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Author: Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345805623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 435

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The debut novel from the internationally acclaimed author of Wild weaves a searing and luminous tale of a family's grief after unexpected loss. • "A deeply honest novel of life after catastrophe, of intimacy lost and found." —O, The Oprah Magazine "Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!" is the advice Teresa Rae Wood shares with the listeners of her local radio show, Modern Pioneers, and the advice she strives to live by every day. She has fled a bad marriage and rebuilta life with her children, Claire and Joshua, and their caring stepfather, Bruce. Their love for each other binds them as a family through the daily struggles of making ends meet. But when they received unexpected news that Teresa, only 38, is dying of cancer, their lives all begin to unravel and drift apart. Strayed's intimate portraits of these fully human characters in a time of crisis show the varying truths of grief, forgiveness, and the beautiful terrors of learning how to keep living.

Author: Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307949338
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Author: Gail F. Brown
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450039944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Gail Fleming Brown is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her parents moved her to a town called Napoleonville, Louisiana, when she was young. Gail is the author of Destiny: My little Miracle. ISBN: 1-4184-7924-1 (dust jacket), ISBN: 1-4184-7923-3 (soft cover), ISBN: 1-4184-7922-5 (e-book). You can contact Gail F. Brown at [email protected] or facebook.com or www.AuthorHouse.com.

Author: Tom Boyd
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982239328
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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A middle-aged attorney is charged with a white collar crime - is convicted by a jury and awaiting sentencing. He finds out he’s getting a long jail sentence and flees to Cuba to start a new life.

Author: Kathryn R. Biel
Publisher: Kathryn R. Biel
ISBN: 194942412X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Are you ready to Be UnBRCAble? Get set to live, laugh, and love with this award-winning series, chronicling the journey of women gaining control over their genetics. Contains the complete award-winning novels: Ready for Whatever, Seize the Day, and Underneath It All. Ready for Whatever: An uplifting romantic comedy about facing your worst fears ... and finding out that everything might be okay. "Look on the bright side, Millie. At least you don't have cancer." Testing positive for the BRCA gene only means one thing: Millie Dwyer is almost certain to develop cancer at a young age. After losing her grandmother and mother to the dreaded disease, Millie's always feared a similar fate. But now the twenty-nine-year-old has technological advancements on her side, including radical surgeries, that can save her from ever having to deal with the Big C… but at quite a cost. Now Millie has to come to terms with a new normal—new breasts, missing ovaries, hot flashes, insensitive friends, and, worst of all, the knowledge that she'll never have biological children. One thing's for certain—she's never planned on trying to navigate the dating scene with all this on her plate … but on the road from loss to love, Millie finds that laughter certainly is the best medicine. Seize the Day: Current Mood: Freaking Out. Erin McAvoy is living her best life. A lover of tacos, witty T-shirts, and Pinterest, Erin is always ready to tell you about her favorite thing—the animals she tends to at one of the nation's best zoos. But then there's that other thing she doesn't like to talk about: how a supposedly-for-fun DNA test revealed that Erin has a strong genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. She'd like to conveniently ignore that elephant in the room, except for the fact that unless she does something soon, Erin will miss out on her only chance to have a baby. Up to this point, the only guy she's needed in her life was a sloth—the animal kind, not the lazy kind—named Barry. Turns out, if you want to have a baby, a sloth is not the right man for the job. Growing up in a conservative family, Erin's never even considered any other options, until now. She doesn't have a lot of time to wait, and online dating isn't for the faint heart. When co-worker Xander Barnes—foe—or friend?—or maybe even more?—comes up with a plausible solution to give her the baby she wants, Erin realizes this may be her last chance to grab the tiger by the tail. Her family may not agree with her choices, but Erin knows that if one leopard can change his spots, then she can too. And maybe, just maybe, this will be everything she's ever wanted. Underneath It All: Marg Kensington has the perfect life. No really, she does. A husband who's as detail-oriented as she is, two great kids, the house, you name it. The only thing not perfect for Marg (pronounced with a hard g, get it right), is the fact that she carries the BRCA-1 gene mutation. Marg won't let something like cancer stop her. Instead, she's being proactive and saving her life before she gets sick. A small bump in her perfect road. But that bump turns into a massive sinkhole when her breast implants are recalled, and she finds her husband has been cheating on her. Now faced with health crisis after health crisis, a failed marriage, and rebelling children, Marg can no longer keep up the facade of a perfect life. It's time, with help from a most unlikely source, to realize that facades may crumble, but it's underneath it all that really matters.

Author: L.E. Luttrell
Publisher: Woolloomooloo
ISBN: 1999933451
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103

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Be careful what you wish for. She wanted to be famous. But not like this. Ellen Gibson always dreamed of being a star. At a young age those dreams were shattered. Discovering she holds the winning ticket in a 55-million Powerball jackpot, Ellen sees it as her opportunity to be in the limelight. But at what cost? Detective Inspector India Hargreaves and her small team are called in to investigate the disappearance of five- year-old Joshua Gibson, but the investigation is taken over by the big guns from Police Headquarters when it turns out to be a kidnapping. When the media and the lead investigator suspect Ellen of being behind the kidnapping, her fame disintegrates into a nightmare and she seems powerless to stop events spiralling out of control …

Author: Michael Widmer
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1628385383
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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What if there was a "system" that allowed the users to identify who was the most likely to plan and carry out a mass shooting? What if the government conducted a test to see how the "system" functioned and employed a team to intervene and stop the act before it happened? Is there such a "system" and could it be developed? . The rules have changed and the gloves are off. The team and their leader Max Martin face the ones picked by the "system." With Doc, Tag, VJ, Christy and a new tool that he

Author: William Huff
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387493981
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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This book contains a fiction trilogy consisting of "Expatriates of Babylon","Arland", and "The Livewood."In a world of colliding cultures, the shattered fragments continue to build a landfill of disconnected values and conflicting agendas. Have you ever wished that you could escape the culture and politics of the world around you? Have you ever felt helpless to ensure the provision of your own needs? Dream with me, as we follow tales of departure from distant control. We will produce societies that cannot be crushed by external politics, economics, and shortages. Such societies have the power to not only survive, but to turn compassionately to the world they have left behind and offer them a more harmonious and sustainable future. Increasingly sophisticated technologies and even theoretical physics provide a unifying thread for the technically minded, while freedom and hope continue to build throughout the trilogy.

Author: Deborah Eisenberg
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1429987227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 997

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The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg contains twenty-seven short stories by "a contemporary master" (New York Times). Since 1986 with the publication of her first story collection, Deborah Eisenberg has devoted herself to writing "exquisitely distilled stories" which "present an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life" to quote the MacArthur Foundation. This one volume brings together Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and Twilight of the Superheroes (2006). "One of America's finest writers."—San Francisco Chronicle "Concentrated bursts of perfection."—The Times (London)

Author: Beatrice Mosionier
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
ISBN: 1553796659
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159

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Memories. Some memories are elusive, fleeting, like a butterfly that touches down and is free until it is caught. Others are haunting. You'd rather forget them, but they won't be forgotten. And some are always there. No matter where you are, they are there, too. In this moving story of legacy and reclamation, two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless in a broken system, April and Cheryl are separated and placed in different foster homes. Despite the distance, they remain close, even as their decisions threaten to divide them emotionally, culturally, and geographically. As one sister embraces her Métis identity, the other tries to leave it behind. Will the sisters’ bond survive as they struggle to make their way in a society that is often indifferent, hostile, and violent? Based on the adult novel In Search of April Raintree, this edition has been revised specifically for students in grades 9 through 12. Great ideas for using this book in your classroom can be found in the Teacher’s Guide for In Search of April Raintree and April Raintree. A FREE copy of the guide is available for download on the Portage & Main Press website.