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Upon its initial publication, acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's memoir The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (1995), received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. In lyrical prose, Lee's extraordinary story begins in the 1950s when his parents fled China's political turmoil for Indonesia. Along with many other Chinese members of the population, his family was persecuted under President Sukarno. Falsely accused and charged for crimes against...
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In this memoir of life abroad, a married couple discovers the charms and challenges of Italy when they buy their Tuscan dream home.
Happily married for two decades, Victoria and Larry decide to move to their favorite hilltown in Tuscany. But what begins as a romantic adventure soon becomes a drama of change and perseverance. Alongside Italy's wonders- its beauty, art, architecture, food, and history- come the challenges of daily life in a foreign...
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What would compel a daily newspaper journalist, raised in an affluent family in the South, to abandon his career and embark on a spiritual odyssey that would take him, his wife, and young daughter to live among the Plain people of the prairies, the Hutterian Brethren? From 1995 to 2002, the author and his family gave up all claims to personal property, moved to Starland Colony in Minnesota, and joined the often contradictory Old World existence of...
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She was going to stab her doctor, but she wrote a book instead.
Years later, Willa Goodfellow revisits her account of the antidepressant-induced hypomania that hijacked her Costa Rican vacation and tells the rest of the story: her missed diagnosis of Bipolar 2, how she'd been given the wrong medications, and finally, her process of recovery.
Prozac Monologues is a book within a book-part memoir of misdiagnosis and part self-help guide about life...
14285) 31 Days (Nights)
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In 31 essays Reginald Jarrell tells stories of his life as a student, lawyer, pastor, professor, and communications professional as he lived in different locations across the United States. He is unstintingly truthful as he describes the people he encounters, some displaying the worst and others the best of America's culture.
The life experiences he shares in these brief essays paint a vivid picture of how race intersects and shapes lives. Attending...
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Following the unexpected death of her alcoholic mother, and worn down by the unceasing taunts of "bastard" from her hostile and mentally unstable stepfather, plucky sixteen-year-old Terry Sue sets out to find her biological father-believing this man, whom she has never met, could change her life for the better. But before she can find him, she must identify him, and the unfamiliar names on her birth certificate perplex her. She comes to realize that...
14287) Violated: Part 1 of 3
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Violated can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.
This is PART 1 of 3 (Chapters 1-7 of 24).
In the summer of 2014, the Rotherham sex abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the nation. A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the town had been regularly abused by sex gangs, predominantly comprised of Pakistani men. As the media descended on the small Yorkshire town, Sarah Wilson watched...
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World War II on the home front: "Fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society or James Herriot will enjoy this unique historical account." -Library Journal
This remarkable firsthand account-from the acclaimed Golden Age mystery author-was written to let people know how the Second World War affected ordinary English country people. The Oaken Heart is Margery Allingham's tribute to the resiliency and determination of the people of...
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For anyone who's ever sensed that there must be something more . . . let the adventure begin. Using her own personal, professional, and exotic travel experiences, Laurie Gardner shows how we can derive life-changing insights and essential personal growth from any situation. Most importantly, we discover how to connect with our deepest desires and our highest selves, learning to honor our own intuition and truth.
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A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017.
The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way. Janette, Frances, Helen and Niki, though all from Yorkshire, were four very different women, all juggling full time jobs alongside being mothers to each of their...
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What's sort of funny when something horrific happens is that nothing happens to the rest of the world. The cars still drive, the planes still fly... everything just continues. And that's probably the best gift we have. Because, for the most part, there's no right or wrong way to do things — life becomes whatever you make it. In 2018, Ben's world collapsed around him when he tragically and unexpectedly lost his brother to suicide. Since then, he...
14292) Violated: Part 2 of 3
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In the summer of 2014, the Rotherham sex abuse scandal sent shockwaves through the nation. A report revealed that, since the 1990s, up to 1,400 young girls in the town had been regularly abused by sex gangs, predominantly comprised of Pakistani men. As the media descended on the small Yorkshire town, Sarah Wilson watched with horror and relief as her voice was finally heard after years of abuse.
Sarah was just eleven years old when she was befriended...
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Harry was happily running a risk-free seaside Bed & Breakfast when a good friend approached him. "How do you fancy joining forces on a much larger hotel?" he was asked.
So what would YOU do?
The two friends and their wives bought a beautiful 28-bedroom hotel by the English seaside... but not all was as it seemed. Their new partner was a Californian businessman who gave the appearance of being wealthy and successful - a large house close to the Pacific...
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Récit autobiographique d'un long combat pour Tignes.
Pour Tignes est à la fois la déclaration d'amour, le signal d'alarme et le cri de colère d'un enfant du pays qui raconte tout, depuis la noyade de son village natal jusqu'aux succès et aux excès de la grande station de ski internationale que Tignes est devenue. À la suite de l'exil et du retour des Tignards son récit nous fait pénétrer au coeur du pouvoir municipal d'une commune touristique...
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Diana Cannon-Ragsdale was born into a Mormon dynasty. Her father Ted Cannon was a local celebrity in Salt Lake City, and her family's ancestors were contemporaries of Brigham Young, and they had many dark secrets to keep.
Growing up at the mercy of her mother's depression and father's undiagnosed schizophrenia, Diana and her five siblings were left to fend for themselves as their mom and dad rotated in and out of psychiatric hospitals and police...
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In this autobiography, Evangelist Darlene King relives her life giving an intimate perspective of her mistakes and life lessons as she lays everything on the line. Travel on a journey in her shoes as she recalls her struggles of being infected with HIV by her husband--a church pastor--and still constantly having to fight for her marriage through her husband's on-going adultery. She learns the hard way that if HIV doesn't stop him from cheating,...
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Avoir un bébé quand cela ne vient pas naturellement, c'est la galère !
On n'apprendra rien à personne... Alors quand cela vous arrive, vous avez deux possibilités: voir les choses en noir ou, comme l'auteur, se dire qu'avec de l'humour et de la dérision cela passera mieux. Et voilà dans vos mains le récit amusant, drle et vrai d'un couple pas comme les autres, engagé dans une PMA (procréation médicalement assistée). Rien n'échappe à...
14298) Let Me Go
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Let Me Go is the powerful new memoir from foster carer and Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that crossed a busy motorway and pulled to safety by a member of the public. After six weeks in hospital, social services are looking for a short-term placement so she can be kept safe while family therapy takes...
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A raw, often wry, memoir of mothers, mysteries, and miracles.
Surrendered at birth in a closed adoption, Candi Byrne's biology and ethnicity is a secret. The impending arrival of her first grandchild ignites an urgency to identify potential genetic time bombs and confirm her ancestry. Due to arcane privacy laws, Candi is repeatedly denied access to the one person who could provide that information, her biological mother.
After years of failed attempts,...
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Hope Is a Bright Star is the story of a mother's journey from shock and fear at her young daughter's cancer diagnosis to anguish and despair at her death just a year later-and, finally, to peace and acceptance of her new life.
When thirteen-year-old Elizabeth is diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Faith is in awe of her courageous child, who faces her plight straight on and inspires all who meet her. Despite an army of medical professionals who provide...
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