's got another thing coming. He's nothing to me. Scum. Dirt. As good as dead. You see, I have a secret, but so does he. It's my turn to get my revenge, and I can already taste the sweetness on the tip of my tongue. No questions asked. My secret stays mine. His, however, is about to go up in flames. I'll love nothing more than to watch him burn. He better look out, because this vandal is about to paint his world blood red. Vandal is an MM romance with hate speech and content that may be uncomfortable for some readers. While each book in the series ends with an HEA, this is NOT a standlone and the series must be read in order. Start the series with Striker: A Dark Bully Romance.
Download or read book Love and Vandalism written by Laurie Boyle Crompton and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He calls it fate. She calls it blackmail. Rory has a secret: she's the vandal who paints graffiti lions all over her small town. If her policeman dad knew, he'd probably disown her. So when Hayes, a former screw-up on the path to recovery, catches her in the act, Rory's sure she's busted. Instead, he makes her a deal. If Rory shows him around town, he won't turn her in. It might be coercion, but at least the boy is hot. As they spend more time together, Rory worries she made the wrong choice. Hayes has a way of making her want things she shouldn't want and feel emotions she's tried to bury. Rory's going to have to distance herself from Hayes or confront a secret she can't bring herself to face...
Download or read book Cures for Hunger written by Deni Ellis Béchard and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “poignant but rigorously unsentimental” memoir of one man’s search for the truth about his father’s dark past, and how it shaped his own life (Kirkus Reviews). Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Béchard had no idea his family was extraordinary. He took pleasure in typical boyish activities: salmon fishing with his father, a daring man with a penchant for brawling, and reading with his mother, who was interested in health food and the otherworldly. Assigned to complete a family tree in school, Deni begins to wonder why he doesn’t know more about his father’s side of the family. His mother is from Pittsburgh, and there’s a vague sense that his father is from Quebec, but why the mystery? When his mother leaves Deni’s father and decamps with her children to Virginia, his curiosity only grows. Who is this man, why do the police seem so interested in him, and why is his mother so afraid of him? And when his mother begrudgingly tells Deni that his father was once a bank robber, his imagination is set on fire. Boyish rebelliousness soon gives way to fantasies of a life of crime, and a deep drive for experience leads him to a number of adventures: hitching to Memphis and stealing a motorcycle; fighting classmates and kissing girls. Before long, young Deni is imagining himself as a character in one of his father’s stories, or in the novels he devours. Both attracted and repelled, Deni can’t escape the sense that his father’s life holds the key to understanding himself. Eventually he moves back to Canada, only to find himself snared in the controlling impulses of his mysterious father, and increasingly obsessed by his father’s own muted recollections of the Quebecois childhood he’d fled long ago. “Powerful and haunting . . . a must-read for anyone who has ever struggled to uncover their identity within the shadow of a parent.” —Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance “Cures for Hunger is a poignant adventure story with a mystery . . . But it is also, perhaps even more so, the story of an artist coming of age.” —The Plain Dealer “This darkly comic and lyrical memoir demonstrates the shaping of its author, who suffers the wreckage of his father’s life, yet manages to salvage all the beauty of its desperate freedoms. Béchard’s poetic gifts give voice to the outsiders of society, and make them glow with humanity and love.” —Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Portable Veblen
Download or read book To Love Vandal written by Carian Cole and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nach dem tragischen Unfalltod seiner Tochter, an dem sich Vandal Valentine selbst die Schuld gibt, ist das Leben für ihn eine Qual. Er zieht sich zurück und kommt nur schwer mit anderen klar. Doch eines Tages trifft er auf die ebenfalls trauernde Tabitha. Er ist fasziniert von ihr, sie ist wie ein Lichtstrahl in seiner dunkel gewordenen Welt. Als er herausfindet, wer sie ist, trifft er eine schwerwiegende Entscheidung, die sein Gewissen verfolgt. Sie scheint keine Ahnung zu haben, wer er ist und was er getan hat. Gemeinsam lassen sie sich auf eine erotische Reise ein, suchen einen Weg aus der Trauer und der düsteren Gefühle zurück ins Leben. Doch unaussprechliche Geheimnisse stehen zwischen ihnen und bedrohen ihre Liebe.
Download or read book Love or Perish Expanded Edition written by Dr. Smiley Blanton and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times called this famous guide to a more rewarding life “sound and solid, the product of a richly furnished mind, a book of wisdom.” Written by one of America’s most distinguished psychiatrists, Dr. Smiley Blanton, it has already found its way into some 200,000 American homes. Hundreds of readers have written to the author saying they were helped, inspired—and wanted more. In response to these letters, Dr. Blanton added an enormously valuable new section showing how men and women of all ages can give themselves as second chance at happiness—this section, titled “On Making a Fresh Start,” is included in this Expanded Edition, which was first published in 1957. “I believe that it is possible to achieve an emotional change with the insight developed through books. Books can make a change in one’s philosophy and attitude toward life. That is why so many books of the world are so deeply cherished. “It is in this hope that I write, in an effort to bring to people the hard-won truths of my observation over many years of life and during more than forty years of practice in psychiatry.”—Dr. Smiley Blanton, Introduction
Download or read book Searing Heet MMF Bisexual Romance written by Alex McAnders and published by RateABull Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bad boy billionaire, an angsty ex-football player with a mysterious past, and the curvy woman who uncovers secrets, fall into an MMF bisexual romance when a fake relationship leads to, a first time gay relationship, sizzling encounters, and longtime best friends giving in to their heart-aching passion. DANI Everything else in her life might be a mess, but Dani Spelling is the best investigative reporter you’ll ever meet. Her father-figure editor wants her to take over his job when he retires. But the billionaire owner of the company wants to give it to Jax Watt, the brooding sports reporter who turns her into a schoolgirl with a crush every time he speaks. She can’t let her editor down, though. So when the billionaire asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend for an evening, she sees her way in. Is it? Or, is there something deeper going on between the drool-worthy men? Is there a story there? And, does the story end with the two gorgeous men naked in her bed? HEET Heet Ray had no interest in inheriting his father’s billion dollar media empire. The only thing he was interested in was Jax Watt, his college best friend. Heet might not have figured out his feelings for Jax, but he does know that he will go anywhere and spend anything to have Jax by his side. So, what will happen when Jax falls for a beautiful reporter who is intent on keeping them apart? It starts with Heet asking her to pretend to be his girlfriend for an evening. What will happen next? Only Heet knows. JAX After eight years as a professional football player, an injury turned Jax Watt into someone who reported the sports instead of playing it. But that wasn’t what turned him into the moody, brooding man he became. That was because of the mountain of secrets he was guarding. Did those secrets involve the way he felt about Heet, his college best friend and now boss? Did they involve Dani, the curvy co-worker he desperately wanted in his bed? Or, did Jax’s secrets revolve around something from his past that threatened to destroy his life and the lives of everyone around him? Maybe he shouldn’t get into a complicated, mixed up love triangle with his best friend and a reporter who will stop at nothing to get promoted. There is no way a relationship like that could end well… Or, is that exactly what they all need to live happily ever after? ‘Searing Heet’ is a steamy bisexual romance with twists, turns and heat. Loaded with enough MM, MFM, and MMF scenes to make your toes curl, it will leave you satisfied with its not-to-be-missed HEA ending.
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Download or read book To Love written by Laura Scott and published by Readscape Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Laura Scott Welcome to McNally Bay - A small town with big secrets.. Can this drifter find a home? Desperate for a fresh start, Jazz McNally pours her energy into renovating her grandparent's mansion overlooking Lake Michigan. Her goal is to turn the cherished childhood home into a bed and breakfast she'd manage with her twin sister, Jemma. Jazz doesn't mind the hard work, until vandals strike. She needs help fast or risk missing their grand opening. Drifter Dalton O'Brien doesn't mind giving Jazz a hand, knowing once the job was complete he'd be on his way. But he enjoys spending time with her, more than he should. When vandalism escalates into danger, Dalton is determined to keep Jazz safe. Can he let go of the ghosts in his past long enough to embrace the promise of a future? -- Read what others are saying about USA Today Bestselling Author Laura Scott: “Scott delivers distinctive characters, an appealing small-town setting, and a hint of romance. This cozy is perfect for animal lovers."--Publishers Weekly review of Dogged by Death "An entertaining cast of characters makes for a kickoff sure to please dog lovers." --Kirkus review for Dogged by Death -- Read the entire McNally Family series in order: To Love To Cherish To Laugh To Honor To Believe To Promise -- Topics: Sweet romantic suspense, sweet romance, small town romance, small town contemporary romance, family romance, suspense romance, suspense, thriller, Christian thriller, contemporary suspense romance, clean family centered romance, Laura Scott books, Laura Scott romantic suspense books, bed and breakfast romance, small town romance, emotional romance, redemption romance, finding faith romance, faith journey, finding faith, USA today Bestselling author, USA Today, rescue romance, learning to trust again, strong women romance, police officer, damsel in distress, doctor, hospital, strong men of faith, protector, faith redeemed. -- Readers of Laura Scott’s books enjoyed books by: Lynette Eason, Irene Hannon, Susan Sleeman, Susan May Warren, Hallee Bridgeman, Christy Barritt, Diann Mills, Dee Henderson, Elizabeth Goddard, Terri Blackstock, Lisa Harris, Rachel Dylan, Dani Pettrey, Colleen Coble, Edie James, Terri Reed, Shirlee McCoy, Lenora Worth, Heather Woodhaven, Dana Mentink
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Download or read book The Very Marrow of Our Bones written by Christine Higdon and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defiance, faith, and triumph in a heartrending novel about daughters and mothers On a miserable November day in 1967, two women disappear from a working-class town on the Fraser River. The community is thrown into panic, with talk of drifters and murderous husbands. But no one can find a trace of Bette Parsons or Alice McFee. Even the egg seller, Doris Tenpenny, a woman to whom everyone tells their secrets, hears nothing. Ten-year-old Lulu Parsons discovers something, though: a milk-stained note her mother, Bette, left for her father on the kitchen table. Wally, it says, I will not live in a tarpaper shack for the rest of my life . . . Lulu tells no one, and months later she buries the note in the woods. At the age of ten, she starts running — and forgetting — lurching through her unraveled life, using the safety of solitude and detachment until, at fifty, she learns that she is not the only one who carries a secret. Hopeful, lyrical, comedic, and intriguingly and lovingly told, The Very Marrow of Our Bones explores the isolated landscapes and thorny attachments bred by childhood loss and buried secrets.
