Author: Anita Bryce
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1606046128
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Communicating is fun and easy. Find out how simple it is in this easy-to-understand guide to penning your life story. A great gift for grandparents!
Curly Grandma's Letters
Author: Anita Bryce
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1606046128
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Communicating is fun and easy. Find out how simple it is in this easy-to-understand guide to penning your life story. A great gift for grandparents!
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1606046128
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Communicating is fun and easy. Find out how simple it is in this easy-to-understand guide to penning your life story. A great gift for grandparents!
Grandma's Letters from Africa
Author: Linda K. Thomas
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440191468
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Linda Thomas expected that when she grew old, she'd be a quaint little grandmathe kind that sits in a rocking chair and knits blankets for new grandbabies. But God and her husband had other ideas: Africa! This is Linda's story of her first four years working in Africa as a missionary. In this narrative, uniquely told through letters to her granddaughters, Linda shares how she stumbles into adventures most grandmas could not imaginea hippo charges her, a Maasai elder spits at her, and a baboon poops in her breakfast. As she faithfully answers Gods callingand its challengesshe recounts both hilarious and frightful incidents, joys and heartaches, answered prayers, and those God seemed to leave unanswered. While drinking tea from a pot cleaned with cows urine, suffering through an embarrassing breast exam, and narrowly escaping a carjacking by a murderer wielding an assault rifle, Linda falls in love with Africa, its people, and the work God presented her. Grandmas Letters from Africa is a chronicle of Gods heart, His delightful creativity, and His amazing power to help those in need.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440191468
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Linda Thomas expected that when she grew old, she'd be a quaint little grandmathe kind that sits in a rocking chair and knits blankets for new grandbabies. But God and her husband had other ideas: Africa! This is Linda's story of her first four years working in Africa as a missionary. In this narrative, uniquely told through letters to her granddaughters, Linda shares how she stumbles into adventures most grandmas could not imaginea hippo charges her, a Maasai elder spits at her, and a baboon poops in her breakfast. As she faithfully answers Gods callingand its challengesshe recounts both hilarious and frightful incidents, joys and heartaches, answered prayers, and those God seemed to leave unanswered. While drinking tea from a pot cleaned with cows urine, suffering through an embarrassing breast exam, and narrowly escaping a carjacking by a murderer wielding an assault rifle, Linda falls in love with Africa, its people, and the work God presented her. Grandmas Letters from Africa is a chronicle of Gods heart, His delightful creativity, and His amazing power to help those in need.
Poor Mary - A Tale of Schizophrenia
Author: Sylvia Hoole
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452057168
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Schizophrenia is an evil disease marked by a breakdown in the relation between thoughts, feelings and actions, frequently accompanied by delusions and retreat from social life. A daughter watches Mary, her mother, fall prey to this disease and sees her change from an attractive and beautiful woman to a shadow of her former self. This story tells of a daughter's anguish, dashed hopes and despair as she battles with Mary and tries to understand what is happening to her mother.It tells of Mary's anguish and fear as she is possessed by the demons of insanity. All who have contact with Mary in those dark years are affected adversely in some way or another. So many met with frustration as they tried to reason with her and failed. Mary is at last laid to rest but the repercussions of her frantic existence are far reaching for those who were closest to her.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452057168
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Schizophrenia is an evil disease marked by a breakdown in the relation between thoughts, feelings and actions, frequently accompanied by delusions and retreat from social life. A daughter watches Mary, her mother, fall prey to this disease and sees her change from an attractive and beautiful woman to a shadow of her former self. This story tells of a daughter's anguish, dashed hopes and despair as she battles with Mary and tries to understand what is happening to her mother.It tells of Mary's anguish and fear as she is possessed by the demons of insanity. All who have contact with Mary in those dark years are affected adversely in some way or another. So many met with frustration as they tried to reason with her and failed. Mary is at last laid to rest but the repercussions of her frantic existence are far reaching for those who were closest to her.
Missing Notes, Hidden Talents, and Other Stories
Author: Donald F. Averill
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475980493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Love and mystery have a way of intertwining in unexpected ways in life. In Donald Averills short story collection, he traces a journey through the lives of vibrant characters driven by love who suddenly find themselves in the midst of intriguing situations. In Missing Notes, a music department graduate student finds an intriguing composition in an old notebook and begins a search for the author. When she and another student look for a missing notebook, they find themselves implicated in a murder investigation. The Canoe sees retired mathematician and widower Samuel Kelly recalling past experiences involving his family canoe after seeing a canoe for sale. Following the sale of the canoe, Sam and a former girlfriend rekindle an old relationship and get involved in a holdup. In Hidden Talents, Clay Coleman, a young physician, misses a turn and arrives at a secluded farm house where he is attacked. Suffering from amnesia, he works his way along Interstate 84 helping people with medical problemswhile his wife searches desperately for him. A seven-year-old boy who thinks he is just living a normal life in 1949 soon realizes that the only way to find out any answers about his grandpas past is to ask good questions in The Pumpkin Tree. Missing Notes, Hidden Talents, and Other Stories shares four charming stories with important messages about perseverance, courage, and, most importantly, love.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475980493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Love and mystery have a way of intertwining in unexpected ways in life. In Donald Averills short story collection, he traces a journey through the lives of vibrant characters driven by love who suddenly find themselves in the midst of intriguing situations. In Missing Notes, a music department graduate student finds an intriguing composition in an old notebook and begins a search for the author. When she and another student look for a missing notebook, they find themselves implicated in a murder investigation. The Canoe sees retired mathematician and widower Samuel Kelly recalling past experiences involving his family canoe after seeing a canoe for sale. Following the sale of the canoe, Sam and a former girlfriend rekindle an old relationship and get involved in a holdup. In Hidden Talents, Clay Coleman, a young physician, misses a turn and arrives at a secluded farm house where he is attacked. Suffering from amnesia, he works his way along Interstate 84 helping people with medical problemswhile his wife searches desperately for him. A seven-year-old boy who thinks he is just living a normal life in 1949 soon realizes that the only way to find out any answers about his grandpas past is to ask good questions in The Pumpkin Tree. Missing Notes, Hidden Talents, and Other Stories shares four charming stories with important messages about perseverance, courage, and, most importantly, love.
The Christian Work and the Evangelist
Christian Work
Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul
Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453278893
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Whether you're a veteran grandma or a Nana-to-be, this collection of stories will warm your heart and make you laugh about the universal experiences of being a grandmother.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453278893
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Whether you're a veteran grandma or a Nana-to-be, this collection of stories will warm your heart and make you laugh about the universal experiences of being a grandmother.
Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's
Author: Laura Lee Hope
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
In Laura Lee Hope's book 'Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's', readers are transported to a heartwarming tale of a family vacation filled with adventures and valuable life lessons. Written in a delightful and engaging style, this book is perfect for young readers as well as adults looking for a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Set in a literary context that values traditional family values and the importance of unity and love, this book stands out as a timeless piece of children's literature that continues to resonate with readers today. The witty dialogue and vivid descriptions bring the story to life, making it a captivating read for all audiences.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
In Laura Lee Hope's book 'Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's', readers are transported to a heartwarming tale of a family vacation filled with adventures and valuable life lessons. Written in a delightful and engaging style, this book is perfect for young readers as well as adults looking for a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Set in a literary context that values traditional family values and the importance of unity and love, this book stands out as a timeless piece of children's literature that continues to resonate with readers today. The witty dialogue and vivid descriptions bring the story to life, making it a captivating read for all audiences.
Grandmother's Letter
Author: Marie Bowen Canterbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A genealogy and a history of the ancestors and descendants of Marie Caroline Bowen born 28 Jun 1917 at Walgrove, West Virginia the daughter of James Gilbert Bowen and Lula Ellen Chandler and James Harold Canterbury born 5 Aug 1912 in Russell, Kentucky the son of Howard Lewis Canterbury and Nora Belle Meadows. Marie and James were married 10 Aug 1936. James died 23 Feb 1977.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A genealogy and a history of the ancestors and descendants of Marie Caroline Bowen born 28 Jun 1917 at Walgrove, West Virginia the daughter of James Gilbert Bowen and Lula Ellen Chandler and James Harold Canterbury born 5 Aug 1912 in Russell, Kentucky the son of Howard Lewis Canterbury and Nora Belle Meadows. Marie and James were married 10 Aug 1936. James died 23 Feb 1977.
EDWARDIAN CANDLELIGHT
Author: Clarissa Lablache Cheer
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469103559
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book is a collection of Edwardian childhood memories, including unique paintings, drawings and poems. All created by author Cerita Stanley-Little over her lifetime: Inherited, collected and edited by her daughter Clarissa Lablache Cheer: In a series of recollections, her story vividly portrays in detail, the fears and actions of a small child, and how she rebelled against the oppressive middle class family upbringing in England, before World War I began and tore apart their orderly lives. The author looks back into reflections of memory, of the human condition in her family upbringing, and plunges us deep into the heart of an Edwardian child, and life where children were still brought up under strict Victorian discipline. Later in life when nostalgia engulfed her, she liked to remember the softer familiar Edwardian world she knew, where time stood still, and her imagination ran wild creating fantasy stories and pictures.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469103559
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book is a collection of Edwardian childhood memories, including unique paintings, drawings and poems. All created by author Cerita Stanley-Little over her lifetime: Inherited, collected and edited by her daughter Clarissa Lablache Cheer: In a series of recollections, her story vividly portrays in detail, the fears and actions of a small child, and how she rebelled against the oppressive middle class family upbringing in England, before World War I began and tore apart their orderly lives. The author looks back into reflections of memory, of the human condition in her family upbringing, and plunges us deep into the heart of an Edwardian child, and life where children were still brought up under strict Victorian discipline. Later in life when nostalgia engulfed her, she liked to remember the softer familiar Edwardian world she knew, where time stood still, and her imagination ran wild creating fantasy stories and pictures.