Author: Jenna Ashlyn
Publisher: Van Rye Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
SHEILA’S MEN is a dark modern fairy tale that follows the life of Sheila, a naïve romantic living in poverty who blindly marries a man in the hopes of providing a better life for herself and her daughter. Soon after marrying, her husband increasingly subjects her to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. And since he refuses to get a job, Sheila begins working long hours far from home and encounters a seemingly endless onslaught from other manipulative and abusive men. Growing increasingly overworked, distanced from her beloved daughter, and frustrated with the manipulative and abusive men inside and outside her home, Sheila prepares to end her life. If there is a prince charming who understands her worth, he must inspire her to believe in herself soon. (Based on a true story.) WARNING: Sheila's Men is a fictionalized account of one woman’s real-life struggle to escape abusive relationships and is intended, in part, to help others recognize and escape such relationships. As such, this book necessarily contains language and scenarios related to self-harm, suicide, and abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, and financial) that might be triggering for some audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
Sheila's Men
Author: Jenna Ashlyn
Publisher: Van Rye Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
SHEILA’S MEN is a dark modern fairy tale that follows the life of Sheila, a naïve romantic living in poverty who blindly marries a man in the hopes of providing a better life for herself and her daughter. Soon after marrying, her husband increasingly subjects her to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. And since he refuses to get a job, Sheila begins working long hours far from home and encounters a seemingly endless onslaught from other manipulative and abusive men. Growing increasingly overworked, distanced from her beloved daughter, and frustrated with the manipulative and abusive men inside and outside her home, Sheila prepares to end her life. If there is a prince charming who understands her worth, he must inspire her to believe in herself soon. (Based on a true story.) WARNING: Sheila's Men is a fictionalized account of one woman’s real-life struggle to escape abusive relationships and is intended, in part, to help others recognize and escape such relationships. As such, this book necessarily contains language and scenarios related to self-harm, suicide, and abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, and financial) that might be triggering for some audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
Publisher: Van Rye Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
SHEILA’S MEN is a dark modern fairy tale that follows the life of Sheila, a naïve romantic living in poverty who blindly marries a man in the hopes of providing a better life for herself and her daughter. Soon after marrying, her husband increasingly subjects her to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. And since he refuses to get a job, Sheila begins working long hours far from home and encounters a seemingly endless onslaught from other manipulative and abusive men. Growing increasingly overworked, distanced from her beloved daughter, and frustrated with the manipulative and abusive men inside and outside her home, Sheila prepares to end her life. If there is a prince charming who understands her worth, he must inspire her to believe in herself soon. (Based on a true story.) WARNING: Sheila's Men is a fictionalized account of one woman’s real-life struggle to escape abusive relationships and is intended, in part, to help others recognize and escape such relationships. As such, this book necessarily contains language and scenarios related to self-harm, suicide, and abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, and financial) that might be triggering for some audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
Motherhood
Author: Sheila Heti
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1627790780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring novel about whether to have children. In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with the candor, originality, and humor that have won Heti international acclaim and made How Should A Person Be? required reading for a generation. In her late thirties, when her friends are asking when they will become mothers, the narrator of Heti’s intimate and urgent novel considers whether she will do so at all. In a narrative spanning several years, casting among the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her forbearers, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice. After seeking guidance from philosophy, her body, mysticism, and chance, she discovers her answer much closer to home. Motherhood is a courageous, keenly felt, and starkly original novel that will surely spark lively conversations about womanhood, parenthood, and about how—and for whom—to live.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1627790780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring novel about whether to have children. In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with the candor, originality, and humor that have won Heti international acclaim and made How Should A Person Be? required reading for a generation. In her late thirties, when her friends are asking when they will become mothers, the narrator of Heti’s intimate and urgent novel considers whether she will do so at all. In a narrative spanning several years, casting among the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her forbearers, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice. After seeking guidance from philosophy, her body, mysticism, and chance, she discovers her answer much closer to home. Motherhood is a courageous, keenly felt, and starkly original novel that will surely spark lively conversations about womanhood, parenthood, and about how—and for whom—to live.
Women Who Love Men Who Kill
Author: Sheila Isenberg
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635768071
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The “engrossing, thoroughly researched look at women who are in romantic relationships with incarcerated men”—fully updated with twenty-first-century cases (Publishers Weekly). In 1991, Sheila Isenberg’s classic study Women Who Love Men Who Kill asked the provocative question, “Why do women fall in love with convicted murderers?” Now, Isenberg returns to the same question in the age of smart phones, social media, mass shootings, and modern prison dating. The result is a compelling psychological study of prison passion in the new millennium. Isenberg conducts extensive interviews with women who seek relationships with convicted killers, as well as conversations with psychiatrists, social workers, and prison officials. She shows that many of these women know exactly what they are getting into—yet they are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of a love without hope, promise, or consummation. This edition of Women Who Love Men Who Kill includes gripping new case studies and an absorbing look at how the digital age is revolutionizing this phenomenon. Meet the young women writing “fan fiction” featuring America’s most sadistic murderers; the killer serving consecutive life sentences for strangling his wife and smothering his toddler daughters—and the women who visit him in prison; the high-powered journalist who fell in love and risked it all for “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli; and many other women absorbed in online and real-life dalliances with their killer men.
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635768071
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The “engrossing, thoroughly researched look at women who are in romantic relationships with incarcerated men”—fully updated with twenty-first-century cases (Publishers Weekly). In 1991, Sheila Isenberg’s classic study Women Who Love Men Who Kill asked the provocative question, “Why do women fall in love with convicted murderers?” Now, Isenberg returns to the same question in the age of smart phones, social media, mass shootings, and modern prison dating. The result is a compelling psychological study of prison passion in the new millennium. Isenberg conducts extensive interviews with women who seek relationships with convicted killers, as well as conversations with psychiatrists, social workers, and prison officials. She shows that many of these women know exactly what they are getting into—yet they are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of a love without hope, promise, or consummation. This edition of Women Who Love Men Who Kill includes gripping new case studies and an absorbing look at how the digital age is revolutionizing this phenomenon. Meet the young women writing “fan fiction” featuring America’s most sadistic murderers; the killer serving consecutive life sentences for strangling his wife and smothering his toddler daughters—and the women who visit him in prison; the high-powered journalist who fell in love and risked it all for “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli; and many other women absorbed in online and real-life dalliances with their killer men.
Con Man
Author: S. Hale Humphrey
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595328601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Jack Stiles played the horses the way he played his women, and the women supported his habit. He often bragged that he'd never worked for more than a few weeks at a time. After deserting the Marines and heading for Canada he took on the persona of a poet where he learned that women were more than willing to provide support to a talented, struggling artist. It was in Canada that he began his lifelong challenge to use and abuse as many women as possible in his attempt to live life to the fullest. All of Jack's victims were smart, capable women. His final victim, Dr. Diedre Warren, was a successful psychologist. Jack stole her heart, her money, and nearly her life.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595328601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Jack Stiles played the horses the way he played his women, and the women supported his habit. He often bragged that he'd never worked for more than a few weeks at a time. After deserting the Marines and heading for Canada he took on the persona of a poet where he learned that women were more than willing to provide support to a talented, struggling artist. It was in Canada that he began his lifelong challenge to use and abuse as many women as possible in his attempt to live life to the fullest. All of Jack's victims were smart, capable women. His final victim, Dr. Diedre Warren, was a successful psychologist. Jack stole her heart, her money, and nearly her life.
Sheila's Shop
Author: Kimberly Battle-Walters
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847699339
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The author studies the impact of race on the everyday lifes of working-class African American women by using beauty shop talk. They discuss from relationships and beauty to politics, equality, race, gender, and class. They speak in their own words about their families and communities and the struggles they face in areas of life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847699339
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The author studies the impact of race on the everyday lifes of working-class African American women by using beauty shop talk. They discuss from relationships and beauty to politics, equality, race, gender, and class. They speak in their own words about their families and communities and the struggles they face in areas of life.
I'm Your Man
Author: Timothy James Beck
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758216130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Tuesday, 9:35 a.m. To do list: 1.Try to smile when people mention my backstabbing, lying, ex-boyfriend, Daniel. 2.Ply my ugly cat, Dexter, with some catnip--the good stuff--to keep him away from my last fur-free Hugo Boss suit. 3.Decide whether or not having a baby with my best friend Gretchen is the craziest, stupidest, most insane, incredible thing I will ever do. At thirtysomething, Blaine Dunhill has a great career in fashion advertising, a fab NYC apartment, and some loyal friends that he's trying to share amicably with his ex, a famous soap star. Working in the big-time cosmetics world is all about glamour and artifice ("Like Barbies that can talk"), but what the self-professed nice guy from Wisconsin really wants is something and someone real to come home to. And then his best friend Gretchen makes him a really tempting offer: Since neither one of them has found the real thing yet, why don't they start a family together? Suddenly, as life becomes a whirl of ultrasounds, online baby registries, baby names (Civil Liberty, anyone?), and other adjustments, Blaine discovers something surprising: No one is more attractive than an expectant father. Now, in the wacky, gossipy world of fashion and celebrity, where coming out has never been more "in," and the words "gay dad" are synonymous with "way hot," Blaine is in for the wildest ride of his life...and a shock that will change everything...
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758216130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Tuesday, 9:35 a.m. To do list: 1.Try to smile when people mention my backstabbing, lying, ex-boyfriend, Daniel. 2.Ply my ugly cat, Dexter, with some catnip--the good stuff--to keep him away from my last fur-free Hugo Boss suit. 3.Decide whether or not having a baby with my best friend Gretchen is the craziest, stupidest, most insane, incredible thing I will ever do. At thirtysomething, Blaine Dunhill has a great career in fashion advertising, a fab NYC apartment, and some loyal friends that he's trying to share amicably with his ex, a famous soap star. Working in the big-time cosmetics world is all about glamour and artifice ("Like Barbies that can talk"), but what the self-professed nice guy from Wisconsin really wants is something and someone real to come home to. And then his best friend Gretchen makes him a really tempting offer: Since neither one of them has found the real thing yet, why don't they start a family together? Suddenly, as life becomes a whirl of ultrasounds, online baby registries, baby names (Civil Liberty, anyone?), and other adjustments, Blaine discovers something surprising: No one is more attractive than an expectant father. Now, in the wacky, gossipy world of fashion and celebrity, where coming out has never been more "in," and the words "gay dad" are synonymous with "way hot," Blaine is in for the wildest ride of his life...and a shock that will change everything...
Summary of Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach & Joanna Sawatsky's The Great Sex Rescue
Author: Milkyway Media
Publisher: Milkyway Media
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Christians, as a whole, have better sex and happier marriages than people who are not religious. But just because something is better for the group does not mean you, as an individual, think it’s anything to write home about. #2 The orgasm gap exists between men and women, with 95 percent of men orgasming every time they have sex, while only 48 percent of women orgasm every time. This leaves many men who want to rock their wives’ worlds disappointed. #3 Sex was designed to be pleasurable for both people. It was also designed to be personal, and to lead to deep intimacy. It should be prioritized in a marriage. #4 Sex should be pressurefree, it should put the other first, and it should be passionate. If we agree with those principles, are the teachings and messages we hear supporting them. Or are they creating an image of sex that is diametrically opposed to the sacrificial, mutually pleasurable, and allencompassing passion that God created sex to be.
Publisher: Milkyway Media
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Christians, as a whole, have better sex and happier marriages than people who are not religious. But just because something is better for the group does not mean you, as an individual, think it’s anything to write home about. #2 The orgasm gap exists between men and women, with 95 percent of men orgasming every time they have sex, while only 48 percent of women orgasm every time. This leaves many men who want to rock their wives’ worlds disappointed. #3 Sex was designed to be pleasurable for both people. It was also designed to be personal, and to lead to deep intimacy. It should be prioritized in a marriage. #4 Sex should be pressurefree, it should put the other first, and it should be passionate. If we agree with those principles, are the teachings and messages we hear supporting them. Or are they creating an image of sex that is diametrically opposed to the sacrificial, mutually pleasurable, and allencompassing passion that God created sex to be.
Summary of Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach & Joanna Sawatsky's The Great Sex Rescue
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN: 1669354741
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Christians, as a whole, have better sex and happier marriages than people who are not religious. But just because something is better for the group does not mean you, as an individual, think it’s anything to write home about. #2 The orgasm gap exists between men and women, with 95 percent of men orgasming every time they have sex, while only 48 percent of women orgasm every time. This leaves many men who want to rock their wives’ worlds disappointed. #3 Sex was designed to be pleasurable for both people. It was also designed to be personal, and to lead to deep intimacy. It should be prioritized in a marriage. #4 Sex should be pressure-free, it should put the other first, and it should be passionate. If we agree with those principles, are the teachings and messages we hear supporting them. Or are they creating an image of sex that is diametrically opposed to the sacrificial, mutually pleasurable, and all-encompassing passion that God created sex to be.
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN: 1669354741
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Christians, as a whole, have better sex and happier marriages than people who are not religious. But just because something is better for the group does not mean you, as an individual, think it’s anything to write home about. #2 The orgasm gap exists between men and women, with 95 percent of men orgasming every time they have sex, while only 48 percent of women orgasm every time. This leaves many men who want to rock their wives’ worlds disappointed. #3 Sex was designed to be pleasurable for both people. It was also designed to be personal, and to lead to deep intimacy. It should be prioritized in a marriage. #4 Sex should be pressure-free, it should put the other first, and it should be passionate. If we agree with those principles, are the teachings and messages we hear supporting them. Or are they creating an image of sex that is diametrically opposed to the sacrificial, mutually pleasurable, and all-encompassing passion that God created sex to be.
Sheila's Tree
Author: Malcolm Crawford
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595329632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A prologue describes the location and beautiful physical setting of the story and sets the western theme of self-reliance and willingness to fight for survival in a hostile world. Colorado Palmer-Winston is the attractive young Mayor of a small city struggling for prosperity in the rural backwater of the Cowboy State. The success of her ranch, her city, her marriage and even her physical safety are threatened by the criminal activities of aggressive strangers who flood into the area in search of mineral riches. The laid-back, friendly cattle culture is contrasted with competitive amoral ambitions of mining industry newcomers. Crime appears, along with environmental degradation of rivers, prairie and ranchlands that change the landscape of the new mining region. Social and political issues of the Korean War period impact everyone affected by the uranium discovery and many lives are changed forever. The story of Milo Harris, a black cowboy, and his love affair with a white businesswoman explores racial bias of the pre-Rosa Parks era. You may have been born too late remember the days before color television, computers and cell phones but there was a rich culture and technology that foreshadowed the rapid progress of the latter half of the century.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595329632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A prologue describes the location and beautiful physical setting of the story and sets the western theme of self-reliance and willingness to fight for survival in a hostile world. Colorado Palmer-Winston is the attractive young Mayor of a small city struggling for prosperity in the rural backwater of the Cowboy State. The success of her ranch, her city, her marriage and even her physical safety are threatened by the criminal activities of aggressive strangers who flood into the area in search of mineral riches. The laid-back, friendly cattle culture is contrasted with competitive amoral ambitions of mining industry newcomers. Crime appears, along with environmental degradation of rivers, prairie and ranchlands that change the landscape of the new mining region. Social and political issues of the Korean War period impact everyone affected by the uranium discovery and many lives are changed forever. The story of Milo Harris, a black cowboy, and his love affair with a white businesswoman explores racial bias of the pre-Rosa Parks era. You may have been born too late remember the days before color television, computers and cell phones but there was a rich culture and technology that foreshadowed the rapid progress of the latter half of the century.
Crazy Man
Author: Ton Vest
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457542765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Stacy thinks she is the luckiest girl in the world when she meets Allan. As he wines and dines her, it’s easy to forget her lifetime of poverty, bad times, and hard work. They fall in love and form a passionate relationship. At first, Stacy doesn’t mind when Allan calls her at work, listens to her phone calls, and wants her to check in with him. But Allan’s jealousy, possessiveness, and anger evolve into an abusive relationship, and Stacy feels trapped. She becomes a painful victim of domestic violence, which leaves her devastated. Yet Stacy finds an inner strength and she finally ends the relationship. In her journey to healing, Stacy’s story conveys real-life events of herself and other victims she meets along the way. Their struggles to leave abusive relationships leave some bruised, broken, and afraid for their lives. Some are even manipulated into thinking that being abused is a way of life. Although this book is fiction, the people and the abuse are real. Stacy’s journey gives readers a sense of hope by providing self-help information on the different types of abuse, the warning signs, and what to do in case readers, or someone they know, are abused.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457542765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Stacy thinks she is the luckiest girl in the world when she meets Allan. As he wines and dines her, it’s easy to forget her lifetime of poverty, bad times, and hard work. They fall in love and form a passionate relationship. At first, Stacy doesn’t mind when Allan calls her at work, listens to her phone calls, and wants her to check in with him. But Allan’s jealousy, possessiveness, and anger evolve into an abusive relationship, and Stacy feels trapped. She becomes a painful victim of domestic violence, which leaves her devastated. Yet Stacy finds an inner strength and she finally ends the relationship. In her journey to healing, Stacy’s story conveys real-life events of herself and other victims she meets along the way. Their struggles to leave abusive relationships leave some bruised, broken, and afraid for their lives. Some are even manipulated into thinking that being abused is a way of life. Although this book is fiction, the people and the abuse are real. Stacy’s journey gives readers a sense of hope by providing self-help information on the different types of abuse, the warning signs, and what to do in case readers, or someone they know, are abused.