Author: Claudia Hunter Johnson
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628728175
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Funny, Wise, Bighearted Story of a Bonding Road Trip—and the Healing Power of Human Connection When Claudia’s sixteen-year-old son, Ross, announces he’s quitting high school and leaving home a year early, she panics because they’re so disconnected she’s afraid she’ll lose him forever. Then a small miracle happens—they discover they have the same escape fantasy, to head west on I-10 to where she grew up, in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Kingsville, Texas. So, on a tight budget and with the expense clock ticking, they travel from Tallahassee to Texas and back, 2,400 miles in one week. But the distance they cover transcends the miles that they drive. Along the way Claudia recounts the sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, but ultimately courageous Texas family story that defined her childhood and is Ross's heritage—a story that centers on her own mother's path-breaking journey from a family history of dysfunction, alcoholism, and abuse to create a life for herself and a loving home for her children. As Claudia and Ross spend time together, sharing stories and laughter, she's able to see more clearly the young man her son has become, and he takes responsibility for his unhappiness and finds a solution. With prose that is nimble, vivid, and rich in humor, here is a spirited testament to the crucial bond between mothers and children.
Hurtling Toward Happiness
Author: Claudia Hunter Johnson
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628728175
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Funny, Wise, Bighearted Story of a Bonding Road Trip—and the Healing Power of Human Connection When Claudia’s sixteen-year-old son, Ross, announces he’s quitting high school and leaving home a year early, she panics because they’re so disconnected she’s afraid she’ll lose him forever. Then a small miracle happens—they discover they have the same escape fantasy, to head west on I-10 to where she grew up, in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Kingsville, Texas. So, on a tight budget and with the expense clock ticking, they travel from Tallahassee to Texas and back, 2,400 miles in one week. But the distance they cover transcends the miles that they drive. Along the way Claudia recounts the sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, but ultimately courageous Texas family story that defined her childhood and is Ross's heritage—a story that centers on her own mother's path-breaking journey from a family history of dysfunction, alcoholism, and abuse to create a life for herself and a loving home for her children. As Claudia and Ross spend time together, sharing stories and laughter, she's able to see more clearly the young man her son has become, and he takes responsibility for his unhappiness and finds a solution. With prose that is nimble, vivid, and rich in humor, here is a spirited testament to the crucial bond between mothers and children.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628728175
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Funny, Wise, Bighearted Story of a Bonding Road Trip—and the Healing Power of Human Connection When Claudia’s sixteen-year-old son, Ross, announces he’s quitting high school and leaving home a year early, she panics because they’re so disconnected she’s afraid she’ll lose him forever. Then a small miracle happens—they discover they have the same escape fantasy, to head west on I-10 to where she grew up, in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Kingsville, Texas. So, on a tight budget and with the expense clock ticking, they travel from Tallahassee to Texas and back, 2,400 miles in one week. But the distance they cover transcends the miles that they drive. Along the way Claudia recounts the sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, but ultimately courageous Texas family story that defined her childhood and is Ross's heritage—a story that centers on her own mother's path-breaking journey from a family history of dysfunction, alcoholism, and abuse to create a life for herself and a loving home for her children. As Claudia and Ross spend time together, sharing stories and laughter, she's able to see more clearly the young man her son has become, and he takes responsibility for his unhappiness and finds a solution. With prose that is nimble, vivid, and rich in humor, here is a spirited testament to the crucial bond between mothers and children.
Hurtling Toward Happiness
Author: Claudia Hunter Johnson
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628728175
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The Funny, Wise, Bighearted Story of a Bonding Road Trip—and the Healing Power of Human Connection When Claudia’s sixteen-year-old son, Ross, announces he’s quitting high school and leaving home a year early, she panics because they’re so disconnected she’s afraid she’ll lose him forever. Then a small miracle happens—they discover they have the same escape fantasy, to head west on I-10 to where she grew up, in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Kingsville, Texas. So, on a tight budget and with the expense clock ticking, they travel from Tallahassee to Texas and back, 2,400 miles in one week. But the distance they cover transcends the miles that they drive. Along the way Claudia recounts the sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, but ultimately courageous Texas family story that defined her childhood and is Ross's heritage—a story that centers on her own mother's path-breaking journey from a family history of dysfunction, alcoholism, and abuse to create a life for herself and a loving home for her children. As Claudia and Ross spend time together, sharing stories and laughter, she's able to see more clearly the young man her son has become, and he takes responsibility for his unhappiness and finds a solution. With prose that is nimble, vivid, and rich in humor, here is a spirited testament to the crucial bond between mothers and children.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1628728175
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The Funny, Wise, Bighearted Story of a Bonding Road Trip—and the Healing Power of Human Connection When Claudia’s sixteen-year-old son, Ross, announces he’s quitting high school and leaving home a year early, she panics because they’re so disconnected she’s afraid she’ll lose him forever. Then a small miracle happens—they discover they have the same escape fantasy, to head west on I-10 to where she grew up, in Corpus Christi, Houston, and Kingsville, Texas. So, on a tight budget and with the expense clock ticking, they travel from Tallahassee to Texas and back, 2,400 miles in one week. But the distance they cover transcends the miles that they drive. Along the way Claudia recounts the sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, but ultimately courageous Texas family story that defined her childhood and is Ross's heritage—a story that centers on her own mother's path-breaking journey from a family history of dysfunction, alcoholism, and abuse to create a life for herself and a loving home for her children. As Claudia and Ross spend time together, sharing stories and laughter, she's able to see more clearly the young man her son has become, and he takes responsibility for his unhappiness and finds a solution. With prose that is nimble, vivid, and rich in humor, here is a spirited testament to the crucial bond between mothers and children.
Happy Birthday!
Author: Meghna Pant
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184004524
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Happy Birthday! is a celebration of the complex, mysterious inner lives of our fellow human beings, by the award-winning novelist Meghna Pant. A dedicated friend undertakes one last labour of love for a childless woman. Nadia—married into money—finds herself facing uncomfortable truths about her comfortably numb marriage. A Mumbai slum-girl dreams of speaking words valuable enough to be translated into English. An American tourist seeking nirvana sets off a sudden chain of events when his bag is stolen, and destiny plays her hand. A retired civil servant of modest means struggles to support his snooty foreign-returned daughter. Meghna Pant’s knife-sharp stories are compelling, emotionally intelligent and provide a rare glimpse into the strange workings of the human heart. They evade neat categorization, and are the perfect read for all curious spirits.
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184004524
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Happy Birthday! is a celebration of the complex, mysterious inner lives of our fellow human beings, by the award-winning novelist Meghna Pant. A dedicated friend undertakes one last labour of love for a childless woman. Nadia—married into money—finds herself facing uncomfortable truths about her comfortably numb marriage. A Mumbai slum-girl dreams of speaking words valuable enough to be translated into English. An American tourist seeking nirvana sets off a sudden chain of events when his bag is stolen, and destiny plays her hand. A retired civil servant of modest means struggles to support his snooty foreign-returned daughter. Meghna Pant’s knife-sharp stories are compelling, emotionally intelligent and provide a rare glimpse into the strange workings of the human heart. They evade neat categorization, and are the perfect read for all curious spirits.
Happy Stories
Author: Snip Francis
Publisher: Little Salamander Press
ISBN: 9781890616236
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
These true, gentle stories teach young readers how and why their actions matter in the world. Through 12 adventures, the reader explores themes of honesty, respect, perseverance, compassion and teamwork.Even lessons can be happy stories.
Publisher: Little Salamander Press
ISBN: 9781890616236
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
These true, gentle stories teach young readers how and why their actions matter in the world. Through 12 adventures, the reader explores themes of honesty, respect, perseverance, compassion and teamwork.Even lessons can be happy stories.
Happy Trail
Author: Smartypants Romance
Publisher: Smartypants Romance
ISBN: 1949202240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A man of few words, Ranger Jay Daniels values the calm, quiet solitude of the Great Smoky Mountains. Never quite fitting in with either side of his family, he prefers the company of birds and trees to people. Yeah, he’d most definitely prefer a bird—any bird, any bird at all, take a vulture for instance—to the human-tornado hybrid that just blew onto his peaceful stretch of the Appalachian Trail. The path of true love never has run smooth for Olive Perry. After getting dumped and promptly abandoned in the middle of her multi-month hike, Olive swears off men. Determined to finish the long trek by herself, she doesn’t need a prince—or broody and taciturn ranger—to save her. Yet, when an early snowstorm threatens the mountains, and Ranger Daniels is charged with getting hikers to safety, that includes hot-tempered Olive Perry. Snowed in and forced to share an abandoned cabin, can Olive’s heated intensity melt Jay’s cool reserve? And if so, will this happy trail lead to true love? Or will their time together be just another bump in the road? 'Happy Trail' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book#1 in the Park Ranger series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.
Publisher: Smartypants Romance
ISBN: 1949202240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A man of few words, Ranger Jay Daniels values the calm, quiet solitude of the Great Smoky Mountains. Never quite fitting in with either side of his family, he prefers the company of birds and trees to people. Yeah, he’d most definitely prefer a bird—any bird, any bird at all, take a vulture for instance—to the human-tornado hybrid that just blew onto his peaceful stretch of the Appalachian Trail. The path of true love never has run smooth for Olive Perry. After getting dumped and promptly abandoned in the middle of her multi-month hike, Olive swears off men. Determined to finish the long trek by herself, she doesn’t need a prince—or broody and taciturn ranger—to save her. Yet, when an early snowstorm threatens the mountains, and Ranger Daniels is charged with getting hikers to safety, that includes hot-tempered Olive Perry. Snowed in and forced to share an abandoned cabin, can Olive’s heated intensity melt Jay’s cool reserve? And if so, will this happy trail lead to true love? Or will their time together be just another bump in the road? 'Happy Trail' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book#1 in the Park Ranger series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.
Happy Families
Author: Janey Fraser
Publisher: Embla Books
ISBN: 1471416305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Parenting just got a whole lot messier... Bobbie's children never listen to a word she says. Even worse, she's forced to constantly sit through her nearest and dearest critiquing her parenting skills and she can't ever win. Andy's swapping a high-flying career to be a stay-at-home dad. But he soon discovers that his knack for negotiating tricky business deals means nothing when raising two teenage daughters. Vanessa is about to start a new chapter in life, finding love a second time around. But the surprise arrival of her estranged, six-year-old granddaughter at her door is an unexpected twist - and this time, she's determined to get it right. Signing up to the local parenting class, these three parents will need all the help they can get. Can Bobbie, Andy and Vanessa really learn the secret of raising a happy family?
Publisher: Embla Books
ISBN: 1471416305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Parenting just got a whole lot messier... Bobbie's children never listen to a word she says. Even worse, she's forced to constantly sit through her nearest and dearest critiquing her parenting skills and she can't ever win. Andy's swapping a high-flying career to be a stay-at-home dad. But he soon discovers that his knack for negotiating tricky business deals means nothing when raising two teenage daughters. Vanessa is about to start a new chapter in life, finding love a second time around. But the surprise arrival of her estranged, six-year-old granddaughter at her door is an unexpected twist - and this time, she's determined to get it right. Signing up to the local parenting class, these three parents will need all the help they can get. Can Bobbie, Andy and Vanessa really learn the secret of raising a happy family?
Moon Spells
Author: Aurora Kane
Publisher: Wellfleet
ISBN: 157715391X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Moon Spells is full of charms, rituals, and spells that harness the power of the moon throughout its phases.
Publisher: Wellfleet
ISBN: 157715391X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Moon Spells is full of charms, rituals, and spells that harness the power of the moon throughout its phases.
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Author: Jim Ford
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781905237227
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Gives an account of a young man's travels. This work chronicles all his fears, frustrations and exhilarations along the way. It is aimed at anyone considering a backpacking trip... or anyone who likes a good laugh at someone else's expense.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781905237227
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Gives an account of a young man's travels. This work chronicles all his fears, frustrations and exhilarations along the way. It is aimed at anyone considering a backpacking trip... or anyone who likes a good laugh at someone else's expense.
Happy
Author: Derren Brown
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147352685X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself.' Stephen Fry ___ Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of happiness - from the surprisingly modern wisdom of the Stoics and Epicureans in classical times right up until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own. He shows how many of self-help's suggested routes to happiness and success - such as positive thinking, self-belief and setting goals - can be disastrous to follow and, indeed, actually cause anxiety. Happy aims to reclaim happiness and to enable us to appreciate the good things in life, in all their transient glory. By taking control of the stories we tell ourselves, by remembering that 'everything's fine' even when it might not feel that way, we can allow ourselves to flourish and to live more happily. ___ What readers are saying: ***** 'Immensely positive and life-affirming' ***** 'This is the blue print to a good life' ***** 'Thought provoking and potentially life-changing.'
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147352685X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself.' Stephen Fry ___ Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of happiness - from the surprisingly modern wisdom of the Stoics and Epicureans in classical times right up until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own. He shows how many of self-help's suggested routes to happiness and success - such as positive thinking, self-belief and setting goals - can be disastrous to follow and, indeed, actually cause anxiety. Happy aims to reclaim happiness and to enable us to appreciate the good things in life, in all their transient glory. By taking control of the stories we tell ourselves, by remembering that 'everything's fine' even when it might not feel that way, we can allow ourselves to flourish and to live more happily. ___ What readers are saying: ***** 'Immensely positive and life-affirming' ***** 'This is the blue print to a good life' ***** 'Thought provoking and potentially life-changing.'
Script Partners: How to Succeed at Co-Writing for Film & TV
Author: Matt Stevens
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1317417917
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Some of the greatest movies and television series have been written by script partners. Script Partners, Second Edition brings together the experience, knowledge, and winning techniques of Hollywood’s most productive partnerships—including Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild ), Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club), and Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen (Friends). Established and aspiring screenwriters will learn how to pick the right partner and the right project, co-create character and story structure, co-draft and revise a script, collaborate in film school and in the film industry, and manage both the creative and business sides of partnerships.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1317417917
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Some of the greatest movies and television series have been written by script partners. Script Partners, Second Edition brings together the experience, knowledge, and winning techniques of Hollywood’s most productive partnerships—including Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild ), Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club), and Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen (Friends). Established and aspiring screenwriters will learn how to pick the right partner and the right project, co-create character and story structure, co-draft and revise a script, collaborate in film school and in the film industry, and manage both the creative and business sides of partnerships.