Author: Barbara O'Neal
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553386786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
From Barbara O’Neal, beloved author of How to Bake a Perfect Life and The Lost Recipe for Happiness, comes another magical, heartfelt novel—perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Susan Wiggs. After tragedy shatters her small community in Seattle, the Reverend Elsa Montgomery has a crisis of faith. Returning to her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, she seeks work in a local soup kitchen. Preparing nourishing meals for folks in need, she keeps her hands busy while her heart searches for understanding. Meanwhile, her sister, Tamsin, as pretty and colorful as Elsa is unadorned and steadfast, finds her perfect life shattered when she learns that her financier husband is a criminal. Enduring shock and humiliation as her beautiful house and possessions are seized, the woman who had everything now has nothing but the clothes on her back. But when the going gets tough, the tough get growing. A community garden in the poorest, roughest part of town becomes a lifeline. Creating a place of hope and sustenance opens Elsa and Tamsin to the renewing power of rich earth, sunshine, and the warm cleansing rain of tears. While Elsa finds her heart blooming in the care of a rugged landscaper, Tamsin discovers the joy of losing herself in the act of giving—and both women discover that with time and care, happy endings flourish.
The Garden of Happy Endings
Author: Barbara O'Neal
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553386786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
From Barbara O’Neal, beloved author of How to Bake a Perfect Life and The Lost Recipe for Happiness, comes another magical, heartfelt novel—perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Susan Wiggs. After tragedy shatters her small community in Seattle, the Reverend Elsa Montgomery has a crisis of faith. Returning to her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, she seeks work in a local soup kitchen. Preparing nourishing meals for folks in need, she keeps her hands busy while her heart searches for understanding. Meanwhile, her sister, Tamsin, as pretty and colorful as Elsa is unadorned and steadfast, finds her perfect life shattered when she learns that her financier husband is a criminal. Enduring shock and humiliation as her beautiful house and possessions are seized, the woman who had everything now has nothing but the clothes on her back. But when the going gets tough, the tough get growing. A community garden in the poorest, roughest part of town becomes a lifeline. Creating a place of hope and sustenance opens Elsa and Tamsin to the renewing power of rich earth, sunshine, and the warm cleansing rain of tears. While Elsa finds her heart blooming in the care of a rugged landscaper, Tamsin discovers the joy of losing herself in the act of giving—and both women discover that with time and care, happy endings flourish.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553386786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
From Barbara O’Neal, beloved author of How to Bake a Perfect Life and The Lost Recipe for Happiness, comes another magical, heartfelt novel—perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Susan Wiggs. After tragedy shatters her small community in Seattle, the Reverend Elsa Montgomery has a crisis of faith. Returning to her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, she seeks work in a local soup kitchen. Preparing nourishing meals for folks in need, she keeps her hands busy while her heart searches for understanding. Meanwhile, her sister, Tamsin, as pretty and colorful as Elsa is unadorned and steadfast, finds her perfect life shattered when she learns that her financier husband is a criminal. Enduring shock and humiliation as her beautiful house and possessions are seized, the woman who had everything now has nothing but the clothes on her back. But when the going gets tough, the tough get growing. A community garden in the poorest, roughest part of town becomes a lifeline. Creating a place of hope and sustenance opens Elsa and Tamsin to the renewing power of rich earth, sunshine, and the warm cleansing rain of tears. While Elsa finds her heart blooming in the care of a rugged landscaper, Tamsin discovers the joy of losing herself in the act of giving—and both women discover that with time and care, happy endings flourish.
Happy Endings
Author: Minita Sanghvi
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9356290660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Krish is the latest 'it' thing. The Indian-export, award-winning lesbian author, who is being actively pursued by Bollywood's darling Karan Raichand for movie rights to her Booker nominated book. But her past catches up to her on the 14-hour flight back to India when she's seated next to Mahi, the woman who broke her heart ten years ago. Mahi, now Mahek Singh, is India's #1 actress and Karan's biggest star. As old memories and anger resurface, Mahi and Krish have to contend with Bollywood glamour, interfering relatives, crazy fans, and zealous best friends, all of which complicates their already star-crossed relationship. Traversing the past, present and a hopeful future, can Krish move beyond her heartbreak? Will Mahi have to choose between her career and her love all over again? Or will a second chance finally lead to happiness?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9356290660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Krish is the latest 'it' thing. The Indian-export, award-winning lesbian author, who is being actively pursued by Bollywood's darling Karan Raichand for movie rights to her Booker nominated book. But her past catches up to her on the 14-hour flight back to India when she's seated next to Mahi, the woman who broke her heart ten years ago. Mahi, now Mahek Singh, is India's #1 actress and Karan's biggest star. As old memories and anger resurface, Mahi and Krish have to contend with Bollywood glamour, interfering relatives, crazy fans, and zealous best friends, all of which complicates their already star-crossed relationship. Traversing the past, present and a hopeful future, can Krish move beyond her heartbreak? Will Mahi have to choose between her career and her love all over again? Or will a second chance finally lead to happiness?
Happy Endings
Author: Adèle Geras
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152057732
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
An exhilarating look at backstage life from the acclaimed author of "Troy."
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152057732
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
An exhilarating look at backstage life from the acclaimed author of "Troy."
Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema
Author: James MacDowell
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748680187
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"e;Hollywood 'happy ending' has long been considered among the most famous and standardised features in the whole of narrative filmmaking. Yet, while ceaselessly invoked, this notorious device has received barely any detailed attention from the field of film studies. This book is thus the first in-depth examination of one of the most overused and under-analysed concepts in discussions of popular cinema. What exactly is the 'happy ending'? Is it simply a cliche, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? Concentrating especially on conclusions featuring an ultimate romantic union - the final couple - this wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism, testing widespread assumptions against the evidence offered by a range of classical and contemporary films. "e;
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748680187
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"e;Hollywood 'happy ending' has long been considered among the most famous and standardised features in the whole of narrative filmmaking. Yet, while ceaselessly invoked, this notorious device has received barely any detailed attention from the field of film studies. This book is thus the first in-depth examination of one of the most overused and under-analysed concepts in discussions of popular cinema. What exactly is the 'happy ending'? Is it simply a cliche, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? Concentrating especially on conclusions featuring an ultimate romantic union - the final couple - this wide-ranging investigation probes traditional associations between the 'happy ending' and homogeneity, closure, 'unrealism', and ideological conservatism, testing widespread assumptions against the evidence offered by a range of classical and contemporary films. "e;
A Grace Revealed
Author: Jerry Sittser
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 0310411912
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Twenty years ago, Jerry Sittser lost his daughter, wife, and mother in a car accident. He chronicled that tragic experience in A Grace Disguised, a book that has become a classic on the topic of grief and loss. Now he asks: How do we live meaningfully, even fruitfully, in this world and at the same time long for heaven? How do we respond to the paradox of being a new creature in Christ even though we don’t always feel or act like one? How can we trust God is involved in our story when our circumstances seem to say he isn’t? While A Grace Disguised explored how the soul grows through loss, A Grace Revealed brings the story of Sittser’s family full circle, revealing God’s redeeming work in the midst of circumstances that could easily have destroyed them. As Sittser reminds us, our lives tell a good story after all. A Grace Revealed will helps us understand and trust that God is writing a beautiful story in our own lives.
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 0310411912
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Twenty years ago, Jerry Sittser lost his daughter, wife, and mother in a car accident. He chronicled that tragic experience in A Grace Disguised, a book that has become a classic on the topic of grief and loss. Now he asks: How do we live meaningfully, even fruitfully, in this world and at the same time long for heaven? How do we respond to the paradox of being a new creature in Christ even though we don’t always feel or act like one? How can we trust God is involved in our story when our circumstances seem to say he isn’t? While A Grace Disguised explored how the soul grows through loss, A Grace Revealed brings the story of Sittser’s family full circle, revealing God’s redeeming work in the midst of circumstances that could easily have destroyed them. As Sittser reminds us, our lives tell a good story after all. A Grace Revealed will helps us understand and trust that God is writing a beautiful story in our own lives.
Behind My Eyes: Poems
Author: Li-Young Lee
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393067858
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
“Lee’s lyrics have a tidal sweep as he moves between the universe within and the world without.” —Booklist, starred review
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393067858
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
“Lee’s lyrics have a tidal sweep as he moves between the universe within and the world without.” —Booklist, starred review
The Science Fiction Dimensions of Salman Rushdie
Author: Yael Maurer
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614024
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This book focuses on the science fictional dimensions of Rushdie's later novels, Fury, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Shalimar the Clown and Luka and the Fire of Life, and Rushdie's first unpublished novel, The Antagonist, to show how the author's oeuvre moves towards a more consistent engagement with science fiction as a generic form and an ideological investment. The author demonstrates how Rushdie recreates personal and national histories in a science fictional setting and mode, and contends that the failure of his first novel Grimus may have led Rushdie away from SF for some time, although he returns to it with a much firmer conviction and a much stronger voice in his later novels, showing his commitment to this imaginative form which he describes in Fury as providing "the best popular vehicle ever devised for the novel of ideas and metaphysics."The science fictional mode is the most appropriate vehicle for expressing these thematic and ideological concerns and the organizing feature of Rushdie's oeuvre. The author rereads the later novels in light of recent critical engagement with SF as a vehicle for reimagining national histories and as a potentially subversive tool for social and political engagement in a fictional realm.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614024
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This book focuses on the science fictional dimensions of Rushdie's later novels, Fury, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Shalimar the Clown and Luka and the Fire of Life, and Rushdie's first unpublished novel, The Antagonist, to show how the author's oeuvre moves towards a more consistent engagement with science fiction as a generic form and an ideological investment. The author demonstrates how Rushdie recreates personal and national histories in a science fictional setting and mode, and contends that the failure of his first novel Grimus may have led Rushdie away from SF for some time, although he returns to it with a much firmer conviction and a much stronger voice in his later novels, showing his commitment to this imaginative form which he describes in Fury as providing "the best popular vehicle ever devised for the novel of ideas and metaphysics."The science fictional mode is the most appropriate vehicle for expressing these thematic and ideological concerns and the organizing feature of Rushdie's oeuvre. The author rereads the later novels in light of recent critical engagement with SF as a vehicle for reimagining national histories and as a potentially subversive tool for social and political engagement in a fictional realm.
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GCSE English Literature for AQA Great Expectations Student Book
Author: Jon Seal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107454123
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English qualifications. Approved for the AQA 2015 GCSE English Literature specification, this print Student Book is designed to help students develop whole text understanding and written response skills for their closed-book exam. The resource provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of Dicken's novel as well as a synoptic overview of the text and its themes. Short, memorable quotations and striking images throughout the book aid learning, while in-depth exam preparation includes practice questions and sample responses. See also our Great Expectations print and digital pack, which comprises the print Student Book, the enhanced digital edition and a free Teacher's Resource.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107454123
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English qualifications. Approved for the AQA 2015 GCSE English Literature specification, this print Student Book is designed to help students develop whole text understanding and written response skills for their closed-book exam. The resource provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of Dicken's novel as well as a synoptic overview of the text and its themes. Short, memorable quotations and striking images throughout the book aid learning, while in-depth exam preparation includes practice questions and sample responses. See also our Great Expectations print and digital pack, which comprises the print Student Book, the enhanced digital edition and a free Teacher's Resource.
A True Girl
Author: Mari Poisson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 144903506X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The true girl is old, but at the same time she is a teenager, too. She has died, but now she is living her second life. She often dwells on the words "Work as a man, live as a woman", written on the card, which is stuck on the mirror in her bathroom. She lives alone, but she has some sane people around her, who do their best to make her normal. She is trying hard to be normal herself, but at the same time detests being normal, either. She pretends everything is OK, but she is not so calm and self-confident as she seems to be. She has dedicated her life to falsification. Every day she transforms herself from a housewife into a writer. Oh, I have forgotten to mention she likes Nietzsche's saying "Become what you are", which a funny woman Anabelle has engraved on the ordinary wine glasses, though secretly she is fully confident that a basic truth lies in a simple sentence: " To be and to look is one and the same thing". She has a teacher Lora, who is really very old and at the same time very odd. The true girl believes Lora is the devil but she still wants to be as Lora is. What a shame!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 144903506X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The true girl is old, but at the same time she is a teenager, too. She has died, but now she is living her second life. She often dwells on the words "Work as a man, live as a woman", written on the card, which is stuck on the mirror in her bathroom. She lives alone, but she has some sane people around her, who do their best to make her normal. She is trying hard to be normal herself, but at the same time detests being normal, either. She pretends everything is OK, but she is not so calm and self-confident as she seems to be. She has dedicated her life to falsification. Every day she transforms herself from a housewife into a writer. Oh, I have forgotten to mention she likes Nietzsche's saying "Become what you are", which a funny woman Anabelle has engraved on the ordinary wine glasses, though secretly she is fully confident that a basic truth lies in a simple sentence: " To be and to look is one and the same thing". She has a teacher Lora, who is really very old and at the same time very odd. The true girl believes Lora is the devil but she still wants to be as Lora is. What a shame!