Author: Rose M. Jones
Publisher: Light Messages Publishing
ISBN: 1611534046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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A chance encounter in a Chicago park between inquisitive 4-year-old Mary and the eccentric Mildred begins a lifelong, unconventional friendship. Despite her mother's admonishment not to engage with Mildred, Mary finds herself drawn to the kind “Bird Lady.”Impressed by Mary's independence and creativity, Mildred shares the lessons of her gilded life and becomes a mentor for Mary. In their moments together, Mildred teaches Mary about courtship, manners, ethics, art, culture, and life's little luxuries. Through the twists and turns of Mary's life, Mildred's influence is felt time and again, like a gentle beacon guiding Mary toward her true passion.
Author: R M Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781652796862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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A passionate tale about a forbidden relationship between an eccentric elderly woman and an inquisitive young child.
Author: Rose M Jones
Publisher: Light Messages Publishing
ISBN: 161153481X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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To see a change, you must be the change. Mary Parker has just settled down for her usual morning breakfast when a scream of sirens blazes past her manor drawing her attention away from the flowers and birds of early Spring. Her old high school is on fire, and as she watches the students' responses, she knows she needs to help. Her life, changed by Mildred' s impact, has set her up well to offer assistance to the community in need: she has a gymnasium the other school can use for their prom and graduation, and with a little coordination with the other school' s principal, she hopes to make a night the kids will never forget. When her school, the School of Art, is vandalized, Mary knows her help must extend far beyond a single dance. But what will happen to her school and the museum if she takes in these at-risk kids? Will the new Second Chance Program truly be able to help these kids, or will the students' presence have a negative impact on the school and museum she loves so much? With Mildred' s nudging preventing her from backing down, Mary, Alfred, Antoinette, and Charlie venture into the unknown and the risks required to make a change in their community near Chicago. Nothing could prepare them for just how much their own lives would change by opening their doors— and their hearts. Mildred' s Legacy is the sequel to Mildred the Bird Lady, however each book can be read as a stand-alone or in order of publication.
Author: James M. Cain
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0307772934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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In Mildred Pierce, noir master James M. Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devasting emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable. Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter.
Author: Martha Finley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375239546X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Reproduction of the original: Mildred at Home by Martha Finley
Author: Lynette Evans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Gloria Whelan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061975826
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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The National Book Award-winning novel about one remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate, perfect for readers who enjoyed A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled—her life has been sold for a dowry. Can she forge her own future, even in the face of time-worn tradition? Perfect for schools and classrooms, this universally acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning novel by master of historical fiction Gloria Whelan is a gripping tale of hope that will transport readers of all ages.
Author: Frances Eliza Millett Notley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Author: Frances Eliza Millett Notley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Author: Thomas Nelson Page
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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