Download or read book Thirty Life Crisis written by Lisa Schwartz and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious essay collection perfect for anyone dealing with the challenges, indignities, and celebrations that come with being a thirty-something by actor and YouTube star Lisa Schwartz (Lisbug). Lisa Schwartz's stories and musings are all about watching her friends adult like pros, while she tries to understand why she doesn't want or can't seem to find all the things they have for herself. Like a big sister who's already seen it all, Lisa will take readers through her own life experiences to say that one thing we all need to hear: you are so not alone. Unabashed and unfiltered, Schwartz's voice and candor will appeal to anyone in their thirties who just can't deal with the never-ending Facebook feed of friends' engagement photos and baby pictures, the trials of figuring out where their passion meets their career, and everything in between. So, if you've ever had to figure out... Parenting Your Parents (Yikes) Gender Reveal Parties (It's an actual thing.) Discovering That Your Boyfriend Likes Boys (Surprise!) Online Shopping Away Your Anxiety (Don't) or Gender Reveal Parties (Seriously. It's an actual thing.) This book is your new best friend.

Download or read book The Worst Perfect Moment written by Shivaun Plozza and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this inventive queer romance asks what it means to be truly happy. Tegan Masters is dead. She’s sixteen and she’s dead and she’s standing in the parking lot of the Marybelle Motor Lodge, the single most depressing motel in all of New Jersey and the place where Tegan spent what she remembers as the worst weekend of her life. In the front office, she meets Zelda, an annoyingly cute teen angel with a snarky sense of humor and an epic set of wings. According to Zelda, Tegan is in heaven, where every person inhabits an exact replica of their happiest memory. For Tegan, Zelda insists, that place is the Marybelle—creepy minigolf course, sad breakfast buffet, filthy swimming pool, and all. Tegan has a few complaints about this. When Tegan takes these concerns up with Management, she and Zelda are sent on a whirlwind tour through Tegan’s memories, in search of clues to help her understand what mattered most to her in life. If Zelda fails to convince Tegan (and Management) that the Marybelle was the site of Tegan's perfect moment, both girls face dire eternal consequences. But if she succeeds…they just might get their happily-ever-afterlife. A tender and edgy take on coming of age in the afterlife. "Filled with depth and wit, despite its dark tone . . . exceptionally well written . . . A worthy read about a short life brimming with possibility." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Plozza (Meet Me at the Moon Tree) strikes an expert balance between poignancy and irreverence, tackling topics such as death, parental abandonment, and self-worth in this queer romantic comedy that’s as tender as a bruise." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Download or read book Shoot the Moonlight Out written by William Boyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting crime story about the broken characters inhabiting yesterday's Brooklyn, this is the new novel from modern master of neo-noir William Boyle. An explosive crime drama, Shoot the Moonlight Out evokes a mystical Brooklyn where the sidewalks are cracked, where Virgin Mary statues tilt in fenced front yards, and where smudges of moonlight reflect in puddles even on the blackest nights. Southern Brooklyn, July 1996. Fire hydrants are open and spraying water on the sizzling blacktop. Punk kids have to make their own fun. Bobby Santovasco and his pal Zeke like to throw rocks at cars getting off the Belt Parkway. They think it’s dumb and harmless until it’s too late to think otherwise. Then there’s Jack Cornacchia, a widower who lives with his high school age daughter Amelia and reads meters for Con Ed but also has a secret life as a vigilante, righting neighborhood wrongs through acts of violence. A simple mission to strong-arm a Bay Ridge con man, Max Berry, leads him to cross paths with a tragedy that hits close to home. Fast forward five years: June 2001. The summer before New York City and the world changed for good. Charlie French is a low-level gangster-wannabe trying to make a name for himself. When he stumbles onto a bowling alley locker stuffed with a bag full of cash, he brings it to his only pal, Max Berry, for safekeeping while he cleans up the mess surrounding it. Bobby Santovasco, with no real future mapped out—and the big sin of his past shining brightly in his rearview mirror—has taken a job working as an errand boy for Max Berry. On a recruiting run for Max’s Ponzi scheme, Bobby meets Francesca Clarke, born in the neighborhood but an outsider nonetheless. They hit it off. Bobby gets the idea to knock off Max’s safe so he and Francesca can escape Brooklyn forever. Little does he know what Charlie French has stashed there. Meanwhile, Bobby’s former stepsister, Lily Murphy, is back home in the neighborhood after college, teaching a writing class in the basement of St. Mary's church. She's also being stalked by her college boyfriend. One of her students is Jack Cornacchia. When she opens up to him about her stalker, Jack decides to take matters into his own hands. A riveting portrait of lives crashing together at the turn of the century, Shoot the Moonlight Out is tragic and tender and funny and strange. A sense of loss is palpable—what has been lost and what will be lost—and Boyle’s characters face down old ghosts with grim determination, as ripples of consequence radiate in dangerous directions.

Download or read book Secrets of the World s Worst Matchmaker written by Piper Rayne and published by Piper Rayne, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colton is Juno’s best friend. He’d usually be the one she goes to for advice on what do you do when you fall in love with your best Imagine you’re a matchmaker and you realize too late you’re in love with your childhood best friend. You only have yourself to blame—you’re the one who matched him and now he’s engaged to be married. When you find yourself in this position there’s a few secrets you’re going to need to keep… Secret #1 – Smile when he tells you the happy news, even if your heart cracks in half. Secret #2 – Don’t compare yourself to his beautiful French fiancée. You’re just as beautiful. Secret #3 – Don’t tag along to the tux fitting with him alone. Just no. Secret #4 – Don’t help him learn to dance to his wedding song. Secret #5 – Erase all memories of the two of you through the years when lines blurred for even the briefest of moments. And the one you never saw coming… Secret #6 – Definitely, don’t stand and object—someone else might just do it for you.

Download or read book My Baby Shower Record Keeper written by Virginia Reynolds and published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- a fun way to record and save important information and special memories -- concealed brass wire-o binding A great way to record the fun and games at the baby shower. Includes space for photos, guest list, gift record, predictions, and advice from family and friends.

Download or read book Surrender Yourself written by Dianne Crows and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Dianne Crows spirit name is 2Crowsflying. Her spirit guide is High Horse. And this is her story. In Surrender Yourself, she shares the details of her spiritual journey. Her story begins in the seventies at age eighteen, pregnant and married, traveling Australia in a panel van and follows through to the present day as she comes to terms with who she is. This memoir narrates how later in life Crows was finding out who she was, what she wanted in life, and how she was going to achieve it. She was craving the spiritual side. She had experienced the good and the badfrom the breakdown in her marriage to the loss of loved ones. She once questioned how she was going to cope as the universe continued to throw so many lessons at her. Surrender Yourself explains how Crows found peace and her calling in life through her spirit guide, her Indians, and her healing room. She puts a voice to the experiences that have shaped her being.

Download or read book Who Should I Be Today written by Jaylene English and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaylene spent the majority of her life as a survivor buried in a multitude of secrets. She lived through intense sexual, emotional and domestic abuse that eventually culminated into a violent abusive lifestyle. After 20 years of living a life filled with hopelessness due to drug, alcohol, pornography, and sexual addictions, she made a choice during a church service that would change the rest of her life. It was at the church altar where she met the "love of her life". She has now been clean and sober for over 20 years and chooses each day to be a Christ Follower. Jaylene has a passion to reach people with a message of hope, and to let others know they are valuable. Together, Jaylene and her husband, Mike, have experienced deep sexual addiction in their marriage, which resulted in a pattern of multiple affairs that would have ended most marriages. However, instead of ending their marriage, they turned to Christ, and through His strength, they made the ultimate decision to see their relationship through these tumultuous times. They have now been married 30 years, and today, they help other couples walk through the pain and victory of healing and restoring broken marriages. Jaylene has a real passion to help encourage women through women's retreats, a place where women can get away from the busyness of life and be reminded of who they are in Christ. She has 3 children and 12 grandchildren that she thanks God for each and every day, and she is so grateful that she can be a part of their lives. They are each a gift from God that she feels she does not deserve, and therefore, she never takes them for granted.

Download or read book Fire Born written by Val St. Crowe and published by Punk Rawk Books. This book was released on with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penny Caspian again. Nine months pregnant. Big as a house. And there’s another serial killer loose in Sea City. This guy uses compulsion to kill his victims, forces them to do it themselves, and makes it look like a suicide. But my boyfriend Detective Lachlan Flint and I have uncovered his gruesome methods and are on his trail. As the bodies pile up, we know we have to stop him. What else? Oh, my cousin showed up, pregnant as well, disowned by my grandparents. An old flame of Felicity’s is driving a wedge between her and Jensen. And Lachlan and I are struggling with our vow not to share blood. We know that if we do, we’ll rekindle blood bond, and we aren’t going back to that darkness. But every time we touch, it tempts us. So… we’re not touching so much these days. And I miss touching him. I miss kissing him. I miss all of him. Topics: urban fantasy, shifters, dragons, fairy tales, legends, magic, fantasy romance, witch, witches, witch fantasy, contemporary fantasy, shapeshifter, dragon romance, dragon urban fantasy, supernatural mystery, paranormal, paranormal romance, urban fantasy series, love, gothic, dark fantasy, new adult, alpha, anti-hero, strong female lead, kickass female, kickass woman, badass woman, mystery, murder mystery, procedural, police, paranormal mystery, witch mystery, dragon mystery,

Download or read book Bangles and Broken Hearts 3 Return of the Bangles written by Tamia Gore-Felton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this final tale of sticky situations, karma finds Lyric's address and truly delivers. After returning from a refreshing honeymoon, Lyric learns that there is no such thing as happily ever after. With Latria's help, she discovers Trent's closet full of skeletons and her world is turned upside down. While Lyric decides how she's going to handle the situation, she continues to play mommy to Tia and does her best to hide her ill feelings towards Trent. While things continue to go downhill at home, Lyric has little hope for her marriage and steps out. When she does her own thing, it ends up backfiring and leaves her with a permanent reminder of her promiscuity. Meanwhile, Mont tries to be relevant in Lyric's life again, but she ignores his advances and focuses on a new hunk with gorgeous eyes. Will Lyric fall for her new lover, give Mont another chance, or accept Trent for who he really is? If you want to know, you've got to start reading.

Download or read book If Only Regrets Were a Good Thing written by C.L. Thompson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main character of the story begins her story at age three and goes to the present day. She has lived through, devastation, molestation, brutality, but applys humor to most of her greif, misery, tradgedy, hopelesness, perversion. Faith and Hope are the end result. All of the experiences in the Book are true as she remembers.The Book offers hope, for someone who might think life is to harsh or has been hopeless. She goes through many stages of her life and adds a flash of humor all through the Book and remains an optomist to the end, with a few detours in between!

Download or read book Black Snow written by Mikhail Bulgakov and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions of guilt, responsibility, fate and friendship pervade these beautiful plays, tied together by the love and faith of a progressive Abbot from another time. ...SPAIN...commands our attention and offers a probative look at crises of conscience. --NY T

Download or read book Ordinary Beauty written by Laura Wiess and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauded by critics and authors for her heartbreakingly real heroines, Laura Wiess brings readers another devastating tale of betrayal and redemption rich with the raw emotion that made Such a Pretty Girl a classic. How can you make someone love you when they won’t? And what if that person happens to be your mother? Sayre Bellavia grew up knowing she was a mistake: unplanned and unwanted. At five months shy of eighteen, she’s become an expert in loneliness, heartache, and neglect. Her whole life she’s been cursed, used, and left behind. Swallowed a thousand tears and ignored a thousand deliberate cruelties. Sayre’s stuck by her mother through hell, tried to help her, be near her, be important to her even as her mother slipped away into a violent haze of addiction, destroying the only chance Sayre ever had for a real family. Now her mother is lying in a hospital bed, near death, ravaged by her own destructive behavior. And as Sayre fights her way to her mother’s bedside, she is terrified but determined to get the answer to a question no one should ever have to ask: Did my mother ever really love me? And what will Sayre do if the answer is yes?

Download or read book The Miracle of Healing After Years of Abuse written by C. Lauver and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many children are doomed to grow up in abusive homes, whether it is living with one or more alcoholic parents or something else that provides an extremely dysfunctional home life. Some children dont know what it is like to live in a loving home environment. They might even have to fend for themselves or take on the responsibilities of an adult to help raise their neglected younger siblings while they are not yet even a teenager. The author grew up in such a home. She lived a childhood of neglect and one filled with trauma. It was a childhood full of fear and psychological abuse. When she came home from school, she often wondered whether the house would still be there or burned to the ground because her alcoholic mothers lit cigarette started yet another fire. In her late teens she looked for a way out through marriage, only to find herself in yet another abusive environment. Her married life was filled with lies, cheating, financial insecurity, physical and more psychological abusive, and alcohol. Instead of escaping the life she knew as a child, she was immersed in a marriage that just perpetuated a life of fear and frustration. However, this book is the story about a woman who found a way up and out to a life of self-fulfillment, peace and happiness. It is a story for anyone who feels that they are locked into a situation of fear and despair. It is a story with an unbelievable happy ending.

Download or read book Damaged by Infidelity written by Eva G. Holdridge and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God created us, and He knows how our minds, spirit, emotions and physics work. He made us to be dependent on Him. We must fill the vacuum with Him, not other obsessions. We belong to The Higher Power and we are His creation. Everything we do in life is empty and meaningless if we don't put God first. He wants to spend time with us. He wants to give us power to live a victorious life for Him. He wants to show the world, through us, that it is possible to live a life that is pleasing to Him and we can only do this with His constant watch and help. When the storms of life attack us, we must be solidly anchored in our Higher Power.

Download or read book Reflections from McNally s Mirror written by GlenCantrellRaymondFernandezTonyAiello and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1896, Andrew McNally dreamed of Country Gentleman Estates in LaMirada, California. His dream did not come to pass as he planned, but in theearly 1950s the area developed and young families moved here from all overand found it really was a dream place to live and raise a family.In 2003 when Tony and a group of equally dedicated people started the LaMirada Blog, it soon became obvious that there were many others out therewilling to share their varied stories. When these three got together, Tony, Glenand Raymond, they realized these fantastic memories needed to be put downin print for posterity, not out there getting lost in cyberspace.Thus, Reflections from McNally's Mirror was born and you are holdingthose personal stories in your hands.

Download or read book Don t Wound What You Can t Kill written by Jason Ross and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a dark and cold November night, Vincent is on his way to close the biggest deal of his life and pave the way for his dream of opening his own tax firm to become a reality. But when he is nearly killed by his cousin's henchmen, his life is forever changed. Readers can unravel a web of betrayal, suspense, danger and revenge in Jason Ross' gripping novel, Don't Wound What You Can't Kill. Vincent works for his cousin William and is only disloyal in the way that he is about to abandon him and open his own business. He had no intentions on using any of his cousin's money, which he could have easily embezzled without his cousin knowing a thing. A man with principles, Vincent is the one who informed his cousin that his men, Harold and Ronald were embezzling from him. But he never expected William would repay his loyalty with death. Vincent barely escapes with his life, stinging at the pain of betrayal. His love for accounting and taxes had taken a back step to another more important matter revenge. Vincent now knew what he had to do, but he wonders at what price he would have to pay for his revenge. The choice is obvious, and there is no turning back. Vincent finally crosses that thin line between good and evil that he had straddled along when he was a child. His life as he knew it is over, and his life as he never envisioned is just beginning. Maybe man really does not have any control over how his life turns out how events both tragic and joyful help frame one's true destiny and set them on their true path. Is a life of crime Vincent's true destiny? Readers can unravel the answer and witness the intriguing events unfold in Don't Wound What You Can't Kill.

Download or read book The Magic Hour written by Crystal Allen and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second installment of my personal journey, the first being Like Water. Join me as I make my journey on this trip we call life. Some of us “get it” early in life, and some of us have to learn the hard way. I’ve taken the latter. However, in The Magic Hour, I’ve begun to wake up and see that I have been engaging in some magical thinking by assuming that life is going to just drop my dreams into my lap, hoping against hope that my prayers will bring a change to my mother and my life when in reality, the person who needs to change is me. I am to learn this by living through harrowing hidden experiences with my family. Pushed to the limit, what decisions will I make? How will I turn things around? The lessons that I’ve learned as a child, which I thought were a bit archaic and cruel, will serve me well.