A Life of Dialogue

A Life of Dialogue
Author: Kenneth Paul Kramer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2016-05-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149828955X

In A Life of Dialogue: Love Letters to My Daughters, one finds an honest, unflinching, and authentic voice that creates a unique outlook on multiple sclerosis. Kramer juxtaposes the quest for spiritual awakening with hiding from the effects of his MS. In so doing, he offers poignant insights into living with an illness that is even now too little understood. Composed of short autobiographical letters to his two daughters, Kramer gracefully connects the personal with the universal, and the devastating emotions of MS with the unfinished joys of parenting--each bringing glimpses of new light. His spirituality informs seemingly mundane interactions with a refreshing candor. Turning toward others, trusting what is given, and responding openly, led him to becoming uniquely human in each interaction. This book is written in an uplifting and surprising way. It finds essential humanity through documenting triumphs within a life of ever-narrowing confines.

Papa's Own Girl

Papa's Own Girl
Author: Marie Howland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1874
Genre: American fiction
ISBN:

She's My Baby

She's My Baby
Author: Adrianne Byrd
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2014-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460370589

No husband, no boyfriend, no pets and definitely no children… These were the "rules" that took magazine CEO Leila Owens to the top. Always in charge, in control, she was never rattled. Until she finds a baby in her kitchen on Christmas—and a sexy neighbor wearing next to nothing knocking at her front door… Garrick Grayson didn't know whom to comfort first, the howling infant or the career diva without a clue. But with a little help, Leila's soon juggling bottles, naps and meetings, while Garrick is falling for adorable Emma—and gorgeous, feisty, maternally challenged Leila. Garrick had sworn off women married to their jobs; Leila had sworn off everything else. So why, when they were together, did things feel so…right?

The Letter

The Letter
Author: B.C. Burgess
Publisher: Bandit Publishing Company
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2017-03-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1940652901

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Layla's Happiness

Layla's Happiness
Author: Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2020-05-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1592703372

Seven-year-old Layla loves life! So she keeps a happiness book. What is happiness for her? For you? Spirited and observant, Layla’s a child who’s been given room to grow, making happiness both thoughtful and intimate. It’s her dad talking about growing-up in South Carolina; her mom reading poetry; her best friend Juan, the community garden, and so much more. Written by poet Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin, this is a story of flourishing within family and community.

Tell Me Something True

Tell Me Something True
Author: Leila Cobo
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446558273

A young Colombian-American woman uncovers the truth about her deceased mother's secret past in this beautiful and poignant debut novel from journalist Leila Cobo. Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the successful movie producer husband, and possibly, her only daughter. When Gabriella discovers a journal--a book that begins as a new mother's letters to her baby girl, but becomes a secret diary--the final entry leaves one question unanswered: the night her mother died, was she returning to Colombia to end an affair, or was she abandoning her family for good? Tell Me Something True is the bittersweet story of a daughter learning to see her mother as a woman, and not just a parent.

Truth to Tell

Truth to Tell
Author: Claire Lorrimer
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2014-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1444750836

1914: Lady Beaufort already has three boys and she certainly doesn't want another child. But her husband Aubrey has always dreamed of a daughter to fill the gap his sister left when she died tragically young. In contrast Harold and Copper Varney are expecting their first child and are over the moon about it. Their children Victoria and Leila meet when Lady Beaufort sends Victoria to the village school out of spite, jealous of her captivating daughter. Victoria's parents adore their only child Leila, though they are surprised she does not excel academically as her father did. Though Harold is an impoverished teacher, whose family have a meagre existence, he was a talented Oxford scholar. Despite the differences in their backgrounds, the two girls share a special friendship as well as a birthday; but before long both families start to fear something is wrong . . .

Winter’s Daughter

Winter’s Daughter
Author: Val Wood
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2022-11-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473598389

With her trademark warmth and powerful characters, Winter's Daughter is a stunning new Victorian saga - about a young child separated from her mother, and the family who bring her in from the cold. 'As always, Val tells it from the heart . . . A stirring story of faith, hope and charity will enthral you' Peterborough Telegraph Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little girl who speaks a language no one can understand. Some say that she came to the cellar with her mother, but no one knows where the mother is now. Concerned for the child's safety, James is unsure of what to do. Where has the girl's mother disappeared to? And what can be done to help the homeless who have lost the only shelter they knew? A stunning new story of family, love and the importance of kindness, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Val Wood. Praise for Val Wood: 'A heart-warming story filled with compelling action' Rosie Goodwin 'Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson' BBC Radio 4's Front Row 'Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories' Peterborough Telegraph 'With fully developed characters and a compelling story, it's no wonder the author won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction for her debut... A great choice for a book club' Belfast Telegraph

From Princess to Prisoner

From Princess to Prisoner
Author: Linda C. McJunckins
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1600342884

McJunckins presents the account of a daughter who relinquished her freedoms as a college student to an arduous life as a slave among strangers.