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Author: L.M. Favier Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465318488 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 164
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A SACKFUL OF QUARTERS is a collection of short stories set throughout the twelve months of the year. Each story is a seasonal account of one particular character's life experience. The glue that holds them all together is that each woman or girl originally perceives herself through familial or societal eyes, and comes to a better understanding of who she really is as a result of the incidents that occur within the story. January: FRESH SLATE, USED CHALK This story recounts the liberation of the abused wife of a prominent doctor, and how she leaves him only to discover that she is immediately drawn to an individual who, although outwardly the complete opposite of her husband, has the potential to do her harm. How she deals with the revelation establishes the foundation for a new life filled with promise. FEBRUARY: ETUDE FOR A WINTER'S AFTERNOON A fifth grade girl spends the Valentine season learning about unselfish love and class prejudice in this fifties piece set in Chicago neighborhood. The great melting pot is not as advertised. The reflection she sees in the mirror is not necessarily how others view her and she has miles to go before she sleeps. MARCH: ERIN GO BRAUGH! A prostitute in a seedy motel considers how she came to such an end. She recalls how she started out with high expectations and remembers her first real love, a mechanic in the town garage. She comes to terms with her past finally resolving the conflicts that caused her fall. APRIL: GOT THOSE AIN'T WHERE YOU ARE, PARK BENCH BLUES Once great blues singer, Jonna Knight finds herself past seventy, penniless and at the bottom of the barrel, living homeless on the streets of New York City. After spending the night under a blanket of newspapers on a Central Park bench, she encounters aspiring songstress Mona. The young Jewess joins her after dropping her portfolio, scattering its invaluable contents in the early morning wind. Mona vents her frustrations, almost oblivious of the old black woman who seems most interested in her diatribe. She's tired of "paying her dues", exhausted from daily rejections from prospective employers more concerned with her obvious ethnicity than her talent, and depressed enough to call it quits and retreat to the comfort of her affluent home. A morning chat with the legendary vocalist teaches her an invaluable lesson and earns her a surprise to boot. MAY: BLOSSOM TIME FOR MAUDE ROSE Maude Rose, a spinster who spent the fruitful years of her twenties and thirties traveling the globe with her widower father, enjoys an early summer evening on the porch with her gentleman caller. They sip lemonade. She offers him cookies, shares gossip and makes observations about the flawlessly beautiful but barren apple tree in her front yard. Her caller never speaks, but as Maude Rose rambles on his silence reveals some meaningful insights about herself and others in their small Southern community. JUNE: GEMINI WITH SCORPIO RISING Twins, one plain and one fair, come to terms with their individuality in the liberated seventies. They are both dating the same man who is equally attracted to them for different reasons. As the story unfolds, the plain sister falls deeply in love, and her beautiful counterpart learns something about her own emergent sexuality that she is both frightened and eager to share with her twin. JULY: AN ANATOMY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM GONE ASKEW A newlywed in June, pregnant in July, and far too soon for a yuppie husband who has their storybook life planned down to the last white picket in the fence that will surround their custom built house. But times have changed, and she's come a long way baby, to where
Author: L.M. Favier Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465318488 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
A SACKFUL OF QUARTERS is a collection of short stories set throughout the twelve months of the year. Each story is a seasonal account of one particular character's life experience. The glue that holds them all together is that each woman or girl originally perceives herself through familial or societal eyes, and comes to a better understanding of who she really is as a result of the incidents that occur within the story. January: FRESH SLATE, USED CHALK This story recounts the liberation of the abused wife of a prominent doctor, and how she leaves him only to discover that she is immediately drawn to an individual who, although outwardly the complete opposite of her husband, has the potential to do her harm. How she deals with the revelation establishes the foundation for a new life filled with promise. FEBRUARY: ETUDE FOR A WINTER'S AFTERNOON A fifth grade girl spends the Valentine season learning about unselfish love and class prejudice in this fifties piece set in Chicago neighborhood. The great melting pot is not as advertised. The reflection she sees in the mirror is not necessarily how others view her and she has miles to go before she sleeps. MARCH: ERIN GO BRAUGH! A prostitute in a seedy motel considers how she came to such an end. She recalls how she started out with high expectations and remembers her first real love, a mechanic in the town garage. She comes to terms with her past finally resolving the conflicts that caused her fall. APRIL: GOT THOSE AIN'T WHERE YOU ARE, PARK BENCH BLUES Once great blues singer, Jonna Knight finds herself past seventy, penniless and at the bottom of the barrel, living homeless on the streets of New York City. After spending the night under a blanket of newspapers on a Central Park bench, she encounters aspiring songstress Mona. The young Jewess joins her after dropping her portfolio, scattering its invaluable contents in the early morning wind. Mona vents her frustrations, almost oblivious of the old black woman who seems most interested in her diatribe. She's tired of "paying her dues", exhausted from daily rejections from prospective employers more concerned with her obvious ethnicity than her talent, and depressed enough to call it quits and retreat to the comfort of her affluent home. A morning chat with the legendary vocalist teaches her an invaluable lesson and earns her a surprise to boot. MAY: BLOSSOM TIME FOR MAUDE ROSE Maude Rose, a spinster who spent the fruitful years of her twenties and thirties traveling the globe with her widower father, enjoys an early summer evening on the porch with her gentleman caller. They sip lemonade. She offers him cookies, shares gossip and makes observations about the flawlessly beautiful but barren apple tree in her front yard. Her caller never speaks, but as Maude Rose rambles on his silence reveals some meaningful insights about herself and others in their small Southern community. JUNE: GEMINI WITH SCORPIO RISING Twins, one plain and one fair, come to terms with their individuality in the liberated seventies. They are both dating the same man who is equally attracted to them for different reasons. As the story unfolds, the plain sister falls deeply in love, and her beautiful counterpart learns something about her own emergent sexuality that she is both frightened and eager to share with her twin. JULY: AN ANATOMY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM GONE ASKEW A newlywed in June, pregnant in July, and far too soon for a yuppie husband who has their storybook life planned down to the last white picket in the fence that will surround their custom built house. But times have changed, and she's come a long way baby, to where
Author: William Kienzle Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1449424767 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 375
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"A sophisticated and baffling thriller . . . a real bone-freezer." —Publishers Weekly "Ingenious, witty, literate—at once irreverent and compassionate—an impressive tour indeed for a first-time novelist." —Los Angeles Times "Well-paced, tightly written, exciting as hell, and, quite possibly, the best mystery I've read in years." —Dallas Times-Herald The Rosary Murders was William X. Kienzle's first Father Koesler mystery, published in 1978. Twenty-three more books followed, creating a best-selling mystery series mostly set in Detroit and reflecting the personality of its hero, Father Robert Koesler, a diocesan priest with a penchant for sleuthing. The Rosary Murders was named one of the top twenty-five mysteries of the twentieth century in spring 2000 by the Chicago Sun-Times. It was also made into a movie, with Donald Sutherland in the role of Father Koesler. In The Rosary Murders, Detroit priests and nuns are being methodically murdered; all are found with a plain black rosary entwined between their fingers as a calling card. From Ash Wednesday, when the murderer first struck, the police seem helpless to solve the string of senseless murders. The weeks that follow become a nightmare for the crack homicide team headed by Lieutenant Walter Koznicki, until Father Koesler breaks the madmen's code. Here is a story with tension, excitement, intelligence, and a rare wit and humor. Kienzle painstakingly leads you through every step in an intensive police investigation of heinous series of murders. Police procedure and Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporting are as much a part of the action as the crimes themselves. With superb control of the novel's movement, Kienzle can tantalize at a tortoise's pace and torment with a breakneck hare's pace.
Author: Andrew Malekoff Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780789028730 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 302
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A Quarter Century of Classics(1978-2004) presents the most compelling articles published in Social Work with Groups since the journal's inception in 1978. Culled from more than 100 issues, the book captures the heart and spirit of group work and offers teachers and practitioners a solid foundation for group work theory and practice. This best-of-the-best collection includes seminal articles on group developmental theory, the use of activities in group work, group work with vulnerable populations, differentiating group work from case work in a group, and social action methods.
Author: Robert Scott Publisher: Pinnacle Books ISBN: 0786038616 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 320
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Slayer In February, 1989, Los Angeles college coed Dondi Johnson was viciously knifed to death and set afire by James Angel. In March, 1991, in a New York City strip club, dancer Yvonne Hausley, 22, was hacked to death by Tony Perillo. In April, 1992, near California's famous Livermore labs, fortyish Barbara Muszalski died screaming under the blade of handyman "Robert" Gonzales. In all three cases, the alleged killer was the same person: fiendish, frenzied Benjamin Pedro Gonzales. Sicko A gangbanger and loan shark enforcer too violent for his gambler bosses, Gonzales had become a rootless drifter criss-crossing the U.S. on a rage-fueled killing spree. His signature technique was multiple stab wounds to his victims' faces, especially in the eyes. Profilers determined that his ultra-violent killings gave him a kind of sexual release. Savage Sparked by TV coverage, including a segment on "America's Most Wanted, " an intensive nationwide manhunt raced to find Gonzales before he killed again. Once caught, he threatened to turn the justice system upside-down by feigning madness to delay his trial. Yet none of his crazy-like-a-fox tricks could save him from drawing a life sentence in California's maximum security prison at Corcoran, where he occupies a cell opposite Charles Manson, and where his jailers call him "the most dangerous inmate." Includes 16 Pages Of Shocking Photos
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 112
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Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.
Author: C. Wayne Parker Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1365765539 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 522
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COMBINATION LOCK is the autobiography of C. Wayne Parker. His story begins in 1962 with him as a short, skinny, shy, fatherless, high school kid with a pet dog and hope. He grew up in the small, lower-middle-class Burlington community of east Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a simple boy living in a simple time. Throughout his early life he struggled to find the right combination of qualities that would ensure for him a satisfying, meaningful life. He flunked out of engineering college, and the military draft board wanted him for duty in Vietnam, yet he still carried his dream in his heart. He did not give up; he did not quit. Along the way, his path took him on a journey of hurt, happiness, disaster and deliverance. There were times for both tears and smiles-as there are in his book. But as he matured and made some changes, his life was transformed into one of love, contentment and peace. What were the qualities that made up his combination and unlocked for him a path to secure his dream? Walk the path with him.
Author: Lavanya Shanbhogue-Arvind Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited ISBN: 8186939814 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 254
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Lavanya Shanbhogue-Arvind is the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Special Prize (2011). Her short story, ‘The Crystal Snuff Box and the Pappudum’, was adapted for radio by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and was broadcast in all the Commonwealth countries. Other short pieces include ‘Those You Cannot See’ that appeared in the Griffith Review, Australia, ‘Blueprint’ that appeared in Blink, the year-end fiction edition of the Hindu Business Line and ‘The Idiot’s Guide to the Indian Arranged Marriage’ that appeared in an anthology of New Asian Short Stories being published by Silverfish Books, Malaysia. Apart from a master’s degree in Business, she holds a master’s degree in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the City University of Hong Kong. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai and is working on her second novel. She lives in Mumbai with her banker husband Arvind Narayana.
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