The Lightmaker's Manifesto

The Lightmaker's Manifesto
Author: Karen Walrond
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1506469957

"Karen Walrond shines her light so we can find our own." —Brené Brown Many of us have strong convictions. We want to advocate for causes we care about--but which ones? We want to work for change--but will the emotional toll lead to burn out? Leadership coach, lawyer, photographer, and activist Karen Walrond knows that when you care deeply about the world, light can seem hard to find. But when your activism grows out of your joy--and vice versa--you begin to see light everywhere. In The Lightmaker's Manifesto, Walrond helps us name the skills, values, and actions that bring us joy; identify the causes that spark our empathy and concern; and then put it all together to change the world. Creative and practical exercises, including journaling, daily intention-setting, and mindful self-compassion, are complemented by lively conversations with activists and thought leaders such as Valarie Kaur, Brené Brown, Tarana Burke, and Zuri Adele. With stories from around the world and wisdom from those leading movements for change, Walrond beckons readers toward lives of integrity, advocacy, conviction, and joy. By unearthing our passions and gifts, we learn how to joyfully advocate for justice, peace, and liberation. We learn how to become makers of light.

The Longings of Wayward Girls

The Longings of Wayward Girls
Author: Karen Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476724911

The unsolved mysteries precipitated by a harmless prank resurface twenty years later when a boy from Sadie's old neighborhood returns to town.

Pins & Needles

Pins & Needles
Author: Karen Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476739196

Winner of the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction In Pins and Needles, Karen Brown explores the dynamics of love and longing between mother and child, husband and wife, close friends, and virtual strangers, often peeling back the facade of a seemingly stable suburban life to reveal the secrets and transgressions that even good people can be guilty of. In “She Fell to Her Knees,” Nell inherits the neglected house in which her mother died years before, and begins an affair with the neighbor. The narrator of “Apparitions,” who has recently returned the blind grandson she was raising to the care of his mother, invites a confused young man into her home. In “The Ropewalk,” a bartender haunted by her abandonment of her own child aids a customer in a struggle for custody of her daughters. A pregnant teenager in “Unction” comes to accept the reality of her situation while working a summer job in a bookbinding shop. Annie, the young mother with a tragic past in “Pins and Needles,” leaves her infant daughter to go on an errand in a snowstorm, and picks up a boy she doesn't know. Evocative, sexy, and haunting, these are stories that readers won't soon forget.

Karen Brown's Ireland

Karen Brown's Ireland
Author: June Brown
Publisher: Karen Brown's Guides
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781933810065

Experience Dublin's fair city, kiss the Blarney stone, climb the Giant's Causeway and drive the Dingle Peninsula. Explore the Emerald Isle in all its glory with four detailed driving itineraries, and a walking tour of Dublin. Take time to stop at pubs, visit weavers, sample the best Irish whiskey, admire the skills of crystal cutters and traditional potters. Stay is a wide range of accommodation from traditional cottages to grand castles.

The Clairvoyants

The Clairvoyants
Author: Karen Brown
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1627797068

"A deliciously modern classic ghost story" —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists The Clairvoyants is Karen Brown’s most hypnotic novel to date--gothic-inflected psychological suspense that unmasks the secret desires of a young woman with a mystical gift On the family homestead by the sea where she grew up, Martha Mary saw ghosts. As a young woman, she hopes to distance herself from those spirits by escaping to an inland college town. There, she is absorbed by a budding romance, relieved by separation from an unstable sister, and disinterested in the flyers seeking information about a young woman who’s disappeared—until one Indian summer afternoon when the missing woman appears beneath Martha’s apartment window, wearing a down coat, her hair coated with ice.

InDognito

InDognito
Author:
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 0316042838

Hilarious, charming, and inventive, Indognito is Karen Ngo's visual treat for today's breed of dog lovers. A whimsical collection of stylishly photographed dog portraits, it affectionately embraces the quirky spirit of the primped pooch. Including humorous quotations, this book is sure to delight and inspire dog lovers of every age!