Flower Among Ash

Flower Among Ash
Author: Angela James
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017-07-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489713336

A life laminated by tragic experience does not seem to stop Taniqua from embarking on the arduous task of undoing past mistakes. Her life has been smeared with unprecedented circumstances in a purlieu that seems to shut the downtrodden in isolation even in a big city like Toronto. If you are like Taniqua, it would be easier to throw in the towel than to be combative in a situation that seems determined to keep her impoverished and friends that seemingly do not support her and who dont have the same optics. Yet the death of a child coupled with regrets couldnt prevent her from pursuing her dreams.

Gwen Harwood

Gwen Harwood
Author: Glenda Smith
Publisher: Pascal Press
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781741250398

All Good People Here

All Good People Here
Author: Ashley Flowers
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2023-12-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593496493

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor—and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar You can’t ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors. Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January—and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist. But she’s always been haunted by the feeling that it could’ve been her. And the worst part is, January’s killer has never been brought to justice. When Margot returns home to help care for her uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s walked into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers—genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to January’s. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and to solve January’s murder once and for all. But the police, Natalie’s family, the townspeople—they all seem to be hiding something. And the deeper Margot digs into Natalie’s disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder January’s case feels. Could January’s killer still be out there? Is it the same person who took Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years ago? Twisty, chilling, and intense, All Good People Here is a searing tale that asks: What are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is watching?

Fireweed

Fireweed
Author: Tunchai Redvers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Canadian poetry
ISBN: 9781928120186

Fireweed is a collection of poetry that explores the rawness, trauma, and realities of adolescence compounded with the experience of being a young, Indigenous, and two-spirit intergenerational residential school survivor. Rooted in the symbolism and growth of fireweed, a flower native to the northwest of Canada, this collection takes readers through the hurt, healing, love, and spreading that encompassed the first 23 years of the author's attempt to find truth, safety and connection. Grounded in the simplicity of words and the illustration of the north, this book is a powerful window into the process of finding oneself while reclaiming culture and identity.

Ashes in Love

Ashes in Love
Author: Óscar Hahn
Publisher: Host Publications, Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780924047732

This bilingual collection brings together renowned Chilean poet Oscar Hahn's two most recent works, Apariciones profanas (2002; translated here as Profane Apparitions), and En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, the winner of Spain's Casa de America Award (2006; translated here as In the Blink of an Eye) in one stunning volume. Hahn's work has been hailed by Mario Vargas Llosa as "magnificent and truly original... the most personal I've read in the poetry of our language in a long time." And in Ashes in Love, Hahn beautifully affirms his reputation as the premier poet of his generation. In these outstanding poems, Hahn displays an uncompromising intelligence and strength, blending horror and humor with droll inventiveness. A sly craftsman, Hahn has assimilated poetic tradition, but is not a slave to it: he employs a wide range of poetic techniques, opening himself to the possibilities of mystery, song, and story.