Author: Peter J. Stein
Publisher: Peter J. Stein
ISBN: 9780999693124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Get Book Here
Book Description
Peter J. Stein was a witness to history, a keeper of Holocaust memories and teller of its stories. He grew up in Nazi-occupied, where beloved family members disappeared without a trace in the Holocaust. A Boy's Journey makes the past present and carries it into our future so that we do not forget.
Author: Jack Paquette
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781413493351
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Get Book Here
Book Description
A Boy's Journey is the poignant, often humorous, memoir of Jackie, a child growing up in the Midwest during the 1930s and early 1940s. The boy's story initially focuses on the joys and sorrows of a motherless working class family striving to cope with the hardships of the Great Depression. However, the chronicle takes a macabre turn when Jackie's alcoholic father loses his job and attempts to commit suicide. Jackie and two of his brothers are taken to the county orphanage. The author's bittersweet account of his life in the orphanage and subsequent experiences as an adopted teenager concludes as the Depression ends and he enters the U. S. Navy during World War II.
Author: Sonia Nazario
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385743270
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Get Book Here
Book Description
The true story of a boy who sets out with absolutely nothing to find his mother who went to the US from Honduras to look for work.
Author: C T Wilson Esq
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781495463235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Get Book Here
Book Description
10,000 HILLS is about the life of a husband, a father of three daughters, an attorney, a former Chief Prosecutor, and a Maryland State Delegate. C. T. Wilson shares his experiences within the foster care system, and the abuse and neglect that he was forced to endure. Yet while he has silently shouldered the weight of his childhood, he still bears the scars of a lifetime of abuse and humiliation. C.T. provides a shockingly detailed recollection of his suffering to expose the true severity and frequency of child abuse. He explains how this horrific childhood has impacted his adult life by revealing the pain and difficulties that still affect his daily existence. He also shares the path that he has taken through the misery; how he became not just a survivor but someone who strives to better himself and improve the lives of those that still suffer. This manuscript has been produced with the hope of providing insight and a vision of healing to those who have to endure the unimaginable horrors of child abuse and to others who are still haunted by the victimization that has painted their past.
Author: Brian D. Molitor
Publisher: YWAM Publishing
ISBN: 9781932096064
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Get Book Here
Book Description
Never has the transition from childhood to manhood been more dangerous or more confusing than it is today. With tragic results, today's boys rarely learn from the adults closest to them what it means to become a man. In this celebratory and hopeful book, Brian Molitor, a father of four, shows parents and other concerned adults how to bless young men with mentoring, intentional blessing, and rites of passage, so that they become the men God created them to be. Offering compassionate and creative solutions, Molitor shares: - What other cultures do to recognize a boy's coming of age- Biblical foundations for mentoring, intentional blessing, and rites of passage- How Parents can celebrate their son's coming of age- What churches can to do help boys grow into mature manhood - Tips for single parents and others with unique circumstances
Author: Richard Miniter
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307570762
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Get Book Here
Book Description
The remarkable story of a couple who risked everything to open their home--and their hearts--to answer an abandoned child's wish. It was a small note buried in the file of a deeply troubled eleven-year-old boy--a plea for a normal life Rich and Sue Miniter couldn't ignore: The Things I Want MOST: A family A fishing pole A familyThe Miniters heard in that simple note the voice of a frightened child who wanted what all children want and need: someone to love who would love them in return. So they brought Mike home to the cozy country inn they'd restored and managed in rural upstate New York. There, over the next year, they would try to make Mike's dream come true. But first they would have to work through the fear, anger, and distrust that accompanied this boy who had lived his whole life with the label "severely emotionally disturbed." For the biggest obstacle to Mike's happiness was Mike himself, who gave the Miniters every reason to give up but one--the power of love. When Richard and Sue Miniter decided to open their home--and their hearts--to a foster child, they couldn't imagine the frustrations and joys, the breakthroughs and setbacks, not to mention the emotional toll, that awaited them. Here is the remarkable true story of how their lives changed forever with their decision to answer an abandoned child's wish for THE THINGS I WANT MOST. -->
Author: Kevin Powell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439164215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Get Book Here
Book Description
In the spirit of Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, writer and activist Kevin Powell’s memoir—“illuminating…an education for us all” (USA TODAY)—vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his youth and his struggles to overcome a legacy of anger, violence, and self-hatred. When Kevin Powell was three, he discovered the volatile nature of his world: a place of pain, poverty, violence, fire, rats, roaches, and a fear that would haunt him for years; but also moments of joy, transcendence, and belonging. By the time he graduated from high school, something his single mother and his grandparents did not do, Powell had survived abuse, abandonment by his father, debilitating low self-esteem, a police beating, and years of constant relocation—from school to school, neighborhood to neighborhood. He was left feeling isolated, wondering if his life had any value, and doubting that he would survive to see old age. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, Kevin Powell reflects on his tumultuous, turbulent passage from child to man. He revisits the path that led him to become a successful writer, public speaker, activist, and cast member on the influential first season of MTV’s The Real World. He also recalls the terrible lows he endured of depression, thoughts of suicide, alcoholism, bankruptcy, doomed relationships, failed political campaigns, and the soul-shattering murder of Tupac Shakur. Time and again, Powell harks back to lessons his mother taught him as a little boy: never stop learning, never stop telling the truth, always strive to be a better man, do what is right. Written with urgency and insight by one of the most gifted voices of our times, The Education of Kevin Powell is a powerful chronicle of healing and growth, survival and redemption. Ultimately, Kevin Powell’s journey is our journey, too.
Author: John Chipley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 145674593X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Get Book Here
Book Description
....So, at about the age of twelve, when most boys do what they are told NOT to do, B. J. went into the woods. From that day on his life was never the same. This is more than just another book. This is our son's secret journal that we found years after, ...well, years after he disappeared. These are his words. This is his story. The following was written on the first page of his journal, "As I start my story, I cannot tell you my name, or where I live, or anything that might disclose who I am. I can, however, tell you one thing; when I was a baby my grandpa called me B.J.". When our son was growing up none of the children were allowed to go into the woods behind our house. Two boys disappeared in the woods over ten years ago and were never found, not a trace. I think this is why B.J. had to go into the woods. He had to see for myself what was there. What he found was another world. It was a world that he writes about in his journal. He writes about an old lady called "Mowmow." He writes about his best friends LaCharles and Lizzy. He writes about a pond that is deep in the woods, and what he discovered on the other side of the pond. He writes about love, fear, death, and God. I left the pages of this book basically untouched; (so, you will find some misspelled words and incorrect grammar). However, I didn't want to change one word of what B.J. wrote. Every word is a clue as to what happened to him, or where he might be. When you finish reading his journal entries, maybe you will understand? Maybe you can help us find B.J.? The sketches in this book have been redrawn. However, the original sketches made by B.J. are in the "cold case file" in the basement of the Charlotte, North Carolina courthouse.
Author: Bryan Gallagher
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007351607
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Get Book Here
Book Description
Bryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, playground politics and the confusion of growing up in a land that is every bit as magical and captivating as the stories he has to tell.
Author: Rob Waring
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781424026487
Category : Fula (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Get Book Here
Book Description
