Author: Chana Wilson
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580054323
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Explores the relationship between the author and her mother, who spent time in a mental institution after attempting to murder her daughter as a result of the mental anguish over a love affair with another woman in 1958. Original.
Author: Chana Wilson
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580054536
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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In 1958, when Chana Wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. The gun jammed and she was taken away to a mental hospital. On her return, Chana became the caretaker of her heavily medicated, suicidal mother. It would be many years before she learned the secret of her mother’s anguish: her love affair with another married woman, and the psychiatric treatment aimed at curing her of her lesbianism. Riding Fury Home spans forty years of the intense, complex relationship between Chana and her mother—the trauma of their early years together, the transformation and joy they found when they both came out in the 1970s, and the deep bond that grew between them. From the intolerance of the '50s to the exhilaration of the women’s movement of the '70s and beyond, the book traces the profound ways in which their two lives were impacted by the social landscape of their time. Exquisitely written and devastatingly honest, Riding Fury Home is a shattering account of one family’s struggle against homophobia and mental illness—and a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and redemption.
Author: Jack Martin
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN: 0719821339
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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There was a time when Thomas Fury was happy. A young wife, a child on the way and a farm to tend had kept him busy, but he'd enjoyed the toil for he knew that he was building a future for himself and his family. That future, though, was shattered one afternoon when five riders, led by Luke Marlow, rode in. Soon gunshots rang out and Thomas Fury's world fall apart. Now Fury rides the vengeance trail, driven on by a desire to deal out justice to those who have destroyed everything that mattered to him. Fury will not stop until every one of those five men lies dead in the ground, for then – and only then – will he reach the end of the Vengeance Trail.
Author: Brooke Warner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1938314883
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 117
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How to Sell Your Memoir: 12 Steps to a Perfect Book Proposal offers memoirists an easy-to-follow formula to create a winning book proposal that will attract agents and editors. Brooke Warner is a former acquiring editor and current publisher who breaks the nonfiction proposal into three editorial components and three marketing components. This ebook includes a section about platform—and an explanation of why memoirists need one and how they can build one—as well as real samples from authors who have sold their memoirs to traditional publishers off their proposals. Find easy-to-follow templates and smart tips for navigating agents and publishers, along with best practices memoirists can’t afford not to know!
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Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
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Author: Janice Bell
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452596646
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Earth's Hidden Angels shows how Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder--PTSD--gradually creeps up on a civilian who has experienced traumatic events in her life. This book also shows how PTSD symptoms began for a military sergeant, and it explains how he is able to deal with his illness.
Author: Tracey Helton Mitchell
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580056040
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good. With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells her story of transformation from homeless heroin addict to stable mother of three—and the hard work and hard lessons that got her there. Rather than dwelling on the pain of addiction, Tracey focuses on her journey of recovery and rebuilding her life, while exposing the failings of the American rehab system and laying out a path for change. Starting with the first step in her recovery, Tracey re-learns how to interact with men, build new friendships, handle money, and rekindle her relationship with her mother, all while staying sober, sharp, and dedicated to her future. A decidedly female story of addiction, The Big Fix describes the unique challenges faced by women caught in the grip of substance abuse, such as the toxic connection between drug addition and prostitution. Tracey’s story of hope, hard work, and rehabilitation will inspire anyone who has been affected by substance abuse while offering hope for a better future.
Author: Sherry Amatenstein
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580056253
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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How Does That Make You Feel? obliterates the boundaries between the shrink and the one being shrunk with unabashedly candid writers breaking confidentiality and telling all about their experiences in therapy. This revelatory, no-punches-pulled book brings to light both sides of the “relationship” between therapist and client—a bond that can feel pure and profound, even if it is, at times, illusory. Contributors include an array of essayists, authors, TV/film writers and therapists, including Patti Davis, Beverly Donofrio, Royal Young, Molly Peacock, Susan Shapiro, Charlie Rubin, Estelle Erasmus, and Dennis Palumbo. Full list of contributors: Sherry Amatenstein Laura Bogart Martha Crawford Patti Davis Megan Devine Beverly Donofrio Janice Eidus Estelle Erasmus Juli Fraga Nina Gaby Mindy Greenstein Jenine Holmes Diane Josefowicz Jean Kim Amy Klein Binnie Klein Anna March Allison McCarthy Kurt Nemes Dennis Palumbo Molly Peacock Pamela Rafalow Grossman Charlie Rubin Jonathan Schiff Barbara Schoichet Adam Sexton Susan Shapiro Beth Sloan Eve Tate Kate Walter Priscilla Warner Linda Yellin Royal Young Jessica Zucker
Author: Tena Louise Atkins
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796066001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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A beautiful black stallion they call Fury, ridden by an even more stunning woman with long raven hair flowing out in the wind behind her, makes for a remarkable picture. However, this setting is not the hills of Scotland, or Ireland--no this is the open prairie and rolling hills of Wyoming. The southernmost part of Wyoming where the borders of Colorado meet. Between the Snowy Range mountains west of Laramie and Elk Mountain range west of that range lay Saratoga Hot Springs, and 50 more miles to the southeast of all these natural Wyoming wonders lay this valley of beautiful fields of wildflowers and flowing streams in the summer; but in the winter, the snow blows and the wind howls. However, no matter the season, this is where the most fantastic sunsets in the country are right here--but I maybe partial, thought Zach Gannett, because this is where the Gannett family lives and prospers. Where no one is allowed to come along and take away their land, or peace of security, or disrupt the love of family. Others tend to be jealous of what they have, not so much by way of land and cattle, but by way of family love, because family means everything to the Gannett’s and they will defend each other to the end. However, the Wyoming frontier is unforgiving at times, with harsh winters and searing hot summers--sometimes to the extreme opposites causing tempers to rise. The locals understood all this as they have been born and raised in Wyoming. There are those who haven’t though, those who come from so far away, as to not have a clue what this country is all about. Those who need to be taught a lesson about the wild west.
Author: Mitzy Tait-Zeller
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469189860
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Hoof Prints on My Heart is a poignant and heartwarming recollection of the authors experiences with horses, her own and those she came in contact with over the last thirty two years. Her horse experiences shared with family and friends are fondly remembered from a now experienced heart and often in a humorous light. From a wee girl madly in love with horses to the horsewoman she is today she recalls the humor, the heartbreak and the obstacles that could not deter her love of the equine species. Her dreams and goals change as her horse and life experiences evolve. Mount up and ride with the author on the backs of the horses that have left hoof prints on her heart.
