Author: Clifford Chase
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468309269
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In shimmering prose that weaves among intimate confessions, deadpan asides, and piercing observations on the fear and turmoil that defined the long decade after 9/11, Clifford Chase tells the stories that have shaped his adulthood. There are his aging parents, whose disagreements sharpen as their health declines; and his beloved brother, lost tragically to AIDS; and his long-term boyfriend—always present, but always kept at a distance. There is also the revelatory, joyful music of the B-52s, Chase’s sexual confusion in his twenties, and more recently, the mysterious appearance in his luggage of weird objects from Iran the year his mother died. In the midst of all this is Chase’s singular voice—incisive, wry, confiding, by turns cool or emotional, always engaging. The way this book is written—in pitch-perfect fragments—is crucial to Chase’s deeper message: that we experience and remember in short bursts of insight, terror, comedy, and love. As ambitious in its form as it is in its radical candor, The Tooth Fairy is the rare memoir that can truly claim to rethink the genre.
The Tooth Fairy
Author: Clifford Chase
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468309269
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In shimmering prose that weaves among intimate confessions, deadpan asides, and piercing observations on the fear and turmoil that defined the long decade after 9/11, Clifford Chase tells the stories that have shaped his adulthood. There are his aging parents, whose disagreements sharpen as their health declines; and his beloved brother, lost tragically to AIDS; and his long-term boyfriend—always present, but always kept at a distance. There is also the revelatory, joyful music of the B-52s, Chase’s sexual confusion in his twenties, and more recently, the mysterious appearance in his luggage of weird objects from Iran the year his mother died. In the midst of all this is Chase’s singular voice—incisive, wry, confiding, by turns cool or emotional, always engaging. The way this book is written—in pitch-perfect fragments—is crucial to Chase’s deeper message: that we experience and remember in short bursts of insight, terror, comedy, and love. As ambitious in its form as it is in its radical candor, The Tooth Fairy is the rare memoir that can truly claim to rethink the genre.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468309269
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In shimmering prose that weaves among intimate confessions, deadpan asides, and piercing observations on the fear and turmoil that defined the long decade after 9/11, Clifford Chase tells the stories that have shaped his adulthood. There are his aging parents, whose disagreements sharpen as their health declines; and his beloved brother, lost tragically to AIDS; and his long-term boyfriend—always present, but always kept at a distance. There is also the revelatory, joyful music of the B-52s, Chase’s sexual confusion in his twenties, and more recently, the mysterious appearance in his luggage of weird objects from Iran the year his mother died. In the midst of all this is Chase’s singular voice—incisive, wry, confiding, by turns cool or emotional, always engaging. The way this book is written—in pitch-perfect fragments—is crucial to Chase’s deeper message: that we experience and remember in short bursts of insight, terror, comedy, and love. As ambitious in its form as it is in its radical candor, The Tooth Fairy is the rare memoir that can truly claim to rethink the genre.
How I Found the Perfect Dress
Author: Maryrose Wood
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101078863
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Maryrose Wood follows up her hilarious hit Why I Let My Hair Grow Out with another irreverent, teen angst-filled, girl-power romp. On a bike tour of Ireland last summer, Morgan Rawlinson fell for Colin, the hunky guide, and entered a portal that turned her into the goddess Morganne. Now she's back to her painfully normal life and her relationship with Colin has fizzled to the occasional e-mail, until he writes saying he's coming to Connecticut, just in time for the prom. But when he arrives, he's exhausted. It seems that when Morgan crossed the portal as Morganne, a spell was cast on Colin. In his dreams he's being forced to dance til dawn with the faeries, who want to boogie with him for eternity. Somehow she has to break the spell on her date, help plan the prom, and find the perfect dress. Oh, what a night?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101078863
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Maryrose Wood follows up her hilarious hit Why I Let My Hair Grow Out with another irreverent, teen angst-filled, girl-power romp. On a bike tour of Ireland last summer, Morgan Rawlinson fell for Colin, the hunky guide, and entered a portal that turned her into the goddess Morganne. Now she's back to her painfully normal life and her relationship with Colin has fizzled to the occasional e-mail, until he writes saying he's coming to Connecticut, just in time for the prom. But when he arrives, he's exhausted. It seems that when Morgan crossed the portal as Morganne, a spell was cast on Colin. In his dreams he's being forced to dance til dawn with the faeries, who want to boogie with him for eternity. Somehow she has to break the spell on her date, help plan the prom, and find the perfect dress. Oh, what a night?
God Loves Me, So What!
Author: Guy Rice Doud
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780570045724
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Discusses the reality of God and the importance of maintaining belief in Him.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780570045724
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Discusses the reality of God and the importance of maintaining belief in Him.
Tooth Fairy's Night
Author: Candice Ransom
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0399553665
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Spend a night on the job with the Tooth Fairy in this rhyming Step 1 reader! In this Step 1 early reader, a twinkly, sneaker-wearing Tooth Fairy zips around a dreamy neighborhood in a typical night at work. Readers will delight in exploring the details of her tiny world, and in the exciting (yet mild) brushes with danger! Any kid who has lost a tooth, or who just wonders what it would be like to be very small and have the power of flight, will happily dig into this fanciful journey. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0399553665
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Spend a night on the job with the Tooth Fairy in this rhyming Step 1 reader! In this Step 1 early reader, a twinkly, sneaker-wearing Tooth Fairy zips around a dreamy neighborhood in a typical night at work. Readers will delight in exploring the details of her tiny world, and in the exciting (yet mild) brushes with danger! Any kid who has lost a tooth, or who just wonders what it would be like to be very small and have the power of flight, will happily dig into this fanciful journey. Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
Children's Hospital
Author: Peggy Perry Anderson
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553255393
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553255393
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Silent Scream
Author: Maria Rachel Hooley
Publisher: Maria Rachel Hooley
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
blication Date: July 6, 2010 Ten years ago, Gabriel Martin's sister was brutally murdered. He and his brother, Sam, have struggled to overcome the guilt, resulting in both of them taking dangerous jobs. As a fireman, Gabriel's devoted his life to protecting others. Yet no matter how many people he saves, he can't resurrect Jessie. The pain never leaves, keeping him from understanding his own goodness. It's only when he's the first responder to a brutal attack against Dr. Maddie Gilcrest that he realizes he can make a difference. Still, there are ten years worth of pain and Gabriel is sinking beneath. Maddie struggles with her own fears. She can't offer him absolution any more than he can change her past. But sometimes love is enough.
Publisher: Maria Rachel Hooley
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
blication Date: July 6, 2010 Ten years ago, Gabriel Martin's sister was brutally murdered. He and his brother, Sam, have struggled to overcome the guilt, resulting in both of them taking dangerous jobs. As a fireman, Gabriel's devoted his life to protecting others. Yet no matter how many people he saves, he can't resurrect Jessie. The pain never leaves, keeping him from understanding his own goodness. It's only when he's the first responder to a brutal attack against Dr. Maddie Gilcrest that he realizes he can make a difference. Still, there are ten years worth of pain and Gabriel is sinking beneath. Maddie struggles with her own fears. She can't offer him absolution any more than he can change her past. But sometimes love is enough.
Calf
Author: Andrea Kleine
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593766556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Part Are You There God, It's Me Margaret and part Taxi Driver, this creepy, unsettling, and absolutely addictive novel is at once a penetrating character study, a meditation on the zeitgeist of the '80s, and an unflinching depiction of violence, both intimate and sensational. The year was 1981. The US was entering a deep recession, Russia was our enemy, and John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan shocked the nation. It was also the year author Andrea Kleine learned her close childhood friend had been violently murdered by her socialite mother, Leslie DeVeau. Both events took place in Washington, DC. Hinckley and DeVeau were both sent to St. Elizabeth's hospital, guilty by reason of insanity. It was there that they met, and later became lovers. These two real-life, and ultimately converging events inspired Kleine's jaw-dropping, spine-tingling novel, CALF. Made up of dual narratives and told over the course of one year, Kleine's account follows a fictionalized John Hinckley Jr. as he stalks a young actress in the lead-up to the assassination attempt, and eleven-year-old Tammy, whose friend is murdered in her sleep.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593766556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Part Are You There God, It's Me Margaret and part Taxi Driver, this creepy, unsettling, and absolutely addictive novel is at once a penetrating character study, a meditation on the zeitgeist of the '80s, and an unflinching depiction of violence, both intimate and sensational. The year was 1981. The US was entering a deep recession, Russia was our enemy, and John Hinckley, Jr.'s assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan shocked the nation. It was also the year author Andrea Kleine learned her close childhood friend had been violently murdered by her socialite mother, Leslie DeVeau. Both events took place in Washington, DC. Hinckley and DeVeau were both sent to St. Elizabeth's hospital, guilty by reason of insanity. It was there that they met, and later became lovers. These two real-life, and ultimately converging events inspired Kleine's jaw-dropping, spine-tingling novel, CALF. Made up of dual narratives and told over the course of one year, Kleine's account follows a fictionalized John Hinckley Jr. as he stalks a young actress in the lead-up to the assassination attempt, and eleven-year-old Tammy, whose friend is murdered in her sleep.
Child Weeps in Silence
Author: Louise Campbell
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532098847
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
I was born through the sin of my mother and father. I was continually reminded of this through my tender years as a child. When your own dad tells you that you’re the worthless product of a male hooker, that you’re not pretty or smart enough to be of his blood, you hang your head in shame. I was humiliated by the piercing stares I got from those he informed of this. I was exposed to witchcraft. My mother was an alcoholic, and my dad had extramarital affairs with numerous women. As a child, I was also the victim of sexual assault. At the age of ten, my life took a turn for the better. My mother bore twin babies. Because she rejected the boy child, I was taught how to care for him. For the first time in my life someone showed me love, and I loved him back. I had never felt love before then. If my mom and dad did love me, they never showed it. My baby brother was two when he died. I watched as my mother murdered him. His life had given me joy, and now he was gone. I stopped communicating. Between this, my deformities, and my learning disability, I became a victim to all who knew me. I was commonly called retarded by teachers, students, and my own father. Even strangers on the street would call me names. This led me to become an unstable adult. As a woman, my life was a mess. I had no idea how to show love, or even what it felt like. Therefore, I damaged every relationship I had. Then I met Jesus. He taught me agape love. I learned to love like Jesus does. The Holy Ghost set me free of over a thousand demons. In every way, He set me free. I am living proof that our God reigns, that He can take the most corrupted mess and create something of beauty. In my soul, I was an ugly duckling, but Jesus made me into a beautiful swan. What the Lord has done for me, He can do for you.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532098847
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
I was born through the sin of my mother and father. I was continually reminded of this through my tender years as a child. When your own dad tells you that you’re the worthless product of a male hooker, that you’re not pretty or smart enough to be of his blood, you hang your head in shame. I was humiliated by the piercing stares I got from those he informed of this. I was exposed to witchcraft. My mother was an alcoholic, and my dad had extramarital affairs with numerous women. As a child, I was also the victim of sexual assault. At the age of ten, my life took a turn for the better. My mother bore twin babies. Because she rejected the boy child, I was taught how to care for him. For the first time in my life someone showed me love, and I loved him back. I had never felt love before then. If my mom and dad did love me, they never showed it. My baby brother was two when he died. I watched as my mother murdered him. His life had given me joy, and now he was gone. I stopped communicating. Between this, my deformities, and my learning disability, I became a victim to all who knew me. I was commonly called retarded by teachers, students, and my own father. Even strangers on the street would call me names. This led me to become an unstable adult. As a woman, my life was a mess. I had no idea how to show love, or even what it felt like. Therefore, I damaged every relationship I had. Then I met Jesus. He taught me agape love. I learned to love like Jesus does. The Holy Ghost set me free of over a thousand demons. In every way, He set me free. I am living proof that our God reigns, that He can take the most corrupted mess and create something of beauty. In my soul, I was an ugly duckling, but Jesus made me into a beautiful swan. What the Lord has done for me, He can do for you.
The Book of Mom
Author: Tammy M. Bundy
Publisher: Franciscan Media
ISBN: 9780867165050
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Prepare yourselves, parents, for a good laugh in reading these short essays by a mother of four, but keep your box of tissues at hand because your heart will be touched as well as your giggle box. Enmeshed in the busy world of parenting, with all the soccer games, school functions, swim meets, Tooth Fairy entreaties and pumpkin carving such an occupation entails, Tammy Bundy yet has found time to be grateful to God. These letters from inside the heart of parenthood speak to us parents of the challenge, but mainly of the fun and delight of bringing up kids. Book jacket.
Publisher: Franciscan Media
ISBN: 9780867165050
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Prepare yourselves, parents, for a good laugh in reading these short essays by a mother of four, but keep your box of tissues at hand because your heart will be touched as well as your giggle box. Enmeshed in the busy world of parenting, with all the soccer games, school functions, swim meets, Tooth Fairy entreaties and pumpkin carving such an occupation entails, Tammy Bundy yet has found time to be grateful to God. These letters from inside the heart of parenthood speak to us parents of the challenge, but mainly of the fun and delight of bringing up kids. Book jacket.
Her Temporary Cowboy
Author: Tanya Agler
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369737326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
He’s never known love… Until a chance encounter Rodeo cowboy Lucky Harper is only making a short stop in idyllic Violet Ridge. So how did he go from being an outsider to pretty rancher Elizabeth Irwin’s wedding date—and her fake fiancé—in one night? For the first time, this lone cowboy is suddenly part of a real family. But even he’s not lucky enough to find family and love by accident…or is he? From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. Rodeo Stars of Violet Ridge Book 1: Caught by the Cowgirl Book 2: Snowbound with the Rodeo Star Book 3: Her Temporary Cowboy
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369737326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
He’s never known love… Until a chance encounter Rodeo cowboy Lucky Harper is only making a short stop in idyllic Violet Ridge. So how did he go from being an outsider to pretty rancher Elizabeth Irwin’s wedding date—and her fake fiancé—in one night? For the first time, this lone cowboy is suddenly part of a real family. But even he’s not lucky enough to find family and love by accident…or is he? From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. Rodeo Stars of Violet Ridge Book 1: Caught by the Cowgirl Book 2: Snowbound with the Rodeo Star Book 3: Her Temporary Cowboy