Author: Chantal Roome
Publisher: Chantal Roome
ISBN: 1777914965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐'๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ. Phoebe Fox, media manager for a rock band and single mom to the surprise baby she conceived last Christmas, is spending this holiday season tracking down the Santa who got her pregnant and giving him the chance to know his son. And if she gets to replay the single best night of her life when she finds him, well, that's even better. Archer Fade, factory owner and sometime Santa Claus impersonator, is so focused on improving the culture at the toy factory he inherited that romance isn't on his radar, even if he can't get the runaway bride from that amazing night a year ago out of his head. When Phoebe finds Archer and a chance meeting makes her think he has a gorgeous model girlfriend, she leaves her hopes of a repeat rendezvous behind in favor of helping him be a dad to their son. So what happens when she finds out he's actually single and just as interested in repeating their one night as she is? And what will it mean when she learns he has a few naughty surprises of his own? ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง (๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ) ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด. 18+
Santa's Baby
Author: Chantal Roome
Publisher: Chantal Roome
ISBN: 1777914965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐'๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ. Phoebe Fox, media manager for a rock band and single mom to the surprise baby she conceived last Christmas, is spending this holiday season tracking down the Santa who got her pregnant and giving him the chance to know his son. And if she gets to replay the single best night of her life when she finds him, well, that's even better. Archer Fade, factory owner and sometime Santa Claus impersonator, is so focused on improving the culture at the toy factory he inherited that romance isn't on his radar, even if he can't get the runaway bride from that amazing night a year ago out of his head. When Phoebe finds Archer and a chance meeting makes her think he has a gorgeous model girlfriend, she leaves her hopes of a repeat rendezvous behind in favor of helping him be a dad to their son. So what happens when she finds out he's actually single and just as interested in repeating their one night as she is? And what will it mean when she learns he has a few naughty surprises of his own? ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง (๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ) ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด. 18+
Publisher: Chantal Roome
ISBN: 1777914965
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐'๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ. Phoebe Fox, media manager for a rock band and single mom to the surprise baby she conceived last Christmas, is spending this holiday season tracking down the Santa who got her pregnant and giving him the chance to know his son. And if she gets to replay the single best night of her life when she finds him, well, that's even better. Archer Fade, factory owner and sometime Santa Claus impersonator, is so focused on improving the culture at the toy factory he inherited that romance isn't on his radar, even if he can't get the runaway bride from that amazing night a year ago out of his head. When Phoebe finds Archer and a chance meeting makes her think he has a gorgeous model girlfriend, she leaves her hopes of a repeat rendezvous behind in favor of helping him be a dad to their son. So what happens when she finds out he's actually single and just as interested in repeating their one night as she is? And what will it mean when she learns he has a few naughty surprises of his own? ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง (๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ) ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด. 18+
Santa Gets a Second Job
Author: Michele D'Ignazio
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529051533
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Times are tough for Santa. He's tightened his belt, made the reindeer redundant and now it's time to get a second job. But finding work is not easy at all, even if youโre Santa โ he tries being a waiter, a party entertainer, and even works in a call centre. He finally finds the perfect job to be useful to the community โ the bin man! Santa discovers that waste can conceal wonderful gifts, and he is soon back on his sled delivering toys made from recycled materials. When Santa finds some lost letters from years ago in the bin, begging to meet him, he sets out to find their owner. Will he be able to find them and finally grant their wish before Christmas Day? Hilarious and heartwarming, Santa Gets a Second Job is the perfect present for Santa fans of all ages from Michele D'Ignazio and Sergio Olivotti.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529051533
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Times are tough for Santa. He's tightened his belt, made the reindeer redundant and now it's time to get a second job. But finding work is not easy at all, even if youโre Santa โ he tries being a waiter, a party entertainer, and even works in a call centre. He finally finds the perfect job to be useful to the community โ the bin man! Santa discovers that waste can conceal wonderful gifts, and he is soon back on his sled delivering toys made from recycled materials. When Santa finds some lost letters from years ago in the bin, begging to meet him, he sets out to find their owner. Will he be able to find them and finally grant their wish before Christmas Day? Hilarious and heartwarming, Santa Gets a Second Job is the perfect present for Santa fans of all ages from Michele D'Ignazio and Sergio Olivotti.
Machiavelli Meets Mayor Quimby
Author: Nathan Thoms
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411678273
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Since its 1989 independent debut The Simpsons has enjoyed phenomenal success in both domestic markets and internationally, but very little academic notice has been paid to this series and the messages it broadcasts daily now that it is in syndication to its millions of fans worldwide. This book focuses on an analysis of the political messages contained within the episodes of the first season of the series from 1989-1990 with the goal of identifying, analyzing, and understanding the message, or messages related to politics contained within each episode which millions are exposed to each year. Note that this book does not analyze The Simpsons in terms of its Machiavellian content; the title is meant to suggest the rich political undercurrents of The Simpsons, though not necessarily from a Machiavellian perspective.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411678273
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Since its 1989 independent debut The Simpsons has enjoyed phenomenal success in both domestic markets and internationally, but very little academic notice has been paid to this series and the messages it broadcasts daily now that it is in syndication to its millions of fans worldwide. This book focuses on an analysis of the political messages contained within the episodes of the first season of the series from 1989-1990 with the goal of identifying, analyzing, and understanding the message, or messages related to politics contained within each episode which millions are exposed to each year. Note that this book does not analyze The Simpsons in terms of its Machiavellian content; the title is meant to suggest the rich political undercurrents of The Simpsons, though not necessarily from a Machiavellian perspective.
The Way It Was
Author: Barbara M. Sobey, RN, CCE, former IBCLC
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
About the Book Barbara Sobey was always curious as to how women gave birth and cared for their babies centuries ago, or on wagon trains heading west with little water available. Having had babies 29 years apart, she lived through many changes in birth and infant care herself and decided to. Today, mothers automatically expect their partner will be with them for the birth and baby will room-in. It was the last generation of women in the 1980s and 1990s who fought for those rights. Barbara is now eighty years old. In many small ways she was involved with aiding those changes in childbirth to occur. There is still more to do in humanizing birth, but she leaves that up to the current generation. About the Author Barbara M. Sobey, RN, CCE, former IBCLC, attended a LaLeche League meeting the first Tuesday in May 1965, an organization that gives support and practical advice on breastfeeding. It was a meeting that changed so many things in her life. She became a Leader herself and Barbaraโs experience as a LaLeche Leader prepared her to take the Lactation Consultant exam in 1986. She recertified every five years until 1996. As an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and RN, Barbara was able to work for thirty years as a hospital lactation consultant. Because of a speech that she gave at a La Leche League conference, she was asked to speak at a Metropolitan New York Childbirth conference, which encouraged her to become a childbirth instructor. Her children became involved with 4-H, which resulted in Barbara becoming a leader for 25 years. She has had a busy life, but her biggest satisfaction is her family. She always wanted a dozen children. The Lord blessed her with fifteen babies, but he took back two and her oldest son at the age of 31. Thus he left her with twelve very precious people, and she wishes she could go back in time to when her house was full of noise and laughter. Barbara now spends her time at more age-appropriate activities. She works at her church thrift shop and crochets Afghans that she donates to a local hospital at Christmas for those who have no family. After raising thirteen children, Barbara has been blessed with 21 great-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
About the Book Barbara Sobey was always curious as to how women gave birth and cared for their babies centuries ago, or on wagon trains heading west with little water available. Having had babies 29 years apart, she lived through many changes in birth and infant care herself and decided to. Today, mothers automatically expect their partner will be with them for the birth and baby will room-in. It was the last generation of women in the 1980s and 1990s who fought for those rights. Barbara is now eighty years old. In many small ways she was involved with aiding those changes in childbirth to occur. There is still more to do in humanizing birth, but she leaves that up to the current generation. About the Author Barbara M. Sobey, RN, CCE, former IBCLC, attended a LaLeche League meeting the first Tuesday in May 1965, an organization that gives support and practical advice on breastfeeding. It was a meeting that changed so many things in her life. She became a Leader herself and Barbaraโs experience as a LaLeche Leader prepared her to take the Lactation Consultant exam in 1986. She recertified every five years until 1996. As an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant and RN, Barbara was able to work for thirty years as a hospital lactation consultant. Because of a speech that she gave at a La Leche League conference, she was asked to speak at a Metropolitan New York Childbirth conference, which encouraged her to become a childbirth instructor. Her children became involved with 4-H, which resulted in Barbara becoming a leader for 25 years. She has had a busy life, but her biggest satisfaction is her family. She always wanted a dozen children. The Lord blessed her with fifteen babies, but he took back two and her oldest son at the age of 31. Thus he left her with twelve very precious people, and she wishes she could go back in time to when her house was full of noise and laughter. Barbara now spends her time at more age-appropriate activities. She works at her church thrift shop and crochets Afghans that she donates to a local hospital at Christmas for those who have no family. After raising thirteen children, Barbara has been blessed with 21 great-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
You Watch Too Much TV
Author: Ken Kessler
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461709725
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
You Watch Too Much TV is a Book of Lists for the television generation, offering fun facts and quizzes on Leave It To Beaver, Everybody Loves Raymond, and just about every show in between. Examples of a couple of debate-inspiring questions: Where in the city did Ralph Kramden's upstairs neighbor Ed Norton work on The Honeymooners? In the city's sewers; Who was the first to be voted off the island on the first episode of Survivor? Sonja Christopher
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461709725
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
You Watch Too Much TV is a Book of Lists for the television generation, offering fun facts and quizzes on Leave It To Beaver, Everybody Loves Raymond, and just about every show in between. Examples of a couple of debate-inspiring questions: Where in the city did Ralph Kramden's upstairs neighbor Ed Norton work on The Honeymooners? In the city's sewers; Who was the first to be voted off the island on the first episode of Survivor? Sonja Christopher
You Are Here
Author: Karin Lin-Greenberg
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640095446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"Lin-Greenbergโs web of characters illustrate the complex lives of ordinary people." โTime As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are in this "remarkable study of ordinary people's extraordinary inner lives" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal point: the local shopping mall. But business is down, stores are closing, and as the institution breathes its last gasp, the people inside it dream of something different, something more. In its pages, You Are Here brings this diverse group of characters vividly to lifeโflawed, real, lovable strangers who are wonderful company and prove unforgettable even after the last store has closed. The only hair stylist at Sunshine Clips secretly watches YouTube primers on how to draw and paint, just as her awkward young son covertly studies new illusions for his magic act. His friend and magicianโs assistant, a high school cashier in the food court, has attracted the unwanted attention of a strange boy at school. She tells no one except the mallโs chain bookstore manager, a failed academic living in the tiny house he built in his mother-in-law's backyard. His family is watched over by the judgmental old woman next door, whose weekly trips to Sunshine Clips hide a complicated and emotional history and will spark the moment when everything changes for them all. Exploring how the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are inextricably bound to the places we call home, You Are Here is a keenly perceptive and deeply humane portrait of a community in transition, ultimately illuminating the magical connections that can bloom from the ordinary wonder of our everyday lives.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640095446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
"Lin-Greenbergโs web of characters illustrate the complex lives of ordinary people." โTime As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are in this "remarkable study of ordinary people's extraordinary inner lives" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal point: the local shopping mall. But business is down, stores are closing, and as the institution breathes its last gasp, the people inside it dream of something different, something more. In its pages, You Are Here brings this diverse group of characters vividly to lifeโflawed, real, lovable strangers who are wonderful company and prove unforgettable even after the last store has closed. The only hair stylist at Sunshine Clips secretly watches YouTube primers on how to draw and paint, just as her awkward young son covertly studies new illusions for his magic act. His friend and magicianโs assistant, a high school cashier in the food court, has attracted the unwanted attention of a strange boy at school. She tells no one except the mallโs chain bookstore manager, a failed academic living in the tiny house he built in his mother-in-law's backyard. His family is watched over by the judgmental old woman next door, whose weekly trips to Sunshine Clips hide a complicated and emotional history and will spark the moment when everything changes for them all. Exploring how the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are inextricably bound to the places we call home, You Are Here is a keenly perceptive and deeply humane portrait of a community in transition, ultimately illuminating the magical connections that can bloom from the ordinary wonder of our everyday lives.
โYouโRe Not My Real Dad!โ
Author: Rich Reeder
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973673177
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
After years and years of fighting, arguing, drug over doses and suicide threats we had no idea of how we could make it through the next day. We were being held hostage by my 19 year old step daughter who would threaten to kill herself if she didnโt get what she wanted. We couldnโt just give into her nor could we not take her threats seriously. In the midst of yet another argument, she played the โIโll kill myselfโ card again. Being beyond the point of extreme frustration and hopelessness, I got up and walked calmly to our closet returning with my gun. I placed the gun in her lap, looked into her eyes and said, โGo ahead, just do itโ. I promised her we would give her a nice funeral and take good care of her remains. I then said โjust do it or shut up about itโ. She paused for a few moments and looked at the gun. We were a normal middle class family living in the suburbs trying to have a regular life like anyone else. With years and years of fighting and battling, a normal life is one we didnโt know would ever be possible. I was first a married guy without kids then a step dad and eventually a father. I have seen the effects of divorce from many angles and the toll it takes on entire families and the kids. I saw it in my own home in ways I would never have believed. Mix in some mental issues and it was a raging battle. Having experienced all that, I want to encourage families to think hard about what a family breakup can do to the family at large. My hope is that sharing my experiences might help families stick it out and reap the blessing of not having given up.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973673177
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
After years and years of fighting, arguing, drug over doses and suicide threats we had no idea of how we could make it through the next day. We were being held hostage by my 19 year old step daughter who would threaten to kill herself if she didnโt get what she wanted. We couldnโt just give into her nor could we not take her threats seriously. In the midst of yet another argument, she played the โIโll kill myselfโ card again. Being beyond the point of extreme frustration and hopelessness, I got up and walked calmly to our closet returning with my gun. I placed the gun in her lap, looked into her eyes and said, โGo ahead, just do itโ. I promised her we would give her a nice funeral and take good care of her remains. I then said โjust do it or shut up about itโ. She paused for a few moments and looked at the gun. We were a normal middle class family living in the suburbs trying to have a regular life like anyone else. With years and years of fighting and battling, a normal life is one we didnโt know would ever be possible. I was first a married guy without kids then a step dad and eventually a father. I have seen the effects of divorce from many angles and the toll it takes on entire families and the kids. I saw it in my own home in ways I would never have believed. Mix in some mental issues and it was a raging battle. Having experienced all that, I want to encourage families to think hard about what a family breakup can do to the family at large. My hope is that sharing my experiences might help families stick it out and reap the blessing of not having given up.
Tomorrow's Stories
Author: Nieves Catahan Villamin
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728359112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY In 1763 Filipino Seamen established a settlement in what is now known as Louisiana. The Spanish American War made American โnationalโ of Filipinos and from the early 1900โs through 1935 they were free to enter the United States as long as they had the price of a boat ticket. Waiting to be told are the stories of the descendants of those โSpanish colonialโ seamen, early workers in sugar plantations of Hawaii, men who served in the U.S. Navy since World War I, women who came in the 1920โs and 1930โs ambitious and aspiring college students, eager young workers who toiled in Alaska canneries, farms in California, Arizona, Washington and Montana, the railroads, kitchens and restaurants, as postal workers or houseboys, the American-born second generation of pre-World War II days, war brides, and countless others who constitute the subsequent groups of immigrants from the Philippines. Stories of Depression, riots and discrimination, vignettes of dance halls, gambling and the other โleisure timeโ activities, the lodges, churches and organized Filipino communities, the process of acculturation, and the value of family are some of the information
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728359112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY In 1763 Filipino Seamen established a settlement in what is now known as Louisiana. The Spanish American War made American โnationalโ of Filipinos and from the early 1900โs through 1935 they were free to enter the United States as long as they had the price of a boat ticket. Waiting to be told are the stories of the descendants of those โSpanish colonialโ seamen, early workers in sugar plantations of Hawaii, men who served in the U.S. Navy since World War I, women who came in the 1920โs and 1930โs ambitious and aspiring college students, eager young workers who toiled in Alaska canneries, farms in California, Arizona, Washington and Montana, the railroads, kitchens and restaurants, as postal workers or houseboys, the American-born second generation of pre-World War II days, war brides, and countless others who constitute the subsequent groups of immigrants from the Philippines. Stories of Depression, riots and discrimination, vignettes of dance halls, gambling and the other โleisure timeโ activities, the lodges, churches and organized Filipino communities, the process of acculturation, and the value of family are some of the information
12 Daze
Author: Richard W. Krevolin
Publisher: Original Works Publishing
ISBN: 193496249X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The characters from the Christmas song tell their stories in their own words in twelve interlocking monologues that work together to form a humorous 75 minute play--Cover, p. [4].
Publisher: Original Works Publishing
ISBN: 193496249X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The characters from the Christmas song tell their stories in their own words in twelve interlocking monologues that work together to form a humorous 75 minute play--Cover, p. [4].
Normal Instructor and Teachers World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description