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Author: Austin Clarke Publisher: New Canadian Library ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 200
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"Set in Barbados in the early 1950s, this uncompromising novel depicts the pain of childhood in a world where poverty and blackness are despised, and kids are treated as objects on which adults can take out their self-contempt and frustration. Milton Sobers is a nine-year-old on the run from a series of sadistic beatings from both his schoolmaster and his washer-woman mother. Dreaming of a life in Harlem, which is predominately black, open, and free, Milton encounters many comic and sad adventures that inevitably return him to the situation he was trying to escape. Originally published in 1965, this pertinent portrayal of the destruction of innocence explores the commonality of physical violence in the lives of Caribbean youth while offering hope for the intelligent child protagonist."--Goodreads
Author: Austin Clarke Publisher: New Canadian Library ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
"Set in Barbados in the early 1950s, this uncompromising novel depicts the pain of childhood in a world where poverty and blackness are despised, and kids are treated as objects on which adults can take out their self-contempt and frustration. Milton Sobers is a nine-year-old on the run from a series of sadistic beatings from both his schoolmaster and his washer-woman mother. Dreaming of a life in Harlem, which is predominately black, open, and free, Milton encounters many comic and sad adventures that inevitably return him to the situation he was trying to escape. Originally published in 1965, this pertinent portrayal of the destruction of innocence explores the commonality of physical violence in the lives of Caribbean youth while offering hope for the intelligent child protagonist."--Goodreads
Author: Annie Grace Roberts Publisher: Inkspell Publishing ISBN: 9781953335920 Category : Languages : en Pages : 262
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With one ghost on her mind, and another haunting it, Lily's been ghosted...literally. Hoping to rekindle her romance with Simon, Lily Deene travels to Anchoret House in the remote Scottish Highlands. Despite a warning to beware of spirits wandering the moors, Lily is drawn to investigate the mysterious death of a young bride, Mairi Morris. She soon realizes that death haunts Anchoret House, and that she too may be in danger. Lily Deene barely escaped with her life during her last encounter with a ghost, now she's facing another dangerous spirit. If you love mysteries with a little piece of history, you'll love the Lily Deene Series.
Author: Sarah Swan Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 496
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What would you risk for love? Having recently lost her husband, and intent on proving to the township that she can manage on her own, young widow Anna Cumnock has no time and no intention of finding love again. Indebted to the clan tacksman, she's going to have to fight for her croft, her home, and her young daughter. With all the men away to battle, Katherine Scarth needs urgent help to run her croft, or she'll risk the wrath of her husband when he returns. He's a hard man, and it's a hard life in the 18th century Scottish highlands. When Katherine notices her beautiful neighbour, Anna, toiling on her own land, she's captivated. Can she win over the reclusive Anna and convince her that the two of them should work together to save their harvests? Against all the odds, love blossoms amongst the dirt and graft of a crofter's life. But when Katherine's husband returns unexpectedly, the women have to make a choice. One that will change their lives forever... Excitement and HEA guaranteed :)
Author: Jessica Lee Peterson Publisher: ISBN: 9781951375768 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A true survivor's story that you will not forget. Well worth the read!" -Edward S. Scott, Author of Dark Daze & Foggy Nights Thistles &Thorns is a mother's personal memoir of surviving murdered children, seeking justice, rejecting revenge, and persisting through love. This true crime memoir will wreak havoc on the status quo of how to survive and grieve. On July 10, 2012, Jessica Lee Peterson woke up as a single mother of three complicated creatures named Amara, Sophie, and Cecilia. By the end of that bright summer day, she had empty arms and broken dreams due to domestic violence. Her journey of survival would start from the deepest pit of despair, a world in which her daughters had been murdered by their father. This is her story about the people she made, how they were taken from the world, and how she survived without them. Jessica was not alone in her grief. The small-town Wisconsin community the girls had grown up in was rocked to its core and rose up to support her family. Her battles would take her from court rooms to playgrounds to the edges of the world. Tragedy and suffering are endemic in this world, but Jessica shows how it can be overcome by grace and love.