Author: Darliss Batchelor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982968659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Faith Lewis has a life most women would envy--married to her true love, living in her dream home and surrounded by loving friends and family. When she and her husband, Jamison, learn they're going to be the parents of triplets, Faith is ecstatic! All her dreams have come true and she couldn't be happier. But, just like the Garden of Eden, the fall comes fast and furious! Her former employer, Evan, despite trying to reconcile with his wife, is still in Faith's life and Jamison isn't pleased. Evan's daughters dote on Faith because she was their caretaker and the only constant in their lives, which fuels jealously in Evan's wife and causes more friction, making Faith's life very uncomfortable. As Faith navigates pregnancy, her BFF's move to Georgia, Jamison's trust issues with Faith's and Evan's friendship, and discord with her in-laws, she wonders if she's cut out for "married with children!" The premature birth of the triplets is a harbinger of events that quickly sends Faith's life spinning out of control. Faith, could never, ever have imagined her fairytale would turn into a nightmare from which she might never awake. THE MAKE-BELIEVE FAMILY is the unforgettable story of a woman whose desire for a warm, loving family leads her to take a chance on love and risk her heart in the trials and tribulations of life while struggling to keep her faith through it all.
The Make-Believe Family
Author: Darliss Batchelor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982968659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Faith Lewis has a life most women would envy--married to her true love, living in her dream home and surrounded by loving friends and family. When she and her husband, Jamison, learn they're going to be the parents of triplets, Faith is ecstatic! All her dreams have come true and she couldn't be happier. But, just like the Garden of Eden, the fall comes fast and furious! Her former employer, Evan, despite trying to reconcile with his wife, is still in Faith's life and Jamison isn't pleased. Evan's daughters dote on Faith because she was their caretaker and the only constant in their lives, which fuels jealously in Evan's wife and causes more friction, making Faith's life very uncomfortable. As Faith navigates pregnancy, her BFF's move to Georgia, Jamison's trust issues with Faith's and Evan's friendship, and discord with her in-laws, she wonders if she's cut out for "married with children!" The premature birth of the triplets is a harbinger of events that quickly sends Faith's life spinning out of control. Faith, could never, ever have imagined her fairytale would turn into a nightmare from which she might never awake. THE MAKE-BELIEVE FAMILY is the unforgettable story of a woman whose desire for a warm, loving family leads her to take a chance on love and risk her heart in the trials and tribulations of life while struggling to keep her faith through it all.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982968659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Faith Lewis has a life most women would envy--married to her true love, living in her dream home and surrounded by loving friends and family. When she and her husband, Jamison, learn they're going to be the parents of triplets, Faith is ecstatic! All her dreams have come true and she couldn't be happier. But, just like the Garden of Eden, the fall comes fast and furious! Her former employer, Evan, despite trying to reconcile with his wife, is still in Faith's life and Jamison isn't pleased. Evan's daughters dote on Faith because she was their caretaker and the only constant in their lives, which fuels jealously in Evan's wife and causes more friction, making Faith's life very uncomfortable. As Faith navigates pregnancy, her BFF's move to Georgia, Jamison's trust issues with Faith's and Evan's friendship, and discord with her in-laws, she wonders if she's cut out for "married with children!" The premature birth of the triplets is a harbinger of events that quickly sends Faith's life spinning out of control. Faith, could never, ever have imagined her fairytale would turn into a nightmare from which she might never awake. THE MAKE-BELIEVE FAMILY is the unforgettable story of a woman whose desire for a warm, loving family leads her to take a chance on love and risk her heart in the trials and tribulations of life while struggling to keep her faith through it all.
MAKE-BELIEVE FAMILY
Author: Elizabeth Duke
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 145927766X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Their engagement was just a game… It was also a game of high stakes. If Sarah didn't pose as Kane Brody's intended bride, he risked losing his daughter forever, and Sarah couldn't bear to see little Bambi hurt. However, there was an even bigger problem: Kane was a most desirable pretend-fiancé, and it was all Sarah could do to remember that her perfect new family wasn't for keeps, and her fairy-tale engagement was in fact…only make-believe!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 145927766X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Their engagement was just a game… It was also a game of high stakes. If Sarah didn't pose as Kane Brody's intended bride, he risked losing his daughter forever, and Sarah couldn't bear to see little Bambi hurt. However, there was an even bigger problem: Kane was a most desirable pretend-fiancé, and it was all Sarah could do to remember that her perfect new family wasn't for keeps, and her fairy-tale engagement was in fact…only make-believe!
The House of Make-Believe
Author: Dorothy G. Singer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674043685
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An attempt to cover all aspects of children's make-believe. The authors examine how imaginative play begins and develops and provide examples and evidence on the young child's invocation of imaginary friends, the adolescent's daring games and the adult's private imagery and inner thought.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674043685
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An attempt to cover all aspects of children's make-believe. The authors examine how imaginative play begins and develops and provide examples and evidence on the young child's invocation of imaginary friends, the adolescent's daring games and the adult's private imagery and inner thought.
The Case For Make Believe
Author: Susan Linn
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595586563
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In The Case for Make Believe, Harvard child psychologist Susan Linn tells the alarming story of childhood under siege in a commercialized and technology-saturated world. Although play is essential to human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make believe, Linn argues that, in modern-day America, nurturing creative play is not only countercultural—it threatens corporate profits. A book with immediate relevance for parents and educators alike, The Case for Make Believe helps readers understand how crucial child's play is—and what parents and educators can do to protect it. At the heart of the book are stories of children at home, in school, and at a therapist's office playing about real-life issues from entering kindergarten to a sibling's death, expressing feelings they can't express directly, and making meaning of an often confusing world. In an era when toys come from television and media companies sell videos as brain-builders for babies, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity, and health, showing us how and why to preserve the space for make believe that children need to lead fulfilling and meaningful lives.
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595586563
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In The Case for Make Believe, Harvard child psychologist Susan Linn tells the alarming story of childhood under siege in a commercialized and technology-saturated world. Although play is essential to human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make believe, Linn argues that, in modern-day America, nurturing creative play is not only countercultural—it threatens corporate profits. A book with immediate relevance for parents and educators alike, The Case for Make Believe helps readers understand how crucial child's play is—and what parents and educators can do to protect it. At the heart of the book are stories of children at home, in school, and at a therapist's office playing about real-life issues from entering kindergarten to a sibling's death, expressing feelings they can't express directly, and making meaning of an often confusing world. In an era when toys come from television and media companies sell videos as brain-builders for babies, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity, and health, showing us how and why to preserve the space for make believe that children need to lead fulfilling and meaningful lives.
Minders of Make-believe
Author: Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395674079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marcus offers this animated history of the visionaries--editors, illustrators, and others--whose books have transformed American childhood and American culture.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395674079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Marcus offers this animated history of the visionaries--editors, illustrators, and others--whose books have transformed American childhood and American culture.
Molly Make-Believe
Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pen pals
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Recovering from a long illness, Boston businessman Carl Stanton is unable to accompany his fiancée Cornelia on a mid-winter trip to warm and sunny Jacksonville. Lonely, bored, and disappointed in Cornelia's lack of affection, Carl decides to answer an advertisement from the Serial-Letter Company, which promises real letters, delivering comfort and entertainment, from imaginary persons. Carl signs up for their love letter program, thinking he might have a bit of fun, and teach his fiancée a lesson in the process.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pen pals
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Recovering from a long illness, Boston businessman Carl Stanton is unable to accompany his fiancée Cornelia on a mid-winter trip to warm and sunny Jacksonville. Lonely, bored, and disappointed in Cornelia's lack of affection, Carl decides to answer an advertisement from the Serial-Letter Company, which promises real letters, delivering comfort and entertainment, from imaginary persons. Carl signs up for their love letter program, thinking he might have a bit of fun, and teach his fiancée a lesson in the process.
Make-Believe Ballrooms
Author: Peter J. Smith
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871133670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Dark days for Hal Andrews, New York artist and scion of an eccentric New England family. His cat has just died in a plunge from his apartment window. His brother Beck, manic-depressive and hopelessly nostalgic, is about to marry Lisa Lyman, heiress to the Family Wipes fortune and certifiably the world's most abominable girl. Their sister Fishie, an Olympic swimming champion who uses her television appearances to berate Hal, has recently shaved her head bald. And their father is withholding Hal's inheritance until he becomes more responsible, or at least until he's sixty-five. Hal's artwork clutters the floors of his girlfriend's apartment and does about as much for his putative gallery. Hoping for a genius grant and settling for a decrepit dog and a derisive girlfriend, Hal's optimism begins to wane as he descends into a moody twilit world of obscure urban horror. Therefore, when a wrong number from out of town walks into his life, the situation is grim. Mary-Ann Beavers and her hostile brother arrive in New York via Greyhound, in search of celebrities and success, both rare commodities back home in Patent, Texas. She snaps her chewing gum and writes wretched poetry; her brother has bad teeth and a temper to match. While Mary-Ann stalks Liza Minnelli in the supermarket and treasures the autograph of Dustin Hoffman's agent's sister, a darkness that lasts for days falls over Hal's new but awful apartment. There is light, however, at the end of the tunnel, and Hal, in spite of himself, will bask in it. Make-Believe Ballrooms captures the true contemporary dilemma in this tale of Hal's decline and rehabilitation in much-too-postmodern New York.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871133670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Dark days for Hal Andrews, New York artist and scion of an eccentric New England family. His cat has just died in a plunge from his apartment window. His brother Beck, manic-depressive and hopelessly nostalgic, is about to marry Lisa Lyman, heiress to the Family Wipes fortune and certifiably the world's most abominable girl. Their sister Fishie, an Olympic swimming champion who uses her television appearances to berate Hal, has recently shaved her head bald. And their father is withholding Hal's inheritance until he becomes more responsible, or at least until he's sixty-five. Hal's artwork clutters the floors of his girlfriend's apartment and does about as much for his putative gallery. Hoping for a genius grant and settling for a decrepit dog and a derisive girlfriend, Hal's optimism begins to wane as he descends into a moody twilit world of obscure urban horror. Therefore, when a wrong number from out of town walks into his life, the situation is grim. Mary-Ann Beavers and her hostile brother arrive in New York via Greyhound, in search of celebrities and success, both rare commodities back home in Patent, Texas. She snaps her chewing gum and writes wretched poetry; her brother has bad teeth and a temper to match. While Mary-Ann stalks Liza Minnelli in the supermarket and treasures the autograph of Dustin Hoffman's agent's sister, a darkness that lasts for days falls over Hal's new but awful apartment. There is light, however, at the end of the tunnel, and Hal, in spite of himself, will bask in it. Make-Believe Ballrooms captures the true contemporary dilemma in this tale of Hal's decline and rehabilitation in much-too-postmodern New York.
I Love You Just the Way You Are
Author: Rosie Greening
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781789479584
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A beautiful picture book with sweet, rhyming text.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781789479584
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A beautiful picture book with sweet, rhyming text.
Make-believe
Author: Dorothy G. Singer
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN: 9781557987174
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
For parents and teachers, this work presents more than 100 games and activities to foster both the imagination and a sense of play in children aged two to five. It consists of an easy-to-follow manual format that contains narrative sections which discuss the importance of imaginative play in the development of: intelligence; communiation and vocabulary; social skills; problem-solving skills; creativity; physical strength and agility; and healthy self-esteem. The narrative sections are followed by activities related to the skill set under discussion.
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN: 9781557987174
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
For parents and teachers, this work presents more than 100 games and activities to foster both the imagination and a sense of play in children aged two to five. It consists of an easy-to-follow manual format that contains narrative sections which discuss the importance of imaginative play in the development of: intelligence; communiation and vocabulary; social skills; problem-solving skills; creativity; physical strength and agility; and healthy self-esteem. The narrative sections are followed by activities related to the skill set under discussion.
The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband
Author: Julia Quinn
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062388185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this second of the Bridgerton Prequel series, following Because of Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. While you were sleeping... With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie... I told everyone I was your wife When Edward comes to, he's more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out three months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married. He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is—even if he does not recall her face—and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he'd always assumed he'd marry his neighbor back in England. If only it were true... Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself—completely—to the man she loves. But when the truth comes out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs. Rokesby.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062388185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In this second of the Bridgerton Prequel series, following Because of Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. While you were sleeping... With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie... I told everyone I was your wife When Edward comes to, he's more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out three months of his memory, but surely he would recall getting married. He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is—even if he does not recall her face—and with everyone calling her his wife, he decides it must be true, even though he'd always assumed he'd marry his neighbor back in England. If only it were true... Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself—completely—to the man she loves. But when the truth comes out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs. Rokesby.