Raceless

Raceless
Author: Georgina Lawton
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0063009498

A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year From The Guardian’s Georgina Lawton, a moving examination of how racial identity is constructed—through the author’s own journey grappling with secrets and stereotypes, having been raised by white parents with no explanation as to why she looked black. Raised in sleepy English suburbia, Georgina Lawton was no stranger to homogeneity. Her parents were white; her friends were white; there was no reason for her to think she was any different. But over time her brown skin and dark, kinky hair frequently made her a target of prejudice. In Georgina’s insistently color-blind household, with no acknowledgement of her difference or access to black culture, she lacked the coordinates to make sense of who she was. It was only after her father’s death that Georgina began to unravel the truth about her parentage—and the racial identity that she had been denied. She fled from England and the turmoil of her home-life to live in black communities around the globe—the US, the UK, Nicaragua, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and Morocco—and to explore her identity and what it meant to live in and navigate the world as a black woman. She spoke with psychologists, sociologists, experts in genetic testing, and other individuals whose experiences of racial identity have been fraught or questioned in the hopes of understanding how, exactly, we identify ourselves. Raceless is an exploration of a fundamental question: what constitutes our sense of self? Drawing on her personal experiences and the stories of others, Lawton grapples with difficult questions about love, shame, grief, and prejudice, and reveals the nuanced and emotional journey of forming one’s identity.

Nanny Needed

Nanny Needed
Author: Georgina Cross
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2022-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008498210

‘Wow!! WTAF?!? JUST WOW!!!!... OMG did the hairs on the end of my arms raise!! My heart was absolutely pounding throughout and I was on the edge of my seat... Do not even attempt to start this until you have cleared your schedule...!!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bookworm86

The Marriage Lie

The Marriage Lie
Author: Kimberly Belle
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460396359

Bestselling author Kimberly Belle is back with a “domestic thriller [that] will keep you reading into the wee hours of the night.” —Redbook "Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will eat up Kimberly Belle's latest novel."—Bookreporter Everyone has secrets… Iris and Will have been married for seven years, and life is as close to perfect as it can be. But on the morning Will flies out for a business trip to Florida, Iris's happy world comes to an abrupt halt: another plane headed for Seattle has crashed into a field, killing everyone on board and, according to the airline, Will was one of the passengers. Grief stricken and confused, Iris is convinced it all must be a huge misunderstanding. Why did Will lie about where he was going? And what else has he lied about? As Iris sets off on a desperate quest to uncover what her husband was keeping from her, the answers she finds shock her to her very core. Be sure to check out Three Days Missing, the next page-turning novel by Kimberly Belle.

Finding Home in the Fourth Dimension

Finding Home in the Fourth Dimension
Author: Carole M. Lunde
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532039824

This book is about finding home in a world that obscures the spiritual nature of it, the fourth dimension. Beckys journey is my journey. The character herself is fictional, but her life experiences, thoughts, and feelings are mine. The other characters are from my life, but are given other parts to play in the story. The setting begins in 1986. Becky and her friends make their way through careers, growing beyond challenges of their past that limit them, into spirituality, freedom, and beyond. These characters brought up hidden emotions I didnt know were still there. As I created the characters, they taught me to look again at my responses to life with courage, love, and gentle humor. I thank Becky and her friends for giving me gifts I could not have found within myself without them. I gave them life, though only on paper, and they returned the favor by imprinting themselves on my heart. In Philippians 3:13, it says, Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God . . . Spirituality is our nature; the fourth dimension is our home.

The Missing Woman

The Missing Woman
Author: Georgina Cross
Publisher: Bookouture
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2021-01-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781838889425

They live in the big houses on the pretty street. Those other women, as we call them. And to think I used to want to be like them, to have their money and happiness, to live and laugh and play like them. Not any more. It's the fourth of July and the whole town is gathered at the local pool. Through the sweltering afternoon, we single mothers don't mix with the other women-the ones with the perfect lives and happy marriages. Women like Sabine Miller. But when Sabine shoots me a desperate look across the water and suddenly disappears, my blood runs cold... Running to the back gate, all I find is a silver charm bracelet she dropped on her way out. I convince myself I'm imagining things until Sabine's husband Mark appears. When he realizes she's missing, he phones the cops straight away. "Someone has been threatening Sabine," he says. "Now they've kidnapped her." Hours later, I wish I'd run faster. The whole town is searching the streets, calling Sabine's name over and over. On the TV, Mark is begging for someone to bring his wife home. The truth is, I was the last person to see her alive-and it's killing me inside. Now the cops are at my door asking questions. I'm terrified they'll find out what happened years ago between me and Sabine. Something I've never told anyone. But I need to tell someone. Can you keep a secret? From bestselling author Georgina Cross, the most exciting new voice in suspense, comes a twisted and unputdownable psychological thriller about the power and damage of secrets behind closed doors. Perfect for anyone who was totally hooked by The Wife Between Us, Big Little Lies or Gone Girl. Readers are utterly gripped by Georgina Cross! "Wow!! Where do I begin? What an absolutely gripping, intense psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, flying through the pages and full of suspense!!... I cannot wait to read more books by the very talented Georgina Cross who I will definitely be adding to my top authors list!!! A mind-blowing, suspense-filled, psychological, page-turning thriller!!!" Goodreads Reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Georgina's Reasons

Georgina's Reasons
Author: Henry James
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8726587262

"...her singularity took the form of a charm which—once circumstances had made them so intimate—it was impossible to resist or conjure away." The beautiful New Yorker, Georgina Gressie, causes distress to her rich family when she announces that she wishes to marry Raymond Benyon, a penniless navy lieutenant. They marry secretly and have a child which she gives to an Italian woman during a trip to Europe... Georgina then proceeds to marry another man. But why? Discover Georgina's reasons behind her peculiar actions in this romance novel, full of plot twists and unexpected turns. Henry James (1843 – 1916) is regarded one of the greatest novelists in the English language. Born in the United States, but mainly living and working in Europe, he was largely occupied with the clash of personalities and cultures between the Old World and the New World. He explored this topic in his famous novels 'The Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Wings of the Dove'. James was thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Planthunter

The Planthunter
Author: Georgina Reid
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1604699647

An exciting and refreshing call to arms, The Planthunter is a new generation of gardening book for a new generation of gardener that encourages readers to fall in love with the natural world by falling in love with plants.

Scene of the Crime: Baton Rouge

Scene of the Crime: Baton Rouge
Author: Carla Cassidy
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460341007

Two FBI agents—and former lovers—team up to bring down a serial killer in New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy's latest crime scene book Seven people have disappeared and it's up to FBI agent Alexander Harkins and his team to bring them all home safely. But when he discovers his ex-wife, Georgina Beaumont, is part of that team, he's forced to make peace with his past in order to stay focused on the mission. Georgina is a stark reminder of the life he once had, and working together will mean trying to forget the woman he still loves. Then the killer shifts focus onto Georgina—forcing them to seek solace in one another—and Alexander is reminded just how much he stands to lose.

A Jersey Kiss

A Jersey Kiss
Author: Georgina Troy
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2018-06-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781720980506

People say that it's hard not to fall in love living on the sunny island of Jersey, but for Bea Philips, still reeling from a divorce and the loss of her beloved godmother, she's not sure she can find the time. While her soon-to-be-ex-husband is trying to take away the home she grew up in, surly but attractive builder Luke is doing it up. Her old flame Tom has just turned up as her new manager at the office, and she has no idea what the mysterious Jersey Kiss is that her godmother has bequeathed to her... Is life going to give Bea a break, so she can keep her dream home, and maybe fall in love? And what exactly is a Jersey Kiss?