Download or read book The Museum of You written by Carys Bray and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clover Quinn was a surprise. She used to imagine she was the good kind, now she’s not sure. She’d like to ask Dad about it, but growing up in the saddest chapter of someone else’s story is difficult. She tries not to skate on the thin ice of his memories. Darren has done his best. He's studied his daughter like a seismologist on the lookout for waves and surrounded her with everything she might want - everything he can think of, at least - to be happy. What Clover wants is answers. This summer, she thinks she can find them in the second bedroom, which is full of her mother's belongings. Volume isn't important, what she is looking for is essence; the undiluted bits: a collection of things that will tell the full story of her mother, her father and who she is going to be. But what you find depends on what you're searching for.

Download or read book The Drive Home written by Maureen Cochram and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maureen Cochram and Clare Eacott share their experiences and innermost thoughts as they move on from their professional careers into retirement. This is their story about the emergence of a friendship and a journey shared. As they free themselves from years of routine, habits, and other peoples expectations, they discover the boundless possibilities of life after work. Retirement becomes the catalyst and the vehicle for some profound thinking about the meaning and purpose of life and how to gain fulfilment beyond career. Written with intimate and honest insights, The Drive Home is a candid account of their parallel and different journeys. As they come to terms with the life they left behind and the life they truly desire, they engage in a rare exchange of letters, emails, and personal journal entries over three years. They rediscover with creativity and joy, life on their own terms. This is not just a book about retirement. It is an intimate reflection of the experience of change and the choices we make at any stage of our lives.

Download or read book Silent Body Vibrant Mind written by Peter Anderson and published by Brolga Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001 Peter Anderson was 37 and had the perfect life: very much in love and recently married with an infant daughter he adored; an intelligent and sensitive man working a job he loved as a popular secondary school teacher and a talented sportsman training for a marathon... The bubble was about to burst. Peter was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a physically crippling disease that destroys nerve cells controlling muscular movement. He was told that over time his body would cease to function - yet his mind, his memory and his feelings would be untouched by the disease. His life expectancy was two years. Incredibly, eleven years on, despite Peter's body wasting away, his mind remains as it has always been: strong and vibrant, intelligent, enquiring, touched with gentle humour. Silent Body - Vibrant Mind has been written with often unimaginable physical difficulty. An unforgettable story about what matters in life.

Download or read book Offline Project written by Dan Tyte and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internet defines Gerard Kane. But after a death in the family and a dumping, can going off-grid save him?His pursuit of something outside the saturation of data takes him from Cardiff, and a web of family members caught in cycles of selfies and online gambling or relationships which fade without their Instagram filter, to a new community in the Danish woodland.With relentless energy and precise observation, Dan Tyte's second novel focuses on modern social behaviours and the impact of technology on our lives, relationships and perceptions.This sharp and highly contemporary narrative probes into our dependence on the internet, and to what extent we might be able to free ourselves from this, a concern of immediate relevance to an increasing number of the population.

Download or read book Nanna Maureen written by Casey Gillespie and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic is happening all around the children. What could have started it ? Who is watching over them? A Heartwarming, rhyming tale of magic sure to become a family classic. Nanna Maureen is magical and invisible and spends her time looking after the children.

Download or read book 2 Candles for Maureen written by Margaret Darling and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret had been diagnosed with a rare, aggressive type of breast cancer and desperately wanted to find someone else who had the same disease or who had survived it, as the prognosis was not good. This is the poignant story of two people who met through a cancer website and who supported each other by e-mail and telephone through very trying times and who met in person only once. It is a highly personal story that offers insight into how you can build a different kind of friendship and find happiness in each other, even in the face of adversity. Margaret Darling, a retired medical secretary, lives in Fife, Scotland, with her husband. Since recovering from cancer, she felt it was quite unusual to find an Internet friend and make such a connection as she did. She felt she had a story to tell, and this is the result.

Download or read book Finding a Way written by Graeme Innes and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I learned from my family that most things could be achieved – the challenge was finding a way. Blind from birth, Graeme Innes was blessed. Blessed because he had a family who refused to view his blindness as a handicap and who instilled in him a belief in his own abilities. Blessed because he had the determination to persevere when obstacles were put in his way. And now, after a long and successful career – from lawyer to company director to Human Rights Commissioner – he has written his story. Finding a Way shares his memories of love and support, of challenges and failures, and of overcoming the discrimination so many people with disabilities face. He writes of the importance of family, the value of courage and the unique experience of a life without one sense but with heightened awareness of the others. Alongside his life story, Innes shares ideas on advocacy for people with disabilities and outlines what remains to be done to fully include people with disabilities in Australian society.

Download or read book My Rocky Road and Beyond written by Mary Muriel Hall and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Muriel Hall (nee Burns) was raised in a humble four-room house in Ennis, Ireland, In the 1940s. In this touching memoir, she vividly recalls her harrowing-yet often humorous-childhood. Muriel became familiar with adversity at an unusually young age. In this book, she remembers family life as a toddler with an abusive, alcoholic father and shares stories of a childhood marked by the tumultuous relationship of her mam and dad. Muriel recalls with special fondness her grandfather, who becomes the lone beacon of hope in her increasingly turbulent life. She recounts the sudden death of her father, a loss that combined intense sadness with an odd sense of family relief. She remembers the family move to England that allowed her to shed the negativity which surrounded her childhood, she started to look to a brighter future with mixed emotions. Feelings of great highs but also the dread of a different educational system, the meeting of new friends, whilst at the same time trying to bury the past, the same past which led her to pen this book (My Rocky Road & Beyond), accounting the early years in Ennis, Ireland. Circa 1940. The high expectations and hopes for the future. Can this cloud have a silver lining or is it possible that this silver lining is in fact full of clouds. Follow Muriel as she tells in her own words of the struggle to settle and shake the demons and the total disbelief when the unthinkable becomes a reality once again. In all, this is a book that weaves together personal stories to reveal the rich tapestry that was and Irish woman's life.

Download or read book Celebrations for the Woolworths Girls written by Elaine Everest and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1952 and with a new Monarch about to ascend the throne, The Woolworths Girls will face fresh new challenges . . . At The Erith Store there is a new temporary manager and Sarah is getting more than a little concerned by problems he seems to be creating. The whole mess is enough to make her want to resign. Meanwhile, Ruby is extremely worried about her friend Vera, and with illness causing a problem from her past to come flooding back, Vera knows it’s going to take a lot of strength and willpower to do what needs to be done. Then there is Freda, looking forward to the arrival of her first child – but sick with worry that her Tony won’t have returned home in time for the birth. As Coronation Day for young Queen Elizabeth ll approaches, the girls from Woolworths celebrate friendship, family and overcoming anything that life can throw at them . . . Celebration for the Woolworths Girls is the ninth novel in Elaine Everest's bestselling Woolworths series.

Download or read book National Home Care Hospice Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists home care resources, such as state associations, state departments of health, state licensure departments, HCFA regional offices, regional home health intermediaries, and schools of nursing. With 1993, also includes a geographic listing by state. Each entry contains address, phone, director, and services.

Download or read book Shades of Me written by Mel Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melinda Brown (Ngunnawal woman) shares the story of discovering her heritage and how the journey to understand her culture gave her the strength to find her place in the world. Mel Brown is an Australian Aboriginal Ngunnawal woman. This is her story. Growing up white, Mel always felt that there was another shade to her soul. Despite an early life marred by moments of sheer despair and the agony of domestic violence, somehow Mel found the strength to survive. Then, as a young mother, she unlocked her ancestry's secrets without realising the challenges that came with identifying as Aboriginal in Australia. Shades of Me follows Mel's journey as she redefines who she is and how she sees her place in the world. As Aboriginal families are being torn apart, this is a story of one woman's fight to keep them together – one family at a time. And in helping others, finds her true path in life. Mel's memoir is not just one of black or white or even a single shade in between: as she has discovered in her work for the community, everyone's story is different; hers is simply Shades of Me.

Download or read book Rose Water and Orange Blossoms written by Maureen Abood and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pomegranates and pistachios. Floral waters and cinnamon. Bulgur wheat, lentils, and succulent lamb. These lush flavors of Maureen Abood's childhood, growing up as a Lebanese-American in Michigan, inspired Maureen to launch her award-winning blog, Rose Water & Orange Blossoms. Here she revisits the recipes she was reared on, exploring her heritage through its most-beloved foods and chronicling her riffs on traditional cuisine. Her colorful culinary guides, from grandparents to parents, cousins, and aunts, come alive in her stories like the heady aromas of the dishes passed from their hands to hers. Taking an ingredient-focused approach that makes the most of every season's bounty, Maureen presents more than 100 irresistible recipes that will delight readers with their evocative flavors: Spiced Lamb Kofta Burgers, Avocado Tabbouleh in Little Gems, and Pomegranate Rose Sorbet. Weaved throughout are the stories of Maureen's Lebanese-American upbringing, the path that led her to culinary school and to launch her blog, and life in Harbor Springs, her lakeside Michigan town.

Download or read book Understanding Molly written by Kelly-Anne Norman and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Imagine being trapped on a swing during a windstorm. Your anger and frustration propels you back and forth. Faster and faster. You want to get off, but you’re not strong enough, big enough or quick enough. Holding on becomes impossible, draining you of any energy you have left.’ These are all emotions young Molly feels — and more — as she tries to navigate her way as a middle child with ADHD (Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder). Her emotions often get the better of her, much to the dismay of her parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but she’s determined to find a way to master her negative impulses. Her journey is complicated, with several false starts and roundabouts. At times, it all seems too difficult. Will her determination be enough to get her there?

Download or read book Tempted by the Single Dad Next Door written by Amy Ruttan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vet can’t risk giving her heart away again. But her irresistible new colleague—and tenant next door!—is about to test her resolve… Dive in to Amy Ruttan’s latest Harlequin Medical Romance! CAN THEIR CONNECTION OUTLAST THE SUMMER? Jilted vet tech Harley has sworn off relationships. But meeting her new tenant, vet Ryker, tempts her for the first time in years… The gorgeous single dad and his adorable son are only here temporarily, so Harley can’t get attached. Yet as they work together, the strength of their chemistry is irresistible—and inconvenient since he lives next door! With nowhere to escape, giving in to their desires seems inevitable and dangerous to her heart… From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine.

Download or read book The Family Tree written by Carole Cadwalladr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rebecca Monroe—married to Alistair, a scientist who doesn’t believe in fate, but rather genetic disposition—discovers that she is pregnant, she begins to question what makes us who we are and whether her own precarious family history will play a role in her future. For Rebecca, the wry and observant narrator of The Family Tree, simple things said over breakfast take on greater meaning: a home-improvement project foreshadows darker things to come; the color of one’s eyes, the slope of a forehead are all missing pieces to the truth behind the family tree. At once nostalgic and refreshingly original, The Family Tree is a sophisticated story of one woman and the generations of women who came before her and whose legacy shaped her life and its emotional landscape.

Download or read book Marriage from the Heart written by Lois Kellerman and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2002 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marriage manual designed to help couples take their relationship to a deeper level by focusing on centering, choice, honor, compassion, and listening, among other important values.

Download or read book Guide to the Nation s Hospices written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: