She stopped, the ocean spread out behind her, placed the rose between her teeth, and faced him. “Take it,” she mumbled through her clenched teeth. John remembered how his heart had melted. “What am I going to do with you?
Presents a collection of essays exploring varying viewpoints on the family, covering such topics as the characteristics of the modern family, dilemmas would-be parents face, and the effect of divorce on children.
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
Family: Another Fatal Circuit
In these three tales of quarrelling clans and fraught reunions, Mark Haddon shows family in its frank, unsparing yet frequently absurd light, and, in doing so charts a stormy course into the crucible of the self.
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Helaone Campbell walked with confidence. She shook hands with all of them. “Thanks for meeting me here instead of my office,” she said. “When Judge Chamtomier said he could see us in his chamber this afternoon, I thought we should grab ...
Mary Lea Johnson , an heir to the Johnson and Johnson pharmaceutical fortune , described , in an issue of Ms. magazine , her incestuous abuse by her father from the time she was ...
... a striker whose intelligent movement brought others into the game. But, at 32, he was coming to terms with the fact that 'sometime soon, no one will want me'. He was in constant touch with Alton Thelwell, his closest ...
The story challenges the concepts of the blended family, friendship and loyalty and love, especially with the two sisters, Lindsey and Leigh, when under pressure.
Family tells the story of Ian Frazier's family in America from the early colonial days to the present.
An award-winning photojournalist displays a panoramic view of lesbian and gay life as never seen before. Family is a vivid assemblage of seventy black-and-white photographs accompanied by interviews and personal...
Family: How to Love Yours (and Help Them Like You Back) is written to come alongside a young woman and equip her as she navigates her roles, responsibilities, and responses from a Christian perspective.
DECORATING WITH BOOKS NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE Please note: This is a decorative book only. There is no content on the inside. This decorative book is a simple yet sophisticated way to add a pop of color and personality to your home decor.
Heather Graham's Christmas Treasures Heather Graham's Haunted Treasures Presented together for the first time, New York Times Bestselling Author, Heather Graham brings back three out-of-print Christmas classics that are sure to inspire, ...
The well-known humorist takes a witty, compassionate, poignant, and nostalgic look at the small and large triumphs of American family life in the 80s
An authentic vision for today's familyThoughtful and informative, Cahill's work brings fresh historical, theological, and ethical thought to the explosive area of familydeeply contested territory in today's cultural and religious...
Like most fathers, Lee Friedlander has made photographs of his wife and children throughout their lives together. Unlike most fathers, Friedlander happens to be one of the greatest living photographers....
The author recounts the history of his family in America from early colonial times to the present using letters and family documents, visiting towns they lived in and founded, and observing them during major historical events
In this wise, beguiling, and beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, award-winning playwright and author J. California Cooper paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always and four generations of her African-American family.