Author: Sylvia Zéleny
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 1947627198
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
12-year-old Julia keeps a diary about her life growing up in Juarez, Mexico. Life in Juarez is strange. People say it's the murder capital of the world. Dad’s gone a lot. They can’t play outside because it isn’t safe. Drug cartels rule the streets. Cars and people disappear, leaving behind pet cats. Then Dad disappears and Julia and her brother go live with her aunt in El Paso. What’s happened to her Dad? Julia wonders. Is he going to disappear forever? A coming-of-age story set in today’s Juarez. Sylvia Zéleny is a bilingual author from Sonora, México. Sylvia has published several short-story collections and novels in Spanish. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso where she is currently a Visiting Writer. In 2016 she created CasaOctavia, a residence for women and LGBTQ writers from Latinamerica.
The Everything I Have Lost
Author: Sylvia Zéleny
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 1947627198
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
12-year-old Julia keeps a diary about her life growing up in Juarez, Mexico. Life in Juarez is strange. People say it's the murder capital of the world. Dad’s gone a lot. They can’t play outside because it isn’t safe. Drug cartels rule the streets. Cars and people disappear, leaving behind pet cats. Then Dad disappears and Julia and her brother go live with her aunt in El Paso. What’s happened to her Dad? Julia wonders. Is he going to disappear forever? A coming-of-age story set in today’s Juarez. Sylvia Zéleny is a bilingual author from Sonora, México. Sylvia has published several short-story collections and novels in Spanish. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso where she is currently a Visiting Writer. In 2016 she created CasaOctavia, a residence for women and LGBTQ writers from Latinamerica.
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 1947627198
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
12-year-old Julia keeps a diary about her life growing up in Juarez, Mexico. Life in Juarez is strange. People say it's the murder capital of the world. Dad’s gone a lot. They can’t play outside because it isn’t safe. Drug cartels rule the streets. Cars and people disappear, leaving behind pet cats. Then Dad disappears and Julia and her brother go live with her aunt in El Paso. What’s happened to her Dad? Julia wonders. Is he going to disappear forever? A coming-of-age story set in today’s Juarez. Sylvia Zéleny is a bilingual author from Sonora, México. Sylvia has published several short-story collections and novels in Spanish. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso where she is currently a Visiting Writer. In 2016 she created CasaOctavia, a residence for women and LGBTQ writers from Latinamerica.
Everything We Lost
Author: Valerie Geary
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062566431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
“Lucid and dense with detail, Everything We Lost is Gone Girl meets The X-Files, a mesmerizing dive into the changeling depths of memory and grief.” — Carrie La Seur, author of The Home Place and The Weight of an Infinite Sky
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062566431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
“Lucid and dense with detail, Everything We Lost is Gone Girl meets The X-Files, a mesmerizing dive into the changeling depths of memory and grief.” — Carrie La Seur, author of The Home Place and The Weight of an Infinite Sky
Everything Lost Is Found Again
Author: Will McGrath
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945814624
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he finds a spirit of joyful absurdity and resolve, surrounded by people who take strangers' hands as they walk down the road, people who--with sweetest face--drop the dirtiest jokes in the southern hemisphere. But Lesotho is also a place where shepherds exact Old Testament retribution, where wounded pride incites murder and families are devastated by the AIDS epidemic. Driven by a spirit of openhearted cultural exchange in the style of Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country and Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, Will McGrath's Everything Lost Is Found Again is a love-drunk ballad to Lesotho, infusing humor and heart into pop ethnography.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945814624
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he finds a spirit of joyful absurdity and resolve, surrounded by people who take strangers' hands as they walk down the road, people who--with sweetest face--drop the dirtiest jokes in the southern hemisphere. But Lesotho is also a place where shepherds exact Old Testament retribution, where wounded pride incites murder and families are devastated by the AIDS epidemic. Driven by a spirit of openhearted cultural exchange in the style of Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country and Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, Will McGrath's Everything Lost Is Found Again is a love-drunk ballad to Lesotho, infusing humor and heart into pop ethnography.
The Lost Continent
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385674562
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series of horrific burgs, which he renamed Smellville, Fartville, Coleslaw, Coma, and Doldrum. At best his search led him to Anywhere, USA, a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by obese and slow-witted hicks with a partiality for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost: lost to itself because he found it blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385674562
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set. Instead he drove through a series of horrific burgs, which he renamed Smellville, Fartville, Coleslaw, Coma, and Doldrum. At best his search led him to Anywhere, USA, a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by obese and slow-witted hicks with a partiality for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost: lost to itself because he found it blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country.
The Girl Who Lost Everything
Author: Siobhan Addo-Yeboah
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466953438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Sophie was a girl born into a society that saw nothing wrong with divorce or war. She had had to have a hard life. First, her life was ruined by her dad going to war. Then her evil stepmother tortured her that was when Sophie ran away. She had to face, this time, life s torture of homelessness and the fear of losing her dad. She did find a second home though. Would things ever be the same again . . .?
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466953438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Sophie was a girl born into a society that saw nothing wrong with divorce or war. She had had to have a hard life. First, her life was ruined by her dad going to war. Then her evil stepmother tortured her that was when Sophie ran away. She had to face, this time, life s torture of homelessness and the fear of losing her dad. She did find a second home though. Would things ever be the same again . . .?
Everything Lost
Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In late summer 1953, as he returned to Mexico City after a seven-month expedition through the jungles of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, William Burroughs began a notebook of final reflections on his four years in Latin America. His first novel, Junkie, had just been published and he would soon be back in New York to meet Allen Ginsberg and together complete the manuscripts of what became The Yage Letters and Queer. Yet this notebook, the sole survivor from that period, reveals Burroughs not as a writer on the verge of success, but as a man staring down personal catastrophe and visions of looming cultural disaster. Losses that will not let go of him haunt Burroughs throughout the notebook: "Bits of it keep floating back to me like memories of a daytime nightmare." However, out of these dark reflections we see emerge vivid fragments of Burroughs' fiction and, even more tellingly, unique, primary evidence for the remarkable ways in which his early manuscripts evolved. Assembled in facsimile and transcribed by Geoffrey D. Smith, John M. Bennett, and Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, the notebook forces us to change the way we see both Burroughs and his writing at a turning point in his literary biography.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In late summer 1953, as he returned to Mexico City after a seven-month expedition through the jungles of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, William Burroughs began a notebook of final reflections on his four years in Latin America. His first novel, Junkie, had just been published and he would soon be back in New York to meet Allen Ginsberg and together complete the manuscripts of what became The Yage Letters and Queer. Yet this notebook, the sole survivor from that period, reveals Burroughs not as a writer on the verge of success, but as a man staring down personal catastrophe and visions of looming cultural disaster. Losses that will not let go of him haunt Burroughs throughout the notebook: "Bits of it keep floating back to me like memories of a daytime nightmare." However, out of these dark reflections we see emerge vivid fragments of Burroughs' fiction and, even more tellingly, unique, primary evidence for the remarkable ways in which his early manuscripts evolved. Assembled in facsimile and transcribed by Geoffrey D. Smith, John M. Bennett, and Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, the notebook forces us to change the way we see both Burroughs and his writing at a turning point in his literary biography.
Lost Cat
Author: Caroline Paul
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408835576
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
What do our pets do when they're not with us? Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton used GPS, cat cameras, psychics, and the web to track the adventures of their beloved cat Tibia.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408835576
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
What do our pets do when they're not with us? Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton used GPS, cat cameras, psychics, and the web to track the adventures of their beloved cat Tibia.
I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
Author: Erma Bombeck
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0307778258
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A collection of mordantly hilarious and sharply-observed stories on motherhood from the bestselling author of Family—The Ties That Bind . . . And Gag! Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years—and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our tears. Praise for I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression “A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you-cry book.”—Library Journal “The smiles never stop until the last chapter ends with a poignant insight into growing up and being a parent.”—The Abilene Reporter-News
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0307778258
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A collection of mordantly hilarious and sharply-observed stories on motherhood from the bestselling author of Family—The Ties That Bind . . . And Gag! Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years—and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our tears. Praise for I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression “A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you-cry book.”—Library Journal “The smiles never stop until the last chapter ends with a poignant insight into growing up and being a parent.”—The Abilene Reporter-News
Quotes and Antidotes
Author: Tomithy Jamison
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
I went to an ivy league university and have a masters in electrical engineering, I worked in the tech industry for almost 22 years and lost my job in early 2019. I lost everything through my struggles with substance abuse and mental health issues. I finally reconnected with my family by begging my way to the Seattle area where I had a vague idea where my eldest sister lives. I found her and she and her husband heard my thoughts wit and stories and helped me write all this down by hand by providing notebooks i would return to them of safe keeping. I have been in Seattle (mainly in east side) for over three months and haven't slept inside once. I don't want pity I want people to appreciate my thoughts, wit and ideas. After I lost everything I have been happy and upbeat. This book will help anyone and make them smile and perhaps make their heart soar like 'mien' has.... I pray this book will put a roof over my head! If you like it please spread the word!
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
I went to an ivy league university and have a masters in electrical engineering, I worked in the tech industry for almost 22 years and lost my job in early 2019. I lost everything through my struggles with substance abuse and mental health issues. I finally reconnected with my family by begging my way to the Seattle area where I had a vague idea where my eldest sister lives. I found her and she and her husband heard my thoughts wit and stories and helped me write all this down by hand by providing notebooks i would return to them of safe keeping. I have been in Seattle (mainly in east side) for over three months and haven't slept inside once. I don't want pity I want people to appreciate my thoughts, wit and ideas. After I lost everything I have been happy and upbeat. This book will help anyone and make them smile and perhaps make their heart soar like 'mien' has.... I pray this book will put a roof over my head! If you like it please spread the word!
The Man Who Lost Everything
Author: Chris Strange
Publisher: Cheeky Minion
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Every man has a limit. Miles is about to find his. For the first time in his whole miserable life, freelance Tunneler Miles Franco finally has his shit together. He’s left behind his history of violence and interdimensional smuggling to take on consulting work with the Bluegate Police Department. He’s collecting regular paychecks, he’s paying tax, he’s even going on blind dates. But when his friend, Detective Vivian Reed, comes to him for help, his peaceful life is shattered. Vivian’s sister has been kidnapped. They have issued no ransom. No demands. They don’t want money. They only want revenge. If Miles and Vivian are going to get her sister back, they’ll have to abandon everything they’ve worked for. There will be no room for law or conscience where they’re going. Miles is returning to the mean streets that made him. And there will be no coming back. Join Miles once again for more hard-boiled urban fantasy action in The Man Who Lost Everything.
Publisher: Cheeky Minion
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Every man has a limit. Miles is about to find his. For the first time in his whole miserable life, freelance Tunneler Miles Franco finally has his shit together. He’s left behind his history of violence and interdimensional smuggling to take on consulting work with the Bluegate Police Department. He’s collecting regular paychecks, he’s paying tax, he’s even going on blind dates. But when his friend, Detective Vivian Reed, comes to him for help, his peaceful life is shattered. Vivian’s sister has been kidnapped. They have issued no ransom. No demands. They don’t want money. They only want revenge. If Miles and Vivian are going to get her sister back, they’ll have to abandon everything they’ve worked for. There will be no room for law or conscience where they’re going. Miles is returning to the mean streets that made him. And there will be no coming back. Join Miles once again for more hard-boiled urban fantasy action in The Man Who Lost Everything.