Patrick Loves Love

Patrick Loves Love
Author: Sophie Sinclair
Publisher: Sophie Sinclair
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2021-06-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Patrick Healy loves his friends, loves his job, and loves all things Harry Potter. But when it comes to falling in love, he hasn’t found his match. Until he meets Kelsey Elliot, the older sister to his friend Nick. All it took was one night, and he was hooked. But Patrick discovers that Kelsey is hiding a secret. Convinced she needs his help to untangle herself from whatever she’s gotten herself into, he quickly discovers that maybe love isn’t enough to fix Kelsey’s broken dreams or her heart. Kelsey Elliot is done with love. After a dismal breakup and living on her parents’ couch, she decides to go to Miami with her brother and sister-in-law for a change of scenery and hopefully get a job interview at The Miami Times. Nothing is going to get in the way of her dream job as a journalist, especially not her brother’s hot friend, Patrick. Despite her resolve, old feelings are quickly rekindled when they live in the same house together. Now Kelsey has to decide if she can hold onto her dream and the man she’s fallen for, or if circumstances out of her control force her to choose between the two.

Safe, Wanted, and Loved

Safe, Wanted, and Loved
Author: Patrick Dylan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736417225

"Pat, we need to kill the dog." A chill ran down Patrick Dylan's spine as his wife spoke--psychosis had found their family again.When a sudden mental illness struck his wife, Patrick Dylan found himself living with an eerie stranger. Scared and unprepared, he began a desperate battle to protect her from a mysterious disease, shelter their children from her bizarre behavior, and recover the woman he loved.For years, Patrick and Mia Dylan enjoyed an intimate marriage that exemplified partnership. They worked together to create a loving home for their two children, enjoyed a close relationship with their extended family, and offered mutual support during hard times. But on the morning of Mia's thirty-ninth birthday, everything changed.Within weeks, she had been admitted to the emergency room, the hospital, and the local crisis facility, but none of the experts could provide an answer. As her illness eluded diagnosis, the family's struggle was only beginning. A brave memoir in the tradition of "Brain on Fire," Dylan's "Safe, Wanted, and Loved" is a compassionate, honest, and gripping account of a family navigating mental illness.

Love Grows Everywhere

Love Grows Everywhere
Author: Barry Timms
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0711264201

Love Grows Everywhere is a gentle and lyrical story that connects the love that nurtures plants with the love that nurtures our relationships with one another.

Critical Condition

Critical Condition
Author: Patrick Finn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781771121576

"Should we stop teaching critical thinking? Meant as a prompt to further discussion, Critical Condition questions the assumption that every student should be turned into a "critical thinker." The book starts with the pre-Socratics and the impact that Socrates' death had on his student Plato and traces the increasingly violent use of critical "attack" on a perceived opponent. From the Roman militarization of debate to the medieval Church's use of defence as a means of forcing confession and submission, the early phases of critical thinking were bound up in a type of attack that Finn suggests does not best serve intellectual inquiry. Recent developments have seen critical thinking become an ideology rather than a critical practice, with levels of debate devolving to the point where most debate becomes ad hominem. Far from arguing that we abandon critical inquiry, the author suggests that we emphasize a more open, loving system of engagement that is not only less inherently violent but also more robust when dealing with vastly more complex networks of information. This book challenges long-held beliefs about the benefits of critical thinking, which is shown to be far too linear to deal with the twenty-first century world." -- Publisher's description.

The Secrets of Love Story Bridge

The Secrets of Love Story Bridge
Author: Phaedra Patrick
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 148805634X

From the author of Rise and Shine Benedict Stone, now an original movie on Hallmark. “Patrick blends romance, mystery, and quirkiness to highly entertaining effect.” —Booklist “A wonderfully hope-filled story.” —Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author of The Cactus A single father gets an unexpected second chance at love. It’s summer in the city and passions are soaring along with the temperature—for everyone but Mitchell Fisher, who hates all things romance. He relishes his job cutting off the padlocks that couples fasten to the famous “love story” bridge. Only his young daughter, Poppy, knows that behind his prickly veneer, Mitchell still grieves the loss of her mother. Then one hot day, everything changes when Mitchell courageously rescues a woman who falls from the bridge into the river. He’s surprised to feel an unexpected connection to her, but she disappears before he can ask her name. Desperate to find out her identity, Mitchell is shocked to learn she’s been missing for almost a year. He teams up with her spirited sister, Liza, on a quest to find her again. However, she’s left only one clue behind—a message on the padlock she hung on the bridge. Brimming with Phaedra Patrick’s signature charm and a sparkling cast of characters, The Secrets of Love Story Bridge follows one man’s journey to unlock his heart and discover new beginnings in the unlikeliest places. Don’t miss Phaedra Patrick’s uplifting new novel, The Little Italian Hotel! Check out these other heartwarming stories from Phaedra Patrick: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone The Library of Lost and Found The Messy Lives of Book People

Release

Release
Author: Patrick Ness
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062403214

Inspired by Judy Blume’s Forever and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, this novel that Andrew Smith calls “beautiful, enchanting, [and] exquisitely written” is a new classic about teenage relationships, self-acceptance—and what happens when the walls we build start coming down. A Kirkus Best Book of 2017! Adam Thorn doesn’t know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam’s life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn’t he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adam’s life into chaos. The bindings of his world are coming untied one by one; yet in spite of everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release. From the New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting story about the courage it takes to live your truth.

A Sweet Obscurity

A Sweet Obscurity
Author: Patrick Gale
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2018-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472255453

Bittersweet and startling, A SWEET OBSCURITY is a novel of childhood, love and the consequences of how lives are lived. 'Intriguing and impressive. A memorable study of a child forced cruelly, even tragically, to grow up too soon' Sunday Times Since her mother's death, nine year old Dido has been living with her eccentric aunt, acting as peacekeeper between Eliza, her estranged husband Giles and his girlfriend. They are each cruelly burdened in different ways. Chance draws them down to Cornwall, where a country idyll offers to lighten their urban cares. Eliza falls in love with local farmer, Pearce, an event that causes the four adults to re-assess their lives, with some painful and unforeseen consequences for adults and child alike.

Love's Enlightenment

Love's Enlightenment
Author: Ryan Patrick Hanley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2017-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107105226

This book examines the transformation of the traditional understanding of love by four key Enlightenment thinkers - Hume, Adam Smith, Rousseau and Kant.

Mother of the Brontës

Mother of the Brontës
Author: Sharon Wright
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1399018825

The groundbreaking biography of Maria Branwell reveals a remarkable woman who has been lost in the shadows of her gifted children, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. The witty, clever and intrepid Cornish lady of letters, lover of Patrick and mother of genius has been missing for too long. The extraordinary Brontës were a family like no other and it all began when Maria met Patrick.