Download or read book The Girl in the Window and Other True Tales written by Lane DeGregory and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A feral child finds a family. An old bottle washes up with a note inside. A boy's stuffed elephant flies out the car window. Over two decades, Lane DeGregory's stories of ordinary people struggling with love and loss, pain and perseverance, have earned her a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing and enhanced the Tampa Bay (formerly St. Petersburg) Times's reputation for publishing pioneering literary nonfiction. DeGregory has also built a worldwide fan base not just among readers of the Times but among journalists and narrative writers of all stripes, who seek out her advice on how to find, report, and write compelling true narratives. This volume collects for the first time twenty-four of her best stories, each accompanied by behind-the-scenes notes about how she convinced that person to speak to her, got that memorable quote, built that evocative scene. The book's unique format makes it both an anthology for readers who love her stories and a guide to craft for those who want to write their own. It includes a foreword by Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, introducing readers who have not yet discovered DeGregory to her creative and inspiring body of work"--

Download or read book My Amazing Life written by Cathy Burch and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major stroke survivor, Cathy Burch has and continues to accept the Lords healing of her mind, body, and spirit. Her constant drive toward the healing of her body has truly inspired many people.

Download or read book The Lunchroom Just Burned Down and I m Hungry written by Bobby Jarrett and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of mostly humorous short stories, with the occasional more realistic ones, telling about coming-of-age in the South from the 1950s until today’s modern world. You’ll go from phones made from two tin cans attached by a piece of waxed string in 1950 until today’s “it must be true because I saw it on the internet” era. You’ll travel from the sleepy small settlement of Cassville, Georgia, where you know everybody, to bustling cities full of people you’ll only pass by on the sidewalk, not knowing and not being known by any of them.

Download or read book Midlife Battle Cry written by Dawn Barton and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a culture where so many people think of middle age as a downward slope into comfy sneakers and quiet, meaningless existence, we can redefine the second half of life, shaping it into decades of fulfillment, fun, strength, and purpose. In our forties, fifties, and beyond, we're wrestling with new questions. Is this it? Did I do what I wanted to do in my life? Who am I now that my kids have moved out? Will my sagging skin eventually hang all the way down to my feet? We feel a little like the world has nudged us aside for the younger crowd. But God still has much in store for us. God doesn't bring us to the middle of our lives so we can park in front of the TV and binge-watch home makeover shows. There is no "midlife" to him! We are his gift to this world at every age and in every season, and it's time to embrace it like never before. Right now, we are the best we've ever been. We know more, we've done more, we've lost and loved more. We've figured out that all tweezers are not created equal for chin hairs and, best of all, we've crossed into a space of feeling more ourselves than ever before. These are exhilarating and empowering years. In Midlife Battle Cry, bestselling author Dawn Barton will inspire you to: realize that God isn't done with you (honestly, he's just getting started), view midlife as a pivot point, the start of a bold and powerful season, embrace who you are physically, spiritually, and emotionally, learn to share your experiences and wisdom with a younger generation, and accept that sometimes adding arch support to your cutest shoes is a really good idea. Blending lots of humor, honesty, stories, and insights, Dawn will walk you through redefining the mighty second half of life. It's time to rediscover your passions, pursue your dreams—and know your actions can cause not just a ripple effect but a magnificent tidal wave.

Download or read book Southern Perfection written by Casey Peeler and published by Casey Peeler. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Updated Novel and Synopsis as of 1/13/15** Life is full of choices: good, bad, and ones you can’t control. Raegan strives to be perfect in every way. Varsity cheerleader, honor student, and proud granddaughter of Dover Lowery. By day, Raegan is an over-achieving high school student, but at three o’clock, her real work begins. What happens when appearances are not what they seem? Will Raegan be able to hold on to her life as she knows it, or will she be left all alone? All of these questions are answered with one night, one song, one story, and one boy. **Discover this coming of age clean and wholesome romance today!**

Download or read book Bed Breakfast written by Lois Battle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The delightful holiday tale of Josie Taternall and her South Carolina bed and breakfast from "born storyteller" (The Washington Post) and New York Times bestselling author Lois Battle After her best friend's narrow brush with death, Josie decides that life is too short to let old grievances stand in the way of family togetherness. This year, she resolves, her three grown daughters - the girls she raised so carefully yet with such mixed results - will come home for Christmas. With her uncanny ear for Southern sensibility and her sharp-eyed wit, Battle gives us the perfect upstairs/downstairs comedy and a portrait of a family in all its tender, touching, and flawed glory that readers young and old will cherish. "Full of warmth, humor, and characters I completely adore - as delicious as a weekend at your favorite inn." -Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times

Download or read book Snuffed Out written by Valona Jones and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin sisters Tabby and Sage co-own a candle shop, but will it all go up in flames in Valona Jones’ series debut, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Bailey Cates. 30-year-old fraternal twins Tabby and Sage Winslow own The Book and Candle Shop in Savannah. Sage is hot-headed and impulsive while Tabby is calm and collected, making them the perfect partnership. When one of their customers is found murdered, from a blow to the head, that partnership is put to the test. Blithe McAdam had been seen in a heated argument with shop clerk Gerard, which immediately makes him suspect number one. The twins are convinced of Gerard’s innocence and start digging into Blithe’s past. But no one is cooperating. The neighbor who found the body isn’t talking, medical examiner Quig won’t give any details about the autopsy, and nasty rumors begin surfacing about the drowning of Blithe’s father years earlier—evidence that could seal Gerard’s fate. Tabby and Sage dig desperately for the truth. But it’s not only their friend who’s in peril. With the clock ticking, the twins find themselves in the grip of an unseen and deadly energy that has seeped into their midst—and in the sights of a ruthless killer.

Download or read book Saltypie written by Tim Tingle and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of the author's Choctaw Indian family, centering particularly on his blind grandmother.

Download or read book Fingerprints Of Jesus written by Jennifer Cheshire and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fingerprints of Jesus is a journey through a woman's life who knew the pain of abuse and great loss at a very young age. As a small child, fear gripped most of her days. However, in the midst of the darkness was her precious grandmother, who was her only light. Her grandmother's love, memories, and teachings live in the quiet, safe places in her mind and heart. The constant struggle with anxiety, fear, and worthlessness paved the way for difficulties to come. The damaging scars carried into teen and adulthood for this woman are shown in vivid color. Through the winding pathways of life, stumbling over mistakes and disappointments, she finds true hope. When all seemed lost, and the bottom couldn't be any further down, somehow there's hope. This hope is only found in Jesus Christ. Could the prayers her sweet widowed grandmother prayed over her live on in heaven forever? Come and see how Jesus intervenes in the life of brokenness she has found herself. Still carrying the scars from a painful childhood, she's desperately trying to be a good wife and mother. With certain failure and the pain of a broken marriage gripping her soul, God has other plans. See how God can transform lives and change the entire trajectory of her family. Through every twist and turn, see God's perfect timing working for the good of all. Watch the bonds of unforgiveness break as the love of Jesus is felt in the heart and soul of this woman. Though the walk was not easy, she could face the morning because Jesus was by her side. Step by step, see how the beautiful truths told in the Bible come to life in the lives of this family. As you read, you too will see the "fingerprints of Jesus."

Download or read book Catfish Pond Woman written by Bianca McCarty and published by Red Rook Press. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mississippi Delta is a hard place to be. A world of apocalyptic snowstorms, teen moonshiners, and bulletproof roaches, of honky tonks and kudzu, Dollar General and a predatory Reverend. Told across eleven evocative stories, Catfish Pond Woman explores the isolating experience of growing up, asking: where do we go when home no longer feels like home? Bianca McCarty’s striking debut is a tender, surreal depiction of a young woman—curious, wry, and rebellious—searching for herself in the wake of loss, amid a splintered family and a stifling small town.

Download or read book The New Elvis written by Wyborn Senna and published by Full Fathom Five Digital. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of August 19, 1974, Elvis decides that he’d like to leave a little something of himself behind when it’s his time to go. He visits a fertility doctor, and soon, his son is born. Years later, the baby has inevitably matured into a young man, who now grapples with the secrecy surrounding his paternity. Elvis has long left the building, and it may take a certain special friend to help his son discover the truth behind his extraordinary lineage. Fraught with tension, poignancy and raw emotion, The New Elvis examines the lives of two disparate friends—one born into a life of privilege, and the other despair—and ultimately unites them through truth, healing, and love.

Download or read book LIFE S INTERLUDES As I Recall Mine written by Dorothy J. Lehman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Kind of Freedom written by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the National Book Award A New York Times Notable Book The moving, multi-generational debut novel from the author of On the Rooftop, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick “Brilliantly juxtaposing World War II, the '80s and post–Katrina present, Sexton follows three generations of a Black New Orleans family as they struggle to bloom amid the poison of racism.” —People Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. In 1982, Evelyn’s daughter, Jackie, is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband’s drug addiction. Jackie’s son, T.C., loves the creative process of growing marijuana more than the weed itself. He was a square before Hurricane Katrina, but the New Orleans he knew didn’t survive the storm. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her descendants. Margaret Wilkerson Sexton’s critically acclaimed debut is an urgent novel that explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history.

Download or read book Mississippi Writers written by Dorothy Abbott and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1986-05 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonfiction recounting the experience of growing up in the Deep South

Download or read book Women Who Dance the Sacred in Words written by The Olive Branch Writers Group and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-17 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February of 2008, some of us decided we wanted a writing group. Our plan was to encourage each other to write the important things of our life or just to share our stories and our musings. We have been doing this monthly since that time. The offerings in this book do not include everyone in our group or all of the writing that has gone on around laughter and joy and a few tears; but we offer a little glimpse into the joy we have been for each other to be encouraged and to be heard.

Download or read book The New American Revolution written by Kayleigh McEnany and published by Threshold Editions. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essential exploration of the American heartland, Kayleigh McEnany presents an eye-opening collection of interviews and stories about the powerful grassroots populist movement of frustrated Americans left behind by the government that changed the landscape of political campaigns forever Kayleigh McEnany spent months traveling throughout the United States, conducting interviews with citizens whose powerful and moving stories were forgotten or intentionally ignored by our leaders. Through candid, one-on-one conversations, they discussed their deeply personal stories and the issues that are most important to them, such as illegal immigration, safety from terrorist attacks, and religious freedom. The New American Revolution chronicles both the losses of these grassroots voters, as well as their ultimate victory in November 2016. Kayleigh also includes interviews with key figures within President Trump’s administration—including Ivanka Trump, Secretary Ben Carson, Jared Kushner, and many more—and their experiences on the road leading up to President Trump’s historic win. Kayleigh’s journey takes her from a family cabin in Ohio to the empty factories in Flint, Michigan, from sunny Florida to a Texas BBQ joint—and, of course, ends up at the White House. The collective grievance of the American electorate reveals a deep divide between leaders and citizens. During a time of stark political division, Kayleigh discovers a personal unity and common thread of humanity that binds us nevertheless. Through faith in God and unimaginable strength, these forgotten men and women have overcome, even when their leaders turned their heads. An insightful book about the triumph of this powerful movement, The New American Revolution is a potent testament to the importance of their message.

Download or read book Cherish Your Memories written by Pamela Breaux Hall and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What started as a project to capture some of her funny childhood memories in writing, evolved into a conscious awareness of little nuggets of widsom she'd gained through many of those experiences. It was in the writing where God began to open her heart to specific truths she had never before considered, including her most painful childhood experiences -- the ones she never intended to put into writing. As a result, her memoirs are a mixture of humor, inspiration and faith, that will not only have you laughing but will touch your heart as well.