Author: Nikky Finney
Publisher: Quill
ISBN: 9780688047962
Category : African American poets
Languages : en
Pages : 59

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Author: Barbara Bair
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814323021
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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An anthology on health and illness as experienced by women of color in the US. Written by community activists, health professionals, and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, the essays address the interconnections of psychological and physical health; ideas of traditional medicine among various minority groups; historical perspectives of culture as a factor in medicine; breast cancer; and health issues affected by federal and institutional policy--rape and domestic violence, reproductive rights, substance abuse, and sexually transmitted disease. Paper edition (2302-2), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Dolores Nowak-Akey
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN: 9781413734188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Wings of Gauze is an exploration of love and commitment. Johnnie Bonson meets Nate Newman on a California beach. Nate is discouraged and headed back home to Canada. He is giving up on trying to make it as an actor in the US. Johnnie has taken an early retirement to cope with fibromyalgia. She is a fledgling author. Throughout the thirty short stories composing the novel, there are struggles, disappointments, losses and celebrations. Entwined within this love story is a murder mystery, the unfolding of friendship, separation and reunion, coping with a hidden disability, and the continuing responsibilities of parenting and grandparenting. From the thrill of a family Christmas celebration to the murder of Nates ex-wife, the Newman family survives by leaning on each other, laughter, faith and communication. When you reach the end, you will wish you hadnt.

Author: Nikky Finney
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688059460
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 59

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Author: Erin Stewart
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 1984848844
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience--the perfect novel for readers of powerful contemporary fiction like Girl in Pieces and Every Last Word. Before, I was a million things. Now I'm only one. The Burned Girl. Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn't need a mirror to know what she looks like--she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her. A year after the fire that destroyed her world, her aunt and uncle have decided she should go back to high school. Be "normal" again. Whatever that is. Ava knows better. There is no normal for someone like her. And forget making friends--no one wants to be seen with the Burned Girl, now or ever. But when Ava meets a fellow survivor named Piper, she begins to feel like maybe she doesn't have to face the nightmare alone. Sarcastic and blunt, Piper isn't afraid to push Ava out of her comfort zone. Piper introduces Ava to Asad, a boy who loves theater just as much as she does, and slowly, Ava tries to create a life again. Yet Piper is fighting her own battle, and soon Ava must decide if she's going to fade back into her scars . . . or let the people by her side help her fly. "A heartfelt and unflinching look at the reality of being a burn survivor and at the scars we all carry. This book is for everyone, burned or not, who has ever searched for a light in the darkness." --Stephanie Nielson, New York Times bestselling author of Heaven Is Here and a burn survivor

Author: Nikky Finney
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810152169
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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"In Nikky Finney's Head Off & Split the beauty of language soars and saves us even as we skirt the raw edge of terror. And something rare and precious is restored, a light, a circling movement of the spirit. This is poetry to give thanks for."---Meena Alexander, author of Quickly Changing River --

Author: Francesca Lia Block
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061757306
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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This is the story of two girls, racing through space like shadow and light. A photo negative, together they make the perfect image of a girl. Violet is the dark one, dressed in forever black, dreaming Technicolor dreams of spinning the world into her very own silver screen creation. Claire is like a real-life Tinker Bell, radiating love and light, dressing herself in wings of gauze and glitter, writing poems to keep away the darkness. The setting is L.A., a city as beautiful as it is dangerous, and within this landscape of beauty and pain Violet and Claire vow to make their own movie. Together they will show the world the way they want it to be, and maybe then the world will become that place--a place where people no longer hate or fight or want to hurt. But when desire and ambition threaten to rip a seamless friendship apart, only one thing can make two halves whole again--the power of love. Francesca Lia Block's latest novel is a beautifully told story that boldly combines the world of film with the lyrical graceful language of poetry. The voices of two friends--one dark, one light--combine to tell a larger tale of love and loss, and the strength that comes from believing in dreams.

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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1034

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Author: Wm. Frankfurth Hardware Company
Publisher:
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 1642

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Author: George Parker Holden
Publisher:
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Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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