Author: V.C. Andrews
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In the continuing tradition of bestselling author V.C. Andrews, The Unwelcomed Child explores the eternal question: Why do the ones we love hurt us the most? Desperate to be a normal teenager, beautiful young Elle Edwards must uncover the truth of her birth to find the familial love she craves. Elle Edwards grew up believing that because of her mother’s sinful ways she was born without a soul; that’s why she was abandoned and left in the care of Grandmother Myra and Grandfather Prescott, who try to ensure her evil will not infect them—by raising her in a virtual prison. Because her days are occupied with homeschooling, strict religious studies, and vigorous housekeeping in their upstate New York home, Elle knows practically nothing of the outside world, even as she emerges as a young woman with impressive artistic talent. But when she makes a secret, forbidden connection to vacationers at the nearby lake—a handsome boy and his precocious twin sister—Elle’s world will shatter. Will discovering the truths about her past send her future plummeting to hell?
The Unwelcomed Child
Author: V.C. Andrews
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In the continuing tradition of bestselling author V.C. Andrews, The Unwelcomed Child explores the eternal question: Why do the ones we love hurt us the most? Desperate to be a normal teenager, beautiful young Elle Edwards must uncover the truth of her birth to find the familial love she craves. Elle Edwards grew up believing that because of her mother’s sinful ways she was born without a soul; that’s why she was abandoned and left in the care of Grandmother Myra and Grandfather Prescott, who try to ensure her evil will not infect them—by raising her in a virtual prison. Because her days are occupied with homeschooling, strict religious studies, and vigorous housekeeping in their upstate New York home, Elle knows practically nothing of the outside world, even as she emerges as a young woman with impressive artistic talent. But when she makes a secret, forbidden connection to vacationers at the nearby lake—a handsome boy and his precocious twin sister—Elle’s world will shatter. Will discovering the truths about her past send her future plummeting to hell?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In the continuing tradition of bestselling author V.C. Andrews, The Unwelcomed Child explores the eternal question: Why do the ones we love hurt us the most? Desperate to be a normal teenager, beautiful young Elle Edwards must uncover the truth of her birth to find the familial love she craves. Elle Edwards grew up believing that because of her mother’s sinful ways she was born without a soul; that’s why she was abandoned and left in the care of Grandmother Myra and Grandfather Prescott, who try to ensure her evil will not infect them—by raising her in a virtual prison. Because her days are occupied with homeschooling, strict religious studies, and vigorous housekeeping in their upstate New York home, Elle knows practically nothing of the outside world, even as she emerges as a young woman with impressive artistic talent. But when she makes a secret, forbidden connection to vacationers at the nearby lake—a handsome boy and his precocious twin sister—Elle’s world will shatter. Will discovering the truths about her past send her future plummeting to hell?
The Unwanted Child
Author: Joel F. Harrington
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226317293
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for parents, government officials, and society. The Unwanted Child skillfully recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children in this critical period. Joel F. Harrington tackles this question by focusing on the stories of five individuals. In vivid and poignant detail, he recounts the experiences of an unmarried mother-to-be, a roaming mercenary who drifts in and out of his children’s lives, a civic leader handling the government’s response to problems arising from unwanted children, a homeless teenager turned prolific thief, and orphaned twins who enter state care at the age of nine. Braiding together these compelling portraits, Harrington uncovers and analyzes the key elements that link them, including the impact of war and the vital importance of informal networks among women. From the harrowing to the inspiring, The Unwanted Child paints a gripping picture of life on the streets five centuries ago.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226317293
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem for parents, government officials, and society. The Unwanted Child skillfully recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned, neglected, abused, or delinquent children in this critical period. Joel F. Harrington tackles this question by focusing on the stories of five individuals. In vivid and poignant detail, he recounts the experiences of an unmarried mother-to-be, a roaming mercenary who drifts in and out of his children’s lives, a civic leader handling the government’s response to problems arising from unwanted children, a homeless teenager turned prolific thief, and orphaned twins who enter state care at the age of nine. Braiding together these compelling portraits, Harrington uncovers and analyzes the key elements that link them, including the impact of war and the vital importance of informal networks among women. From the harrowing to the inspiring, The Unwanted Child paints a gripping picture of life on the streets five centuries ago.
The Harm Paradox
Author: Nicolette Priaulx
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135392374
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The beginning of the decline -- Characterising harm -- Loss of autonomy? -- Defining the problem -- Notes -- Injured bodies -- Natural born reproducers -- Wrongful pregnancy as a personal injury -- Orthodox injuries -- Harmed minds, harmed bodies -- Paradigm shifts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Health, disability and harm -- Emerging dichotomies -- The disability exception -- Parental autonomy -- The importance of context -- Rees in the House of Lords -- Conclusion : what kind of autonomy? -- Notes -- The harm paradox -- The mitigation ethic -- Mitigation is dead -- Long live choice -- My family and other animals -- Conclusion : a harm paradox? -- Notes -- Constructions of the reasonable woman -- On being responsible -- Responsible women -- Self-regarding woman : still a choice -- Natural woman : she had no other choice -- The woman in need -- Conclusion : not a choice? -- Notes -- Reproductive choice, reproductive reality -- A (wo)man's right to choose -- Reversing nature's discrimination -- In practice abortion is not a choice -- Women do not experience abortion as a choice -- Women are conforming, not choosing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The moral domain of autonomy -- What kind of person? -- Beyond personhood -- A relational approach -- Being responsible beings -- Concluding remarks.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135392374
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The beginning of the decline -- Characterising harm -- Loss of autonomy? -- Defining the problem -- Notes -- Injured bodies -- Natural born reproducers -- Wrongful pregnancy as a personal injury -- Orthodox injuries -- Harmed minds, harmed bodies -- Paradigm shifts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Health, disability and harm -- Emerging dichotomies -- The disability exception -- Parental autonomy -- The importance of context -- Rees in the House of Lords -- Conclusion : what kind of autonomy? -- Notes -- The harm paradox -- The mitigation ethic -- Mitigation is dead -- Long live choice -- My family and other animals -- Conclusion : a harm paradox? -- Notes -- Constructions of the reasonable woman -- On being responsible -- Responsible women -- Self-regarding woman : still a choice -- Natural woman : she had no other choice -- The woman in need -- Conclusion : not a choice? -- Notes -- Reproductive choice, reproductive reality -- A (wo)man's right to choose -- Reversing nature's discrimination -- In practice abortion is not a choice -- Women do not experience abortion as a choice -- Women are conforming, not choosing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The moral domain of autonomy -- What kind of person? -- Beyond personhood -- A relational approach -- Being responsible beings -- Concluding remarks.
The Most Hated & Unwanted Child
Author: Jenifer Stewart
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780578889115
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Author Jenifer Stewart's family life from childhood to adulthood was never easy. In this unsettling tale of abuse and trauma, Stewart relates to challenges of growing up unloved and unwanted. Turning inward and finding the strength to fight back and move on, Stewart's story should serve as inspiration for those seeking a way out of an abusive relationship. Horrifying experiences at home with those who are supposed to love you and keep you safe don't have to be the end of your story. Stewart demonstrates that there is a path forward to a better way of life.
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780578889115
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Author Jenifer Stewart's family life from childhood to adulthood was never easy. In this unsettling tale of abuse and trauma, Stewart relates to challenges of growing up unloved and unwanted. Turning inward and finding the strength to fight back and move on, Stewart's story should serve as inspiration for those seeking a way out of an abusive relationship. Horrifying experiences at home with those who are supposed to love you and keep you safe don't have to be the end of your story. Stewart demonstrates that there is a path forward to a better way of life.
God's Unwanted Child
Author: Reece Davis Leresche
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578584997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In his late twenties, Jack Delaney has lost his life. Set in a bleak and confusing afterlife, God's Unwanted Child is a picaresque novel that follows the narrator, Jack Delaney, on his path to eternity. As Jack enters his life after death, he is faced with a reality he never would have expected: You can choose where to spend eternity. Cursed with choice and burdened by his own memories, Jack attempts to navigate the seemingly endless doors that death holds for him. With each chapter, Jack takes the reader through his past filled with alcohol abuse, sex, violence, and existential isolation. In God's Unwanted Child, the reader will experience Jack's life first hand as he wrestles with his relationship with his Father, his past love, and the choices that lead him to his final decision.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578584997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In his late twenties, Jack Delaney has lost his life. Set in a bleak and confusing afterlife, God's Unwanted Child is a picaresque novel that follows the narrator, Jack Delaney, on his path to eternity. As Jack enters his life after death, he is faced with a reality he never would have expected: You can choose where to spend eternity. Cursed with choice and burdened by his own memories, Jack attempts to navigate the seemingly endless doors that death holds for him. With each chapter, Jack takes the reader through his past filled with alcohol abuse, sex, violence, and existential isolation. In God's Unwanted Child, the reader will experience Jack's life first hand as he wrestles with his relationship with his Father, his past love, and the choices that lead him to his final decision.
Nobody's Child
Author: John Robinson
Publisher: Monarch Books
ISBN: 0857213105
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
John Robinson had the worst possible start in life. Taken into care at four months old, he was left in abusive foster homes for most of his childhood. At fourteen he was sent to a detention centre for arson. Gravitating towards a life of crime, he moved from borstal to the streets to psychiatric hospital, a scarred, tattooed, broken and angry young man. Yet God had plans for John. He would go on to run the Eden bus ministry: frontline youth buses which travel the toughest parts of Manchester with the gospel. The teams befriend young people and sometimes accompany them to court. 'My passion is, and I pray always will be, for those who feel downtrodden, hurt and rejected,' says John Robinson. 'They feel like scum, and wake up each day with nothing and no one. I know exactly what that feels like.'
Publisher: Monarch Books
ISBN: 0857213105
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
John Robinson had the worst possible start in life. Taken into care at four months old, he was left in abusive foster homes for most of his childhood. At fourteen he was sent to a detention centre for arson. Gravitating towards a life of crime, he moved from borstal to the streets to psychiatric hospital, a scarred, tattooed, broken and angry young man. Yet God had plans for John. He would go on to run the Eden bus ministry: frontline youth buses which travel the toughest parts of Manchester with the gospel. The teams befriend young people and sometimes accompany them to court. 'My passion is, and I pray always will be, for those who feel downtrodden, hurt and rejected,' says John Robinson. 'They feel like scum, and wake up each day with nothing and no one. I know exactly what that feels like.'
Faith of an Unwanted Child
Author: Calvin Swan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950576265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950576265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Unwanted
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328810151
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Sibert Honor Medalist ∙ New York Public Library Best Of 2018 ∙ The Horn Book's Fanfare 2018 list ∙ Kirkus Best Books of 2018 ∙ YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner In the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great American Dust Bowl and Drowned City, The Unwanted is an important, timely, and eye-opening exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, exposing the harsh realities of living in, and trying to escape, a war zone. Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The surprising flood of victims overwhelms neighboring countries, and chaos follows. Resentment in host nations heightens as disruption and the cost of aid grows. By 2017, many want to turn their backs on the victims. The refugees are the unwanted. Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light on the stories of the survivors, The Unwanted is a testament to the courage and resilience of the refugees and a call to action for all those who read.
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328810151
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Sibert Honor Medalist ∙ New York Public Library Best Of 2018 ∙ The Horn Book's Fanfare 2018 list ∙ Kirkus Best Books of 2018 ∙ YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner In the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great American Dust Bowl and Drowned City, The Unwanted is an important, timely, and eye-opening exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, exposing the harsh realities of living in, and trying to escape, a war zone. Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The surprising flood of victims overwhelms neighboring countries, and chaos follows. Resentment in host nations heightens as disruption and the cost of aid grows. By 2017, many want to turn their backs on the victims. The refugees are the unwanted. Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light on the stories of the survivors, The Unwanted is a testament to the courage and resilience of the refugees and a call to action for all those who read.
Stalin's Unwanted Child
Author: Wilfried Loth
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312210281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
How did Germany come to be divided during the Cold War? The renowned German historian Wilfired Loth has examined the archives of the Eastern side and comes to fascinating conclusions. He demonstrates that Stalin wanted neither a separate state on the soil of the Soviet Occupation Zone nor a socialist state in Germany at all. Instead, Stalin sought a joint administration of Germany by the victorious powers, a Germany along the lines of the Weimar Republic. The socialist separate state of the GDR is primarily the product of Walter Ulbricht's revolutionary zeal, which was able to unfold in the context of the Western walling-off policy.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312210281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
How did Germany come to be divided during the Cold War? The renowned German historian Wilfired Loth has examined the archives of the Eastern side and comes to fascinating conclusions. He demonstrates that Stalin wanted neither a separate state on the soil of the Soviet Occupation Zone nor a socialist state in Germany at all. Instead, Stalin sought a joint administration of Germany by the victorious powers, a Germany along the lines of the Weimar Republic. The socialist separate state of the GDR is primarily the product of Walter Ulbricht's revolutionary zeal, which was able to unfold in the context of the Western walling-off policy.
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts
Author: Karen Kleiman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136857702
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
What if I drop my baby when I go down the steps? What if I burn the baby in the bathtub? Thoughts like these can be frightening to new mothers, but are a common symptom pregnant and postpartum women can experience. Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts addresses the nature of these intrusive, negative and unwanted thoughts. Kleiman and Wenzel offer answers to the women who seek information, clarification, and validation in this useful resource for healthcare professionals working with these mothers. Written by two clinicians who have established themselves as leading experts and authors in this specialized field, this book maintains a compassionate tone that will be a voice familiar to many women in the postpartum community. Whether you must confront these negative notions personally or in your practice, this book will explain what these thoughts are, why they are there, and what can be done about them.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136857702
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
What if I drop my baby when I go down the steps? What if I burn the baby in the bathtub? Thoughts like these can be frightening to new mothers, but are a common symptom pregnant and postpartum women can experience. Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts addresses the nature of these intrusive, negative and unwanted thoughts. Kleiman and Wenzel offer answers to the women who seek information, clarification, and validation in this useful resource for healthcare professionals working with these mothers. Written by two clinicians who have established themselves as leading experts and authors in this specialized field, this book maintains a compassionate tone that will be a voice familiar to many women in the postpartum community. Whether you must confront these negative notions personally or in your practice, this book will explain what these thoughts are, why they are there, and what can be done about them.