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Author: J. T. Dodds Publisher: To Each Their Own Goodbye ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Luc Barbon felt like he was escaping from the reality of 1968. Retreating from his own dead-ends in the Ozarks and Dallas, and about to bury himself in another foxhole in East Texas. A place where the world evolved around a Dairy Queen. It just might be, he speculated, a safe spot to be for a while. What trouble could he possibly get into hidden among the Magnolias in the Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World. What lay ahead was a blank slate. He wondered if this was going to be the way it is, always going somewhere, always leaving somewhere behind. He would soon discover he was like tumbleweed on a mission, his roots were shallow, and easily uprooted with the winds of change.
Author: J. T. Dodds Publisher: To Each Their Own Goodbye ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Luc Barbon felt like he was escaping from the reality of 1968. Retreating from his own dead-ends in the Ozarks and Dallas, and about to bury himself in another foxhole in East Texas. A place where the world evolved around a Dairy Queen. It just might be, he speculated, a safe spot to be for a while. What trouble could he possibly get into hidden among the Magnolias in the Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World. What lay ahead was a blank slate. He wondered if this was going to be the way it is, always going somewhere, always leaving somewhere behind. He would soon discover he was like tumbleweed on a mission, his roots were shallow, and easily uprooted with the winds of change.
Author: F.W. Watt Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 146024429X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 144
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Bill Hartley's life was shaped by a panoramic sweep of Canadian history. An illiterate prairie boy, he enlisted in 1914. Survived the Great War. Returned with a British war-bride nurse and their baby. Broke the virgin Saskatchewan soil of his soldier's homestead grant. For a decade grew wheat and bore more children. Sold his farm and moved his family west, like so many others, searching for a better life in Vancouver. But there they found themselves plunged into the Great Depression. This ordeal passed easily for Tom, the youngest son, still a child during the struggles that drove his father into a frustrating attempt to educate himself and escape poverty. Looking back at his father's life, both having achieved success after the Second World War, Tom is caught up in his effort to understand the challenges his father endured. His strengths and weaknesses. The obstacles he overcame. The mistakes he made. And also the many ways, through the best and worst of times, that Tom's mother bravely played out her wifely part. How should his father be judged? In what ways, if at all, is it Like Father Like Son? Tom is helped in his judgments by Max, family friend, almost an older brother, who has his own father-son relation to puzzle over. Both have complex memories of Bill Hartley's turbulent life as it touched theirs. Finally they may only agree that for all the sadness, there is life worth living after the funeral. More fiction by F.W. Watt Heads or Tails 23 Stories Loving Daughters The Road to Sutton The Youth Drug The Lannigan Set-Up Joking Matters Where is Julius
Author: John Kingston McMahon Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1493131184 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 287
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The seasons of my life have passed by so quickly, and now as I reach the autumn of my life, I refl ect on what has been and what might have been. I have been lucky and am somewhat surprised that I have made it this far on my journey of life. Now I look back and remember, on these pages, those that I knew and those whose lives were never fulfi lled. I am only one of a quarter of a million people who were brought up in the child welfare system in the 1950s and 60s in Australia, and who are now referred to as the Forgotten Australians.
Author: Pascal Garnier Publisher: Gallic Books ISBN: 1910477710 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 63
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A Long Way Off is a shocking noir about an impromptu road trip where a father discovers he doesn't know his daughter at all, from the 'slyly funny' [Sunday Times] Pascal Garnier. 'Plays out like an existential fever dream' Wall Street Journal Marc dreams of going somewhere far, far away – but he’ll start by taking his cat and his grown-up daughter, Anne, to an out-of-season resort on the Channel. Reluctant to go home, the curious threesome head south for Agen, whose main claim to fame is its prunes. As their impromptu road trip takes ever stranger turns, the trail of destruction – and mysterious disappearances – mounts up in their wake. Shocking, hilarious and poignant, the final dose of French noir from Pascal Garnier, published shortly before his death, is the author on top form.
Author: David Lynn Lyons Publisher: Archway Publishing ISBN: 1480809519 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 215
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Author David L. Lyons grew up during the 1950s and 60s in the small community of Whitehall in northern Alabama. As a child, he dealt with abject poverty and the stigma of being born to an unwed mother, which greatly affected his childhood. Lyons realized he was different from other children on the first day of school, when teachers asked students to tell the class who their fathers were and what they did. He never knew his father. Instead, he was raised by a single mothera rarity in 1947, when he was bornwith the help of his maternal grandparents. In his memoir, A Long Way from Whitehall, Lyons recalls the adventures, misadventures, and unusual characters he encountered living in rural Alabama. He includes tales of family, holidays, schools, and childhood mischief, as well as memories from his time in the navy, his return to civilian life, his time in college, and his eventual career as a police officer and a commissioned officer in the US Army. Lyons also provides a collection of food recipes and home remedies used during his youth. This personal narrative presents a story of survival, perseverance, and the tremendous drive to overcome early difficulties. Lyons life story demonstrates that with hard work it is possible to achieve your dreams.
Author: Kari Rosvall Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland ISBN: 1473609496 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 202
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'This is a beautifully written story. Of healing and love - and pain. Reading this book is like sitting in front of Kari, listening to her opening her heart to you' Irish Times Kari Rosvall's early life was shrouded in mystery until, at age 64, she received a letter through the post. In it was a photograph of herself as a young baby - the only one she had ever seen. This was the first step towards her discovery of the dark secret of her conception. Kari soon learned that she was a Lebensborn child, part of Hitler's 'Spring of Life' programme, which encouraged Nazi soldiers to have children with Scandinavian women in order to create an Aryan race. And so began a journey back to her roots: to Norway, where she was taken from her mother and sent to Germany in a crate to join the other Lebensborn children, and to post-war Germany and her eventual rescue by the Red Cross from an attic. Nowhere's Child is a remarkable story of reconciliation and of forging new beginnings from a dark past. Ultimately, for this woman who set up a new life in Ireland, it is the life-affirming account of what it really means to find a place called home.
Author: Katie McGarry Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1460341503 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 496
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An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns into an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both. Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he's gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down. No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home. Look for Katie McGarry’s latest poignant and thrilling title in her Thunder Road series, Walk the Edge.
Author: Nancy Dane Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1616635452 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 316
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As the Union Army pushes deep into Arkansas, newly wed Elijah and Cindy Loring embark on separate journeys that drive them far apart and into a land of violence and terror. This tale of soldier and civilian brings to life an unforgettable story of passion, loss, and survival. A Long Way to Go reads as true as an authentic diary.
Author: Brittany Watson, Blaze Earl and Nikta Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1493118285 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 493
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Olivia Sombers is a talented seventeen-year-old. Her crazy, abusive father has moved the two of them around most of England (and a few other parts of the UK) because he doesn't want anyone to notice the abuse. Everything changes when they move to Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States. Olivia meets Tyler Fields, and together, they uncover secrets about her dark past. When the two fall in love, the adventures continue. As Olivia strives to follow her dreams of being a singer, her past haunts her at the worst moments. Can Olivia follow her dreams despite her dark past?
Author: J. T. Dodds
Author: J. T. Dodds
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Author: F.W. Watt
Author: John Kingston McMahon
Author: Pascal Garnier
Author: David Lynn Lyons
Author: Kari Rosvall
Author: Katie McGarry
Author: Nancy Dane
Author: Brittany Watson, Blaze Earl and Nikta