Tattered and Mended

Tattered and Mended
Author: Cynthia Ruchti
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1630888001

Artisans can reclaim exquisite beauty from the broken, frayed, and hopefully shattered—perhaps once thought beyond repair. But what about us? What of the wounds that keep us from living the life we want to live? In Tattered and Mended, readers walk through a gallery of reclaimed and restored art as well as broken and restored lives of those who have gone before us. With a gentle touch and personable wisdom, Cynthia Ruchti shows how even the most threadbare soul can once again find healing and hope.

Tattered Stars

Tattered Stars
Author: Catherine Cowles
Publisher: The PageSmith LLC
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951936051

Be brave. Just for sixty seconds. Twenty breaths. It took every ounce of my courage to return to the small town I fled all those years ago. But I should’ve known he’d hate me. How could he not when my father’s blood still runs through my veins? Yet here I am, desperate for a chance to make things right. Even if it means facing the family my father almost destroyed and the boy with the dark eyes—now grown—who still haunts my dreams. I never expected just how explosive things would turn between us. He’s the last person I should want. Yet, somehow, I keep drawing closer—so close I know I’ll end up burned. But Hayes is a good man, a noble one. Someone who channeled his pain into a career spent protecting those around him. So, when the threats begin, he steps in to keep me safe. And we discover that maybe neither of us knew the other at all. As the sparks between us ignite into something deeper, someone watches. And they’ll do anything to tear it all apart…

Falling Embers

Falling Embers
Author: Catherine Cowles
Publisher: The PageSmith LLC
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2022-04-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951936124

I loved Calder Cruz from the moment he taught me to fly. He might’ve been my brother’s best friend but he was my everything. The only one who understood me. My safest place. My person. Until one night changed it all and we became strangers in a single breath. Now, years later, I see him every day at the fire station. I watch him raise adorable twin girls as a single dad. But he has no idea how hard it was to see him move on without me. How much I still burn for him. A twist of fate changes everything. When my life is on the line, it’s Calder who saves me–who comes charging back into my heart with a vengeance. And makes it clear he’s determined to stay. But as long-buried embers light anew, there are those who lurk in the shadows. And they’ll do whatever it takes to extinguish that flame for good…

Simply Living Well

Simply Living Well
Author: Julia Watkins
Publisher: Harvest
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2020
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0358202183

Easy recipes, DIY projects, and other ideas for living a beautiful and low-waste life, from the expert behind @simply.living.well on Instagram.

Ragged Hope

Ragged Hope
Author: Cynthia Ruchti
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426770812

It is one thing to live with the consequences of your own choices, but what happens when your life is changed because of someone else's? This insightful and uplifting guide will comfort, support and encourage you through whatever situation you must face. Cynthia Ruchti, who has walked this road herself, assures readers that God is ever present and His love never wavers. There is hope, grace, and a future in every situation, especially those that we did not cause.

Mended Hearts

Mended Hearts
Author: Alix Stokes
Publisher: Yellow Rose Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Lesbians
ISBN: 9781930928015

Two young girls meet at a hospital and become best friends, just as one of them undergoes heart surgery. Twenty-four years later they meet again; one has become a pediatric heart surgeon, the other an intensive care nurse. They feel an instant connection as they come to terms with the struggles of their past.

The Art of Repair

The Art of Repair
Author: Molly Martin
Publisher: Short Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-03-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 178072506X

For Molly Martin, it all started with a pair of socks. Her favourite pair. When the heels became threadbare, her mother got out her darning mushroom and showed her how to reinforce the thinning stitches and bring them back to life. She has been stitching and darning ever since. In The Art of Repair, Molly explores the humble origins of repair and how the act of mending a cherished item carefully by hand offers not just a practical solution but nourishment for the soul. Using her own beautiful illustrations, she guides us through the basics of the craft - from piecing and patching to the ancient Japanese art of Sashiko. This book will stay with you long after you put down your needle and thread. It offers an antidote to our increasingly disposable lifestyle, encouraging us to reconnect not just with the everyday objects in our environment but also with ourselves.

Three Score and Ten

Three Score and Ten
Author: Angela Thirkell
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2024-01-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504091167

Barsetshire gathers to celebrate a milestone birthday at the Old Bank House in this conclusion to the much-loved, long-running series. A home is saved from destruction, a budding romance takes steps toward the altar, a doctor experiences the return of a former love—and the fine people of Barsetshire make plans for a festive extravaganza to mark Mrs. Morland’s seventieth birthday . . . “Triumphantly completed” by Angela Thirkell’s close friend C. A. Lejeune after Thirkell’s death, Three Score and Ten features a host of new and old friends from the author’s acclaimed series spanning decades of English country life (The New York Times). “Her writing celebrates the solid parochial English virtues of stiff-upper-lippery, good-sportingness, dislike of fuss, and low-key irony. . . . Light, witty, easygoing books.” —The New Yorker “Where Trollope would have been content to arouse a chuckle, [Thirkell] is constantly provoking us to hilarious laughter. . . . To read her is to get the feeling of knowing Barsetshire folk as well as if one had been born and bred in the county.” —Kirkus Reviews

Love at All Ages

Love at All Ages
Author: Angela Thirkell
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2024-01-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504091116

From a starry-eyed teenager to an elderly clergyman, it seems no one is immune to romance in the county of Barsetshire . . . In the long-running and beloved series that brings Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire into the mid-twentieth century and offers “a fresh, original, witty interpretation of England’s social history,” the quirky inhabitants and well-bred families of the county find themselves navigating the delights and uncertainties of love (The New York Times). Lady Gwendolyn Harcourt, no spring chicken, is courted by the aging Reverend Oriel of Harefield. And on the other end of the generational spectrum, fresh-faced sixteen-year-old Lavinia Merton may have a future marriage prospect in her singing partner Ludovic, Lord Mellings . . . “Thirkell’s gently meandering account of the diversions of Barsetshire society leaves nothing to be desired.” —New York Herald Tribune “To read [Thirkell] is to get the feeling of knowing Barsetshire folk as well as if one had been born and bred in the county.” —Kirkus Reviews

An Indigo Summer

An Indigo Summer
Author: Ellie Evelyn Orrell
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2022-10-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1915279097

The work will include artwork by the author, illustrating and drawing on one of the books key themes of how Wales and the natural world inspire her as an artist. The author has over 2,600 followers on Instagram (@oktobergal). Indigo dyeing is a traditionally Japanese art (and Jeanette Orrell learnt it in Japan, which is discussed in the book), making this title of international interest. This book will sit well in the ever-growing ‘nature memoir’ market, and should appeal to fans of authors such as Melissa Harrison, Nina Mingya Powles and Raynor Winn.