Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1496429745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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From award-winning author Cathy Gohlke, whose novels have been called “haunting” (Library Journal on Saving Amelie) and “page-turning” (Francine Rivers on Secrets She Kept), comes a historical fiction story of courage and transformation set in rural Appalachia on the eve of WWII. When Lilliana Swope’s beloved mother dies, Lilliana gathers her last ounce of courage and flees her abusive husband for the home of her only living relative in the foothills of No Creek, North Carolina. Though Hyacinth Belvidere hasn’t seen Lilliana since she was five, she offers her cherished great-niece a safe harbor. Their joyful reunion inspires plans to revive Aunt Hyacinth’s estate and open a public library where everyone is welcome, no matter the color of their skin. Slowly Lilliana finds revival and friendship in No Creek—with precocious eleven-year-old Celia Percy, with kindhearted Reverend Jesse Willard, and with Ruby Lynne Wishon, a young woman whose secrets could destroy both them and the town. When the plans for the library also incite the wrath of the Klan, the dangers of Lilliana’s past and present threaten to topple her before she’s learned to stand. With war brewing for the nation and for her newfound community, Lilliana must overcome a hard truth voiced by her young friend Celia: Wishing comes easy. Change don’t.
Author: Anita Rau Badami
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307375293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Anita Rau Badami's acclaimed novel Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? chronicles the stories of three women, linked in love and tragedy, over a span of fifty years, sweeping from the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 to the explosion of Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland in 1985. Alive with Badami's warmth and humanity, and brimming with the daily sights and sounds of both Canada and India, this novel brilliantly conveys the tumultuous effects of the past on new immigrants, and the ways in which memory and myth, the personal and the political, become heartrendingly connected.
Author: Susan J. Tweit
Publisher: She Writes Press
ISBN: 1647420377
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Writer Susan Tweit and her economist-turned-sculptor husband Richard Cabe had just settled into their version of a “good life” when Richard saw thousands of birds one day—harbingers of the brain cancer that would kill him two years later. This compelling and intimate memoir chronicles their journey into the end of his life, framed by their final trip together, a 4,000-mile-long delayed honeymoon road trip. As Susan and Richard navigate the unfamiliar territory of brain cancer treatment and learn a whole new vocabulary—craniotomies, adjuvant chemotherapy, and brain geography—they also develop new routines for a mindful existence, relying on each other and their connection to nature, including the real birds Richard enjoys watching. Their determination to walk hand in hand, with open hearts, results in profound and difficult adjustments in their roles. Bless the Birds is not a sad story. It is both prayer and love song, a guide to how to thrive in a world where all we hold dear seems to be eroding, whether simple civility and respect, our health and safety, or the Earth itself. It’s an exploration of living with love in a time of dying—whether personal or global—with humor, unflinching courage, and grace. And it is an invitation to choose to live in light of what we love, rather than what we fear.
Author: Frank Gallo
Publisher: Innovative Kids
ISBN: 9781584760641
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Each double-page spread includes clues, a tab to pull to uncover a picture of the correct bird, and a flap to lift to uncover more facts about that bird. The reader can push color-coded buttons to hear the song of the particular bird featured on each page to assist in identifying the bird.
Author: Brian Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781503941892
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Homicide detective Frost Easton does not like coincidences, so when a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco--during which seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks--Frost looks for a connection that leads him to controversial psychiatrist Francesca Stein.
Author: K. W. Ryan
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781495306648
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Life in slave times is hard. Kind of hard aiming to break a man. Got to hide a lot inside where master and overseer cain't see. Even then you ain't safe. Got no salvation except family and friends. No telling if they be gone tomorrow, sold off like they ain't nothing but a hog or mule. I done what I can to keep my family and friends from harm. Done a thing that stain my soul. Some days now seem like a gift. Some feel like a curse. Mostly the feeling come evenings. Look across a field, see the sun go down. Feel like part of me be sinking with it. A part it hurt to remember. Part I cain't let go. Thomas, Mississippi, 1858. On a Mississippi cotton plantation in 1858, Thomas is a slave haunted by the sale of each of his sons and fearful of what will become of his only daughter. Resigned to living within the harsh restrictions of slavery, Thomas hopes that following the rules will keep life from getting worse. But when a slave comes courting from a neighboring plantation and refuses to leave when the overseer Fitch tells him to go, Thomas tries to prevent Fitch from killing the visitor. This triggers a series of events that break up Thomas's family and lead him to stop Fitch from killing another slave, Lias, who is angry about Fitch raping his wife. Thomas's dreams have hinted and warned of things to come but now he finds himself on a course he never dreamed or imagined. After a life ruled by the decisions of his owners, Thomas must choose for himself, knowing that the lives of his friends are in his hands.
Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1575674033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The bonds linking family and the lines separating enemies have become very blurry for 17-year-old Robert. With his father away fighting for the Union, Robert must decide to act alone in order to help his ailing mother, extricate his injured Confederate Uncle, and bring relief to his cousin, Emily. When he unwittingly gets entangled in a Confederate escape plot, Robert must forge his anger and shame into a new determination to save his family. And, perhaps, he must also realize that the saving might not be entirely up to him. Honor and duty to God and country aren’t as clear-cut as he hoped them to be.
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152001216
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
Author: Sarah Winman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593330765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481
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A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man. Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs sink villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian intent on salvaging paintings from the ruins. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and paint a course of events that will shape Ulysses’s life for the next four decades. Returning home to London, Ulysses reimmerses himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parot—a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics—all the while carrying with him his Italian evocations. So, when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate: he must return to the Tuscan hills. With beautiful prose, extraordinary tenderness, and bursts of humor and light, Still Life is a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a deeply drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.
Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1496453514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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In wars eighty years apart, two young women living on the same Appalachian estate determine to aid soldiers dear to them and fight for justice, no matter the cost. 1944. When a violent storm rips through the Belvidere attic in No Creek, North Carolina, exposing a hidden room and trunk long forgotten, secrets dating back to the Civil War are revealed. Celia Percy, whose family lives and works in the home, suspects the truth could transform the future for her friend Marshall, now fighting overseas, whose ancestors were once enslaved by the Belvidere family. When Marshall’s Army friend, Joe, returns to No Creek with shocking news for Marshall’s family, Celia determines to right a long-standing wrong, whether or not the town is ready for it. 1861. After her mother’s death, Minnie Belvidere works desperately to keep her household running and her family together as North Carolina secedes. Her beloved older brother clings to his Union loyalties, despite grave danger, while her hotheaded younger brother entangles himself and the family’s finances within the Confederacy. As the country and her own home are torn in two, Minnie risks her life and her future in a desperate fight to gain liberty and land for those her parents intended to free, before it’s too late. With depictions of a small Southern town “reminiscent of writings by Lisa Wingate” (Booklist on Night Bird Calling), Cathy Gohlke delivers a gripping, emotive story about friendship and the enduring promise of justice.
