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Author: Carol Claxon Polsgrove Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1941892167 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 174
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Imagine you are watching a movie and suddenly the action stops and the credits begin to roll. Leaving Africa was like that. I had been going along in my African story, full of its sights and sounds and smells'children balancing kerosene tins on their heads, drums rumbling at night, air scented by smoke from charcoal and wood fires. . . And then: Cut. It was over. After twelve years of growing up mostly in West Africa, I was back in the United States, where people thought growing up in Africa was strange and growing up the daughter of missionaries was even stranger. I learned to avoid mentioning that part of my life at all, because if I did, I would feel the stereotypes close round me. I did my best to pass as American without ever quite succeeding. When my mother asked me in her last days, ?Do you appreciate your African childhood? I replied with cruel honesty, ?Yes, but now I don't belong in America.' Just weeks after her death at the age of 96, I sat myself down in a state of survivor's freedom to explore the childhood I had tried to put behind me. I poured out memories across a yellow notepad and began reading the letters Mother had passed on to me'intimate letters she and Daddy had written back to family from Africa, letters I myself had written from my boarding school in Nigeria my last three years there. As a historian I already understood the richness of life told in letters: the way secrets spring from their pages. Thus innocently (if any historian can be said to be innocent) I began'and found myself tangled up in a story I had not just forgotten but had never known.
Author: Carol Claxon Polsgrove Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1941892167 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 174
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Imagine you are watching a movie and suddenly the action stops and the credits begin to roll. Leaving Africa was like that. I had been going along in my African story, full of its sights and sounds and smells'children balancing kerosene tins on their heads, drums rumbling at night, air scented by smoke from charcoal and wood fires. . . And then: Cut. It was over. After twelve years of growing up mostly in West Africa, I was back in the United States, where people thought growing up in Africa was strange and growing up the daughter of missionaries was even stranger. I learned to avoid mentioning that part of my life at all, because if I did, I would feel the stereotypes close round me. I did my best to pass as American without ever quite succeeding. When my mother asked me in her last days, ?Do you appreciate your African childhood? I replied with cruel honesty, ?Yes, but now I don't belong in America.' Just weeks after her death at the age of 96, I sat myself down in a state of survivor's freedom to explore the childhood I had tried to put behind me. I poured out memories across a yellow notepad and began reading the letters Mother had passed on to me'intimate letters she and Daddy had written back to family from Africa, letters I myself had written from my boarding school in Nigeria my last three years there. As a historian I already understood the richness of life told in letters: the way secrets spring from their pages. Thus innocently (if any historian can be said to be innocent) I began'and found myself tangled up in a story I had not just forgotten but had never known.
Author: Antony Smith Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 9781469753546 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 716
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Spanning four generations and an infinite range of human emotions, When We Were Young is the story of the Mitchell family, beginning in England at the outbreak of World War II and chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of those tumultuous times. Most of all, it is the story of Jim Mitchell, a young, ambitious English boy, hardened by his wartime experience. Eager to grasp lifes opportunities, he embarks on an adventure peopled by a rich cast of characters he meets along the way. The raven-haired, charismatic, Maggie Bernadette OToole, rebellious daughter of his fathers sister, and her Irish immigrant husband; James Thompson, marine engineer extraordinaire, friend, world traveler, and mentor. Nikolai Concalves Cavalantis, an older Brazilian playboy, who was heir to one of the worlds leading hotel corporations and his young olive-skinned wife, the beautiful Maria; Lydia Louise Henning, a brilliant academic who served in the SAS during World War II and was captured by the German Gestapo and brutally tortured, leaving her with a fear of men; Jim Mitchell, his grandfather, a farmer, lay preacher, and mentor in his formative years
Author: Dawn Goodwin Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1800242190 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 319
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Four best friends. One of them is dead. Are their secrets safe? Uni friends Stacey, Paula, Bev and Valentina used to be inseparable until one weekend before graduation when nothing was ever the same again. Thirty years later, reunited at Valentina's funeral, Stacey receives a letter written by her late friend asking for one last wish... that the three friends go back to where things fell apart and finally bury the hatchet. As they revisit their old haunts of their uni days and follow a series of clues left by Valentina, their friend's death begins to look suspicious and it is up to them to find out what happened – but they all have secrets to hide. They say good friends are hard to come by, but when there is so much at stake and someone is lurking in the shadows, how do you know who is a friend and who is a foe? Perfect for fans of Louise Jensen, Katerina Diamond and Kate Hewitt. Readers love When We Were Young! 'A tense and twisted thriller perfect for fans of Big Little Lies... A chilling and compulsively readable page-turner... An intelligent, engrossing and terrifying thriller... Full of shocking twists and turns and moments that will have readers jumping out of their skins... Hard to put down.' Bookish Jottings, 4 stars 'Brought shivers down my spine... A riveting read.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'Huge praise for Dawn Goodwin she just knows how to write about real people... A fabulous read... A very large 5 stars.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'Awesome.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'Suspenseful and thrilling... It was twisted and wicked in places and overall a fantastic read... if I could I would give this novel 6 stars.' @onecreativeartist, 5 stars 'Engrossing, gripping and a guaranteed page turner... A chilling and nail-biting adventure... A riveting read.' The Book Decoder 'Extremely gripping... I struggled to put it down!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'Grippy, shocking and just a fab read.' @PenfoldLayla 'What a story line... A fantastic read... What a twist and soo unexpected.' NetGalley Reviewer 5 stars 'Had me hooked from the very beginning... I can't wait to find out what this author does next.' Eamons 'Well drawn cast of characters, an intriguing premise and an immersive storyline this has a solid mystery at its heart.' NetGalley Reviewer, 4 stars 'Gripping read that I couldn't put down and didn't want it to end.' NetGalley Reviewer, 4 stars 'Just superb... I have devoured in just one sitting.' Little Miss Book Lover 87 'Created that edge of your seat feeling... A proper page turner... Read it in one sitting. I was really unwilling to put it down, so I just read! (No one got fed until I finished anyway!)' Sharon Beyond the Books 'Such a joy to read... A thriller with fully developed characters and all the information offered up so you can feel part of it... Will look out for the next from this author.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars
Author: Jonathan Fineberg Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520250427 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 304
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"Jonathan Fineberg captures in words the reality, delight, and imagination of children's art. He is a visionary, as are so many of the artists he cites in this important book."—Agnes Gund, President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Author: Jonathan Troll Publisher: AuthorLoyalty ISBN: 1632695383 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 271
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Matt Stevens was losing his family. And being no stranger to failed relationships, it came as no surprise to Matt when threats of divorce turned into plans to divorce his wife, Grace. The plan was simple: just make it through Christmas so their two teenage children could have one more holiday with their parents together. But when Matt and Grace drink the contents of a mysterious gift left behind at their annual Christmas ball, they find themselves transformed into younger versions of themselves―the same ages as their adolescent children. At a time when their faith in each other is at its weakest, now-teenage Matt and Grace―along with their own adolescent children―must put their differences aside, find trust in each other, and embark on a dangerous, cross-city journey to find answers and an antidote before time runs out.
Author: Chuy Renteria Publisher: University of Iowa Press ISBN: 1609388062 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 232
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Most agree that West Liberty is a special place. The first majority Hispanic town in Iowa, it has been covered by media giants such as Reuters, Telemundo, NBC, and ESPN. But Chuy Renteria and his friends grew up in the space between these news stories, where a more complicated West Liberty awaits. We Heard It When We Were Young tells the story of a young boy, first-generation Mexican American, who is torn between cultures: between immigrant parents trying to acclimate to midwestern life and a town that is, by turns, supportive and disturbingly antagonistic. Renteria looks past the public celebrations of diversity to dive into the private tensions of a community reflecting the changing American landscape. There are culture clashes, breakdancing battles, fistfights, quinceañeras, vandalism, adventures on bicycles, and souped-up lowriders, all set to an early 2000s soundtrack. Renteria and his friends struggle to find their identities and reckon with intergenerational trauma and racism in a town trying to do the same. A humorous and poignant reflection on coming of age, We Heard It When We Were Young puts its finger on a particular cultural moment at the turn of the millennium.
Author: Richard Roper Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 052553993X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 353
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From the author of Something to Live For, a nostalgic, heart-warming story of two long-lost friends who embark on a 184-mile walk of the Thames Path in order to find their way back to the truth, and to their friendship. How do you move forward…when all you want to do is go back? Joel and Theo haven’t spoken since the summer they turned sixteen, but that’s about to change. From the outside Joel looks like the picture of success: a TV scriptwriter with a smash hit who’s still together and in love with his teenage sweetheart, Amber. But he's falling apart at the seams. He's headed home to reconnect with best friend Theo--to get back to the start of it all. Theo has been living in his parents' shed, nursing a broken heart and a wounded ego, convinced life can't get any worse. Then he gets evicted on his 30th birthday. He thinks he's done with the real world - until it shows up on his doorstep... One of them is keeping a secret, and the other is living a lie. But can the promise they once made to walk all 184 miles of the Thames Path help them find their way back to the truth--and to their friendship?
Author: George Claassen Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 0143526995 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 79
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South Africans embrace their sportsmen and women as heroes and symbols of hope, courage and reconciliation. Collected in In the Words of South African Sporting Heroes are comments - from the inspirational to the humorous to the downright bizarre - by those we hold with such high esteem, on subjects as diverse as Captaincy, Fame, Life, Money in Sport and Being a South African.
Author: Carol Berger Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000513289 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 244
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This book examines the role of social process and routinised violence in the use of underaged soldiers in the country now known as South Sudan during the twenty-one-year civil war between Sudan’s northern and southern regions. Drawing on accounts of South Sudanese who as children and teenagers were part of the Red Army—the youth wing of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)—the book sheds light on the organised nature of the exploitation of children and youth by senior adult figures within the movement. The book also includes interviews with several of the original Red Army commanders, all of whom went on to hold senior positions within the military and government of South Sudan. The author chronicles the cultural transformation experienced by members of the Red Army and considers whether an analysis of the processes involved in what was then Africa’s longest civil war can aid our understanding of South Sudan’s more recent descent into ethnicised conflict. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, and political science with interests in ethnography, conflict, and the military exploitation of children.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 108
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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Author: Carol Claxon Polsgrove
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