Author: Lois Richer
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373719426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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A Family for the Rancher In a heartbreaking instant, rancher Sam Denver becomes guardian to his baby nephew and the young foster twins his late brother and sister-in-law hoped to adopt. With the Triple D ranch to run and two sets of grandparents to look after, the guarded cowboy is desperate for help. But when the children's maternal aunt finally returns home to Buffalo Gap, Kelly Krause's difficult past prevents her from believing she has much to offer Sam or the little ones. Yet when custody of the twins is in jeopardy, Sam discovers just how much his makeshift family needs Kelly...if only she'll stay.
Author: Jay Pring
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781716876523
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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For any man staring fatherhood in the face, and trembling. One man's humorous look at the pitfalls, perils, and occasional triumphs of becoming a father. Author Jay Pring takes us on a deeply personal and insightful journey of self discovery, an often intimate, sometimes shocking, but always funny look at all the things men need to know about fatherhood. From exploding vaginas to unconscious midwives and fights with drunken Santa's, The Accidental Father is a must read for any father, new or old ...
Author: Greg Williams
Publisher: Charnwood
ISBN: 9781847827715
Category : Father and child
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Alex Taylor has a large house in the London suburbs, a well-paid job and a beautiful wife. On the surface everything is rosy. But he has a love/hate marriage with no children and is bored by his job. He and his wife, Amanda, communicate by leaving each other notes stuck to the refrigerator door... Then his world changes. A solicitor tells him that he's been left something in an ex-girlfriend's will - a daughter, Caitlin. A daughter he never knew he had. He also discovers that his wife is having an affair. Now, suddenly alone with a massive new responsibility, how will Alex dodge social services, form a relationship with Caitlin - a thirteen-year-old stranger - and yet put down new roots and rebuild his life from scratch?
Author: Alex Richards
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547603593
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
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This timely, emotionally-resonant story about a teen girl dealing with the aftermath of a tragic shooting is a must-read from an exciting new YA talent. Johanna has had more than enough trauma in her life. She lost her mom in a car accident, and her father went AWOL when Johanna was just a baby. At sixteen, life is steady, boring . . . maybe even stifling, since she's being raised by her grandparents who never talk about their daughter, her mother Mandy. Then he comes back: Robert Newsome, Johanna's father, bringing memories and pictures of Mandy. But that's not all he shares. A tragic car accident didn't kill Mandy--it was Johanna, who at two years old, accidentally shot her own mother with an unsecured gun. Now Johanna has to sort through it all--the return of her absentee father, her grandparents' lies, her part in her mother's death. But no one, neither her loyal best friends nor her sweet new boyfriend, can help her forgive them. Most of all, can she ever find a way to forgive herself? In a searing, ultimately uplifting story, debut author Alex Richards tackles a different side of the important issue that has galvanized teens across our country.
Author: David Popenoe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684822970
Category : Children of single parents
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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The author of Disturbing the Nest: Famiy Change and Decline in Modern Society reveals how the disintegration of the child-centered, two-parent family, and the weakening commitment of fathers to their children that usually follows, are a central cause of many of America's worst individual and social problems.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192758977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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The latest hilarious caper from author Tom McLaughlin. Funny by name. Funny by nature. Ben has one important thing on his Christmas list, and it's the same thing every year. He wants his dad to be at home for Christmas. But his wish never comes true. And Ben's starting to get a bit sceptical about Father Christmas's existence, he needs proof. So, on Christmas Eve, he sets up an elaborate booby trap to capture the jolly bearded fella as he comes sliding down the chimney. Kicking off a sequence of hilarious events that makes this Christmas the most bonkers ever!
Author: Joel Yanofsky
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143177192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Strange is not a word he should use (it’s not quite politically correct), but sometimes Joel Yanofsky can think of no other way to describe life with his son, Jonah—life with autism. Jonah is “on the spectrum” of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but knowing the correct terminology makes it no easier for Yanofsky to understand his ten-year-old son’s complicated relationship with the world. While his wife, Cynthia, an art therapist, assumed the burden of researching ASD and investigating effective treatments for Jonah, Yanofsky tried other approaches. In this funny and moving account of a year in their life together, he chronicles his struggle to enter his son’s world using the materials he knows best: self-help books, feel-good memoirs, and literary classics ranging from the Old Testament to Dr. Seuss, as well as knock-knock jokes, riddles, and puns—all the wacky routines Yanofsky calls schtick. Told with candour, insight, and compassion, Bad Animals is not only about autism; it’s about the things that make life worth living.
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141046546
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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Here, with his remorseless eye for the truth, the bestselling author of Liar's Poker turns his sights on his own domestic world. The result is a wickedly enjoyable cautionary tale. Lewis reveals his own unique take on fatherhood, dealing with the big issues and challenges of new-found paternity: from discovering your three-year-old loves to swear to the ethics of taking your offspring gambling at the races, from the carnage of clothing and feeding to the inevitable tantrums - of both parent and child - and the gradual realization that, despite everything, he's becoming hooked. Home Game is probably the most brazenly honest and entertaining book about parenting ever written.
Author: Eric Liu
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375704868
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience. It is here that Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton and noted political commentator, invites us to explore. In these compellingly candid essays, Liu reflects on his life as a second-generation Chinese American and reveals the shifting frames of ethnic identity. Finding himself unable to read a Chinese memorial book about his father's life, he looks critically at the cost of his own assimilation. But he casts an equally questioning eye on the effort to sustain vast racial categories like “Asian American.” And as he surveys the rising anxiety about China's influence, Liu illuminates the space that Asians have always occupied in the American imagination. Reminiscent of the work of James Baldwin and its unwavering honesty, The Accidental Asian introduces a powerful and elegant voice into the discussion of what it means to be an American.
Author: Nancy Robards Thompson
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 9780373655373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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All Julianne Waterford knew about Alex Lejardin was that he'd rejected her sister and never claimed their baby, Liam, as his own. But she didn't know that he was a royal--or that he'd never known the child existed. And from the moment she saw Alex's unexpected tenderness for his son, Julianne discovered that the not-so-wicked royal posed a passionately tempting danger...to her. Alex always felt guilty for letting Liam's mother walk away for good, and vowed to do whatever it took to be a father to the son he hadn't known he had. But earning Julianne's trust was a formidable task he'd never expected. And winning her heart was a challenge he couldn't resist....
