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Author: Jennifer Miller Publisher: HMH ISBN: 0544290151 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 323
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A novel about men returning from war, and the women who love them, by “a young writer full of energy and promise” (Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach). Becca Keller is no stranger to the way war can change a man. Her Vietnam veteran father, King, suffered after his service, and as a result played only a limited role in his daughter’s life. Now Becca is marrying Ben, who is also just back from battle—and her mother, convinced that Becca is making the same mistakes she did, boycotts the wedding. Ben does indeed seem different after his second tour, and only days after she marries him, he turns dangerous. Desperate, Becca turns to her father for help. But he is heading west with his motorcycle buddies—out to a place they call Kleos, a mysterious desert compound ruled over by a guru-like commanding officer. It serves as a refuge for some soldiers, but it might be the death of others. There, Becca will be faced with the possibility that she may not know the real damage in her loved ones’ hearts. In finally seeing her father’s demons, she might just be able to start a journey back to peace with her husband.
Author: Jennifer Miller Publisher: HMH ISBN: 0544290151 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 323
Book Description
A novel about men returning from war, and the women who love them, by “a young writer full of energy and promise” (Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach). Becca Keller is no stranger to the way war can change a man. Her Vietnam veteran father, King, suffered after his service, and as a result played only a limited role in his daughter’s life. Now Becca is marrying Ben, who is also just back from battle—and her mother, convinced that Becca is making the same mistakes she did, boycotts the wedding. Ben does indeed seem different after his second tour, and only days after she marries him, he turns dangerous. Desperate, Becca turns to her father for help. But he is heading west with his motorcycle buddies—out to a place they call Kleos, a mysterious desert compound ruled over by a guru-like commanding officer. It serves as a refuge for some soldiers, but it might be the death of others. There, Becca will be faced with the possibility that she may not know the real damage in her loved ones’ hearts. In finally seeing her father’s demons, she might just be able to start a journey back to peace with her husband.
Author: E. e. cummings Publisher: Cameron ISBN: 9781944903206 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME, rereleased as a board book, is a children's adaptation of the beloved E. E. Cummings poem, beautifully illustrated by Mati Rose McDonough. Showing the strong bond of love between mother and child, within nature and throughout life, Cummings' heartfelt words expressed through McDonough's lovely illustrations combine to create a fresh, yet classic, portrayal of love.
Author: Gary Ferguson Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1619025833 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 251
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The nature writing of Gary Ferguson arises out of intimate experience. He trekked 500 miles through Yellowstone to write Walking Down the Wild and spent a season in the field at a wilderness therapy program for Shouting at the Sky. He journeyed 250 miles on foot for Hawks Rest and followed through the seasons the first fourteen wolves released into Yellowstone National Park for The Yellowstone Wolves. But nothing could prepare him for the experience he details in his new book. The Carry Home is both a moving celebration of the outdoor life shared between Ferguson and his wife Jane, who died tragically in a canoeing accident in northern Ontario in 2005, and a chronicle of the mending, uplifting power of nature. Confronting his unthinkable loss, Ferguson set out to fulfill Jane's final wish: the scattering of her ashes in five remote, wild locations they loved and shared. The act of the carry home allows Ferguson the opportunity to ruminate on their life together as well as explore deeply the impactful presence of nature in all of our lives. Theirs was a love borne of wild places, and The Carry Home offers a powerful glimpse into how the natural world can be a critical prompt for moving through cycles of immeasurable grief, how bereavement can turn to wonder, and how one man rediscovered himself in the process of saying goodbye.
Author: R Kirby Gary R Kirby Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1440186405 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 406
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Stories to open your child's eyes wide! To grow and wheel their minds in wonder! Some titles to give you a taste: The Shy Silver Shimmer * The Stardust Kids * The Sandman * The Golden Girl and the Green Queen * Fluffy White * Whiz the Wingless Eagle * The Three Tree Friends * Baby Blue Dragon * Bobby Iceberg * The Magic Paint Brush * Vulcan the Volcano * Floxy Foxy * Ollie the Otter * Morkey the Monkey * The Snarpels and the Warpels * Fluffy Flies Free * The Water Diamond Warm these stories with your voice! Paint the images, rock the rhythms, resound the repetitions and the rhymes that children love! Read the fun, the fantasy, the lessons of love as you pass the gift of words to your children to discover a world that is far more mysterious and wonderful than any story can be. Dr. Gary Kirby, a Renaissance PhD out of Northwestern, describes his nine books on GaryKirby.com as Waking dreams with a pleasure and a point. As a boy he fell in love with stories on his Grandmother's lap. As a father and grandfather, he spins stories that open the eyes and the imagination of children, and that warm their hearts. He has started TheEarthAct.org, and invites you to check it out.
Author: Reyna Grande Publisher: Washington Square Press ISBN: 1501171437 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
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“Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true.” —Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. As an immigrant in an unfamiliar country, with an indifferent mother and abusive father, Reyna had few resources at her disposal. Taking refuge in words, Reyna’s love of reading and writing propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to “a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer” (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist whose “power is growing with every book” (Luis Alberto Urrea, Pultizer Prize finalist); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reyna’s exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure.
Author: Edward Kardos Publisher: Green Dragon Books ISBN: 0893348678 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 171
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These modern day parables in Zen Master Next Door send positive messages that are simple and inspiring. Based in the truth, they are an insightful means to explore our many relationships and how they touch our soul. Relevant and timely, these stories underscore our yearning to live an inspired life and they show that deep-rooted and ancient ideals are as mainstream as our exchanges with our neighbor next door. These parables are gentle but strong. They embrace but let go. They are simple and complex just like our own lives. They are, of course, parables. What others are saying about this book: What an inspiring way to learn about our very soul. These modern day parables in Zen Master Next Door are compelling and left me wanting more. - Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind
Author: Jennifer Miller Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 0374313598 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 247
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This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year—and ultimately a global pandemic. Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice? Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they not only experience their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their Spring semester upside down. From life in the ivy league to classes at a community college, this nonfiction book follows these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home. Eye-opening and poignant, Jennifer Miller writes a narrative nonfiction story that speaks to new beginnings, coming of age, and perseverance.
Author: Linda Faye Beach Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1412035783 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 142
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All people hold on to life and hope to find the beauty so often hidden from them. They fail to understand that the beauty they seek surrounds them at all times. Beauty is in all of life, not just the ''happy times'' but what one might consider the ''hard times'' as well. How wonderful to be entitled to live even for a short time and know such feelings as love, hate, joy, sadness, beauty, sorrow, and all the feeing that make us human. This is poetry. Life is a book of poetry. Each day we wake and start a new page and do not understand that we are all poets. We create what we will be. We see beauty in a half dead tree or we cut it down. We talk to God on our level and shake when we hear his name. Choose your life, create your own poetry, find love and beauty in all things. Love while you can.
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