Author: Naomi Clay Horse
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479700037
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159
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This book is a true account of a critically ill mother and the misadventures with a caring daughter. It could have been a pleasure to care for Mother, but she revealed her true colors. Daughter's temperament was giving and forgiving. Mother's temperament was vindictive and selfish. The environment became one of tolerance and intolerance, rather than love. An intense dislike between Mother and Daughter ensued. This is the story of the thirteen months they shared life together.
Author: Julius Lester
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547564236
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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A brother and sister cope with loss and trauma—and fight to keep what’s left of their family together—in a “compelling” novel by a Newbery Honor Medal winner. Jenna and Jeremy knew their parents’ marriage was in trouble. That was pretty obvious. But no one who knew the family could have predicted what would come next. One afternoon, Jenna and Jeremy are pulled from class and given horrifying news: their father, a college psychologist, has just shot their mother to death on a public street. Now, Mom is dead, Dad is in jail, and a fifth-grade boy and his fourteen-year-old sister have a lot to reconcile. Not only grief, anger, confusion, and guilt—but their dad’s motive, the secrets in their mother’s diary, and shifting loyalties that are driving Jenna and Jeremy even further apart. With their fragile new lives in free fall, and their father about to stand trial, they’re now going to have to confront the unimaginable. From an author who has been a finalist for the National Book Award, among numerous other honors, this is “a compelling story suffused with raw and honest emotion” (Kirkus Reviews) and “a taut psychological mystery” (Publishers Weekly).
Author: Joan Lowery Nixon
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0307538699
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Murdered, My Sweet from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Jenny Jakes and her mother, a famous mystery writer, travel to San Antonio to see their cousin, Arnold Harmony, who’s made his fortune in the chocolate business. Harmony, an eccentric millionaire, wants his will read publicly before he dies; since everyone wants a piece of the pie, this announcement causes quite a stir. When Harmony’s son is murdered just before the reading, Jenny’s mother decides to spring into action as a real-life detective. But Jenny’s mother doesn’t have a clue about solving a real crime, so it’s up to Jenny to use her wits, not only to save her mother’s reputation, but also to keep herself from being killed. “Lively characters...(and insightful) humor.” –Publishers Weekly “Another solid Nixon mystery without too much violence and lots of suspense.” –Booklist “Jenny’s covering for her mother is funny.” –Kirkus Reviews
Author: Jon Javere
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462071422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Jon Cro finds himself caught in the middle of a highstakes game of seize and conquor, as his daughter Angel fights to free her father from the grips of his own past actions. Angel has a plan and nothing is going to stop her from carrying it out. Redemtion and reconstruction of the values and people of the town of Lawton, a city where no one could escape being extorted or manipulated or even killed by Willie Turner, the self proclaimed king of the city. Willie has a plan of his own and has done all he feels he needs to do to secure the city for himself. Needed by both sides Jon Cro must find a medium in this ordeal that he has no control of. That is if he intends to do it and stay alive. A Father's Advocate is a thrilling story of the love a daughter has for her father and the devotion she has for the dream he gave birth to. In a time when people have lost themselves in the world of having it all, we find the citizens of Lawton realize that having it all comes with the loss of somthing precious. A father's advocate gives insight into the real problems of the inner city and the people that mean well but show different. Reading A Father's Advocate gives the reader a higher sense of value in his or her place in their city. The reader should find themselves in characters throughout the novel. The basic beleif that it takes a town to raise a child is brought to life in this urban thriller. The reader should beware that this is a read that will spark consious awareness, and promt action.
Author: O. Chloe Kerr
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
ISBN: 148971944X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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As I tell you of this wonder-filled journey of love that healed my grief, you, too, will find a spiritual healing. I found that God had been there for me all along, but I hadn’t understood how to establish a relationship with him. Building a relationship with God takes time, but with perseverance, miracles will begin to happen.
Author: David Bell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451417518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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When her mother is murdered, a woman is propelled into a twisted world of danger and double lives in this gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter and Cemetery Girl. Leslie Hampton always cared for her troubled son Ronnie’s special needs and assumed that her daughter Elizabeth would take him in when the time came. When Leslie dies unexpectedly, Elizabeth is consumed by grief. Then police discover that Leslie was strangled, and they immediately suspect that one of Ronnie’s outbursts took a tragic turn. Elizabeth can’t believe that her brother is capable of murder, but who else could have had a motive to kill their quiet, retired mother? More questions arise when a stranger is named in Leslie’s will: a woman also named Elizabeth. As the family’s secrets unravel, a man from Leslie’s past who claims to have all the answers shows up, but those answers might put Elizabeth and those she loves the most in mortal danger.
Author: Kory M. Shrum
Publisher: Timberlane Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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I always knew I was going to die. I just didn't know it was going to be today. Maisie Caldwell knows she won't live to see her seventeenth birthday. Her mother and sister are locked in a war over the world, and Maisie is stuck between them. She must decide if she will join her sister Jesse's cause and save the world, even if that means betraying her mother. Jesse needs to find her father's body and finish him before he can resurrect. If she succeeds she will save millions, if not billions, of lives. But first, Jesse must defeat the woman protecting him. Maisie's decision will make or break all they've worked so hard to protect. Dying Breath is the sixth book in the Dying for a Living series. You do not have to read the books in order to enjoy them, but it is recommended.
Author: Kory M. Shrum
Publisher: Timberlane Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 2151
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This boxset includes all seven of the Dying for a Living novels: Dying for a Living, Dying by the Hour, Dying for Her, Dying Light, Worth Dying For, Dying Breath, and Dying Day. Called "smart, imaginative, and insanely addictive" by New York Times bestseller Darynda Jones, this urban fantasy thrill ride is perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, and Chloe Neill. On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for agent Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. Because of a neurological disorder, she is one of the population's rare 2% who can serve as a death surrogate, dying so others don't have to. Although each death replacement is different, the result is the same: a life is saved, and Jesse resurrects days later with sore muscles, new scars, and another hole in her memory. But when Jesse is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself--or die trying. And that was only the beginning... Praise for Dying for a Living ★★★★★ "frigging LOVED it. It is one of the most original story lines I have read to date. That alone gets it an extra star.. so it's a 6 star review!! ★★★★ "A well-paced, fun contemporary fantasy. This is a really clever premise." ★★★★★ "Breathtakingly absorbing paranormal thriller." ★★★★★ "Finally, a fresh new voice in Urban Fantasy!" ★★★★★ "This was a great read!" ★★★★★ "Interesting Premise and great writing. Very entertaining book!" ★★★★★ "Wow! I almost feel like I couldn't do a review for this book justice because I couldn't describe how wonderful it was…" ★★★★★ "…it was so different and readable that I could not put the book down.
Author: Chuck Brummel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493173588
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 621
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“My storey is about my life. I was born in 1939, and my family literally broke apart when I was “little”. I do not recall ever living in a home with my mother and father together. There were several years I spent in foster care; and then living with Mom and then Dad, bouncing back and forth a couple of times, until I was a junior in high school. My father moved, but I didn’t. I spent my final year in high school living with a local family, thanks to a basketball coach who took special interest in me. I spent some of my time growing up being a juvenile delinquent; petty theft, shop-lifting, drinking, smoking and other such irresponsible activities. I made a decision to change my life after my freshman year in high school, and went to live with my father, whom I already knew was a strict disciplinarian and a very controlling individual. But, I got the chance to start my life over again at age 15. I made the most of my new start, and I want to tell my story!”
Author: Linda Guyan
Publisher: Devine Destinies
ISBN: 148740784X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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One more person dead. One more chapter done. What will Alice do to become a famous writer? Anything.
