My Grandma's Angels

My Grandma's Angels
Author: Leah Beck
Publisher: Winepress Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781579213084

The true story of a little girl's dream in which angels visited her and said they were taking her Grandmother to Heaven to see Jesus; on that same night her Grandmother dies unexpectedly.

Mom & Me & Mom

Mom & Me & Mom
Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-04-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0679645470

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother. Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick! The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. The subsequent feelings of abandonment stayed with Angelou for years, but their reunion, a decade later, began a story that has never before been told. In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou dramatizes her years reconciling with the mother she preferred to simply call “Lady,” revealing the profound moments that shifted the balance of love and respect between them. Delving into one of her life’s most rich, rewarding, and fraught relationships, Mom & Me & Mom explores the healing and love that evolved between the two women over the course of their lives, the love that fostered Maya Angelou’s rise from immeasurable depths to reach impossible heights. Praise for Mom & Me & Mom “Mom & Me & Mom is delivered with Angelou’s trademark good humor and fierce optimism. If any resentments linger between these lines, if lives are partially revealed without all the bitter details exposed, well, that is part of Angelou’s forgiving design. As an account of reconciliation, this little book is just revealing enough, and pretty irresistible.”—The Washington Post “Moving . . . a remarkable portrait of two courageous souls.”—People “[The] latest, and most potent, of her serial autobiographies . . . [a] tough-minded, tenderhearted addition to Angelou’s spectacular canon.”—Elle “Mesmerizing . . . Angelou has a way with words that can still dazzle us, and with her mother as a subject, Angelou has a near-perfect muse and mystery woman.”—Essence

Riddles of Belief...and Love: A Story

Riddles of Belief...and Love: A Story
Author: Lin Zhe
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2010
Genre: China
ISBN: 1608442845

Beijing-based writer Lin Zhe's novel Waipode Gucheng, on which this translation is faithfully based, paints an unforgettable picture of an "ordinary" family caught up in the maelstrom that was China's most recent century. Her narrative ranges across the entire length of China, to California and back again, to the battlefields of the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance and the brutal "struggle" sessions of the Cultural Revolution. But it always returns to this family's home in Old Town, that archetypical, old-fashioned, and vanishing place steeped in the traditions of South China. Ms. Lin examines the inner strength that sustains people's lives in their darkest hours, when religious and political faith falter. And yet, a vein of irony and droll humor runs through this powerful story. Lin Zhe's novel may be understood as a love story, memoir, history, or allegory. For the non-Chinese reader it provides a rare and moving insight into Chinese lives in a century of fearsome upheaval.

How My Mother Became My Guardian Angel

How My Mother Became My Guardian Angel
Author: Brenda Jenkins
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2011-01-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1456833723

How my mother became my guardian angel is a bookbased on my life after losing my beautiful mother. I was 18 years old with an 8 month old baby not knowing where I was going to go. My life then became a huge struggle; I became homeless, physically and mentally abused. I started screaming and crying for my mother which took me into a dark grieving depression. The only person that took me out of that stage is the person I walk with everyday. His name is Jesus Christ a friend of mine who came and saved me in my darkest days. How my mother became my guardian angel is only the beginning of my brightest and beautiful days. My mother was such a strong beautiful black WOMAN whom GOD made with his delicate hands. After we all had lost our mother my family came to an ugly end. During my struggles and all my pain; I reached up and grabbed a hold of GOD's hand, but one thing our heavenly father did for me is brought my mother in my dreams over and over again. The sun was so pretty and bright the way she came into my life, but when I opened my eyes and saw the daylight it was time to put up my biggest fights. She helped me get through so many struggles and away from people that weren't right in my life. At first when I started dreaming of her I woke up saying, "Something isn't right." Until the day came when I noticed my dreams were only here to strengthen me throughout my life. My mother always told us that she wasn't going to be here forever, but before she leaves this place she wished we would all get it together. I was so young growing up listening to her repeat those words over and over, but one thing I did not know is how her death was the beginning of my deepest darkest struggles. So as you read my story, do yourself a favor and go put on your favorite robe, because once your done reading my story your worries should become very old. I'm dedicating this book to my mother because she could've gone upstairs to heaven and said my job on earth isfinally done. However, as a result of my struggles and screaming her name in pain, she came back in my life to help guide me until my strength I finally regained. I remember one dream I had with her, she was walking on grass sounding like glass "click, click, click", she was waving her hand and smiling at me telling me to tell everyone. I couldn't figure out that dream to save my life! However, after writing this book, now I can say; consider it a job well done!

LaToya Ruby Frazier

LaToya Ruby Frazier
Author: LaToya Ruby Frazier
Publisher: Aperture Foundation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9781597113816

"The Notion of Family, offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America's small towns, as embodied by her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. The work also considers the impact of that decline on the community and on her family, creating a statement both personal and truly political-- an intervention in the histories and narratives of the region. Frazier has compellingly set her story of three generations--her Grandma Ruby, her mother, and herself--against larger questions of civic belonging and responsibility. The work documents her own struggles and interactions with family and the expectations of community, and includes the documentation of the demise of Braddock's only hospital, reinforcing the idea that the history of a place is frequently written on the body as well as the landscape."--Publisher's website.

Breaking Soulties Part I

Breaking Soulties Part I
Author: Travail Wright
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2013-05-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1481751204

The book of Soulties is about a litte girl who from the beginning of her life of entering into the world is faced with some very difficult challenges. This is the first time that God began performing miracles, but it would not be the last! Thankfully she comes from a family of believers who knew how to go before the Lord and have the faith to believe that He would perform miracles, but as she grew up her life began taking turns that would lead her astray until her life was plagued with some serious health issues and after being told to prepare for her funeral did she learn that this was the first time in her life that she had to go to God for herself. This book is about why the enemy tries to attack as soon as we enter into this world and how God is fighting for us to make the right decisions because he knows what He has in store for our lives! It's all about exposing the enemy and moving forward into the things of God.

Confessions of a Closet Medium Books 1-3 Special Edition (Three Supernatural Southern Cozy Mysteries about a Reluctant Ghost Whisperer)

Confessions of a Closet Medium Books 1-3 Special Edition (Three Supernatural Southern Cozy Mysteries about a Reluctant Ghost Whisperer)
Author: Nyx Halliwell
Publisher: Beach Path Publishing, LLC.
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2021-07-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Small-town murder mysteries, a reluctant ghost whisperer, a quirky guardian angel, a cantankerous cat, and more! Ava Fantome sees ghosts, but lordy, she wishes she didn’t! Returning to her family home in Georgia after her Aunt Willa is murdered, she must take charge of her aunt’s business, live with a shape-shifting cat, cope with small town secrets, and deal with poltergeists, cursed objects, and malevolent spirits…and then there are the townsfolk who don’t want her messing in their affairs. It all adds up to magic, murder, laughter and love. This boxed set includes the first three humorous paranormal cozies in the Confessions of a Closet Medium series, featuring reluctant ghost-whisperer, Ava, and her talking cat, Tabby. If you love ghost stories, southern manners, and eccentric characters, welcome to Thornhollow! Enjoy this chance to binge read the first three books with this special boxed collection! ★ WHY READERS LOVE Confessions of a Closet Medium ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “…totally enchanting.” ~ Goodreads reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Amazing read! Could not put it down!” ~ Goodreads reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Put this one at the top of your TBR list.” ~ Reader review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “…a must-read.” ~ Goodreads reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “…quirky and entertaining.” ~ Reader review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “…quirky, engaging, and fun.” ~ Goodreads reviewer

Lethargy Saga Divano - Book 1

Lethargy Saga Divano - Book 1
Author: Jessica Galera Andreu
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2021-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1071586726

The world of Tayra stops with the death of her boyfriend Alex in a fatal car accident. Everything that remained to be said and done takes on special meaning with the appearance of three strange people who claim to be angels and who are looking for the soul of one of their own, reincarnated in a human, whom they have to find before a fallen finds him. make. Tayra's chaotic existence is further accentuated if possible, although also, thanks to them, she is finally able to find an explanation for the mysterious presences that have haunted her for several months and to which she was beginning to get used to. Asalian, Diorah and Deos bring her up to date about a disorder between worlds that causes the possibility of passing from one dimension to another, parallel lives, where strangers can be friends; friends, strangers, and the dead may be alive. Different lives, different paths, and other decisions that generate an unknown existence for her. Tayra is forced to put her life in the hands of the three. The irrepressible attraction that Deos exerts on her will meet against her unconditional love for Alex, dragging her squarely into the Ancestral war between good and evil, a battle as old as her own feelings.

Angel over My Shoulder

Angel over My Shoulder
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2004
Genre: Angels
ISBN: 9781610594875

Angel Blessings meets half full in this inspiring collection of 40 true stories illustrating the protection, love, and joy guardian angels bring into our lives. This book marries two best-selling trends--angels and heartwarming story collections.

A House of Stone Is Forever

A House of Stone Is Forever
Author: Gary Griffith
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1475962479

Life in the village of Blackwood, Michigan, is one defined by natural beauty, regionalism, and a strong sense of what it means to be Welsh. In this collection of intertwined short stories and novellas, the fictional residents of this beautiful region come to life. Travel from the 1920s to the near future as these stories explore themes of survival and community pride. In 1922, the Dee family struggles to rise out of poverty and see the dream of a house built of stone come to life in the opening story, A House of Stone Is Forever, Part One. To them, a stone house is more than simple shelter; it is a promise of continued survival in a house that is built to endure all the storms they may face over the years. When the house is completed, the family buries a treasurean archive to ensure that their story is known by future generations. As the years pass, the Blackwood community members struggle to adjust to the social and cultural changes that inevitably find their way into their idyllic community. And as the villagers attempt to exert increasing control over the environment, they may not be ready to pay the price theyll be forced to pay. Presenting a series of coming-of-age stories with environmental implications, A House of Stone Is Forever follows one familys hopes and dreams for immortality.