Author: Faith Sullivan
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 9781571310521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A month after the United States enters World War II, the country is in upheaval and so is the Erhardt family. Nine-year-old Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are heading for San Diego, far away from Harvester, Minnesota and Arlene s shiftless husband. In the booming wartime economy, Arlene and Betty are soon at work, leaving Lark alone to explore their new neighborhood, a wartime housing project full of others with similarly uprooted lives. Away from prying eyes and small town expectations, the two women begin to forge new lives and new dreams dreams that Lark isn t always comfortable with. This richly detailed novel, told through Lark s observant eyes, reflects the era s tumultuous events in the everyday dramas of its memorable, finely nuanced characters."
Gardenias
Author: Faith Sullivan
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 9781571310521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A month after the United States enters World War II, the country is in upheaval and so is the Erhardt family. Nine-year-old Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are heading for San Diego, far away from Harvester, Minnesota and Arlene s shiftless husband. In the booming wartime economy, Arlene and Betty are soon at work, leaving Lark alone to explore their new neighborhood, a wartime housing project full of others with similarly uprooted lives. Away from prying eyes and small town expectations, the two women begin to forge new lives and new dreams dreams that Lark isn t always comfortable with. This richly detailed novel, told through Lark s observant eyes, reflects the era s tumultuous events in the everyday dramas of its memorable, finely nuanced characters."
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 9781571310521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A month after the United States enters World War II, the country is in upheaval and so is the Erhardt family. Nine-year-old Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are heading for San Diego, far away from Harvester, Minnesota and Arlene s shiftless husband. In the booming wartime economy, Arlene and Betty are soon at work, leaving Lark alone to explore their new neighborhood, a wartime housing project full of others with similarly uprooted lives. Away from prying eyes and small town expectations, the two women begin to forge new lives and new dreams dreams that Lark isn t always comfortable with. This richly detailed novel, told through Lark s observant eyes, reflects the era s tumultuous events in the everyday dramas of its memorable, finely nuanced characters."
Growing Gardenias
Author: United States. Agricultural Research Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardenia
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardenia
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Growing Gardenias
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardenia
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardenia
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Gardenias for Breakfast
Author: Robin Jones Gunn
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9780849944475
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abby returns to her childhood home in rural Louisiana, hoping to share the wisdom of her ninety-two-year-old grandma with her daughter Hannah, but instead of the wise, loving woman Abby remembers, she finds an old woman with the power to crush Hannah's spirit.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9780849944475
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abby returns to her childhood home in rural Louisiana, hoping to share the wisdom of her ninety-two-year-old grandma with her daughter Hannah, but instead of the wise, loving woman Abby remembers, she finds an old woman with the power to crush Hannah's spirit.
News from Gardenia
Author: Robert Llewellyn
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1908717130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
When Gavin Meckler's light aircraft encounters a mysterious cloud and crashes to earth, he discovers that the eerily quiet landscape in which he has landed is 200 years older than the one from which he took off. In this gentle, peaceful, sustainable new world, it is possible to travel from one side of the globe to the other in a matter of minutes without burning fuel, and everyone is a gardener because that's how they can be sure to eat. Inspired by William Morris's utopian novel News from Nowhere, Robert Llewellyn shows us a future where we don't burn anything to make anything else and which isn't hovering on the brink of disaster; where aliens haven't invaded, meteors haven’t hit and zombies haven’t taken over. In short, a world where humanity eventually gets it right. All the technology described in the novel has seen the light of day in reality. Llewellyn's future isn't perfect and may not be very likely, but it is entirely possible.
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1908717130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
When Gavin Meckler's light aircraft encounters a mysterious cloud and crashes to earth, he discovers that the eerily quiet landscape in which he has landed is 200 years older than the one from which he took off. In this gentle, peaceful, sustainable new world, it is possible to travel from one side of the globe to the other in a matter of minutes without burning fuel, and everyone is a gardener because that's how they can be sure to eat. Inspired by William Morris's utopian novel News from Nowhere, Robert Llewellyn shows us a future where we don't burn anything to make anything else and which isn't hovering on the brink of disaster; where aliens haven't invaded, meteors haven’t hit and zombies haven’t taken over. In short, a world where humanity eventually gets it right. All the technology described in the novel has seen the light of day in reality. Llewellyn's future isn't perfect and may not be very likely, but it is entirely possible.
Black Gardenias
Author: Antoinette Karleen Ellis-Williams
Publisher: Semaj Publishing
ISBN: 0977257282
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Black Gardenias is a collection of poems, short stories and sayings whispered by women; ancient and present who have loved, conquered, danced, prayed, struggled, overcome, suffered and laughed. It is about how women love and laugh in spite of hardships. Some of the women in this collection reflect on rape, incest, and abortion. Others share their joys and pains of childbirth, sex, God, marriage, and love. Still others discuss resistance and politics, beauty and femininity. Black Gardenias for me is a collage of Black women, which transcends time and place, fluid and powerful. A testimony of our ability to connect and disconnect with our most constant force—God.
Publisher: Semaj Publishing
ISBN: 0977257282
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Black Gardenias is a collection of poems, short stories and sayings whispered by women; ancient and present who have loved, conquered, danced, prayed, struggled, overcome, suffered and laughed. It is about how women love and laugh in spite of hardships. Some of the women in this collection reflect on rape, incest, and abortion. Others share their joys and pains of childbirth, sex, God, marriage, and love. Still others discuss resistance and politics, beauty and femininity. Black Gardenias for me is a collage of Black women, which transcends time and place, fluid and powerful. A testimony of our ability to connect and disconnect with our most constant force—God.
Gardenias for Breakfast
Author: Robin Jones Gunn
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1418512672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Everybody has a story. You listen to that story, Honeygirl, and your story will come find you." Her Grand Lady spoke these words when Abby was just a girl, spending the summer in rural Louisiana, surrounded by an extended, loving family. She's been listening carefully ever since. Now Abby is raising her own family thousands of miles away. And even though Hawaii might seem like paradise to some, it's a long way away from those idyllic days she remembers, sitting with her grandmother, learning about the beauty and mystery of life. So Abby has just one wish: that her daughter Hannah might be touched by the beauty of her 92-year-old Grand Lady's stories, before it's too late. But when Hannah finally does spend time with Grand Lady, the old woman crushes her tender spirit. And a mother-daughter journey home becomes an adventure of discovery-about the importance of family and the healing found in forgiveness. In Gardenias for Breakfast, mothers and daughters may recognize a branch or two from their own family trees and find themselves wishing not only for Grand Lady's guidance but also for Hannah's ability to smell the clouds.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1418512672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Everybody has a story. You listen to that story, Honeygirl, and your story will come find you." Her Grand Lady spoke these words when Abby was just a girl, spending the summer in rural Louisiana, surrounded by an extended, loving family. She's been listening carefully ever since. Now Abby is raising her own family thousands of miles away. And even though Hawaii might seem like paradise to some, it's a long way away from those idyllic days she remembers, sitting with her grandmother, learning about the beauty and mystery of life. So Abby has just one wish: that her daughter Hannah might be touched by the beauty of her 92-year-old Grand Lady's stories, before it's too late. But when Hannah finally does spend time with Grand Lady, the old woman crushes her tender spirit. And a mother-daughter journey home becomes an adventure of discovery-about the importance of family and the healing found in forgiveness. In Gardenias for Breakfast, mothers and daughters may recognize a branch or two from their own family trees and find themselves wishing not only for Grand Lady's guidance but also for Hannah's ability to smell the clouds.
Edible & Medicinal Flowers
Author: Margaret Joan Roberts
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864864673
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This guide brings together an extraordinary collection of over 80 flowers, trees and herbs that not only give a magnificent show in the garden, but also have remarkable healing properties and can be used in cooking and as cosmetic alternatives.
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864864673
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This guide brings together an extraordinary collection of over 80 flowers, trees and herbs that not only give a magnificent show in the garden, but also have remarkable healing properties and can be used in cooking and as cosmetic alternatives.
Florida Gardener's Guide
Author: Tom MacCubbin
Publisher:
ISBN: 1930604785
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Gardening experts Georgia Tasker and Tom MacCubbin present advice on choosing plants for the diverse landscape of Florida. More than 160 entries provide information on planting, growing, and caring for a myriad of plants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1930604785
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Gardening experts Georgia Tasker and Tom MacCubbin present advice on choosing plants for the diverse landscape of Florida. More than 160 entries provide information on planting, growing, and caring for a myriad of plants.
Gardenias
Author: Faith Sullivan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"It is 1942, only a month after the United States has joined World War II, and everything is in upheaval, including the Erhardt family. Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are leaving Harvester, Minnesota, breaking away from their Depression-era lives to seek new opportunities in California. Arlene has boldly left her husband behind - he gambled away the money she'd saved to build the house of her and Lark's dreams. She brings Lark and Betty reluctantly in her wake." "In San Diego, Arlene settles the family into a wartime housing project and secures a promising office job at Consolidated Aircraft. Betty finds work at a department store, and Lark, often left alone, navigates the bare yards of her new neighborhood. She avoids the boys who roam in threatening packs and meets Shirley, an unkempt girl who latches on to the family. Desperately homesick, Lark nevertheless attentively observes her new surroundings - the crowds who fill the plaza downtown, the junk man whose furniture they buy on credit, and the neighbors who, like her, have arrived from all across the country. Every day she waters a scraggly gardenia bush in the side yard and wonders if it will bloom."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"It is 1942, only a month after the United States has joined World War II, and everything is in upheaval, including the Erhardt family. Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are leaving Harvester, Minnesota, breaking away from their Depression-era lives to seek new opportunities in California. Arlene has boldly left her husband behind - he gambled away the money she'd saved to build the house of her and Lark's dreams. She brings Lark and Betty reluctantly in her wake." "In San Diego, Arlene settles the family into a wartime housing project and secures a promising office job at Consolidated Aircraft. Betty finds work at a department store, and Lark, often left alone, navigates the bare yards of her new neighborhood. She avoids the boys who roam in threatening packs and meets Shirley, an unkempt girl who latches on to the family. Desperately homesick, Lark nevertheless attentively observes her new surroundings - the crowds who fill the plaza downtown, the junk man whose furniture they buy on credit, and the neighbors who, like her, have arrived from all across the country. Every day she waters a scraggly gardenia bush in the side yard and wonders if it will bloom."--BOOK JACKET.