Author: Faith Sullivan Publisher: Milkweed Editions ISBN: 9781571310521 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 396
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A month after the United States enters World War II, the country is in upheaval and so is the Erhardt family. Nine-year-old Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are heading for San Diego, far away from Harvester, Minnesota and Arlene s shiftless husband. In the booming wartime economy, Arlene and Betty are soon at work, leaving Lark alone to explore their new neighborhood, a wartime housing project full of others with similarly uprooted lives. Away from prying eyes and small town expectations, the two women begin to forge new lives and new dreams dreams that Lark isn t always comfortable with. This richly detailed novel, told through Lark s observant eyes, reflects the era s tumultuous events in the everyday dramas of its memorable, finely nuanced characters."
Author: Robin Jones Gunn Publisher: Thomas Nelson ISBN: 9780849944475 Category : Domestic fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Abby returns to her childhood home in rural Louisiana, hoping to share the wisdom of her ninety-two-year-old grandma with her daughter Hannah, but instead of the wise, loving woman Abby remembers, she finds an old woman with the power to crush Hannah's spirit.
Author: Robert Llewellyn Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1908717130 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 259
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When Gavin Meckler's light aircraft encounters a mysterious cloud and crashes to earth, he discovers that the eerily quiet landscape in which he has landed is 200 years older than the one from which he took off. In this gentle, peaceful, sustainable new world, it is possible to travel from one side of the globe to the other in a matter of minutes without burning fuel, and everyone is a gardener because that's how they can be sure to eat. Inspired by William Morris's utopian novel News from Nowhere, Robert Llewellyn shows us a future where we don't burn anything to make anything else and which isn't hovering on the brink of disaster; where aliens haven't invaded, meteors haven’t hit and zombies haven’t taken over. In short, a world where humanity eventually gets it right. All the technology described in the novel has seen the light of day in reality. Llewellyn's future isn't perfect and may not be very likely, but it is entirely possible.
Author: Robin Jones Gunn Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc ISBN: 1418512672 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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"Everybody has a story. You listen to that story, Honeygirl, and your story will come find you." Her Grand Lady spoke these words when Abby was just a girl, spending the summer in rural Louisiana, surrounded by an extended, loving family. She's been listening carefully ever since. Now Abby is raising her own family thousands of miles away. And even though Hawaii might seem like paradise to some, it's a long way away from those idyllic days she remembers, sitting with her grandmother, learning about the beauty and mystery of life. So Abby has just one wish: that her daughter Hannah might be touched by the beauty of her 92-year-old Grand Lady's stories, before it's too late. But when Hannah finally does spend time with Grand Lady, the old woman crushes her tender spirit. And a mother-daughter journey home becomes an adventure of discovery-about the importance of family and the healing found in forgiveness. In Gardenias for Breakfast, mothers and daughters may recognize a branch or two from their own family trees and find themselves wishing not only for Grand Lady's guidance but also for Hannah's ability to smell the clouds.
Author: Sierra Ann Hill Publisher: Abbott Press ISBN: 1458215563 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 231
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Country western singer-megastar Matson Daley had always been surrounded by gorgeous women-but the party was getting old. He was ready to find and fall in love with the right woman. His woman. He'd had thousands of miles of highway to think about what she'd be like, and the fantasy turned real when he met Leah Hayes. Matson believes he's found his true love in Leah, with her incomparable supermodel beauty, knowledge of the music business and kind, generous heart. Theirs is a whirlwind fairytale romance that evolves into something authentic and pure. But Leah possesses a terrifying, life-altering secret that she must reveal to Matson, though she's not sure how or when. And Matson Daley has demons of his own. Unknown to him, by becoming his lover, Leah has unwittingly become a target for murder. Will their dreams of being together ever come true?
Author: Jonathan Latimer Publisher: Murder Room ISBN: 147191075X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 197
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Private eye Bill Crane is back, in his fifth and final case, working and drinking as usual with his old sidekick, Doc Williams, and a new member of the gang, Ann Fortune, who is posing as his girlfriend - and disapproves of his carousing. The trio has been sent to a Chicago suburb to investigate a murder and death threats made to the family of an industrial magnate. Alternately impeded and abetted by the many attractive women of the family, Crane cracks the case in his own inimitable way, following a trail of clues including the perfume of gardenias, the lipstick marks on the dead man's face and the crimson cat.
Author: Ibis Lezcano Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1463408390 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 123
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Sometimes in life you have to take a risk and step outside of your normal safety net to be able to achieve happiness. You have to dare to explore the unknown. Then, and only then, will you have an opportunity to find out how much life has to offer you. No matter the age or time in space, LOVE is there available for each and everyone of us; It is ours for the taking. It is a divine gift from our creator. Believe in it. Feel it in your heart. Destiny will guide you to it. Some of this story is based on real events, and some is fiction. But regardless what it is fiction or reality, the message is that. LOVE is and always will be, the most powerful force in the world.
Author: Antoinette Karleen Ellis-Williams Publisher: Semaj Publishing ISBN: 0977257282 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 119
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Black Gardenias is a collection of poems, short stories and sayings whispered by women; ancient and present who have loved, conquered, danced, prayed, struggled, overcome, suffered and laughed. It is about how women love and laugh in spite of hardships. Some of the women in this collection reflect on rape, incest, and abortion. Others share their joys and pains of childbirth, sex, God, marriage, and love. Still others discuss resistance and politics, beauty and femininity. Black Gardenias for me is a collage of Black women, which transcends time and place, fluid and powerful. A testimony of our ability to connect and disconnect with our most constant force—God.
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