Author: Janis Owens
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 156164711X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Readers received a refreshing introduction to the Sims and Catts families in Owens' first novel, My Brother Michael, narrated by the inimitable Gabriel Catts. Here to tell her side is Myra Sims, the apex of a love triangle that includes Gabe and his brother, Michael. Myra's fresh perspective will bring new insight to a story of incest, adultery, and hard-won love among the denizens of Magnolia Hill, a Florida Panhandle mill town. We follow Myra from her violent childhood and entrancement with Gabe's snap-eyed genius, through her marriage to the older and more stable Michael, to her breakdown and renewal as she battles the demons from her childhood that haunt all three of them. In the end, you will, as both Gabe and Myra do, love Michael.
Myra Sims
Author: Janis Owens
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 156164711X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Readers received a refreshing introduction to the Sims and Catts families in Owens' first novel, My Brother Michael, narrated by the inimitable Gabriel Catts. Here to tell her side is Myra Sims, the apex of a love triangle that includes Gabe and his brother, Michael. Myra's fresh perspective will bring new insight to a story of incest, adultery, and hard-won love among the denizens of Magnolia Hill, a Florida Panhandle mill town. We follow Myra from her violent childhood and entrancement with Gabe's snap-eyed genius, through her marriage to the older and more stable Michael, to her breakdown and renewal as she battles the demons from her childhood that haunt all three of them. In the end, you will, as both Gabe and Myra do, love Michael.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 156164711X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Readers received a refreshing introduction to the Sims and Catts families in Owens' first novel, My Brother Michael, narrated by the inimitable Gabriel Catts. Here to tell her side is Myra Sims, the apex of a love triangle that includes Gabe and his brother, Michael. Myra's fresh perspective will bring new insight to a story of incest, adultery, and hard-won love among the denizens of Magnolia Hill, a Florida Panhandle mill town. We follow Myra from her violent childhood and entrancement with Gabe's snap-eyed genius, through her marriage to the older and more stable Michael, to her breakdown and renewal as she battles the demons from her childhood that haunt all three of them. In the end, you will, as both Gabe and Myra do, love Michael.
Women of Florida Fiction
Author: Tammy Powley
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786478942
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Florida as symbol and myth is the subject of this collection of new critical essays exploring fiction written by female Floridian authors. In the words of author Karen Russell, the Sunshine State is "virtually past-less, seasons are out of the question, and it's built on a primordial park full of monsters." Discussing the state as setting, the essayists--also Floridians--suggest that it is a creation of the stories told about it. Each of the book's 12 chapters covers one author, including a brief biography followed by one (and twice, two) essays on some of the author's works. The book's final section includes interviews with authors Lynne Barrett, Jeannine Capo Cruz, Vicki Hendricks and Angela Hunt.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786478942
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Florida as symbol and myth is the subject of this collection of new critical essays exploring fiction written by female Floridian authors. In the words of author Karen Russell, the Sunshine State is "virtually past-less, seasons are out of the question, and it's built on a primordial park full of monsters." Discussing the state as setting, the essayists--also Floridians--suggest that it is a creation of the stories told about it. Each of the book's 12 chapters covers one author, including a brief biography followed by one (and twice, two) essays on some of the author's works. The book's final section includes interviews with authors Lynne Barrett, Jeannine Capo Cruz, Vicki Hendricks and Angela Hunt.
My Brother Michael
Author: Janis Owens
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 156164708X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Winner of the Chatauqua South Award for Fiction Out of the shotgun houses and deep, shaded porches of a west Florida mill town comes this extraordinary novel of love and redemption as told by Gabriel Catts. On the eve of his fortieth birthday, Gabe attempts to reconcile a family shattered by his betrayal of his older brother, Michael. As Gabe contends with a host of personal demons, he recounts his lifelong love for his brother's wife, Myra, whose own demons threaten to overwhelm all three of them. Circumstance and passion push them beyond the moral boundaries of their close-knit community in this intimate view of a Southern family. The story told in My Brother Michael is retold in Myra Sims, Janis Owens second novel, from Myras point of view
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 156164708X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Winner of the Chatauqua South Award for Fiction Out of the shotgun houses and deep, shaded porches of a west Florida mill town comes this extraordinary novel of love and redemption as told by Gabriel Catts. On the eve of his fortieth birthday, Gabe attempts to reconcile a family shattered by his betrayal of his older brother, Michael. As Gabe contends with a host of personal demons, he recounts his lifelong love for his brother's wife, Myra, whose own demons threaten to overwhelm all three of them. Circumstance and passion push them beyond the moral boundaries of their close-knit community in this intimate view of a Southern family. The story told in My Brother Michael is retold in Myra Sims, Janis Owens second novel, from Myras point of view
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court And, at Law, in the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey
Author: New Jersey. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
Cutting Loose in Paradise
Author: Mary Jane Ryals
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Cutting Loose in Paradise is a mystery novel set in a remote island full of quirky people off the northeast coast of Florida. The story involves the death of a middle-aged woman who supposedly committed suicide by shooting herself in the chest. But local hair stylist and single mom LaRue Panther has her doubts. When part-Seminole LaRue is cutting the dead womans hair in the casket, she realizes the womans neck has been slashed and that there is no wound in the chest. LaRue and her local friends, a bartender and a journalist, are on the case to find out what really happened.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Cutting Loose in Paradise is a mystery novel set in a remote island full of quirky people off the northeast coast of Florida. The story involves the death of a middle-aged woman who supposedly committed suicide by shooting herself in the chest. But local hair stylist and single mom LaRue Panther has her doubts. When part-Seminole LaRue is cutting the dead womans hair in the casket, she realizes the womans neck has been slashed and that there is no wound in the chest. LaRue and her local friends, a bartender and a journalist, are on the case to find out what really happened.
Lions Behind the Shields
Author: Francis Green Jr.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475934007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Louisianan Frank Grima is only ten when he has his first encounter with a white policeman. Shocked at the anger the officer displays simply because Frank is of another color, he runs home to his mama, who makes him faithfully promise that he will always obey the law. Eleven years later, Frank joins the Acadian City police forceyoung, nave, and hungry for knowledge. It is August 28, 1970, and Frank knows he has no choice but to strive for excellence. His life depends on it. Vietnam veteran Peter Hillman is hired the same day as Frank. Although he has good intentions of rendering justice and making a difference in his community, Peter carries psychological baggage that has the potential to greatly impact his career. As the two recruits begin protecting and serving, they soon learn that racism, anger, and cynicism are prevalent among the ranks. Even though Frank shuns the drama, controversy, and endless dilemmas that surround the force, being a black cop in the Deep South is more challenging than he ever imagined. In this compelling tale based on true events, police officers labor to render goodand sometimes appalling wrongsonto the citizens of Acadian, and eventually discover that there will always be lost lions behind the badges.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475934007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Louisianan Frank Grima is only ten when he has his first encounter with a white policeman. Shocked at the anger the officer displays simply because Frank is of another color, he runs home to his mama, who makes him faithfully promise that he will always obey the law. Eleven years later, Frank joins the Acadian City police forceyoung, nave, and hungry for knowledge. It is August 28, 1970, and Frank knows he has no choice but to strive for excellence. His life depends on it. Vietnam veteran Peter Hillman is hired the same day as Frank. Although he has good intentions of rendering justice and making a difference in his community, Peter carries psychological baggage that has the potential to greatly impact his career. As the two recruits begin protecting and serving, they soon learn that racism, anger, and cynicism are prevalent among the ranks. Even though Frank shuns the drama, controversy, and endless dilemmas that surround the force, being a black cop in the Deep South is more challenging than he ever imagined. In this compelling tale based on true events, police officers labor to render goodand sometimes appalling wrongsonto the citizens of Acadian, and eventually discover that there will always be lost lions behind the badges.
Florida on the Boil
Author: Kenneth F. Kister
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1425717268
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Provides incisive reviews of more than 300 recommended novels and short-story collections set in Florida. Numerous Florida fiction writers, past and present, are represented in the book, including such diverse talents as Edna Buchanan, Harry Crews, Connie May Fowler, and others.--Excerpted from book cover.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1425717268
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Provides incisive reviews of more than 300 recommended novels and short-story collections set in Florida. Numerous Florida fiction writers, past and present, are represented in the book, including such diverse talents as Edna Buchanan, Harry Crews, Connie May Fowler, and others.--Excerpted from book cover.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Wisconsin
Author: Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Chapter of Wisconsin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
The Camp Ground, Or Injunctions a Speciality
Author: George Washington Field
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Priesthood of the Purple Buffalo
Author: Chuck Measel
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Remone is a realtor who is struggling with his career. Maybe he is lazy, or maybe he is disillusioned by the tactics used at his office--business practices that are based more on greed than helping clients. A camping trip in the extreme cold of a South Dakota winter changes his life forever. Forced to survive in a different world than the one he was raised in; Remone's upbringing and traditional religious beliefs are challenged as he learns to endure and rise above his old self. This remarkable adventure leaves Remone with new skills and a new way of thinking, transforming him as a person and making him a better man.
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Remone is a realtor who is struggling with his career. Maybe he is lazy, or maybe he is disillusioned by the tactics used at his office--business practices that are based more on greed than helping clients. A camping trip in the extreme cold of a South Dakota winter changes his life forever. Forced to survive in a different world than the one he was raised in; Remone's upbringing and traditional religious beliefs are challenged as he learns to endure and rise above his old self. This remarkable adventure leaves Remone with new skills and a new way of thinking, transforming him as a person and making him a better man.