Coming to Life on South High

Coming to Life on South High
Author: Lee Patton
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1635559073

For 21-year-old gay virgin Gabe Rafferty, the first decade of adulthood is unpredictable and intense. Flat broke upon college graduation, Gabe navigates the passage from menial work to globetrotting corporate drudge, then strives for a real chance at professional fulfillment. His journey exploring his sexuality—from inhibited innocence, to first-love crises, to random hookups—doesn’t seem to lead to the more sensual, committed relationships he wants. Then he meets Marty, an African American art student, and Gabe must face his white working-class background and racist father for a chance at true love. Throughout, he traverses the joys and hazards of loving a headstrong cast of friends, including a lesbian couple, and Candy, a straight female friend whose life intersects with Gabe’s in unexpected ways. For Gabe, what happens after coming of age and coming out is a scramble to survive first journeys into sex, love, and livelihood.

Getting Through Life S Struggles, Coming Out with the Victory!

Getting Through Life S Struggles, Coming Out with the Victory!
Author: Cassandra Regina Johnson Burse
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1609579283

This book will be a total package for the person or person's that feel alone and think know one understand where they are. It does not matter how old you are or what color your skin type is we have to overcome whatever is in our way. Having the biblical prospect on how those in the bible had some of the same things you and I face today and only through God's word you can be strong and have the Victory Through Your Life's Struggle's!

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford
Author: James Cannon
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0472029460

“Not since Harry Truman succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt twenty-nine years earlier had the American people known so little about a man who had stepped forward from obscurity to take the oath of office as President of the United States.” —from Chapter 4 This is a comprehensive narrative account of the life of Gerald Ford written by one of his closest advisers, James Cannon. Written with unique insight and benefiting from personal interviews with President Ford in his last years, Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Lifeis James Cannon’s final look at the simple and honest man from the Midwest.

The Newcomers

The Newcomers
Author: Helen Thorpe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501159097

Traces the lives of twenty-two immigrant teens throughout the course of a year at Denver's South High School who attended a specially created English Language Acquisition class and who were helped to adapt through strategic introductions to American culture.

Life After Change

Life After Change
Author: Keisha Starnes
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 172831187X

I was born a normal baby girl but ended up getting very sick at age four with a condition. However, the doctors didn’t understand the reason of the condition, the symptoms. First, it was cerebral palsy, but as I got older, they took more tests and gave me several different medication to take. They told my mom I was not going to walk or do anything for myself. As I got older, I surprised them more and more. I also went to school, never once wanting to stay home because of the teasing. I overcame what the doctors and others said I would not do. I was always on honor roll, and I dress myself sometimes. I feel like I had to work extra harder to prove myself. I had a mother who liked to walk, so we walked to most of my doctors’ appointments. I graduated and also worked at the same time. I did have a few challenges in my life, but I would tell myself, “Keisha, you have this. You’ve been through everything, more than you can imagine, but it’ll just make you stronger.” I overcame so much in my life. My goals are to encourage everyone going through the challenges we all face in life to never give up and to never allow anyone to label you. Having my kids was the bigger blessing because of the condition I have; I have three healthy babies. I had to learn what worked for me and what I wanted. Some people will tell you what they think, but remember, you have your own mind and your own life. Just because you have a disability, doesn’t mean you can’t do things. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

The Southern Way of Life

The Southern Way of Life
Author: Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2022-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469664992

How does one begin to understand the idea of a distinctive southern way of life—a concept as enduring as it is disputed? In this examination of the American South in national and global contexts, celebrated historian Charles Reagan Wilson assesses how diverse communities of southerners have sought to define the region's identity. Surveying three centuries of southern regional consciousness across many genres, disciplines, and cultural strains, Wilson considers and challenges prior presentations of the region, advancing a vision of southern culture that has always been plural, dynamic, and complicated by race and class. Structured in three parts, The Southern Way of Life takes readers on a journey from the colonial era to the present, from when complex ideas of "southern civilization" rooted in slaveholding and agrarianism dominated to the twenty-first-century rise of a modern, multicultural "southern living." As Wilson shows, there is no singular or essential South but rather a rich tapestry woven with contestations, contingencies, and change.