Author: Donna Freitas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A deeply moving novel about a woman who thought she never wanted to be a mother—and the many ways that life can surprise us “An ode to possibility” — The Washington Post Rose Napolitano is fighting with her husband, Luke, about prenatal vitamins. She promised she'd take them, but didn't. He promised before they got married that he'd never want children, but now he's changed his mind. Their marriage has come to rest on this one question: Can Rose find it in herself to become a mother? Rose is a successful professor and academic. She's never wanted to have a child. The fight ends, and with it their marriage. But then, Rose has a fight with Luke about the vitamins--again. This time the fight goes slightly differently, and so does Rose's future as she grapples with whether she can indeed give up the one thing she thought she knew about herself. Can she reimagine her life in a completely new way? That reimagining plays out again and again in each of Rose's nine lives, just as it does for each of us as we grow into adulthood. What are the consequences of our biggest choices? How would life change if we let go of our preconceived ideas of ourselves and became someone completely new? Rose Napolitano's experience of choosing and then choosing again shows us in an utterly compelling way what it means, literally, to reinvent a life and, sometimes, become a different kind of woman than we ever imagined. A stunning novel about love, loss, betrayal, divorce, death, a woman's career and her identity, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano is about finding one's way into a future that wasn't the future one planned, and the ways that fate intercedes when we least expect it.
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
Author: Donna Freitas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A deeply moving novel about a woman who thought she never wanted to be a mother—and the many ways that life can surprise us “An ode to possibility” — The Washington Post Rose Napolitano is fighting with her husband, Luke, about prenatal vitamins. She promised she'd take them, but didn't. He promised before they got married that he'd never want children, but now he's changed his mind. Their marriage has come to rest on this one question: Can Rose find it in herself to become a mother? Rose is a successful professor and academic. She's never wanted to have a child. The fight ends, and with it their marriage. But then, Rose has a fight with Luke about the vitamins--again. This time the fight goes slightly differently, and so does Rose's future as she grapples with whether she can indeed give up the one thing she thought she knew about herself. Can she reimagine her life in a completely new way? That reimagining plays out again and again in each of Rose's nine lives, just as it does for each of us as we grow into adulthood. What are the consequences of our biggest choices? How would life change if we let go of our preconceived ideas of ourselves and became someone completely new? Rose Napolitano's experience of choosing and then choosing again shows us in an utterly compelling way what it means, literally, to reinvent a life and, sometimes, become a different kind of woman than we ever imagined. A stunning novel about love, loss, betrayal, divorce, death, a woman's career and her identity, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano is about finding one's way into a future that wasn't the future one planned, and the ways that fate intercedes when we least expect it.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880608
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A deeply moving novel about a woman who thought she never wanted to be a mother—and the many ways that life can surprise us “An ode to possibility” — The Washington Post Rose Napolitano is fighting with her husband, Luke, about prenatal vitamins. She promised she'd take them, but didn't. He promised before they got married that he'd never want children, but now he's changed his mind. Their marriage has come to rest on this one question: Can Rose find it in herself to become a mother? Rose is a successful professor and academic. She's never wanted to have a child. The fight ends, and with it their marriage. But then, Rose has a fight with Luke about the vitamins--again. This time the fight goes slightly differently, and so does Rose's future as she grapples with whether she can indeed give up the one thing she thought she knew about herself. Can she reimagine her life in a completely new way? That reimagining plays out again and again in each of Rose's nine lives, just as it does for each of us as we grow into adulthood. What are the consequences of our biggest choices? How would life change if we let go of our preconceived ideas of ourselves and became someone completely new? Rose Napolitano's experience of choosing and then choosing again shows us in an utterly compelling way what it means, literally, to reinvent a life and, sometimes, become a different kind of woman than we ever imagined. A stunning novel about love, loss, betrayal, divorce, death, a woman's career and her identity, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano is about finding one's way into a future that wasn't the future one planned, and the ways that fate intercedes when we least expect it.
The Angel and the Assassin
Author: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 152479919X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly understood role of microglia—an elusive type of brain cell that is vitally relevant to our everyday lives. “The rarest of books: a combination of page-turning discovery and remarkably readable science journalism.”—Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED Until recently, microglia were thought to be helpful but rather boring: housekeeper cells in the brain. But a recent groundbreaking discovery has revealed that they connect our physical and mental health in surprising ways. When triggered—and anything that stirs up the immune system in the body can activate microglia, including chronic stressors, trauma, and viral infections—they can contribute to memory problems, anxiety, depression, and Alzheimer’s. Under the right circumstances, however, microglia can be coaxed back into being angelic healers, able to make brain repairs in ways that help alleviate symptoms and hold the promise to one day prevent disease. With the compassion born of her own experience, award-winning journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa illuminates this newly understood science, following practitioners and patients on the front lines of treatments that help to “reboot” microglia. In at least one case, she witnesses a stunning recovery—and in others, significant relief from pressing symptoms, offering new hope to the tens of millions who suffer from mental, cognitive, and physical health issues. Hailed as a “riveting,” “stunning,” and “visionary,” The Angel and the Assassin offers us a radically reconceived picture of human health and promises to change everything we thought we knew about how to heal ourselves.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 152479919X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly understood role of microglia—an elusive type of brain cell that is vitally relevant to our everyday lives. “The rarest of books: a combination of page-turning discovery and remarkably readable science journalism.”—Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED Until recently, microglia were thought to be helpful but rather boring: housekeeper cells in the brain. But a recent groundbreaking discovery has revealed that they connect our physical and mental health in surprising ways. When triggered—and anything that stirs up the immune system in the body can activate microglia, including chronic stressors, trauma, and viral infections—they can contribute to memory problems, anxiety, depression, and Alzheimer’s. Under the right circumstances, however, microglia can be coaxed back into being angelic healers, able to make brain repairs in ways that help alleviate symptoms and hold the promise to one day prevent disease. With the compassion born of her own experience, award-winning journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa illuminates this newly understood science, following practitioners and patients on the front lines of treatments that help to “reboot” microglia. In at least one case, she witnesses a stunning recovery—and in others, significant relief from pressing symptoms, offering new hope to the tens of millions who suffer from mental, cognitive, and physical health issues. Hailed as a “riveting,” “stunning,” and “visionary,” The Angel and the Assassin offers us a radically reconceived picture of human health and promises to change everything we thought we knew about how to heal ourselves.
Cincinnati Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.
The Adventures of a Canvas
Author: Donna Kakonge
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055733358X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Donna Kakonge is an author, journalist and professor living in Toronto. Her website is: www.donnakakonge.com. Her online multimedia magazine is: http: //kakonged.wordpress.com. This is her 36th book and you can buy this book and others at: http: //stores.lulu.com/kakonged. The Adventures of a Canvas is a story around the signatures that bring life to the blank canvas bought at an art store in Toronto.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055733358X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Donna Kakonge is an author, journalist and professor living in Toronto. Her website is: www.donnakakonge.com. Her online multimedia magazine is: http: //kakonged.wordpress.com. This is her 36th book and you can buy this book and others at: http: //stores.lulu.com/kakonged. The Adventures of a Canvas is a story around the signatures that bring life to the blank canvas bought at an art store in Toronto.
Love at a Distance
Author: Donna Kakonge
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557367271
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Love at a Distance is about trying to find love online. Many people can relate to this and have found success. Follow Gabriel and Donna as they attempt to connect online over a two month period and where it eventually leads. You will enjoy the journey and the journey of two people learning about each other.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557367271
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Love at a Distance is about trying to find love online. Many people can relate to this and have found success. Follow Gabriel and Donna as they attempt to connect online over a two month period and where it eventually leads. You will enjoy the journey and the journey of two people learning about each other.
Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You
Author: Donna Decker
Publisher: Inanna Poetry and Fiction Series
ISBN: 9781771332019
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Through the braided narratives of three spirited characters, this novel bears witness to the infamous crime that metastasized uber-civilized Montreal, the "Montreal Massacre," when on December 6, 1989, fourteen female engineering students were murdered in their classrooms. Set on two college campuses fraught with gendered antagonisms, this novel tells the story of the victims, following the imagined lives of three women as they happen headlong into the December 6 tragedy - a story disarmingly accurate that explores the profundity of deepest love and unimaginable loss. It follows them through a semester of college, from the crisp autumnal beginnings to that tragic winter. It then takes up with the families and survivors, examining the enduring effects of the massacre's 24 minutes of inarticulate inhumanity." -- Book jacket.
Publisher: Inanna Poetry and Fiction Series
ISBN: 9781771332019
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Through the braided narratives of three spirited characters, this novel bears witness to the infamous crime that metastasized uber-civilized Montreal, the "Montreal Massacre," when on December 6, 1989, fourteen female engineering students were murdered in their classrooms. Set on two college campuses fraught with gendered antagonisms, this novel tells the story of the victims, following the imagined lives of three women as they happen headlong into the December 6 tragedy - a story disarmingly accurate that explores the profundity of deepest love and unimaginable loss. It follows them through a semester of college, from the crisp autumnal beginnings to that tragic winter. It then takes up with the families and survivors, examining the enduring effects of the massacre's 24 minutes of inarticulate inhumanity." -- Book jacket.
Dropouts
Author: Donna Kakonge
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 192673436X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 192673436X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Dani and the Day the Bully Changed Everything
Author: Donna Dimaio Rooney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578179063
Category : Bullying
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
When Dani witnesses a brutal bullying of a popular boy on the school playground, her world is knocked upside down. Through a dream, Dani's beloved farm animals become lifelike and are presented with a similar problem ? a new bull (bully) on their farm. For the first time the animals find themselves bystanders to a vicious attack, which drastically changes the farm's loving climate as well as each of their personalities. They wrestle with how they can end the bullying and take back their farm, without becoming the next victim. A creative approach to stop bullying is implemented, and no one knows who will need it next. It is through understanding, compassion and kindness the farm takes on a transition like never before and every life of the triad (victim, bully and bystanders) is changed forever.There are many layers in the unpredictable story that recognize, teach and celebrate what makes each of us unique, plus delves deeply into the emotions of the triad. The main characters and surprise ending will stay in the heart and mind of the reader long after the story is told.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578179063
Category : Bullying
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
When Dani witnesses a brutal bullying of a popular boy on the school playground, her world is knocked upside down. Through a dream, Dani's beloved farm animals become lifelike and are presented with a similar problem ? a new bull (bully) on their farm. For the first time the animals find themselves bystanders to a vicious attack, which drastically changes the farm's loving climate as well as each of their personalities. They wrestle with how they can end the bullying and take back their farm, without becoming the next victim. A creative approach to stop bullying is implemented, and no one knows who will need it next. It is through understanding, compassion and kindness the farm takes on a transition like never before and every life of the triad (victim, bully and bystanders) is changed forever.There are many layers in the unpredictable story that recognize, teach and celebrate what makes each of us unique, plus delves deeply into the emotions of the triad. The main characters and surprise ending will stay in the heart and mind of the reader long after the story is told.
Radio Scripts
Author: Donna Kay Kakonge
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105739252
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A collection of radio scripts from Donna Kakonge's days at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105739252
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A collection of radio scripts from Donna Kakonge's days at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
River Woman
Author: Donna Hemans
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743410408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Set in Jamaica and New York, this acclaimed first novel explores the ties that bind mother to child and weaves a mesmerizing tale of promises broken and dreams deferred.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743410408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Set in Jamaica and New York, this acclaimed first novel explores the ties that bind mother to child and weaves a mesmerizing tale of promises broken and dreams deferred.