Download or read book My Fathers Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain written by Patricio Pron and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American debut of one of Granta’s Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists, My Fathers’ Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain is a daring and deeply affecting story of one Argentine family’s buried secrets. When a young writer returns home to visit his dying father, he finds himself drawn into an obsessive search for a local man gone missing. As the truth—not only about his father but an entire generation—comes to light, the narrator is forced to confront the ghosts of Argentina’s dark political past, as well as long-hidden memories about his own family’s history. Powerful and audacious, this semi-autobiographical novel is a thoroughly original story of corruption and responsibility, of history and remembrance, from one of South America’s most important new writers.
Download or read book Drinking with My Father s Ghost written by Hugh Reilly and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My father died in the spring of 2004. While cleaning out his library we found boxes of research he'd collected as he worked on his book on the Irish Pub. There was a hidden treasure buried in the boxes. Travelling across Ireland in the spring of 1980, he had kept a journal in several loose-leaf notebooks describing the pubs he visited and the people he met along the way. Sometimes the descriptions were brief and perfunctory, but every now and again he told a story about the people he had met, painting a rich portrait of Ireland in 1980.As I read through the journals I began to think I've got to edit and copy these onto my computer. At a minimum, I wanted to preserve them for my family. While I had no desire to write "The Social History of the Irish Pub," another idea began to take shape. What if I went back to some of these pubs he had visited in 1980 to see if they still existed and if they had changed?
Download or read book The Ghosts of Walter Crockett written by W. Edward Crockett and published by Islandport Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Crockett, the son of an absent and alcoholic father, grew up in poverty in a crowded house on Portland's Munjoy Hill in the 1970s. He recounts his days growing up with the ever-present specter of a drunken father and then overcoming the odds to become a successful businessman and politician. The book is not just a tale of struggle and perseverance, but also a story of love, redemption, and ultimately forgiveness.
Download or read book Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost Gods written by W. D. Westervelt and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (1915) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story of Hawaii to the traditions of other Polynesian cultures, Westervelt provides an invaluable resource for understanding the historical and geographical scope of Hawaiian culture. Drawing on the work of David Malo, Samuel Kamakau, and Abraham Fornander, Westervelt, originally from Ohio, became a leading authority on the Hawaiian Islands, publishing extensively on their legends, religious beliefs, and folk tales. “The legends of the Hawaiian Islands are as diverse as those of any country in the world. They are also entirely distinct in form and thought from the fairy-tales which excite the interest and wonder of the English and German children. The mythology of Hawaii follows the laws upon which all myths are constructed.” Part ethnography, part geological description, Westervelt’s work is a powerful celebration of the cultural traditions of the Hawaiian Islands. In these legends, ghosts and gods interact with the environment and the daily lives of islanders, shaping human society and the land itself. Highlights include the story of the Wauhaula heiau, or temple, the legend of the enraged Hau-pu and the Rock of Kauai, and the tale of Nanaue, the shark-man of Waipio Valley. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W. D. Westervelt’s Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods is a classic of Hawaiian literature reimagined for modern readers.
Download or read book The Death of My Father the Pope written by Obed Silva and published by MCD. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man mourning his alcoholic father faces a paradox: to pay tribute, lay scorn upon, or pour a drink. A wrenching, dazzling, revelatory debut Weaving between the preparations for his father's funeral and memories of life on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border, Obed Silva chronicles his father's lifelong battle with alcoholism and the havoc it wreaked on his family. Silva and his mother had come north across the border to escape his father’s violent, drunken rages. His father had followed and danced dangerously in and out of the family’s life until he was arrested and deported back to Mexico, where he drank himself to death, one Carta Blanca at a time, at the age of forty-eight. Told with a wry cynicism, a profane, profound anger, an antic, brutally honest voice, and a hard-won classical frame of reference, Silva channels the heartbreak of mourning while wrestling with the resentment and frustration caused by addiction. The Death of My Father the Pope is a fluid and dynamic combination of memoir and an examination of the power of language—and the introduction of a unique and powerful literary voice.
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Download or read book Ghost written by Jason Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
Download or read book Father Ghost written by B. Green and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FATHER GHOST weaves the tapestry of a prominent southern family's alcoholic son Erroll Mason, husband of Ruth, father of Skipper and Andrew. Part One of the novel chronicles how a father's addiction shapes the lives of his family. In an era when mothers don't work outside the home, his wife is forced to search for a livelihood she can no longer count on her husband to provide. Like many children of alcoholics, Skipper and Andrew, thirteen months apart in age, excel in academics, sports, and good behavior in hopes of winning their father's love. Both popular among their peers, they avoid close friendships that might bring unexpected visitors to a house filled with secret shame. The brothers, allies in an unnamed war, believe they are the only kids in town whose father is a drunk. Eager to leave the small town of Brenner after high school, each chooses a college far from home. Free of the confines of an unhappy childhood, they begin to discover who they are. Part Two examines the adult lives of Skipper and Andrew Mason and the baggage they're unaware of carrying—denial, buried emotions, depression, and a predisposition for alcoholism. The novel is a story of triumph and tragedy, of strength and weakness, and truth and lies, but in spite of the human frailties exposed on its pages, it is an over-arching story of redemptive love, forgiveness, and grace.
Download or read book The Wild Hunt written by Ashley Jeffery and published by Ashley Jeffery. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I see ghosts....... Except my ghosts aren't just floating see-through apparitions. They aren't drifting clouds of mist, or glowing balls of light. My ghosts are the soundless, walking zombies of the dearly departed. They are the rotting corpses of the dead. I am crazy........... I have never pretended to be anything else. I know that seeing the dead isn't something sane people do. No. I am fully aware of my own psychosis. Too bad knowing and accepting isn't a cure. But....... Something else seems to be happening around me. People are dying, people I know. And whats worse the Sheriff thinks I'm doing it. Even my silent rotting friends can't help me, not without a voice. I am not a murderer.
Download or read book A Drinking Life written by Pete Hamill and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is "a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction" (New York Times). !--StartFragment-- As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. In A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker. !--EndFragment--"Magnificent. A Drinking Life is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink." --Boston Globe
Download or read book Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost Gods written by William D. Westervelt and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “…Of special value to all who are concerned with the study of comparative folklore… an entertaining dip into Hawaiian mythology…For all who enjoy or who study folklore, the republication of these books will be welcomed.” —South China Morning Post Hawaiian Legends of Ghost and Ghost-Gods is a series of richly entertaining Hawaiian folk tales. The legends of the Hawaiian Islands are as diverse as those of any there region in the world. At the same time, although Hawaiian mythology follows the laws upon which all myths are constructed; these legends are entirely distinct in form and thought from those of European origin. Often, of course, there historical foundation that has been dealt with fancifully and enlarged to miraculous proportions. In addition to creating an abundance of attractive nature myths and cycle of legends recounting the exploits of the wonder-working demigod a magically entertaining series of tales about ghost and ghost-gods, and it was from this group of legends that W.D. Westervelt collected and translated the ones that make up the present volume.
Download or read book The Unseen World of the Holy Spirit written by Frank Bailey and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost…" (Acts 2:4).You can begin to experience God's supernatural power through this biblically sound and personally profound book. It will guide you to spiritual interaction with your heavenly Father.As author Frank Bailey unveils The Unseen World of the Holy Spirit, you will: Walk behind the veil of religious traditions. Live in His presence with peace and confidence. Accept God's anointing with joy. Welcome the Holy Spirit with open arms. People from all walks of life are experiencing God in incredibly personal ways - just like the men and women in the Bible. You can too!
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Download or read book The Ghost and Sebastian written by Bernice Carstens and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a powerful story about a renowned mystery writer, Sebastian, from New York, an unsolved triple homicide in a mansion in Marblehead Neck, MA in 2006, and, a romantic ghost Jenny. She, her boyfriend and her mother were murdered in that mansion. In January of 2010, the mystery peaks the interest of Sebastian, so his goal is to help find the murderer and write a book. Hes also a criminal psychologist with a masters degree, a psychic medium and clairvoyant. Sebastian moves to Marblehead and attends a pitch party and meets, Samantha, a romance novelist with magnetic blue eyes, dark hair and a bad temper. He later meets beautiful Katherine who rents him a spooky Victorian mansion. While he lives there, he encounters Jennys pale lifelike ghostly apparitions which his life becomes entwined with, and, her spiritual power gives him strange love pleasure that shocks him. Other powerful ghost sightings follow and Katherine and Samantha seek psychotherapy. When Sebastian plans to move out of the mansion, he gets a puzzling surprise. A FASCINATING ROMANTIC GHOST STORY AND A MURDER MYSTERY THAT IS SPELLBINDING!
Download or read book The Parker Society for the Publication of the Works of the Fathers and Early Writers of the Reformed English Church written by Parker Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
