In Honor of Broken Things

In Honor of Broken Things
Author: Paul Acampora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1984816659

Three unlikely friends become partners in heartbreak and hope during a middle school pottery class in this powerful, poignant novel—perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Lynda Mullaly Hunt. At West Beacon Middle School, eighth graders Oscar Villanueva, Riley Baptiste, and Noah Wright become unlikely friends during Introduction to Clay class. Oscar, a football star, just lost his little sister to cancer. Riley's been dragged away from Philadelphia by her single mom to a new life in West Beacon, a tiny Pennsylvania coal town that's smaller than Riley's old school. Noah's spent his whole life as a homeschooler and just started West Beacon Middle School as a result of his parents' train wreck of a divorce. Through art, football, failure, faith, and trust, the friends help one another to piece things back together again. In true friendship, they also discover that some injuries may never heal, some things can never be unbroken—and that's okay too.

The Book of Broken Hearts

The Book of Broken Hearts
Author: Sarah Ockler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2013-05-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1442430400

When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A “touching father-daughter story” (Kirkus Reviews) from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer. Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one. Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas? Jude tells herself it’s strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude’s defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she’s speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong? Jude may have taken an oath, but she’s beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking.

Heartbreak Symphony

Heartbreak Symphony
Author: Laekan Zea Kemp
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316460338

Clap When You Land meets On the Come Up in this heart-gripping story about navigating first love and overcoming grief through the power of music. Aarón Medrano has been haunted by the onstage persona of his favorite DJ ever since his mother passed away. He seems to know all of Aarón’s deepest fears, like how his brain doesn’t work the way it should and that’s why his brother and father seem to be pushing him away. He thinks his ticket out is a scholarship to the prestigious Acadia School of Music. That is, if he can avoid blowing his audition. Mia Villanueva has a haunting of her own and it’s the only family heirloom her parents left her: doubt. It’s the reason she can’t overcome her stage fright or believe that her music is worth making. Even though her trumpet teacher tells her she has a gift, she’s not sure if she’ll ever figure out how to use it or if she’s even deserving of it in the first place. When Aarón and Mia cross paths, Aarón sees a chance to get close to the girl he’s had a crush on for years and to finally feel connected to someone since losing his mother. Mia sees a chance to hold herself accountable by making them both face their fears, and hopefully make their dreams come true. But soon they’ll realize there’s something much scarier than getting up on stage—falling in love with a broken heart.

Ladyparts

Ladyparts
Author: Deborah Copaken
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1984855492

A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart—from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe “The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of healing.”—Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE I’m crawling around on the bathroom floor, picking up pieces of myself. These pieces are not a metaphor. They are actual pieces. Twenty years after her iconic memoir Shutterbabe, Deborah Copaken is at her darkly comedic nadir: battered, broke, divorcing, dissected, and dying—literally—on sexism’s battlefield as she scoops up what she believes to be her internal organs into a glass container before heading off to the hospital . . . in an UberPool. Ladyparts is Copaken’s irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce, solo motherhood, healthcare Frogger, unaffordable childcare, shady landlords, her father’s death, college tuitions, sexual harassment, corporate indifference, ageism, sexism, and plain old bad luck. Plus seven serious illnesses, one atop the other, which provide the book’s narrative skeleton: vagina, uterus, breast, heart, cervix, brain, and lungs. Copaken bounces back from each bum body part, finds workarounds for every setback—she transforms her home into a commune to pay rent, sells her soul for health insurance, turns FBI informant when her sexual harasser gets a presidential appointment—but in her slippery struggle to survive a steep plunge off the middle-class ladder, she is suddenly awoken to what it means to have no safety net. Side-splittingly funny one minute, a freak horror show the next, quintessentially American throughout, Ladyparts is an era-defining memoir.

Consolations

Consolations
Author: David Whyte
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2019-11-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1786897644

In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.

Honor Girl

Honor Girl
Author: Maggie Thrash
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2024-09-30
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1536246042

“Thrash has so carefully and skillfully captured a universal moment. . . . A luminescent memoir not to be missed.”— Kirkus Reviews (starred review) All-girl camp. First love. First heartbreak. At once romantic and devastating, brutally honest and full of humor, this graphic-novel memoir is a debut of the rarest sort.

Encouragement for Today

Encouragement for Today
Author: Renee Swope
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310336295

Pull away from the things that pull you down and find lasting encouragement for today. The women at Proverbs 31 Ministries offer 100 devotions of wit, wisdom, and encouragement for women. For twenty years the P31 team has equipped and encouraged nearly a million women to live in the power of God’s truths that apply to their everyday life. Written by women from every walk of life, you will find inspiration to live authentically and fully grounded in the Word of God. The P31 Team shares from the realities of everyday life including highs and lows, humorous stories and tender moments. You will be drawn toward the truths God offers and enabled to rise above and become all God created you to be.

Strange Truth

Strange Truth
Author: Maggie Thrash
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1534411283

From the critically acclaimed author of Honor Girl, comes a “sassy, sultry whodunit” (School Library Journal) set in an Atlanta boarding school that’s infused with subversive humor and featuring a cast of bizarre and unforgettable characters. It’s better to know the truth. At least sometimes. Halfway through Friday night’s football game, beautiful cheerleader Brittany Montague—dressed as the giant Winship Wildcat mascot—hurls herself off a bridge into Atlanta’s surging Chattahoochee River. Just like that, she’s gone. Eight days later, Benny Flax and Virginia Leeds will be the only ones who know why. Their search for the truth reveals a web of depravity hiding in plain sight at their picture perfect school. When love becomes obsession, how far will someone go to make their twisted fantasies a reality? And who has the power to stop them? A twisty, turny mystery loaded with the perfect punch of satire and heart.

Heartbreak and Honor

Heartbreak and Honor
Author: Collette Cameron
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781954307001

Who knew that being abducted by a band of renegade Scots would be the least of her concerns? Highland gypsy Tasara, has no use for aristocrats. She especially doesn't like the arrogant nobleman who rescued her and tried to steal a kiss in the process. No good can come from spending time with him-distractingly handsome though he may be. But everything changes when she learns she's actually Alexandra Atterberry, a long-lost heiress. Now, she must take her proper place in a society she wants no part of, amidst jealous people who might very well be plotting her demise. Perhaps she has use for her roguish rescuer after all... Lucan, Duke of Harcourt, promised his ailing mother he'd find a suitable wife by Christmas. But the feisty, knife-wielding Scottish Highland lass he rescued? Tasara isn't at all suitable. However, she is everything he could ever want in a bride-and the simpering ladies of the haut ton pale in comparison. All he has to do is help Alexa overcome her aversion to the English, the nobility, and most of all, him. With danger and intrigue plaguing their every move, can these two polar opposites find common ground on the road to happily ever after? __________ Historical romance at its sizzling best! This tantalizing Scottish Regency by a USA Today bestselling author will have you on the edge of your seat and sighing in delight! You'll eagerly escape into this page-turner and cheer as Lucan and Alexa, at last, admit their love for each other. If you enjoy reading arranged marriages and enemies to lovers stories packed with suspense, a dash of humor, and heartwarming emotion, then you'll adore Collette Cameron's passionate HIGHLAND HEATHER ROMANCING A SCOT Series. Buy HEARTBREAK AND HONOR today and settle into your favorite reading nook for an unforgettable historical romance escapade you can't put down. Though this book can easily be read as a stand-alone, most readers prefer to read the series in order. HIGHLAND HEATHER ROMANCING A SCOT: Triumph and Treasure Virtue and Valor Heartbreak and Honor Scandal's Splendor Passion and Plunder Seductive Surrender A Yuletide Highlander CHECK OUT COLLETTE'S OTHER SERIES: Castle Brides Heart of a Scot Seductive Scoundrels The Blue Rose Regency Romances: The Culpepper Misses The Honorable Rogues(R) Wicked Earls' Club

The Rules of Heartbreak

The Rules of Heartbreak
Author: Brittany Taylor
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-04
Genre:
ISBN:

I never used to live my life by rules. At least not until my fiancé betrayed me, turning my entire world upside down. Unsure of how to move on, my luck seemed to suddenly change. My estranged mother's last gift to me before she died landed on my doorstep, giving me the opportunity to start my life over. I snatched up the chance to leave my life behind in Minnesota, opening my arms up to the hot, sunny weather of Texas. It was easy to start over in unfamiliar territory, my unofficial rules of heartbreak worn on my chest like a badge of honor. But along with the house my mother left came a new neighbor. An obnoxious neighbor with dangerous glaring eyes and a set of abs that should be considered illegal. He was mysterious and full of secrets, a story hidden behind his hard exterior. Before I knew it, Dallas Beckett was about to break all my rules. I just didn't realize he had his own set, and I was about to put every one of them to the test.