Author: Lena Kennedy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444767364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
'A real East-End tale . . . brilliant!' - 5-STAR reader review Golden-haired, sunny-natured Amy, youngest and dearest of Annie Flanagan's lively brood of thirteen, is the apple of her mother's eye. But with the outbreak of World War II, the Flanagan family is torn apart, shaken from their crowded nest in London's East End. While the young ones are evacuated from the war-torn capital - the girls to Devon and the boys to a school in the Midlands - Joe is soon made a sergeant, fighting in France. Billy volunteers for the Army Transport, and young Dan fulfils his dreams and joins the RAF. The war brings tragedy - even the old home is in ruins, bombed and shell-splintered. It's Amy, with her fierce courage and determination, who must pull the family back together. But when a man full of wicked charm and Cockney banter walks into her life and wins her heart, more turbulent years are sure to follow . . . **************** What readers are saying about DOWN OUR STREET 'What a wonderful story from beginning to end' - 5 STARS 'I could not put the book down' - 5 STARS 'A fabulous read' - 5 STARS 'I will tell all my friends to read it' - 5 STARS 'I really enjoyed this book from start to finish' - 5 STARS
Down Our Street
Author: Lena Kennedy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444767364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
'A real East-End tale . . . brilliant!' - 5-STAR reader review Golden-haired, sunny-natured Amy, youngest and dearest of Annie Flanagan's lively brood of thirteen, is the apple of her mother's eye. But with the outbreak of World War II, the Flanagan family is torn apart, shaken from their crowded nest in London's East End. While the young ones are evacuated from the war-torn capital - the girls to Devon and the boys to a school in the Midlands - Joe is soon made a sergeant, fighting in France. Billy volunteers for the Army Transport, and young Dan fulfils his dreams and joins the RAF. The war brings tragedy - even the old home is in ruins, bombed and shell-splintered. It's Amy, with her fierce courage and determination, who must pull the family back together. But when a man full of wicked charm and Cockney banter walks into her life and wins her heart, more turbulent years are sure to follow . . . **************** What readers are saying about DOWN OUR STREET 'What a wonderful story from beginning to end' - 5 STARS 'I could not put the book down' - 5 STARS 'A fabulous read' - 5 STARS 'I will tell all my friends to read it' - 5 STARS 'I really enjoyed this book from start to finish' - 5 STARS
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444767364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
'A real East-End tale . . . brilliant!' - 5-STAR reader review Golden-haired, sunny-natured Amy, youngest and dearest of Annie Flanagan's lively brood of thirteen, is the apple of her mother's eye. But with the outbreak of World War II, the Flanagan family is torn apart, shaken from their crowded nest in London's East End. While the young ones are evacuated from the war-torn capital - the girls to Devon and the boys to a school in the Midlands - Joe is soon made a sergeant, fighting in France. Billy volunteers for the Army Transport, and young Dan fulfils his dreams and joins the RAF. The war brings tragedy - even the old home is in ruins, bombed and shell-splintered. It's Amy, with her fierce courage and determination, who must pull the family back together. But when a man full of wicked charm and Cockney banter walks into her life and wins her heart, more turbulent years are sure to follow . . . **************** What readers are saying about DOWN OUR STREET 'What a wonderful story from beginning to end' - 5 STARS 'I could not put the book down' - 5 STARS 'A fabulous read' - 5 STARS 'I will tell all my friends to read it' - 5 STARS 'I really enjoyed this book from start to finish' - 5 STARS
Down Our Street
Author: Joan Jonker
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 075539030X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
With a double wedding on the cards, Liverpool's best-loved neighbours plan for an unforgettable day. In Down Our Street, Joan Jonker brings us another instalment of her hugely popular Molly and Nellie series, as the two friends get up to more mischief in their beloved Liverpool. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Lindsey Hutchinson. 'Hilarious but touching' - Woman's Realm The Second World War is finally over and best friends Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough are bursting with happiness. Their beloved sons are coming home at last and their eldest children are planning to marry each other. When a double wedding is announced, Molly is determined to give her two beautiful daughters a day to remember for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile Nellie's daughter Lily has a boyfriend whom no one likes. When he brings trouble to their door, Nellie's friends in the street are ready to face it. And there's a handsome young chap just waiting in the wings for Lily... What readers are saying about Down Our Street: 'This book is like a breath of fresh air, never have I laughed so much and also cried at the antics of Molly and Nellie' 'A lovely story that will make you laugh out loud and shed a tear. A story that will touch every emotion. It's so well written that it makes you feel a part of the families'
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 075539030X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
With a double wedding on the cards, Liverpool's best-loved neighbours plan for an unforgettable day. In Down Our Street, Joan Jonker brings us another instalment of her hugely popular Molly and Nellie series, as the two friends get up to more mischief in their beloved Liverpool. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Lindsey Hutchinson. 'Hilarious but touching' - Woman's Realm The Second World War is finally over and best friends Molly Bennett and Nellie McDonough are bursting with happiness. Their beloved sons are coming home at last and their eldest children are planning to marry each other. When a double wedding is announced, Molly is determined to give her two beautiful daughters a day to remember for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile Nellie's daughter Lily has a boyfriend whom no one likes. When he brings trouble to their door, Nellie's friends in the street are ready to face it. And there's a handsome young chap just waiting in the wings for Lily... What readers are saying about Down Our Street: 'This book is like a breath of fresh air, never have I laughed so much and also cried at the antics of Molly and Nellie' 'A lovely story that will make you laugh out loud and shed a tear. A story that will touch every emotion. It's so well written that it makes you feel a part of the families'
Down on Their Luck
Author: David A. Snow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520079892
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people through social service agencies in Austin, Texas. Snow and Anderson reveal who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. Debunking current stereotypes of the homeless. Down on Their Luck sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Their survival is a tale of human resilience and determination, not one of frailty and disability.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520079892
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
David Snow and Leon Anderson show us the wretched face of homelessness in late twentieth-century America in countless cities across the nation. Through hundreds of hours of interviews, participant observation, and random tracking of homeless people through social service agencies in Austin, Texas. Snow and Anderson reveal who the homeless are, how they live, and why they have ended up on the streets. Debunking current stereotypes of the homeless. Down on Their Luck sketches a portrait of men and women who are highly adaptive, resourceful, and pragmatic. Their survival is a tale of human resilience and determination, not one of frailty and disability.
Down Our Streets
Author: Jack Leslie
Publisher: Newcastle Libraries & Information Service
ISBN: 9781857951912
Category : Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher: Newcastle Libraries & Information Service
ISBN: 9781857951912
Category : Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Down the Street
Author: Lynda Barry
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Barry continues the hilarious and touching exploration of childhood that she began in The Fun House. Her neighborhood kids are back with new adventures on the dangerous journey to adulthood.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Barry continues the hilarious and touching exploration of childhood that she began in The Fun House. Her neighborhood kids are back with new adventures on the dangerous journey to adulthood.
Our Street
Author: Jan Petersen
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
If ever a book had an unusual genesis. It belongs to that hybrid category 'faction', but the choice wasn't a literary contrivance, it was dictated by life-threatening circumstances. In the author's own words: 'I know what will happen to me if I fall into the hands of the Nazis with these records. I didn't write at all this week. I came to close to burning everything. The difficulties just seemed too great. I have been trying to find another place to live where I can write, but it would have to be with comrades, and they are just as involved in underground work as I am. There could be a sudden a house search at their homes too. The place where I keep the written page is not absolutely safe either. But during this last week when I didn't write I couldn't find inner peace either. I was weighed down by a spiritual urgency that has compelled me to go on writing now. I must write all this down! We must manage to get this manuscript abroad. It must help to shake people's consciences awake.' Our Street is an account of left-wing resistance to Nazism in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin between January 1933 and June 1934, in other words, from just before Hitler became Chancellor to the early days of Nazi government. The street in question is Wallstrasse. It suffered particular brutality in revenge for the killing of a Stormtrooper. At the beginning of the book the names of eighteen victims are printed, 'The Charlottenburg Death List'. These names are real but they don't tell the whole story. As the translator, Betty Rensen, says in her foreword, 'But many more murders and executions have taken place: they could not all be recounted here, because of the possible repercussions on relatives and friends. The author had, therefore, to be content with the names in the death-list. These names are all well known in Berlin-Charlottenburg, and in some cases the families have emigrated beyond the reach of Nazi ''justice''.' The story of how the manuscript was smuggled out of the country is almost one of tragi-comedy. The author dressed as if going for a ski-ing holiday. The customs examination was thorough until, that is, it came to checking the rucksack. It appeared to contain two enormous cakes. Feigning embarrassment, Jan Petersen, explained, 'Well, you know what women are, don't you? I told my wife I was only going away for three days, but she would go and bake me two whopping big cakes. It'll take me a week to eat one. Just look at the size of them.' The official was all smiling complaisance, his wife being just the same, he said. Inside the cakes the manuscript had been baked! The English translation of Our Street was published in 1938 in Gollancz's Left Book Club. Victor Gollancz himself called it 'vivid and exciting'. It still is.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571287549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
If ever a book had an unusual genesis. It belongs to that hybrid category 'faction', but the choice wasn't a literary contrivance, it was dictated by life-threatening circumstances. In the author's own words: 'I know what will happen to me if I fall into the hands of the Nazis with these records. I didn't write at all this week. I came to close to burning everything. The difficulties just seemed too great. I have been trying to find another place to live where I can write, but it would have to be with comrades, and they are just as involved in underground work as I am. There could be a sudden a house search at their homes too. The place where I keep the written page is not absolutely safe either. But during this last week when I didn't write I couldn't find inner peace either. I was weighed down by a spiritual urgency that has compelled me to go on writing now. I must write all this down! We must manage to get this manuscript abroad. It must help to shake people's consciences awake.' Our Street is an account of left-wing resistance to Nazism in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin between January 1933 and June 1934, in other words, from just before Hitler became Chancellor to the early days of Nazi government. The street in question is Wallstrasse. It suffered particular brutality in revenge for the killing of a Stormtrooper. At the beginning of the book the names of eighteen victims are printed, 'The Charlottenburg Death List'. These names are real but they don't tell the whole story. As the translator, Betty Rensen, says in her foreword, 'But many more murders and executions have taken place: they could not all be recounted here, because of the possible repercussions on relatives and friends. The author had, therefore, to be content with the names in the death-list. These names are all well known in Berlin-Charlottenburg, and in some cases the families have emigrated beyond the reach of Nazi ''justice''.' The story of how the manuscript was smuggled out of the country is almost one of tragi-comedy. The author dressed as if going for a ski-ing holiday. The customs examination was thorough until, that is, it came to checking the rucksack. It appeared to contain two enormous cakes. Feigning embarrassment, Jan Petersen, explained, 'Well, you know what women are, don't you? I told my wife I was only going away for three days, but she would go and bake me two whopping big cakes. It'll take me a week to eat one. Just look at the size of them.' The official was all smiling complaisance, his wife being just the same, he said. Inside the cakes the manuscript had been baked! The English translation of Our Street was published in 1938 in Gollancz's Left Book Club. Victor Gollancz himself called it 'vivid and exciting'. It still is.
This is Not My Life
Author: J. A. Bradfield
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
“This is Not My Story” is a thoughtful look at sexual abuse through the eyes of a survivor and insights into the way God intervenes and blesses during the journey of healing from abuse. You will read specific scriptures and how they came to life during her own healing from incest and abuse. This book is intended to show God’s glory in the midst of darkness. It’s a rare and most honoring moment when you are invited into someone’s healing journey. As a licensed mental health practitioner, it is one that I don’t take lightly. It is in these moments when you’re able to discover something unique about your own trauma through another’s painstakingly painful years of agony and horror. It is in this place where doors and pathways are opened that shed light on what was once drowned in darkness. A light comes on and a discovery of hope and healing lies in your grasp, for maybe the first time ever. And you are finally able to say, “maybe their journey of healing could be mine also”. “This is Not My Life; - God’s Providence through my story of Abuse and Recovery.” does just that, as my dear friend and former colleague, Jodeen Bradfield discloses the deepest of pain and suffering that comes from being on the wrong side of abuse. This book is a game changer for those looking for hope, when everything tells you that there is none. Be prepared to be rocked to your core as you navigate your own healing journey while walking alongside Jodeen in hers. Our greatest victories are often granted at the sacrifice of others. At the core, this is what Jodeen has birthed, as she has dedicated her life to bringing hope and healing to those suffering from the effects of trauma and abuse. You will walk away forever changed.” Chelsey Burr, MS, LMHP, LPC
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
“This is Not My Story” is a thoughtful look at sexual abuse through the eyes of a survivor and insights into the way God intervenes and blesses during the journey of healing from abuse. You will read specific scriptures and how they came to life during her own healing from incest and abuse. This book is intended to show God’s glory in the midst of darkness. It’s a rare and most honoring moment when you are invited into someone’s healing journey. As a licensed mental health practitioner, it is one that I don’t take lightly. It is in these moments when you’re able to discover something unique about your own trauma through another’s painstakingly painful years of agony and horror. It is in this place where doors and pathways are opened that shed light on what was once drowned in darkness. A light comes on and a discovery of hope and healing lies in your grasp, for maybe the first time ever. And you are finally able to say, “maybe their journey of healing could be mine also”. “This is Not My Life; - God’s Providence through my story of Abuse and Recovery.” does just that, as my dear friend and former colleague, Jodeen Bradfield discloses the deepest of pain and suffering that comes from being on the wrong side of abuse. This book is a game changer for those looking for hope, when everything tells you that there is none. Be prepared to be rocked to your core as you navigate your own healing journey while walking alongside Jodeen in hers. Our greatest victories are often granted at the sacrifice of others. At the core, this is what Jodeen has birthed, as she has dedicated her life to bringing hope and healing to those suffering from the effects of trauma and abuse. You will walk away forever changed.” Chelsey Burr, MS, LMHP, LPC
My Furry, Four-Footed Friends
Author: DJ Clancy
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 150497817X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
My love for animals continues in this book as I reflect on all the animals who have been a part of my life. They want to please us, but they also have wills of their own, which sometimes gets them into trouble. This book explores the humorous side of animals and the funny situations theyand their ownersget into. It also talks about the heart ache of loving and losing your special companion. But when you reflect on your life with them, you wouldnt change a thing. You cherish every memory. Animals are amazingly loyal, curious, and creative, so laugh, cry, and smile with me through my journey and remember the paw prints on your heart.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 150497817X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
My love for animals continues in this book as I reflect on all the animals who have been a part of my life. They want to please us, but they also have wills of their own, which sometimes gets them into trouble. This book explores the humorous side of animals and the funny situations theyand their ownersget into. It also talks about the heart ache of loving and losing your special companion. But when you reflect on your life with them, you wouldnt change a thing. You cherish every memory. Animals are amazingly loyal, curious, and creative, so laugh, cry, and smile with me through my journey and remember the paw prints on your heart.
Native Nostalgia
Author: Jacob Dlamini
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 1770097554
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Challenging the stereotype that black people who lived under South African apartheid have no happy memories of the past, this examination into nostalgia carves out a path away from the archetypical musings. Even though apartheid itself had no virtue, the author, himself a young black man who spent his childhood under apartheid, insists that it was not a vast moral desert in the lives of those living in townships. In this deep meditation on the experiences of those who lived through apartheid, it points out that despite the poverty and crime, there was still art, literature, music, and morals that, when combined, determined the shape of black life during that era of repression.
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 1770097554
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Challenging the stereotype that black people who lived under South African apartheid have no happy memories of the past, this examination into nostalgia carves out a path away from the archetypical musings. Even though apartheid itself had no virtue, the author, himself a young black man who spent his childhood under apartheid, insists that it was not a vast moral desert in the lives of those living in townships. In this deep meditation on the experiences of those who lived through apartheid, it points out that despite the poverty and crime, there was still art, literature, music, and morals that, when combined, determined the shape of black life during that era of repression.
Our Daily Moments
Author: Nancy Kuykendall
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973617617
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Our Daily Moments is about daily moments and experiences that occur and how they affect us. A short but poignant experience can happen very quickly. These experiences can change us in an instant. We humans are emotional beings. Even the most stable and disciplined among us can be knocked off-balance. Our emotions and attitudes can be altered in just seconds. We are all susceptible to the many life experiences that enter our day. We are affected, consciously or subconsciously. Every moment of time is part of our life. All that we call good or bad can be used by God to teach us and to know him more. God wastes nothing.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973617617
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Our Daily Moments is about daily moments and experiences that occur and how they affect us. A short but poignant experience can happen very quickly. These experiences can change us in an instant. We humans are emotional beings. Even the most stable and disciplined among us can be knocked off-balance. Our emotions and attitudes can be altered in just seconds. We are all susceptible to the many life experiences that enter our day. We are affected, consciously or subconsciously. Every moment of time is part of our life. All that we call good or bad can be used by God to teach us and to know him more. God wastes nothing.