Download or read book Laughing to Keep from Crying written by Langston Hughes and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel about Black life.
Download or read book Peace Locomotion written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning companion to the National Book Award finalist--from a three-time Newbery Honor winning author Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he’s living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it’s his job to be the “rememberer”—and write down everything that happens while they’re growing up. Lonnie’s musings are bittersweet; he’s happy that he and Lili have new families, but though his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries. With a foster brother in the army, concepts like Peace have new meaning for Lonnie.Told through letters from Lonnie to Lili, this thought-provoking companion to Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award finalist Locomotion tackles important issues in captivating, lyrical language. Lonnie’s reflections on family, loss, love and peace will strike a note with readers of all ages.
Download or read book YOU Have to Laugh to Keep from Crying written by Dominique Mathison and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You have to laugh to keep from crying..."I used this as my title because it was an ongoing, repeated statement I made anytime someone asked me how I handled what I've been through. I tried not to cry or categorize myself as "weak". I wrote about my issues and bottled a few things in over the years. Some issues I was embarrassed by, some, ashamed of, others I was strengthened by.Collectively, this book signifies the roles I was put in; the pain, the joy, love, insecurities, flaws and all I have experienced. This book also has moments of infidelity, domestic violence, happiness and overall acceptance of who I am and we are. I also placed in these pages, the most traumatic experiences I've gone through and entailed the bittersweet moments; hint the cover of the book...
Download or read book Crying Laughing written by Lance Rubin and published by Ember. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection**
Download or read book You Have to LAUGH to Keep from CRYING 2 written by Dominique Mathison and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You have to laugh to keep from crying" is a statement I often use when asked how I have handled what I've experienced in my life. In my darkest moments, I try to remember this phrase. I am a very emotional human being but I try not to cry as much and I certainly don't categorize myself as "weak". Having emotional moments doesn't determine your level of strength at all.Just as with my first book, I write about my issues and the many things I've bottled up inside over the years. I share my personal experiences, dark and light. This book is raw and authentic, as I am always open in anything I write. It highlights the roles I often find myself in. It also signifies the elevation, the pain, the joy, the growth, the love, the insecurities, and the desire. It also speaks on fake friends, users, abuse, stress, goals, parenting, controversy and being a black woman, flawed and shaped by experiences.
Download or read book You Have to Laugh to Keep from Crying written by Cherron Covington Newby and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey of a woman who grew up in a situation that was suppose to make her a statistic. Go with her through her journey of going from statistic to being an entrepreneur.
Download or read book Laughing to Keep from Crying written by Langston Hughes and published by Amereon Limited. This book was released on 1976 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reprinted 1976 by special arrangement"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book It s Okay to Laugh written by Nora McInerny Purmort and published by Dey Street Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora.” — Mandy Moore comedy = tragedy + time/rosé Twenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey “boyfriend” until she met Aaron—a charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron’s hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed, Nora and Aaron packed fifty years of marriage into the three they got, spending their time on what really matters: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, each other, and Beyoncé. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora’s arms. The obituary they wrote during Aaron’s hospice care revealing his true identity as Spider-Man touched the nation. With It’s Okay to Laugh, Nora puts a young, fresh twist on the subjects of mortality and resilience. What does it actually mean to live your “one wild and precious life” to the fullest? How can a joyful marriage contain more sickness than health? How do you keep going when life kicks you in the junk? In this deeply felt and deeply funny memoir, Nora gives her readers a true gift—permission to struggle, permission to laugh, permission to tell the truth and know that everything will be okay. It’s Okay to Laugh is a love letter to life, in all its messy glory; it reads like a conversation with a close friend, and leaves a trail of glitter in its wake. This book is for people who have been through some shit. This is for people who aren’t sure if they’re saying or doing the right thing (you’re not, but nobody is). This is for people who had their life turned upside down and just learned to live that way. For people who have laughed at a funeral or cried in a grocery store. This is for everyone who wondered what exactly they’re supposed to be doing with their one wild and precious life. I don’t actually have the answer, but if you find out, will you text me?
Download or read book Sometimes We Must Laugh to Keep from Crying written by Gasper J. Stall and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s Funny about Dementia written by Jataun Rollins and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Funny About Dementia? Laugh to Keep From Crying is a memoir of the author and social worker, Jataun J. Rollins', personal journey in caregiving for her beloved grandmother, Maggie Passmore who survived Alzheimer's for about fifteen years. The author embraced laughter and spirituality to keep from crying as a live in caretaker and respite provider for her grandparents. She reflects about family participation, engagement and offers practical tips on managing the responsibilities of caregiving and identifying signs earlier on to prompt medical screening for Alzheimer's and other dementias to begin treatment. She endeavors to keep others encouraged to focus on the individual and not the disease. Memory loss is inevitable for the the survivor, but life still carries on inside them. Her book helps the reader to focus on the lucid moments and embrace the life they have left to live.
Download or read book An Octoroon written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judge Peyton is dead and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton’s handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful octoroon. But the evil overseer M’Closky has other plans—for both Terrebonne and Zoe. In 1859, a famous Irishman wrote this play about slavery in America. Now an American tries to write his own.
Download or read book You Gotta Laugh to Keep from Crying written by Douglas Goodman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 150 inspirational stories and illustrations
Download or read book I Shouldn t Even Be Doing This written by Bob Newhart and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book ever from an icon of American comedy -- a hilarious combination of stories from his career and observations about life That stammer. Those basset-hound eyes. That bone-dry wit. There has never been another comedian like Bob Newhart. His comedy albums, movies, and two hit television series have made him a national treasure and placed him firmly in the pantheon of comedy legends. Who else has a drinking game named after him And now, at last, Newhart puts his brilliant and hysterical world view on paper. Never a punch-line comic, always more of a storyteller, he tells anecdotes from throughout his life and career, including his beginnings as an accountant and the groundbreaking success of his comedy albums and The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, which gave him fifteen years on primetime television. And he also gives his wry, comedic twist to a multitude of topics, including golf, drinking, and family holidays. Today, Newhart appears on Desperate Housewives, in hit movies such as Elf, and in theaters around the country. Reruns of his shows air constantly on Nick at Nite -- have recently been released with great success for the first time ever on DVD. With this book, Bob Newhart gives his millions of fans a first ever opportunity to sample his unique brand of humor -- including excerpts from some of his classic routines -- on the printed page.
Download or read book Laugh to Keep from Crying written by David Kenan Timmons Sr. and published by Xlibris Us. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smiling may be difficult to do when you're faced with adversity and challenges in your life. God does not guarantee that you will not have problems or you will not be put through tests. He does in fact promises that He will not put more on you than you can bear. The tests that He puts you through are to make you stronger. Once you have overcome all of the obstacles that stood in your way through faith, you realize that you have strength that you never thought that you had. God is telling you that you had this strength the whole time. Sometimes, when we doubt ourselves, we're too blinded to see that we are actually stronger than we anticipated. My wife, Christy, was a prime example of possessing strength that she did not thought she possessed. She fought hard until the very end and for that, I'm grateful.
Download or read book Eat Pray Love written by Elizabeth Gilbert and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-03-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Number One international bestseller, Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.
Download or read book The Same Sweet Girl s Guide to Life written by Cassandra King and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adaptation of King's college commencement address in which she offers encouragement, inspiration, and practical advice.
Download or read book I Know I ve Been Changed written by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A successful television reporter discovers that family is more important than fame and fortune in this hilarious and heartwarming family drama from bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Raedella Rollins left the dusty town of Sweet Poke, Arkansas, on a Texas-bound bus with four mismatched suitcases, a newsroom job offer, and a promise to herself: never look back. Now, less than a decade later, she’s a top-rated talk show host, a celebrity news anchor, and fiancée to Houston’s star councilman. The future looks bright for Rae, and Sweet Poke is nothing more than a distant memory. But now that she’s reached the top, her ragtag family comes knocking. Mama Tee, the grandmother who raised her, calls with unwelcome family updates; and Shondella, her jealous older sister, guilts her into sending money. To Rae, nothing could be worse than an unexpected reunion with her over-the-top relatives. But when her picture-perfect life turns out to be an illusion, Rae's family calls her back to Sweet Poke and to the life she left behind. Can Rae let go of the pain of her childhood and open her heart to the healing that only faith and family can provide?
