Author: Jane Igharo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593101979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn't know were missing, from Jane Igharo, the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether. Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the Nigerian entrepreneur who had a brief relationship with her white mother. Because of this, Hannah has always felt uncertain about part of her identity. When her father dies, she's invited to Nigeria for the funeral. Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned her, she’s curious about who he was and where he was from. Searching for answers, Hannah boards a plane to Lagos, Nigeria. In Banana Island, one of Nigeria's most affluent areas, Hannah meets the Jolades, her late father's prestigious family—some who accept her and some who think she doesn't belong. The days leading up to the funeral are chaotic, but Hannah is soon shaped by secrets that unfold, a culture she never thought she would understand or appreciate, and a man who steals her heart and helps her to see herself in a new light.
Ties That Tether
Author: Jane Igharo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593101944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
One of Betches' 7 Books by Black Authors You Need to Read This Summer One of Elite Daily’s Books Featuring Interracial Relationships You Should Read In 2020 One of Marie Claire’s 2020 Books You Should Add to Your Reading List When a Nigerian woman falls for a man she knows will break her mother’s heart, she must choose between love and her family. At twelve years old, Azere promised her dying father she would marry a Nigerian man and preserve her culture, even after immigrating to Canada. Her mother has been vigilant about helping—well forcing—her to stay within the Nigerian dating pool ever since. But when another match-made-by-mom goes wrong, Azere ends up at a bar, enjoying the company and later sharing the bed of Rafael Castellano, a man who is tall, handsome, and…white. When their one-night stand unexpectedly evolves into something serious, Azere is caught between her feelings for Rafael and the compulsive need to please her mother. Soon, Azere can't help wondering if loving Rafael makes her any less of a Nigerian. Can she be with him without compromising her identity? The answer will either cause Azere to be audacious and fight for her happiness or continue as the compliant daughter.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593101944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
One of Betches' 7 Books by Black Authors You Need to Read This Summer One of Elite Daily’s Books Featuring Interracial Relationships You Should Read In 2020 One of Marie Claire’s 2020 Books You Should Add to Your Reading List When a Nigerian woman falls for a man she knows will break her mother’s heart, she must choose between love and her family. At twelve years old, Azere promised her dying father she would marry a Nigerian man and preserve her culture, even after immigrating to Canada. Her mother has been vigilant about helping—well forcing—her to stay within the Nigerian dating pool ever since. But when another match-made-by-mom goes wrong, Azere ends up at a bar, enjoying the company and later sharing the bed of Rafael Castellano, a man who is tall, handsome, and…white. When their one-night stand unexpectedly evolves into something serious, Azere is caught between her feelings for Rafael and the compulsive need to please her mother. Soon, Azere can't help wondering if loving Rafael makes her any less of a Nigerian. Can she be with him without compromising her identity? The answer will either cause Azere to be audacious and fight for her happiness or continue as the compliant daughter.
Where We End & Begin
Author: Jane Igharo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593440242
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
“Fans of Sonali Dev and Helen Hoang will find this just their style.”—The New York Times Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they’re reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, in a heartfelt novel from the acclaimed author of The Sweetest Remedy. Dunni hasn’t seen her high school boyfriend, Obinna, since she left Nigeria to attend college in America. Before their devastating separation, they vowed to find their way back to each other one day. Twelve years later, and their vow is a thing of the past. Dunni works as a geneticist in Seattle and is engaged to a man she doesn’t love but one her parents approve of. Her future is laid out for her, and everything is going according to plan until she returns to Nigeria for a friend’s wedding and runs into Obinna. The shy, awkward boy she loved as a teenager is now a sophisticated, confident man. Things have changed, but there’s still an undeniable connection between them. As they rediscover each other, their days filled with desire and passion, Dunni is reminded of the beautiful future she once planned with Obinna. But when devastating secrets are revealed and the reckless actions of their past bring new challenges, she’s left questioning everything, including if the love that consumed her as a teenager is still worth holding on to.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593440242
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
“Fans of Sonali Dev and Helen Hoang will find this just their style.”—The New York Times Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they’re reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, in a heartfelt novel from the acclaimed author of The Sweetest Remedy. Dunni hasn’t seen her high school boyfriend, Obinna, since she left Nigeria to attend college in America. Before their devastating separation, they vowed to find their way back to each other one day. Twelve years later, and their vow is a thing of the past. Dunni works as a geneticist in Seattle and is engaged to a man she doesn’t love but one her parents approve of. Her future is laid out for her, and everything is going according to plan until she returns to Nigeria for a friend’s wedding and runs into Obinna. The shy, awkward boy she loved as a teenager is now a sophisticated, confident man. Things have changed, but there’s still an undeniable connection between them. As they rediscover each other, their days filled with desire and passion, Dunni is reminded of the beautiful future she once planned with Obinna. But when devastating secrets are revealed and the reckless actions of their past bring new challenges, she’s left questioning everything, including if the love that consumed her as a teenager is still worth holding on to.
Sweet Remedy
Author: Linda Ashour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Six months after breaking up with Tom, her husband of eighteen years, Polly Harrison is still trying to put her life in order. Her two smart-alecky kids are driving her to distraction, and she has to work as an office temp just to make ends meet. In her spare moments, she scribbles away at country music lyrics and dreams of a career in Nashville. And all the while, she still obsesses over what Tom is doing, even to the point of carrying on elaborate fantasy conversations with the "other woman". But just when Polly thinks she's finally ready for social life as a newly single woman, her eighty-two-year-old grandmother drops in for a visit - and then decides to stay, disrupting the whole household. Something even more surprising is waiting right outside Polly's front door, although it's not quite what she thought she was hoping for.... Banished from the home they fashioned together, Tom is actually more present than he ever was before. Guilt and renewed faith have brought him back to the house he spent so much time away from. But Polly, driven by her own longing and confusion, turns away from home - to her first brave but hesitant steps toward a freedom that might only be an illusion, then to the arms of a familiar stranger, finally and inevitably to the rich heritage she has almost forgotten, the country music of her early years. With her grandmother as a constant reminder of her Oklahoma childhood, Polly's lyrics begin flowing from her troubled heart - sometimes revealing more about living and loving than she knows, but always taking her back to a past she barely remembers and forward to a present she is only now beginning to understand. Filled with the small truths that hit close tohome, Sweet Remedy is a rueful and funny account of the painful lessons of domestic life and love, where the bitter mixes with the sweet in surprising proportions. As her ornery grandmother stubbornly forces a mysterious inheritance on her, Polly slowly comes to realize that the heart often knows what the mind doesn't. And when a stalker who has pursued her for weeks brings fear and then shocking violence into her home, Polly finds the strength not just to survive but to heal - herself and her family. A good dose of her grandmother's secret remedy evokes in Polly and Tom memories of a past too rich to discard and a future too full of unexpected passion and promise to jeopardize.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Six months after breaking up with Tom, her husband of eighteen years, Polly Harrison is still trying to put her life in order. Her two smart-alecky kids are driving her to distraction, and she has to work as an office temp just to make ends meet. In her spare moments, she scribbles away at country music lyrics and dreams of a career in Nashville. And all the while, she still obsesses over what Tom is doing, even to the point of carrying on elaborate fantasy conversations with the "other woman". But just when Polly thinks she's finally ready for social life as a newly single woman, her eighty-two-year-old grandmother drops in for a visit - and then decides to stay, disrupting the whole household. Something even more surprising is waiting right outside Polly's front door, although it's not quite what she thought she was hoping for.... Banished from the home they fashioned together, Tom is actually more present than he ever was before. Guilt and renewed faith have brought him back to the house he spent so much time away from. But Polly, driven by her own longing and confusion, turns away from home - to her first brave but hesitant steps toward a freedom that might only be an illusion, then to the arms of a familiar stranger, finally and inevitably to the rich heritage she has almost forgotten, the country music of her early years. With her grandmother as a constant reminder of her Oklahoma childhood, Polly's lyrics begin flowing from her troubled heart - sometimes revealing more about living and loving than she knows, but always taking her back to a past she barely remembers and forward to a present she is only now beginning to understand. Filled with the small truths that hit close tohome, Sweet Remedy is a rueful and funny account of the painful lessons of domestic life and love, where the bitter mixes with the sweet in surprising proportions. As her ornery grandmother stubbornly forces a mysterious inheritance on her, Polly slowly comes to realize that the heart often knows what the mind doesn't. And when a stalker who has pursued her for weeks brings fear and then shocking violence into her home, Polly finds the strength not just to survive but to heal - herself and her family. A good dose of her grandmother's secret remedy evokes in Polly and Tom memories of a past too rich to discard and a future too full of unexpected passion and promise to jeopardize.
Recipes from the Herbalist's Kitchen
Author: Brittany Wood Nickerson
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612126901
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Author and herbalist Brittany Wood Nickerson understands that food is our most powerful medicine. In Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen she reveals how the kitchen can be a place of true awakening for the senses and spirit, as well as deep nourishment for the body. With in-depth profiles of favorite culinary herbs such as dill, sage, basil, and mint, Nickerson offers fascinating insights into the healing properties of each herb and then shares 110 original recipes for scrumptious snacks, entrées, drinks, and desserts that are specially designed to meet the body’s needs for comfort, nourishment, energy, and support through seasonal changes. Foreword INDIES Gold Award Winner IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612126901
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Author and herbalist Brittany Wood Nickerson understands that food is our most powerful medicine. In Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen she reveals how the kitchen can be a place of true awakening for the senses and spirit, as well as deep nourishment for the body. With in-depth profiles of favorite culinary herbs such as dill, sage, basil, and mint, Nickerson offers fascinating insights into the healing properties of each herb and then shares 110 original recipes for scrumptious snacks, entrées, drinks, and desserts that are specially designed to meet the body’s needs for comfort, nourishment, energy, and support through seasonal changes. Foreword INDIES Gold Award Winner IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist
Fragile Remedy
Author: Maria Ingrande Mora
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1635830575
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Nate has spent most of his life hiding in The Withers dodging slave catchers and corrupt peacekeepers. But when his body begins rapidly degenerating, he must choose between working for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep him alive, or staying—and dying—with the boy he loves.
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1635830575
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Nate has spent most of his life hiding in The Withers dodging slave catchers and corrupt peacekeepers. But when his body begins rapidly degenerating, he must choose between working for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep him alive, or staying—and dying—with the boy he loves.
The Remedy
Author: Suzanne Young
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437674
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A teen who’s taken on so many identities she’s not sure who she is anymore stumbles across a secret with devastating implications in this riveting third book in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling Program series—now with a reimagined look. In a world before The Program… Quinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill—she can “become” anyone. Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty. She’s not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon, Quinn can act like them, smell like them…be them. But to do her job successfully, she can’t get attached. Now seventeen, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she’s portrayed. When she’s given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl’s boyfriend. But that’s only the first of many complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina’s death. And the epidemic it could start.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437674
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A teen who’s taken on so many identities she’s not sure who she is anymore stumbles across a secret with devastating implications in this riveting third book in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling Program series—now with a reimagined look. In a world before The Program… Quinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill—she can “become” anyone. Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of fifteen and twenty. She’s not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon, Quinn can act like them, smell like them…be them. But to do her job successfully, she can’t get attached. Now seventeen, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she’s portrayed. When she’s given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl’s boyfriend. But that’s only the first of many complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina’s death. And the epidemic it could start.
The Secret Remedy Book
Author: Karin Cates
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780439352260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Although Lolly loves to visit her Auntie Zep's house, she feels homesick when she actually gets there, so Auntie Zep retrieves the Great-Great-Grandmother's Secret Remedy Book from an old trunk and together they share seven different activities that make Lolly feel better.
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
ISBN: 9780439352260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Although Lolly loves to visit her Auntie Zep's house, she feels homesick when she actually gets there, so Auntie Zep retrieves the Great-Great-Grandmother's Secret Remedy Book from an old trunk and together they share seven different activities that make Lolly feel better.
The Sweetest Remedy
Author: Jane Igharo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593101979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn't know were missing, from Jane Igharo, the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether. Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the Nigerian entrepreneur who had a brief relationship with her white mother. Because of this, Hannah has always felt uncertain about part of her identity. When her father dies, she's invited to Nigeria for the funeral. Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned her, she’s curious about who he was and where he was from. Searching for answers, Hannah boards a plane to Lagos, Nigeria. In Banana Island, one of Nigeria's most affluent areas, Hannah meets the Jolades, her late father's prestigious family—some who accept her and some who think she doesn't belong. The days leading up to the funeral are chaotic, but Hannah is soon shaped by secrets that unfold, a culture she never thought she would understand or appreciate, and a man who steals her heart and helps her to see herself in a new light.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593101979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn't know were missing, from Jane Igharo, the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether. Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the Nigerian entrepreneur who had a brief relationship with her white mother. Because of this, Hannah has always felt uncertain about part of her identity. When her father dies, she's invited to Nigeria for the funeral. Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned her, she’s curious about who he was and where he was from. Searching for answers, Hannah boards a plane to Lagos, Nigeria. In Banana Island, one of Nigeria's most affluent areas, Hannah meets the Jolades, her late father's prestigious family—some who accept her and some who think she doesn't belong. The days leading up to the funeral are chaotic, but Hannah is soon shaped by secrets that unfold, a culture she never thought she would understand or appreciate, and a man who steals her heart and helps her to see herself in a new light.
An Alarm of Fire
Author: Helen Sherman Griffith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The history of Helyas, knight of the swan, from the ed. [tr. and] pr. by Copland
Author: Helyas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description