Download or read book A Hole in My Heart written by Rie Charles and published by Dundurn.com. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting a new life after the death of her mother, Nora learns how to be strong. Are there wounds too deep to heal, pains too sharp to share? And if a family survives by cutting the ties that bind them, can they ever be whole again? After losing her mother to illness and her father to his work, Nora Mackenzie must leave her home in the interior of B.C. for a North Vancouver school. Estranged from her classmates, her family, and the life she’s lost, Nora walls herself off from the people around her. At the same time, her young cousin Lizzie is facing an uncertain future as one of the first children to undergo open-heart surgery. As the operation approaches, Nora discovers that she is not the only person in her family isolated by fear and grief.

Download or read book Learning to Swim written by Sara J. Henry and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious and suspenseful story that will move and disturb you to the very end. When she sees what looks like a child tumbling from a ferry into frigid Lake Champlain, Troy Chance dives in without thinking. When she gets the child to shore she discovers that his name is Paul, he speaks only French—and no one is looking for him. Her determination to protect Paul pulls Troy from her quiet life as a writer in a small Adirondack town into an unfamiliar world of wealth and privilege in Canada and then in Vermont. Her attachment to him—and the danger she faces when she tries to unravel the mystery of his abandonment—force her to evaluate everything she thought true about herself. The first book featuring the unforgettable Troy Chance, Sara J. Henry's riveting, award-winning debut will keep you engrossed right up to its shattering conclusion. Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, the Agatha Award for Best First Novel, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award

Download or read book Look at Me written by Jennifer Egan and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • In this ambitiously multilayered novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reassemble it. She returns to New York still beautiful but oddly unrecognizable, a virtual stranger in the world she once effortlessly occupied. With the surreal authority of a David Lynch, Jennifer Egan threads Charlotte’s narrative with those of other casualties of our infatuation with the image. There’s a deceptively plain teenaged girl embarking on a dangerous secret life, an alcoholic private eye, and an enigmatic stranger who changes names and accents as he prepares an apocalyptic blow against American society. As these narratives inexorably converge, Look at Me becomes a coolly mesmerizing intellectual thriller of identity and imposture.

Download or read book Sorrows Can Swim written by Ngan Huynh and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This raw and powerful autobiography follows the life of a registered nurse who turns to alcohol to help chase away her demons brought on by persistent physical and mental domestic abuse, rape, workplace bullying, and deteriorating mental health. At first, it seems like a magic cure, and she is able to live nearly a normal life. But as the siren call of the bottle increases, her dependence on drinking grows. Soon she is unable to work, and what was left of her social life disappears. After attempting suicide and spending time recovering in the hospital, she begins her long and difficult road to recovery, focused on building a new life. Sorrows Can Swim is a dramatic reminder that addiction and trauma can affect anyone, even those educated in how to treat them. It is a rallying cry for those fighting addiction and dealing with trauma, and brings an inspiring message of hope for us all.

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Download or read book Swimming Across written by Andrew Grove and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant and concise, this childhood memoir of Andy Grove, one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley, begins in Budapest, Hungary where the author was born into a secular Jewish family in 1936. As a small child, Andris Grof was told, “Jesus Christ was killed by the Jews, and because of that, all of the Jews will be thrown into the Danube.” Grof’s school years were marked by such anti-semitism and interrupted first by the Nazi occupation and then by the post-war Communist regime. He was a good student who excelled at chemistry which he was studying at the University of Budapest when the Hungarian uprising of 1956 persuaded him to “swim across” the border and emigrate to the West. Grove provides an interesting sketch of a boy’s coming of age in a deeply dangerous 20th century Budapest under the control of Nazis and then Communists and concludes the memoir with an account of his escape and eventual resumption of his studies at the City College of New York. “Haunting and inspirational. It should be required reading in schools.” — Tom Brokaw “A poignant memoir... a moving reminder of the meaning of America and the grit and courage of a remarkable young man who became one of America’s phenomenal success stories.” — Henry Kissinger “This honest and riveting account gives a fascinating insight into the man who wroteOnly the Paranoid Survive.” — George Soros “Andy Grove is a tremendous role model, and his book sheds light on his amazing journey. I would choose him as my doubles partner any day!” — Monica Seles “Combines a unique and often harrowing personal experience with the virtues of fiction at its most engrossing — vivid scenes, sharply delineated characters, and an utterly compelling narrative... a wonderful reading experience.” — Richard North Patterson “A poignant tale leading to human courage and hope.” — Elie Wiesel “Grove, the founder and chairman of Intel Corporation, does not whine about his hardships. Instead he recalls ordinary events and matter-of-factly juxtaposes these against the turmoil of midcentury Hungary, creating a subtle though compelling commentary on the power to endure.” — Diane Scharper, The New York Times “Swimming Across tells the childhood stories [Grove] has guarded since first entering the public eye four decades ago... [It] is driven not by executives battling for money and power, but the experiences — some mundane, some extraordinary — of a nonobservant Jewish boy growing up in Hungary through a fascist regime, a Nazi invasion and a Soviet occupation.” — Chris Gaither, The New York Times “ The intelligence, dedication and ingenuity that earned him fame and fortune (he wasTime’s Man of the Year in 1997) are evident early on... Grove’s story stands smartly amid inspirational literature by self-made Americans” — Publishers Weekly “A tight, simply told, extremely intimate memoir... a polished, solid portrait of a particular time and place.” — Kirkus “[A] moving and inspiring memoir... Grove’s account of life in Hungary in the 1950s is a vivid picture of a tumultuous period in world history.” — Booklist

Download or read book You Know Me Al written by Ring Lardner and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorist and sportswriter Ring Lardner perfectly recaptures the early-20th-century vernacular of the baseball world in this enduring comic gem, a satirical series of fictional letters by a struggling pitcher.

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Download or read book Scratching the Surface written by Harvey Ovshinsky and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring story of one of Detroit’s most creative and prolific storytellers. Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytellingis a deeply personal and intimate memoir told through the lens of Harvey Ovshinsky's lifetime of adventures as an urban enthusiast. He was only seventeen when he started The Fifth Estate, one of the country's oldest underground newspapers. Five years later, he became one of the country's youngest news directors in commercial radio at WABX-FM, Detroit's notorious progressive rock station. Both jobs placed Ovshinsky directly in the bullseye of the nation's tumultuous counterculture of the 1960s and 70s. When he became a documentary director, Ovshinsky's dispatches from his hometown were awarded broadcasting's highest honors, including a national Emmy, a Peabody, and the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for Excellence. But this memoir is more than a boastful trip down memory lane. It also doubles as a survival guide and an instruction manual that speaks not only to the nature of and need for storytelling but also and equally important, the pivotal role the twin powers of endurance and resilience play in the creative process. You don't have to be a writer, an artist, or even especially creative to take the plunge, Ovshinsky reminds his readers. "You just have to feel strongly about something or have something you need to get off your chest. And then find the courage to scratch your own surface and share your good stuff with others." Above all, Ovshinsky is an educator, known for his passionate support of and commitment to mentoring the next generation of urban storytellers. When he wasn't teaching screenwriting and documentary production in his popular workshops and support groups, he taught undergraduate and graduate students at Detroit's College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University, Madonna University, and Washtenaw Community College. "The thing about Harvey," a colleague recalls in Scratching the Surface, "is that he treats his students like professionals and not like newbies at all. His approach is to, in a very supportive and non-threatening way, combine both introductory and advanced storytelling in one fell swoop."

Download or read book Why Rock The Boat When You Don t Know How To Swim written by Daniel Sebata and published by Daniel Sebata. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until November 2008, Dolly and her husband, Ice, lived as law abiding immigrants in a maisonette in Bournemouth, England. Everything changed when she visited her sick mother in Zimbabwe using a temporary travel document and experienced near death ordeals on her return journey. Back in Bournemouth, she starts to believe that a woman is stalking her, but Ice thinks that she is hallucinating. Why would anyone follow her all the way from Zimbabwe to the United Kingdom? Why would they put so much effort into stalking her? Despite Ice’s doubts, Dolly, with the help of her friend, Molly, take matters into their own hands and attempt to track down the stalker. Is this a wild goose chase? ...... You have an extremely engaging and authentic voice as a writer and your story is big-hearted, lively and humane. - The Writing.co.uk Team ..... I think you give the reader an interesting and perspective on multiculturalism in Great Britain and what it is like to live as an asylum seeker. - Litrit at Writing - ..... Why Rock The Boat When You Don’t Know How To Swim, is a powerful piece of writing which builds up to a shattering conclusion - The Writing.co.uk –

Download or read book The Swimming Pool written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two reclusive sisters. A crumbling mansion. A dead doppelgänger. The New York Times bestseller from the author known as the American Agatha Christie. The Birches was one of the grand mansions of the 1920s, with a ballroom, tennis courts, and, of course, a swimming pool. But after the crash of ’29, when Lois and Judith’s father killed himself to escape his debts, the family turned the summer home into a fulltime retreat from the world. Decades later, Judith is the queen of New York society, a fast-living beauty whose nerves are beginning to fray, while Lois still lives in the dilapidated old mansion, writing mystery novels to pay the bills. She is about to encounter a mystery of her own. To stave off a nervous breakdown, Judith moves in with her kid sister. Terrified of an unnamed threat, she nails her windows shut and locks the door. Soon, a woman is found dead in the pool—a stranger who bears a shocking resemblance to Judith. In a family with a history of tragedy, a chilling new chapter is about to be written.

Download or read book The Siren s Desire written by C. L. Dennison and published by C. L. Dennison. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several weeks after the rescue, Shalerah finds herself learning to adjust to being a mermaid while also watching Ever attempting to hide her mermaid status by learning human customs; not without difficulty. However, Shalerah can't focus on that now that her father has decided on something life-changing: if Shalerah can prove her capability to manage her father's lands, then he will announce her as his heir without the condition of marriage. Shalerah realizes that she wants this chance to see if she has the ability to be the heir by herself. After studying hard, she gets her first assignment from her father to go to another village. Shalerah soon finds out that things can get complicated when being a Lady of the land. What could make it more complicated? How about learning that she might be able to return to being human?! This is the next part of the series after "The Siren's Rescue".

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