Hell parental home

Hell parental home
Author: Jacqueline Padberg
Publisher: tredition
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2024-03-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3384182065

In the first part of René's biography, Emilie from 'Crime scene: Parental Home' recounts the terrible experiences of her second half-brother René. Unlike Lars, Emilie's first half-brother, he did not take his own life. Like his older brother Lars, René experiences abuse and torture at the hands of his stepfather in the GDR in the 1970s. For his sadistic stepfather Bert, violence is always a solution. For him, child abuse is part of everyday life. René is scalded with hot water by Bert. He also threatens his grandparents with a knife because he doesn't want to leave and go home. René also often has to watch his older brother Lars being sexually abused in the cellar. At the time, however, he is too young to realize that this is sexual abuse. The biography is based on true events that make you sad, angry and saddened. They reveal the incomprehensible suffering of little René in his parents' home, in the children's home and with his foster family.

Where the Hell Were Your Parents?

Where the Hell Were Your Parents?
Author: Nathan Weathington
Publisher: Where the Hell Were Your Paren
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781927559406

"A coming-of-age true story about what happens when you let your kids run feral--half Goodfellas, half Stand By Me, and three-quarters Dukes of Hazzard"--Page 4 of cover.

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Author: Robert Dugoni
Publisher: Center Point
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781638086901

Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called "Devil Boy" or Sam "Hell" by his classmates; "God's will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother's devout faith, his father's practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends.

A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea

A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea
Author: Dina Nayeri
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110160199X

From the author of Refuge, a magical novel about a young Iranian woman lifted from grief by her powerful imagination and love of Western culture. Growing up in a small rice-farming village in 1980s Iran, eleven-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister, Mahtab, are captivated by America. They keep lists of English words and collect illegal Life magazines, television shows, and rock music. So when her mother and sister disappear, leaving Saba and her father alone in Iran, Saba is certain that they have moved to America without her. But her parents have taught her that “all fate is written in the blood,” and that twins will live the same life, even if separated by land and sea. As she grows up in the warmth and community of her local village, falls in and out of love, and struggles with the limited possibilities in post-revolutionary Iran, Saba envisions that there is another way for her story to unfold. Somewhere, it must be that her sister is living the Western version of this life. And where Saba’s world has all the grit and brutality of real life under the new Islamic regime, her sister’s experience gives her a freedom and control that Saba can only dream of. Filled with a colorful cast of characters and presented in a bewitching voice that mingles the rhythms of Eastern storytelling with modern Western prose, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea is a tale about memory and the importance of controlling one’s own fate.

To Hell with All That

To Hell with All That
Author: Caitlin Flanagan
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0316186538

From The New Yorker's most entertaining and acerbic wit comes a controversial reassessment of the rituals and events that shape women's lives: weddings, sex, housekeeping, and motherhood.

Prom Dates from Hell

Prom Dates from Hell
Author: Rosemary Clement-Moore
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008-04-22
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375849076

Maggie Quinn, girl reporter. Honors student, newspaper staffer, yearbook photographer. Six weeks from graduation and all she wants to do is get out of Avalon High in one piece. A sensible nerd would have kept her head down, done her drive-by photo shoot of the prom, and continued the countdown to Deploma Day. But fate seems to have different plans for Maggie. High school may be a natural breeding ground for evil, but the scent of fire and brimstone is still a little out of the ordinary. It's the distinct smell of sulfur that makes Maggie suspect that something's a bit off. And when real Twilight Zone stuff starts happening to the school's ruling clique—the athletic elite and the head cheerleader and her minions, all of whom happen to be named Jessica—Maggie realizes it's up to her to get in touch with her inner Nancy Drew and ferret out who unleashed the ancient evil before all hell breaks loose. Maggie has always suspected that prom is the work of the devil, but it looks like her attendance will be mandatory. Sometimes a girl's got to do some pretty undesirable things if she wants to save her town from soul-crushing demons from hell. And the cheerleading squad. "Dripping with wit on nearly every page."-School Library Journal "Smart (and smart-ass)."-KLIATT "There is a lot to like in this story that takes on magic, romance, and even clique politics."-Publisher's Weekly "Fans of shows like Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer will relish the unflappable, edgy humor Maggie brings to her fight against supernatural evil."-The Horn Book Magazine "Sharp, sarcastic wit...[This book] will appeal to supernatural fans of Meg Cabot's Mediator series."-VOYA

X3

X3
Author: Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2015-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1326408690

X3 is a diverse and intriguing collection of stories which are weird, unclassifiable and experimental... dive into this eclectic mix and enjoy a wide range of stories from Thirteen's impressive authors who raided their archives for unpublished extraordinary tales - and look out for more editions soon.

Shaking the Gates of Hell

Shaking the Gates of Hell
Author: John Archibald
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0525658114

On growing up in the American South of the 1960s—an all-American white boy—son of a long line of Methodist preachers, in the midst of the civil rights revolution, and discovering the culpability of silence within the church. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for The Birmingham News. "My dad was a Methodist preacher and his dad was a Methodist preacher," writes John Archibald. "It goes all the way back on both sides of my family. When I am at my best, I think it comes from that sermon place." Everything Archibald knows and believes about life is "refracted through the stained glass of the Southern church. It had everything to do with people. And fairness. And compassion." In Shaking the Gates of Hell, Archibald asks: Can a good person remain silent in the face of discrimination and horror, and still be a good person? Archibald had seen his father, the Rev. Robert L. Archibald, Jr., the son and grandson of Methodist preachers, as a moral authority, a moderate and a moderating force during the racial turbulence of the '60s, a loving and dependable parent, a forgiving and attentive minister, a man many Alabamians came to see as a saint. But was that enough? Even though Archibald grew up in Alabama in the heart of the civil rights movement, he could recall few words about racial rights or wrongs from his father's pulpit at a time the South seethed, and this began to haunt him. In this moving and powerful book, Archibald writes of his complex search, and of the conspiracy of silence his father faced in the South, in the Methodist Church and in the greater Christian church. Those who spoke too loudly were punished, or banished, or worse. Archibald's father was warned to guard his words on issues of race to protect his family, and he did. He spoke to his flock in the safety of parable, and trusted in the goodness of others, even when they earned none of it, rising through the ranks of the Methodist Church, and teaching his family lessons in kindness and humanity, and devotion to nature and the Earth. Archibald writes of this difficult, at times uncomfortable, reckoning with his past in this unadorned, affecting book of growth and evolution.

My Dirty Fairytale

My Dirty Fairytale
Author: Tracee Boyd
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2017-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1648407226

Marriage is give and take, but at what point do you stop giving when you realize all your spouse is doing is taking? Holliday was raised to be a submissive woman who puts her man first, but what happens when the same man you would lay your life down for is now sucking the life out of you? Growing up, all Holliday wanted was a husband to love her and a child to raise. Simple enough, right? Well she has both, but not under the circumstances she dreamed of. Her husband starts cheating before the ink dries on their marriage certificate, and her stepdaughter, Bell, can’t stand her, because she sees how much Holliday puts up with from her father. Rush is running around Detroit as if his name isn’t signed on any marriage certificate while his daughter, Bell, is trying to hide under a rock from the embarrassment of her father’s whorish ways and Holliday’s docile personality. Love can be bliss, or love can be toxic... It all depends on who you decide to give it to. Love is powerful, and it can make you do some insane things. Love can either make you feel like you’re walking on air, or it can make you want to cut the air supply from the person who’s causing you heartache. In Holliday’s case, she’s gone through so much drama with her husband Rush that she’s lost her identity and all her self-respect. but when Rush and his cheating takes a new turn and brings someone deadly into their fold, Holliday wakes up. Rush has never honored his wedding vows to Holliday, and working at Ford Motor Plant is a cheating man’s dream with all the young women coming and going; he’s basically had his cake and a mouthful too. But when the past invades his home, reality sets in, and he starts to realize that maybe his family is worth more than burying his head in between every set of open legs offered to him! Karma comes back to bite Rush in the ass, but he’s been so messy, he’s not sure who’s trying to ruin him or how to stop the bleeding. Holliday must decide if being married is more important than her sanity, and Rush will have to come to terms that mixing business and pleasure can be deadly. This couple is forced to learn a hard lesson, but who will be the one to learn? Rush or Holliday?

The Family Home

The Family Home
Author: L. H. Stacey
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2024-11-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1801626103

Pre-order the BRAND-NEW psychological thriller from bestselling author L H Stacey. Nothing is as perfect as it seems... Hattie Gilby has not been back to her family home since the devastating events that took place there years ago. Events that changed Hattie and which continue to haunt her today. But one phone call changes everything. Now Hattie is going back to her family home to face her brothers, Adam and Luke and to hear the last words of her dying mother. Imogen Gilby hasn’t spoken a word since the night she was beaten almost to death and her husband was murdered. But now it’s time to reveal the truth about what happened that night and the secrets that almost destroyed her. Hattie isn’t sure she wants to know the truth. And it seems someone close to them will do anything to make sure the secrets stay hidden forever... Another chilling read from bestselling author L H Stacey guarenteed to keep you up all night! Perfect for fans of Valerie Keogh, J.A. Baker and Diana Wilkinson. 'Captivating and chilling, with an ending I didn’t see coming!' Bestselling author Alex Stone 'A fabulous book that hooks you in and won't let you go till the very last page!' Bestselling author J.A. Baker ‘Dark and dramatic, with an explosive ending’ Bestselling author Diane Saxon 'A must read - highly original, impossible to put down, tense, dark, absolutely riveting' Mary Grand 'L. H. Stacey knows how to write a psychological thriller and is very adept at building suspense throughout' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 'L. H. Stacey is a fantastic storyteller - setting the scene in a very descriptive way and bringing characters to life that you just have to emphasize with - so much emotion!' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review