Song for Lost Angels

Song for Lost Angels
Author: Kevin Fisher-Paulson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732185098

This book tells the intimate history of a family of two men plus triplets that came together suddenly one day, and thrived for a year before being torn apart by groundless prejudice. San Francisco author Kevin Fisher-Paulson tells this riveting story with grace, dignity, and a surprisingly generous dose of humor.A Song for Lost Angels takes the discussion of gay marriage to the next level, where the rights and struggles of gay parents and their kids can be openly recognized. This family history will make you laugh, cry, and sometimes sputter with outrage, even as it redefines what Americans call "family values." Originally published by Fearless Books, this Second Edition from the author's own press has been updated with a new selection of photos.Finalist, LGBT Category, 2015 Benjamin Franklin AwardsIndependent Book Publishers AssociationFinalist, GBLT Category and Finalist, Memoirs Category 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

A Song for Lost Angels

A Song for Lost Angels
Author: Kevin Thaddeus Fisher-Paulson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780996868303

This book tells the intimate history of a family of two men plus triplets that came together suddenly one day, and thrived for a year before being torn apart by groundless prejudice. San Francisco author Kevin Fisher-Paulson tells this riveting story with grace, dignity, and a surprisingly generous dose of humor. A Song for Lost Angels takes the discussion of gay marriage to the next level, where the rights and struggles of gay parents and their kids can be openly recognized. This family history will make you laugh, cry, and sometimes sputter with outrage, even as it redefines what Americans call "family values." Originally published by Fearless Books, this Second Edition has been updated with a new selection of photos. A German edition is published by Edition Spuren. Finalist, LGBT Category, 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards, Independent Book Publishers Association Finalist, GBLT Category and Finalist, Memoirs Category, 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Lost Angels Coming Home

Lost Angels Coming Home
Author: ROBERTA. LLEWELLYN
Publisher:
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781977234896

Sometimes mystical, sometimes gut-wrenching, as if a mélange of cinéma vérité had been superimposed on a background of gritty photorealism when she looked back on those scenes. This story is about Sarah living in Northern California over many decades. She reveals through the angels who watched over her and through the mirroring of movies she watched as a child in St. Helena seeing her life as a montage of miscellaneous film loops. This was especially true when growing up in Oakland during the black and white fifties into the Wizard of Oz technicolor sixties. Sarah tells her life story and that of her family and the people who come across her path through an honest and caring heart. She finds beauty and meaning arising from dissonant life experiences in the natural world of Northern California and in the deep recesses of her imagination. It seems she lived many lifetimes in one, but Sarah always knew her core self, her main rhythm and where to come back home. She sees herself as a casual mystic, an imperfect, sensual seeker of God. During the present decade, Sarah reluctantly returns to the Lost Coast where her son, Noah, and his partner, Heidi, are grieving over the loss of their young daughter who died unexpectedly. Sarah meets Michael there by chance and while uncovering who they may be for one another they become unwittingly over shadowed by Shasta. A Native American man who insists that the land where Michael has built his home and where he grows his cash crop, must be returned to his ancestors. A conflict of wishes, culture, and humanity makes this story resonant with depth, and through the interweaving of the past with the present. Roberta was living in Oakland when she married young and had four children by the time she was twenty-four. She enjoyed, in her earlier life, making theater productions with elementary and middle school aged children. Especially at Canyon Elementary School in Canyon, Whitethorn Elementary School in Whitethorn and Quaker First Day School in Berkeley, California. Some of the plays the children performed were inspired from Pomo and Maidu Indian myths. Pacifica KPFA Radio Journalist Vic Bedoian, and Roberta produced a series of Pomo Indian Oral Histories which were made into a series of radio programs titled: "These Things That Cannot Be Replaced." She published a portion of an interview aired with Kashaya Pomo Shaman Bernice Torres in "News From Native California" by Heyday Press publisher, Malcolm Margolin. Bernice was the daughter of historically well-known, Kashaya Pomo Shaman Essie Parrish. Essie was a Prophet and a Dreamer. The aired recording of Bernice includes her singing a spontaneous song for healing the nation as learned from her mother, as well as how she was identified as "one of them," as a child.

Death's Angel

Death's Angel
Author: Heather Killough-Walden
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110160736X

Since the beginning of time, the archangels have longed to know true love. When four female angels were created for the four archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Azrael, a chaos spurred by jealousy erupted, and the archesses were secreted away to Earth. The four favored archangels followed, prompting a search that has lasted millennia... As the Angel of Death, Azrael could never be like his brothers. While the others fell to Earth in human form, Azrael descended as a vampire. Today, as the lead singer of a popular rock band, he keeps his true nature hidden--a powerful darkness constantly at odds with his angelic self. Beneath his mask, Azrael holds onto the hope that he will one day find the archess who will complete him. At his brother Gabriel's wedding, Azrael set his golden eyes on Sophie Bryce, the maid of honor. He is certain she is his destined mate, and will do anything to make her his. But Sophie is unaware of her archess identity, and is haunted by unspeakable demons of her own. When supernatural forces emerge from the shadows, threatening Sophie, Azrael is the only one who can protect her. But to do it, he must reveal his true, savage self.

When Fallen Angels Fly

When Fallen Angels Fly
Author: Vicki Thornberry
Publisher: Helm Publishing
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2004-10
Genre: Families
ISBN: 0976091917

CHARLENE is an Eastern Kentucky coalminer's daughter who vows not to drink like her father, swears she will not be stuck in a tumultuous marriage but finds herself in those very situations she vowed would never happen. At a very early age, Charlene falls in love with the mine foreman's wild, irresponsible, yet incredibly handsome son, discovers she is pregnant at seventeen, and learns about life through extreme sorrow. Charlene grows close to BIRDIE, the local weathered old hillbilly, who smokes, drinks, cusses, plays poker like a man, and takes her on a cruise. They have the time of their lives, and the pages are ripe with humor from the episodes of the two cruising on a luxury liner. When Charlene returns, she is traumatized by her husband once again, and leaves in the middle of the night to begin a new life. She moves outside of Cincinnati on the Kentucky side, finds a job, and a small house. Charlene meets ROSIE, her next-door neighbor. As the two become friends, Charlene is introduced to KARMA, Rosie's niece. Eventually all three women develop lifelong, deeper friendships, bringing joy into each other's lives. With baby steps and relapses, we learn that overcoming a past can be done, that humor makes life bearable, and that working, struggling mothers of low income remain poor partly because the government structure completely ignores them. When Fallen Angels Fly is a thoroughly enjoyable book reading experience, replete with laughter, tears, triumph, and tragedy.

Fallen Angels and Fallen Women

Fallen Angels and Fallen Women
Author: Robin Jarrell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608994058

The strange and enigmatic title "son of man" has intrigued biblical scholars for millennia. What does it mean and how does it describe Jesus in his role as the Christian messiah? Robin Jarrell surveys the mythological roots of the phrase in the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh and traces its development from the mythology of the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut's birth narrative, to the Baal Cycle in Ugaritic literature, to the story of Pandora, and finally to the story of creation found in the book of Genesis. The key to unlocking the mystery of the phrase "son of man" is embedded in the story of the first "son of man"--Noah--with the reference to "the sons of God" who found wives among the "daughters of men" and whose offspring brought devastation to the earth and the reason for the flood. In the hands of the Christian gospel writers, the parallel "son of man" figure found in the Dead Sea Scrolls reemerges in the identity of the last "son of man"--Jesus of Nazareth.

Spirit of Lost Angels

Spirit of Lost Angels
Author: Liza Perrat
Publisher: Perrat Publishing
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2012-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 2954168110

Winner, EFestival of Words 2013, Historical Fiction category. Shortlisted, Writing Magazine Self-Publishing Awards, 2013. Featured in “Off the Beaten Path” recommendations, Historical Novel Society Conference, 2013. They drowned Victoire’s mother, claiming she was a witch. Then her father died beneath the wheels of a nobleman’s carriage. Forced to leave her village, Victoire finds work in Paris. But domestic employment comes at a high price and the orphaned girl suffers gruesome abuse at the hands of a diabolical aristocracy. Accused of a heinous crime, they imprison her in the depraved lunatic asylum, La Salpêtrière. With the help of ruthless seductress, Jeanne de Valois –– conwoman of the Necklace Affair that brought down Marie Antoinette –– Victoire must find the strength to join the revolutionary force storming the Bastille. Can she survive a chilling betrayal and rise above her impoverished peasant roots to take her place in this new, post-revolutionary France? Based on historical fact, Spirit of Lost Angels is a riveting testament to the courage of women facing tragedy, betrayal and insanity in a world where their gift can be their curse. Francophiles will want this one and those who enjoy historical fiction that doesn't focus on royals … Audra Book Blogger, Unabridged Chick.

Fallen Angels of God

Fallen Angels of God
Author: TM Pascall
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2024-05-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the sun-soaked landscapes of San Diego, California, DeShawn Porter, known as Doriel in his celestial form, grapples with a dual existence as an archangel and a man hunted by demonic forces. Haunted by relentless nightmares and cryptic messages, he seeks solace and guidance from his deceased grandmother Mildred, whose wisdom serves as a beacon of spiritual strength. The core of DeShawn’s inner conflict lies in his sexuality. As a gay man, he navigates a complex world where acceptance of his true self is entangled with his celestial duties. His cloak-and-dagger affair with Sydney Edwards, a married man from Atlanta, abruptly ends when Sydney mysteriously vanishes, leaving DeShawn to question not only his lover’s disappearance but also his own worthiness as an archangel. As DeShawn probes deeper into the mystery surrounding Sydney’s absence, supernatural occurrences begin to unravel. Friends and foes alike are drawn into a web of eerie phenomena, each connected by a thread of fate that leads back to DeShawn must confront his own identity and embrace his celestial powers to protect himself and those he cares about from a looming malevolent threat. With time ticking away and the forces of darkness closing in, DeShawn must reconcile his past, his desires, and destiny as an archangel. The journey to self-acceptance and empowerment becomes a battle for survival as DeShawn races against time to thwart the sinister forces targeting him and those he loves. “Fallen Angels of God, Doriel” is a gripping supernatural thriller that examines into themes of identity, acceptance and the timeless struggle between light and darkness. Set against the backdrop of California’s vibrant landscapes, it’s a story of grief, redemption, sacrifice, and the enduring power of the human spirit in the face of demonic adversity.

Fallen Angels Sing

Fallen Angels Sing
Author: Omar Torres
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781611921465

To escape the wrath of a deceived husband, Miguel Saavedra, a poet of sorts, abandons the good-time existential vacuum of MiamiÍs uprooted younger Cubans for New York. There he is caught in a web of plots spun by pro- and anti-Castro agents. The surrealistic flow of days and nights which follow lead the protagonist from university lecture hall to transvestite bar, from the arms of a beautiful woman to the dark regions of a basement santerÕa temple. As the barriers between dream and reality, fact and fiction disappear, the ultimate purpose of MiguelÍs life is unveiled before him: Miguel, like St. Michael, must confront the eternal foe: angels and archangels of evil incarnate. Omar TorresÍ Fallen Angels Sing, an English recreation by the author of his novel Apenas un bolero, is a magnificent tour de force that keeps the reader hanging on by a thread through to its unexpected ending.