A Mercy

A Mercy PDF Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030737307X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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A powerful tragedy distilled into a small masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader in 1680s United States, when the slave trade is still in its infancy. Reluctantly he takes a small slave girl in part payment from a plantation owner for a bad debt. Feeling rejected by her slave mother, 14-year-old Florens can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives . . . At the novel's heart, like Beloved, it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughter – a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.

A Mercy

A Mercy PDF Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030737307X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Book Description
A powerful tragedy distilled into a small masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader in 1680s United States, when the slave trade is still in its infancy. Reluctantly he takes a small slave girl in part payment from a plantation owner for a bad debt. Feeling rejected by her slave mother, 14-year-old Florens can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives . . . At the novel's heart, like Beloved, it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughter – a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.

Sorrow's Twin

Sorrow's Twin PDF Author: Rory Surtain
Publisher: Bad Flannel Divergent
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Sometimes, everything goes according to plan. I dread those moments. Deep in the jungles on the realm’s eastern border, a demon-slayer's campaign becomes more deadly than anyone imagined as he confronts a clan of heretics and their demonic overlords. The Demon in Exile Series offers a well-paced mix of paranormal fantasy and military fantasy. It’s a dark, witty blend of pain-filled action and twisted drama in a series where the characters are as strong as they are flawed. Appropriate for Adult, New Adult, and Young Adult readers.

Sister Sorrow

Sister Sorrow PDF Author: Mrs. Campbell Praed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender PDF Author: Leslye Walton
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763670340
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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A 2015 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava — in all other ways a normal girl — is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.

Sister in Sorrow

Sister in Sorrow PDF Author: Ilana Rosen
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814338887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Students of Holocaust studies and women’s studies will be grateful for the specific and personal approach of Sister in Sorrow.

House of Salt and Sorrows

House of Salt and Sorrows PDF Author: Erin A. Craig
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 198483195X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get swept away by this “haunting” (Bustle) YA novel about twelve beautiful sisters living on an isolated island estate who begin to mysteriously die one by one. This dark and atmospheric fairy tale inspired story is perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. "Step inside a fairy tale." —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last--the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge--and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods. Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that her sister's deaths were no accidents. The girls have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who--or what--are they really dancing with? When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family--before it claims her next. House of Salt and Sorrows is a spellbinding novel filled with magic and the rustle of gossamer skirts down long, dark hallways. Be careful who you dance with... And don't miss Erin Craig's Small Favors, a mesmerizing and chilling novel about dark wishes and even darker dreams.

Hearts of Sorrow

Hearts of Sorrow PDF Author: James M. Freeman
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804718903
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 928

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The author looks into the lives and hearts of Vietnamese-Americans who have found the inner strength to struggle and create new lives in a new cultural environment

Words of Hope and Comfort to Those in Sorrow

Words of Hope and Comfort to Those in Sorrow PDF Author: Mrs. Julius C. Hare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Words of hope and comfort to those in sorrow [by J.E. Hare, ed. by L.Y. Powell].

Words of hope and comfort to those in sorrow [by J.E. Hare, ed. by L.Y. Powell]. PDF Author: J Esther Hare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Consolation
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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God Gives Joys to Balance Out the Sorrows of Our Lives

God Gives Joys to Balance Out the Sorrows of Our Lives PDF Author: Lillian Saksek
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN: 1622870565
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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This was originally intended as a legacy for the author's family, but when she found it was encouraging to a much larger audience, she decided to publish. You will laugh, cry, rejoice and find healing as you identify with her honesty, and resiliency through devastating challenges of heartbreak and loss. She encourages us, that even when we can't hold on any longer, God will not let go of us.