Smile Through the Tears

Smile Through the Tears
Author: Rupert Bazambanza
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2009-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9780978490928

"Hell exists. It's here on earth. It's called hatred and racial discrimination, and I saw it with my own eyes during the Tutsi genocide that took place in Rwanda between April and July of 1994. I am one of the few to have escaped such a fate, and the events I am about to relate have been seared into my soul." -- Back cover

Smiling Through Tears

Smiling Through Tears
Author: Pamela Freyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780897771252

Cartoonists have captured the culture of the nineties. From codependency to adult children to New Age beliefs, American society has proven fertile ground for the growth of the recovered memory movement. Using cartoons as a common thread, Smiling Through Tears is a unique nonfiction book that employs humor to tackle a painful & controversial issue, guiding the reader through a complex web of psychological & social elements that have nurtured one of the nations' most bizarrre moral panics of this century. The public's awareness & perception of the underlying causes of False Memory Syndrome became evident through the parody & satire of one of America's beloved mediums - cartooning. Through the use of mind-altering techniques, misguided therapists have contributed to the devastating damage inflicted upon tens of thousands of families. Smiling Through Tears offers a light & insightful perspective on this psychological drama.

Smiling Through Your Tears

Smiling Through Your Tears
Author: Harriet Hodgson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-01-19
Genre: Grief
ISBN: 9781594579325

Explores the feeling of loss before a death or dreaded event occurs, otherwise known as anticipatory grief or early grief.

Always Smiling Through the Tears

Always Smiling Through the Tears
Author: Kenny
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781909359048

In October, 2010, the author put two nooses around his neck in the garden shed. Twice. Told in his own words, his own language, the raw emotion comes through so readers feel his pain beneath the faade of smiling happiness.

Vivian Pellas: Turning tears into smiles

Vivian Pellas: Turning tears into smiles
Author: Vivian Pellas
Publisher: Ediciones y Distribuciones Dipon Ltda.
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9585532344

On October 21, 1989, airline TAN SAHSA's Boeing 7Z7-200, registered as N88705, was a passenger flight en route from San José, Costa Rica, to Miami, with stops in the cities of Managua, Nicaragua, and Tegucigalpa, Honduras. At 7:53 in the morning the plane crashed into Cerro de Hula as it approached the Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa. 135 people died. Of the 146 passengers on Flight 414, only 11 people survived . . . Vivian Pellas is not a fictional character, although she could well be one. Her story is that of a life "forged through fire". She faced the hardest tests and, with her immense faith, not only defeated death, but now saves lives and alleviates the suffering of countless children. Her experiences and her work inspire women and men from different parts of the globe. Today she wants to touch the hearts of others to make this a better world,where children's tears are turned into wonderful smiles of hope.

The Puppet's Smile

The Puppet's Smile
Author: Lina Lyu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-11-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781478869719

An old carpenter sends Puppet off into the world with a red backpack and a newly carved smile. But when Puppet's backpack gets stolen, he discovers that smiling is not all it's cracked up to be. Now Puppet is learning that happiness might not be the only important human emotion.

The Shadow of Your Smile

The Shadow of Your Smile
Author: Susan May Warren
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 141436931X

A beautiful blanket of snow may cover the quaint town of Deep Haven each winter, but it can’t quite hide the wreckage of Noelle and Eli Hueston’s marriage. After twenty-five years, they’re contemplating divorce . . . just as soon as their youngest son graduates from high school. But then an accident erases part of Noelle's memory. Though her other injuries are minor, she doesn’t remember Eli, their children, or the tragedy that has ripped their family apart. What’s more, Noelle is shocked that her life has turned out nothing like she dreamed it would. As she tries to regain her memory and slowly steps into her role as a wife and mother, Eli helps her readjust to daily life with sometimes-hilarious, sometimes-heartwarming results. But can she fall in love again with a man she can’t remember? Will their secrets destroy them . . . or has erasing the past given them a chance for a future?

One Smile

One Smile
Author: Cindy McKinley
Publisher: Illumination Arts Pub. Co.
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0935699236

When a child smiles at a stranger, she sets off a chain of kindness that eventually comes full circle.

Laughing Through the Tears

Laughing Through the Tears
Author: Christine Houston
Publisher: Life To Legacy LLC
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1939654025

Laughing Through the Tears Shortly after Eric Haywood's retirement party, he and Crystal, his wife of twenty-eight years, embark on the first of several trips they planned long before he retired. When they reach their hotel in Las Vegas, both are more excited than two kids on their first trip to Disneyland. But a few hours later their excitement is over-shadowed by Eric's strange and unexpected behavior. Crystal is use to Eric's sometimes funny sometimes crazy antics but this newest episode both angers and alarms her. After returning home to prepare for their next venture, a seven day cruise, Crystal and Eric keep a scheduled appointment with their doctor. Crystal decides to put the episode in Vegas behind them and does not mention it to Dr. Winters. Their cruise proves to be more exciting than they ever dreamed and the two emerge happier and more in love than ever. When they return, Crystal is not prepared for Dr. Winters' diagnosis; Eric has dementia. Crystal refuses to believe that all the years they've spent loving each other and raising their four children will soon be erased from Eric's memory causing their lives to change forever. Crystal goes from a state of frustration and denial to understanding and acceptance. With the help of her children, her best friend Sherry and her next door neighbor Dorothy, Crystal learns to laugh in spite of her tears.