Author: Deborah Epperson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781466463929
Category : Abused children
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s-70s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life. Not even Twig's vivid imagination, keen wit, and dark sense of humor is enough to help her survive the escalating assaults of Helen and a new stepbrother, but help comes from an unexpected source--Frank, her stepfather. Sometimes, having one person who loves and believes in you is all a girl needs to keep hope alive. Over the next eight years, Becky's tumultuous struggle to prevail-becoming neither a "pick" (victim) nor a "picker" (abuser)-finds her bouncing back and forth between Helen's abuse and Frank's tenderness as she fights to win this desperate battle of souls. On Halloween night, she and Helen argue and all lies are stripped away. Now, Becky must make a fateful decision-one that can give her the freedom she craves or destroy forever the new life and love she has finally found.Often raw and irreverent and sprinkled with all the Southern flavoring found in a good bowl of chicken and dumplings, BREAKING TWIG, is about finding love where we least expect it, destroying lives with easy lies, and realizing each of us determine our own truth.
Breaking TWIG
Author: Deborah Epperson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781466463929
Category : Abused children
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s-70s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life. Not even Twig's vivid imagination, keen wit, and dark sense of humor is enough to help her survive the escalating assaults of Helen and a new stepbrother, but help comes from an unexpected source--Frank, her stepfather. Sometimes, having one person who loves and believes in you is all a girl needs to keep hope alive. Over the next eight years, Becky's tumultuous struggle to prevail-becoming neither a "pick" (victim) nor a "picker" (abuser)-finds her bouncing back and forth between Helen's abuse and Frank's tenderness as she fights to win this desperate battle of souls. On Halloween night, she and Helen argue and all lies are stripped away. Now, Becky must make a fateful decision-one that can give her the freedom she craves or destroy forever the new life and love she has finally found.Often raw and irreverent and sprinkled with all the Southern flavoring found in a good bowl of chicken and dumplings, BREAKING TWIG, is about finding love where we least expect it, destroying lives with easy lies, and realizing each of us determine our own truth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781466463929
Category : Abused children
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s-70s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life. Not even Twig's vivid imagination, keen wit, and dark sense of humor is enough to help her survive the escalating assaults of Helen and a new stepbrother, but help comes from an unexpected source--Frank, her stepfather. Sometimes, having one person who loves and believes in you is all a girl needs to keep hope alive. Over the next eight years, Becky's tumultuous struggle to prevail-becoming neither a "pick" (victim) nor a "picker" (abuser)-finds her bouncing back and forth between Helen's abuse and Frank's tenderness as she fights to win this desperate battle of souls. On Halloween night, she and Helen argue and all lies are stripped away. Now, Becky must make a fateful decision-one that can give her the freedom she craves or destroy forever the new life and love she has finally found.Often raw and irreverent and sprinkled with all the Southern flavoring found in a good bowl of chicken and dumplings, BREAKING TWIG, is about finding love where we least expect it, destroying lives with easy lies, and realizing each of us determine our own truth.
Dog Breaking
Author: William Nelson Hutchinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Dog Breaking ... Second edition
Author: William Nelson HUTCHINSON (General.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Dog Breaking: the Most Expeditious, Certain and Easy Method ...
Author: William Nelson Hutchinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Science of Breakable Things
Author: Tae Keller
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 1524715697
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." Eggs are breakable. Hope is not. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids--flowers that survive against impossible odds. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again. Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles. A vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too. Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." --Publishers Weekly "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "Holy moly!!! This book made me feel." --Colby Sharp, editor of The Creativity Project, teacher, and cofounder of Nerdy Book Club
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 1524715697
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." Eggs are breakable. Hope is not. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids--flowers that survive against impossible odds. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again. Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles. A vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too. Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." --Publishers Weekly "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "Holy moly!!! This book made me feel." --Colby Sharp, editor of The Creativity Project, teacher, and cofounder of Nerdy Book Club
Author: Mercedes Ludill
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477204458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477204458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Dog Breaking. The Most Expeditious, Certain, and Easy Method, Etc. [With Plates.]
Author: William Nelson Hutchinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Austronesian Root Theory
Author: Robert A. Blust
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027282099
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Since the pioneering analyses of Renward Brandstetter (1860–1942) a quasi-morphological element called the ‘root’ has been recognized in Austronesian linguistics. This monograph confronts many of the methodological and substantive issues raised but never fully resolved by Brandstetter. In an effort to reassess the value of his work for contemporary linguistics the author examines Brandstetter’s methods and results, and applies a modified from of this approach to new material. The study establishes 230 roots based on more than 2,560 root tokens in some 117 languages. It is thus intended to serve as a rudimentary root dictionary and a basic handbook on the subject of the root for future scholars of Austronesian.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027282099
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Since the pioneering analyses of Renward Brandstetter (1860–1942) a quasi-morphological element called the ‘root’ has been recognized in Austronesian linguistics. This monograph confronts many of the methodological and substantive issues raised but never fully resolved by Brandstetter. In an effort to reassess the value of his work for contemporary linguistics the author examines Brandstetter’s methods and results, and applies a modified from of this approach to new material. The study establishes 230 roots based on more than 2,560 root tokens in some 117 languages. It is thus intended to serve as a rudimentary root dictionary and a basic handbook on the subject of the root for future scholars of Austronesian.
A Fair Colonist
Author: Ernest Glanville
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Perils of a Pregnant Sleuth
Author: Dershie McDevitt
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 1647046084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"An indomitable protagonist, a quirky supporting case, and plenty of Southern charm make this mystery a treat." —Kirkus "McDevitt's standout follow up to Just Holler Bloody Murder expertly blends romance and mystery…" —BookLife, Editor's Pick "…a great piece of ‘chick-lit’ as well as a mystery story." —Readers' Favorite "[A] wonderfully layered story that brings together a fun cast of Southern characters... hard to put down." —San Francisco Book Review “…lyrical and poetic…(A) wonderfully evocative novel…” —IndieReader Ferociously independent biology professor, Callahan Banks, is thirty-two years old, six months pregnant, and happily single living in the wilds of her childhood home on Timicau Island, South Carolina. But there are complications. The baby’s father, a wealthy forty-two-year-old bachelor, Pepper Dade, owns the island and is determined to marry her and raise their child together When nine-year-old triplets relocate to the island and stumble upon the body of a stranger wrapped in barbed wire and drowned in a tidal creek, the hodgepodge cast of island inhabitants are thrown into a tizzy. From FaLa Jo Digsby, the four-time divorcee who sold Avon from her motorcycle, to Teelia Moultrie, a newly divorced single mother competing for Pepper’s affections, to Chalmers Redpath, a reclusive obstetrician drawing suspicion for his curious architectural eccentricities—everyone on the island seems to have something to hide. When two more bodies are found, tensions on the island reach a fever pitch. Callahan’s due date is nearing. Pepper is growing more frantic, and Teelia is waiting in the wings. Worse yet, the ever-observant Callahan is starting to suspect that the murderer may be one of the island’s own. Will she keep fighting for her freedom or marry a man she may be learning to love? And can she and her young sidekick, Harry Applegate, the bright outlier in the triplet gang, find the murderer in time?
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 1647046084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"An indomitable protagonist, a quirky supporting case, and plenty of Southern charm make this mystery a treat." —Kirkus "McDevitt's standout follow up to Just Holler Bloody Murder expertly blends romance and mystery…" —BookLife, Editor's Pick "…a great piece of ‘chick-lit’ as well as a mystery story." —Readers' Favorite "[A] wonderfully layered story that brings together a fun cast of Southern characters... hard to put down." —San Francisco Book Review “…lyrical and poetic…(A) wonderfully evocative novel…” —IndieReader Ferociously independent biology professor, Callahan Banks, is thirty-two years old, six months pregnant, and happily single living in the wilds of her childhood home on Timicau Island, South Carolina. But there are complications. The baby’s father, a wealthy forty-two-year-old bachelor, Pepper Dade, owns the island and is determined to marry her and raise their child together When nine-year-old triplets relocate to the island and stumble upon the body of a stranger wrapped in barbed wire and drowned in a tidal creek, the hodgepodge cast of island inhabitants are thrown into a tizzy. From FaLa Jo Digsby, the four-time divorcee who sold Avon from her motorcycle, to Teelia Moultrie, a newly divorced single mother competing for Pepper’s affections, to Chalmers Redpath, a reclusive obstetrician drawing suspicion for his curious architectural eccentricities—everyone on the island seems to have something to hide. When two more bodies are found, tensions on the island reach a fever pitch. Callahan’s due date is nearing. Pepper is growing more frantic, and Teelia is waiting in the wings. Worse yet, the ever-observant Callahan is starting to suspect that the murderer may be one of the island’s own. Will she keep fighting for her freedom or marry a man she may be learning to love? And can she and her young sidekick, Harry Applegate, the bright outlier in the triplet gang, find the murderer in time?