Author: Lamar Scott Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1365491099 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 168
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""A Blues For Adrienne"" is a must read laugh out loud romantic comedy screenplay that has a little bit of something for everyone to enjoy! The dialogue is so in-depth, you will forget that you are not reading a traditional novel. On a cross country road trip to there 20 year class reunion estranged old friends recount memories of their senior year of high school in North Carolina. Along the way, they encounter some funny but dangerous situations as they continue to swap stories about love, life, betrayal, and lessons learned. during their 20 plus years of friendship.
Author: Adrienne Rutherford Publisher: G Publishing ISBN: 9780984936052 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 316
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Gilda Harris (Gillie) is an incorrigible young African American woman living in rural Georgia during mid 1920's and early 30's struggling to find meaning in her life after the death of her mother. Soon Gilda's intuitive nature eventually leads her and her friends Julia Freeman and James Fisher (Po Fisher) on a timeline into a world filled with loyalty, love and deception. This world opens up the historical events of its time as it brings some very cunning, charismatic, and even dangerous characters to life. These events unveil personal experiences of social and racial degradation of the South as well as the successful business of Speak Easy's and infamous Brothels along the southern Gulf of the United States. Never in a million years did Gilda think that her lifelong passion for the Jazz and Blues would catapult her and her friends into the dangerous and corrupt underworld of bootleggers and mobsters. However her experiences soon bring Gilda to the realization that it is the people that she loves and love her in return that really brings happiness and meaning to her life.
Author: Anita Doreen Diggs Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp. ISBN: 0758285809 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 268
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“A fast-paced, compelling story about love and its power to both heal and redeem” from the acclaimed author of A Meeting in the Ladies' Room (Kim McLarin, author of Womanish). Mel and Adrienne Jordan have the kind of marriage most couples only dream about. Mel feels lucky to have the smartest, sexiest wife a man could want, while caring for their infant daughter and tending to their lovely home in New York City keeps Adrienne busy and content. Landing a recording contract had once been her greatest ambition—but not anymore. Life is that good. Until the day a tragedy changes everything. Convinced that he is to blame, Mel returns to the mean streets of his youth—and indulges in the drugs, drink, and women he finds there. Adrienne works long hours at a tedious job, desperate to get ahead—even though she's not really sure where she's going. As they drift further into their grief—and away from each other—Mel and Adrienne start to wonder if they can ever reclaim what they had. And they soon realize that their greatest challenge will be trying to save the one thing they had always taken for granted: their love. “A heart-stopping story about the power of love . . . The characters are richly drawn and complex. The use of language is stunning . . . A dynamic new writer is on the scene—readers, make room on your bookshelf and in your hearts for A Mighty Love!” —Yolanda Joe, author of Video Cowboys “Entertaining.” —Booklist
Author: Kyo Mackear Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd ISBN: 1771380942 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 35
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When Virginia wakes up feeling "wolfish," her sister, Vanessa, tries to cheer her up. After treats, funny faces and other efforts fail, Vanessa begins to paint a glorious mural depicting the world of the sisters’ imagination. Will it help lift Virginia from her doldrums?
Author: Adrienne Martini Publisher: Atria Books ISBN: 9780743272766 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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"My family has a grand tradition. After a woman gives birth, she goes mad. I thought that I would be the one to escape." So begins Adrienne Martini's candid, compelling, and darkly humorous history of her family's and her own experiences with depression and postpartum syndrome. Illuminating depression from the inside, Martini delves unflinchingly into her own breakdown and institutionalization and traces the multigenerational course of this devastating problem. Moving back and forth between characters and situations, she vividly portrays the isolation -- geographical and metaphorical -- of the Appalachia of her forebears and the Western Pennsylvania region where she grew up. She also weaves in the stories of other women, both contemporary and historic, who have dealt with postpartum depression in all its guises, from fleeting "baby blues" to full-blown psychosis. Serious as her subject is, Martini's narrative is unfailingly engaging and filled with witty, wry observations on the complications of new motherhood: "It's like getting the best Christmas gift ever, but Santa decided to kick the crap out of you before you unwrapped it." New mothers and those who have struggled with parenthood -- whether or not they dealt with depression -- will find affirmation in this story of triumph, of escape from a difficult legacy, of hope for others, and of the courage to have another baby.
Author: Robert Ford Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135865078 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 2397
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A Blues Bibliography, Second Edition is a revised and enlarged version of the definitive blues bibliography first published in 1999. Material previously omitted from the first edition has now been included, and the bibliography has been expanded to include works published since then. In addition to biographical references, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. The Blues Bibliography is an invaluable guide to the enthusiastic market among libraries specializing in music and African-American culture and among individual blues scholars.
Author: Adrienne Su Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN: 0822988232 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 126
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Peach State has its origins in Atlanta, Georgia, the author’s hometown and an emblematic city of the New South, a name that reflects the American region’s invigoration in recent decades by immigration and a spirit of reinvention. Focused mainly on food and cooking, these poems explore the city’s transformation from the mid-twentieth century to today, as seen and shaped by Chinese Americans. The poems are set in restaurants, home kitchens, grocery stores, and the houses of friends and neighbors. Often employing forms—sonnet, villanelle, sestina, palindrome, ghazal, rhymed stanzas—they also mirror the constant negotiation with tradition that marks both immigrant and Southern experience. Excerpt from “You’re from the South?” As if it had never joined the Union. As if we had to go through Customs when bringing Vidalia onions to uncles and cousins in the North, where Confucians and their brethren flock for education. As if our speech required translation or at least interpretation. As if Hartsfield-Jackson were a plantation, the Amtrak Crescent a moon over rows of cotton, and all of us a population that never saw snow or migration.
Author: Robbie Couch Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1534477853 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
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Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school in this witty, heartfelt, and ultimately hopeful debut novel for fans of What if it’s Us? and I Wish You All the Best. Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small, insular town, making sure he was invisible has always been easier than being himself. Determined not to let anything ruin his senior year, Sky decides to make a splash at his high school’s annual beach bum party by asking his crush, Ali, to prom—and he has thirty days to do it. What better way to start living loud and proud than by pulling off the gayest promposal Rock Ledge, Michigan, has ever seen? Then, Sky’s plans are leaked by an anonymous hacker in a deeply homophobic e-blast that quickly goes viral. He’s fully prepared to drop out and skip town altogether—until his classmates give him a reason to fight back by turning his thirty-day promposal countdown into a school-wide hunt to expose the e-blast perpetrator. But what happens at the end of the thirty days? Will Sky get to keep his hard-won visibility? Or will his small-town blues stop him from being his true self?
Author: Adrienne Trier-Bieniek Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 0810885514 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 181
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Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos explores the many-layered relationships female fans build with feminist musicians in general and with Tori Amos, in particular. Using original interview research with more than forty fans of Tori Amos, multiple observer-participant experiences at Amos’s concerts, and critical content analysis of Amos’s lyrics and larger body of work, Adrienne Trier-Bieniek utilizes a combination of gender, emotions, music, and activism to unravel the typecasts plaguing female fans. Trier-Bieniek aggressively challenges the popular culture stereotypes that have painted all female fans as screaming, crying teenage girls who are unable to control themselves when a favorite (generally male) performer occupies the stage. In stunning contrast, admirers of Tori Amos comprise a more introspective category of fan. Sing Us a Son, Piano Woman examines the wide range of stories from these listeners, exploring how Amos’s female fans are unique because Amos places the experiences of women at the center of her music. Tori Amos’s fan base is considered devoted because of the deeply emotional, often healing, connection they have to her music, an aspect that has been overlooked, particularly in sociological and cultural research on gender, emotions and music. Tori Amos’s female fans as a social phenomenon are vital for understanding the multi-layered relationships women can have with female singer/songwriters. At a time when superficial women dominate public media presentations, from the Kardashians to the “Real Housewives,” the relationship between Tori Amos and her fans illustrates the continuous search by women for female performers who challenge patriarchal standards in popular culture. Trier-Bieniek’s research serves as a springboard for further study of women in pop culture whose purpose is empower and provoke their fans, as well as change society.
Author: Andrea J. Loney Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1524718521 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A Caldecott Honor Book! A joyous celebration of family, community, and the unifying power of music, perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street. Nic is an aspiring musician whose life spans two different worlds--his suburban school where he wows his friends in orchestra, and the busy city streets of his home where he's jostled by the crowd. Nic makes his way home from a busy day at school with a double bass on his back, the symphony of his surroundings in his heart, and a sweet surprise for the reader at the end of his journey. This is a sweet, melodious picture book about how dedication, music, and family can overcome any obstacle.
Author: Lamar Scott
Author: Adrienne Rutherford
Author: Anita Doreen Diggs
Author: Kyo Mackear
Author: Adrienne Martini
Author: Robert Ford
Author: Adrienne Su
Author: Robbie Couch
Author: Adrienne Trier-Bieniek
Author: Andrea J. Loney