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Author : Donna Stramella
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951896485
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (964 download)
Download or read book Coffee Killed My Mother written by Donna Stramella and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donna Koros Stramella
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951896386
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (963 download)
Download or read book Coffee Killed My Mother written by Donna Koros Stramella and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Lee is an anxious 17-year-old whose life is stuck, largely because of her strained relationship with her mother Jacqueline, a quirky recovering alcoholic who is now addicted to coffee. The two take off on a trip to explore independent coffee shops along the east coast, but Jacqueline's real agenda is an opportunity to reveal a series of disturbing family secrets to Anna Lee--a twin that died in utero, a fatal drunk driving accident, an abusive parent, and her mother's betrayal of a woman Anna Lee holds dear. "Coffee Killed my Mother is a wonderfully written tale about a mother-daughter journey. The mother is delightfully eccentric while the teenage daughter is the practical part of the duo. As for the title, all is revealed at the end. Stramella's novel shows an admirable level of professionalism with its characters and settings and promises great things for the first-time author." - Nancy Stancill, Author, Saving Texas and Winning Texas Donna Koros Stramella is a writer from Maryland whose fiction and nonfiction pieces have been published in Adelaide Literary Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review, Columbia Magazine, and the Baltimore Sun. She is a previous award-winning journalist and a graduate of the University of Tampa MFA in Creative Writing. Currently, she is working on her second novel, Among the Bones.
Author : Donna Stramella
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Coffee Killed My Mother written by Donna Stramella and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Lee is an anxious 17-year-old whose life is stuck, largely because of her strained relationship with her mother Jacqueline, a quirky recovering alcoholic who is now addicted to coffee. The two take a road trip to explore independent coffee shops along the east coast, but Jacqueline's real agenda is an opportunity to reveal a series of disturbing family secrets-a fatal drunk driving accident, an abusive parent, and her mother's betrayal of a woman Anna Lee holds dear. "As Donna Stramella strengthens Anna Lee's voice and probes her choices, readers receive a realistic story of an entire family struggling to recover not just from alcoholism, but the codependent pattern it creates. ...thoroughly engrossing and hard to put down." Midwest Review "Coffee Killed My Mother is a wonderfully written tale about a mother-daughter journey. Stramella's novel shows an admirable level of professionalism with its characters and settings, and promises great things for the first-time author." Nancy Stancill, Author of Saving Texas and Winning Texas "Written in Anna Lee's seventeen-year-old voice, Stramella's writing is superb, her characters fully developed and relatable, her settings of small-town eastern seaboard America realistic. Easily one of the best novels I've read this year, I look forward to reading more of Donna Stramella's work." Toni Morgan, Author of Patrimony and Queenie's Place. "Stramella does a wonderful job of doling out Jacqueline's persona from behind a curtain of secrets and half-truths that drives the story's pacing to its unexpected conclusion." James White, Author of Ransoms are for Amateurs and Helen and her Brothers
Author : Carlos Allende
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636280356
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love written by Carlos Allende and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last November, I found a dead body inside the freezer that my roommate keeps inside the garage. My first thought was to call the police, but Jignesh hadn't paid his share of the rent just yet. It wasn't due until the thirtieth, and you know how difficult it is to find people who pay on time. Jignesh always does. Also, he had season tickets for the LA Opera, and well . . . Madame Butterfly. Tosca. The Flying Dutchman . . . at the Dorothy Chandler . . . you cannot say no to that, can you? Well, it's been a few good months now--Madame Butterfly was just superb, thank you. However, last Friday, I found a second body inside that stupid freezer in the garage. This time I'm evicting Jignesh. My house isn't a mortuary . . . alas, I need to come up with some money first. You'll understand, therefore, that I desperately need to sell this novel. Just enough copies to help me survive until I find a job . . . what could I do that doesn't demand too much effort? We have a real treasure here, anyhow. Some chapters are almost but not quite pornographic. You could safely lend this to nana afterward!
Author : Jean Stafford
Publisher : Library of America
ISBN 13 : 1598536958
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)
Download or read book A Mother in History written by Jean Stafford and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Stafford's unforgettable portrait of Marguerite Oswald, the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald. Curious about “the influences and accidents and loves and antipathies and idiosyncrasies” that shaped Lee Harvey Oswald, the novelist and short story writer Jean Stafford spent nine hours interviewing Marguerite Oswald in May 1965. A Mother in History (1966) is the acerbic result, an indelible portrait of a woman hungry for money, fame, and attention, full of righteous self-pity, and relentless in professing her son’s blamelessness: “Killing does not necessarily mean badness. You find killing in some very fine homes for one reason or another.” Stafford’s controversial profile elicited mixed reviews—Newsweek praised it as a “masterpiece of character study,” while Time called it “the most abrasively unpleasant book in recent years”—and angry readers accused her of seeking to “enthrone a wicked woman” and “demolish the sacred throne of motherhood.” It captures a moment in history when the trauma of Dallas was still raw, Lee Harvey Oswald’s guilt was widely accepted, and Marguerite Oswald, with her obsessive “research” into hidden “truths” and the machinations of an omnipresent “they,” appeared to be a singular prisoner of maternal delusion, and not a harbinger of the decades to come.
Author : Kory M. Shrum
Publisher : Timberlane Press
ISBN 13 : 1949577503
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (495 download)
Download or read book Who Killed My Mother? written by Kory M. Shrum and published by Timberlane Press. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two phone calls. One mysterious death. This is a true story. On July 4, 2020 Kory received two phone calls. One from her uncle, saying her mother was found dead in her bedroom from an overdose. A second from a homicide detective saying he believes it was murder—and her uncle is the suspect. Now Kory wants to find the truth about what happened to her mother. But sifting through the conflicting details and compelling evidence turns out to be a hell of a ride. Only after a fearless look into her mother's dark past, will she uncover a truth—one she never expected.
Author : Natalia Aggiano
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782196234
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Unconditional Love - My Father Killed My Mother... This is the True Story of How I Learnt to Forgive Him written by Natalia Aggiano and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elva Aggiano was murdered in 1997 by her husband Bruno. Of the four Aggiano children, three vowed never to speak to their father again. Remarkably, their daughter Natalia renewed her relationship with Bruno and became his friend and companion until his death in 2066. This is her astonishing story.Kind and loyal, Elva was a bright young woman from a typical English seaside town who was swept off her feet by an older , handsome Italian bodybuilder. It was all she had ever wanted; the promise of life as a loving mother and devoted wife. But a dark secret from her past left vulnerable to Bruno's brooding, possessive nature, and behind closed doors, Elva's family idyll turned into a reign of terror of both mental and physical abuse for her and her children.Their daughter Natalia speaks for the first time about how the family suffered, about her escape onto the streets aged 17 and her traumatic struggle to survive alone. Natalia finally persuaded Elva to run away along with her youngest son and for the first time, Elva found the happiness and confidence that had always eluded her. But it was not to last. Giving way to Bruno's request to see his young son, Elva returned to the marital home, where Bruno mercilessly stabbed her to death.Against all odds, Natalia found the courage to stand by her father even after he'd ripped the family apart. During often harrowing visits to Rampton high-security psychiatric hospital, she learned to love Bruno for the first time. Her fascinating journey led Natalia to honour her mother's memory, finding a way to live forgiveness and unconditional love.'Amazing' - Peter Andre'An extraordinary young woman and so selfless' - Carol Vorderman
Author : Ralph McInerny
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429977779
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Irish Coffee written by Ralph McInerny and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2003-11-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of an exciting Notre Dame basketball season, Irish Coffee will delight fans of both Notre Dame lore and of Ralph McInerny's impeccably plotted mysteries. When Fred Neville of the Notre Dame athletic department winds up dead under mysterious circumstances, amateur sleuth and academic Roger Knight, and his brother, Phil, a P.I., investigate the apparent murder. The trouble: no suspects. No suspects, that is, until the day of Fred's funeral, when several likely candidates suddenly appear at the poor man's wake. First, Mary Schuster, daughter of a faculty widow, shows up at the event dressed all in black, with the startling announcement that she and the deceased were secretly in love. Then the controversy doubles when another woman arrives with a huge diamond ring on her finger, claiming to have been Fred's intended. Could it be that unassuming Fred Neville was actually involved with two women, in secret and at the same time? Roger thinks not, and finds a notable piece of evidence to back up his hunch when a secret stash of Fred's poetry turns up, clearly written with a single woman in mind. Unfortunately, the object of Fred's intense love remains unnamed in his verse. Suddenly, both women are suspects in a vicious crime. But it's up to Roger to plug into the campus gossip grid and, with a little help from Phil, not to mention his vast knowledge of just about everything that happens on campus, determine the exact chain of events that led to murder.
Author : ZZ Packer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781573223782
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (237 download)
Download or read book Drinking Coffee Elsewhere written by ZZ Packer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-02-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed debut short story collection that introduced the world to an arresting and unforgettable new voice in fiction, from multi-award winning author ZZ Packer Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We meet a Brownie troop of black girls who are confronted with a troop of white girls; a young man who goes with his father to the Million Man March and must decide where his allegiance lies; an international group of drifters in Japan, who are starving, unable to find work; a girl in a Baltimore ghetto who has dreams of the larger world she has seen only on the screens in the television store nearby, where the Lithuanian shopkeeper holds out hope for attaining his own American Dream. With penetrating insight, ZZ Packer helps us see the world with a clearer vision. Fresh, versatile, and captivating, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking and unforgettable collection, sure to stand out among the contemporary canon of fiction.
Author : James Hoffmann
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
ISBN 13 : 1784725714
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)
Download or read book The World Atlas of Coffee written by James Hoffmann and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worldwide bestseller - 1/3 million copies sold 'With his expert guidance we travel around the globe, from Burundi to Honduras via Vietnam, sipping and spitting as we go. This is high geekery made palatable by the evident love pulsing through every sentence.' - The Guardian 'The subject of coffee has never been more, er, hot, and The World Atlas of Coffee takes a close look at its history and evolution, the international range of beans and all the best ways to enjoy coffee. Great pics too.' - Susy Atkins, The Telegraph For everyone who wants to understand more about coffee and its wonderful nuances and possibilities, this is the book to have. Coffee has never been better, or more interesting, than it is today. Coffee producers have access to more varieties and techniques than ever before and we, as consumers, can share in that expertise to make sure the coffee we drink is the best we can find. Where coffee comes from, how it was harvested, the roasting process and the water used to make the brew are just a few of the factors that influence the taste of what we drink. Champion barista and coffee expert James Hoffmann examines these key factors, looking at varieties of coffee, the influence of terroir, how it is harvested and processed, the roasting methods used, through to the way in which the beans are brewed. Country by country - from Bolivia to Zambia - he then identifies key characteristics and the methods that determine the quality of that country's output. Along the way we learn about everything from the development of the espresso machine, to why strength guides on supermarket coffee are really not good news. This is the first book to chart the coffee production of over 35 countries, encompassing knowledge never previously published outside the coffee industry.
Author : William Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684809664
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Janet, My Mother, and Me written by William Murray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deliciously idiosyncratic coming-of-age story that reads like "Auntie Mame"--Murray's winsome, affectionate memoir of being raised by his mother and her longtime lover, famed "New Yorker" journalist Janet Flanner. of photos.
Author : Stella Pope Duarte
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 1611923387
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Women Who Live in Coffee Shops and Other Stories written by Stella Pope Duarte and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody says that the owner of Sal's Diner is a former Mafioso, but nine-year-old Joanna, whose mom has worked for him as long as she can remember, has a hard time believing he's a Mafia retiree. But one day, when two fat, toothless men who look like the Godfather's brothers show up at the diner, she wonders if maybe the rumor is true. And when Sal is arrested a few days later, Joanna's mother not only runs the diner while he's in jail, she also leads the charge to save him. Can the women who frequent his diner--the League of Women Who Live in Coffee Shops--save Sal from doing hard time in prison? Set against an urban backdrop of seedy motels and dilapidated houses next to industrial buildings and railroad tracks, Stella Pope Duarte's award-winning stories follow characters who make up the city's underbelly. Some strut through the lethal streets, flamboyant and hard to miss--flashy divas, transvestites, and prostitutes, like Valentine, "one of the girls who decorated Van Buren Street like ornaments dangling precariously on a Christmas tree." Others remain hidden, invisible to those who don't seek them out--bag ladies, illegals, and addicts.
Author : Adeena Mignogna
Publisher : Crazy Robot, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 995 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (855 download)
Download or read book The Robot Galaxy Series: Books 1-4 written by Adeena Mignogna and published by Crazy Robot, LLC. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you were kidnapped by a bunch of alien robots? Human meets robot in the most unpredictable ways in this cosmically comedic journey. Witness Ruby Palmer, an ordinary girl with an extraordinary knack for programming, as she navigates the perils and perks of a universe teeming with eccentric robots. Kidnapped by alien robots and brought to their artificial planet, Ruby's coding skills become her only hope and unexpected savior. Torn between her desire to return home and correcting the quirkiest of robotic glitches, she finds herself in a battle against time and comic disaster. This ebook contains the complete Robot Galaxy series including: Crazy Foolish Robots Robots, Robots Everywhere! Silly Insane Humans and Eleven Little Robots Meet the charming and delightful robots and experience a universe filled with laughter, thrill, and heart, all in one series!
Author : Darlene Franklin
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683228251
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (832 download)
Download or read book The Coffee Club Mysteries written by Darlene Franklin and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six Mysteries Are Brewing in Small-Town Kansas The coffee shop on the corner of First and Main in Oak Grove, Kansas, seems to attract a series of mysterious events. Or perhaps it is the six women who frequent the shop for book club who are magnets for trouble. . . . Morgan Butler, owner of the Coffee Perk, finds a project worker hanged at her shop. Penny Parson finds a gun in one of her beehives. Evelyn Kliff discovers a dead church meal organizer. Jo Anderson shares hazelnut coffee creamer, sending a woman into anaphylactic shock. Harper Daggett is being stalked for an antique jade owl she bought. Baker Jeanine Gransbury’s charity event money goes missing. Join them as they unravel six unexplained events that have the potential to ruin business and spoil friendships if not handled with care.
Author : Vanessa Saint
Publisher : Vanessa Saint
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Ruined written by Vanessa Saint and published by Vanessa Saint. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruined That's what people call me. Ever since it happened to my mom, I've only had one goal. Discover the truth—no matter the cost. But to find the answers I seek, I'll have to dive into the dark underbelly that took her from me. Beneath the pristine surfaces of two elite rival colleges in Charleston, lies a world of wealth, power, and sickening corruption, that runs deeper than anyone could imagine. And I intend to destroy it. Problem is, I can't do it alone. I need help, and I'm willing to sacrifice my soul to get it. That's where they come in; Julian, Adam and Michael. A friend, a stranger, an enemy—and the only ones who can help me. But each of their help comes at a price, and by the time I'm done, I'll have gone passed every moral and rational boundary I've ever known. But I don't care, because there is no coming back from where I intend to go. You see, the danger in surrounding yourself with monsters, is that there's a good chance you'll eventually become one… This is a dark bully romance intended for readers 18+. This book contains dark themes, including abuse, violence, suicide and sexual relationships that some readers might be uncomfortable with.
Author : Mary Casella
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479737658
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)
Download or read book It Happened in the Pine Barrens written by Mary Casella and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Happened in the Pine Barrens is a compelling saga of love, death and destiny set in the heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across southern New Jersey. Casellas newly published book transforms this Pinelands into a center of thrilling events that arouse the curiosity and excitement of fi ction fans through three riveting stories: Snakes with Ruby Eyes, Love and Death in the Pines and Closure in the Pines. Snakes with Ruby Eyes follows the mysterious turn of events in the life of Elizabeth Little. After the death of Catherine, artist mother and owner of The Little Antique Shop, Beth strangely inherits a huge amount of cash and a long list of questions about her parents life. Stan Turner, who perseveringly pines for her love and affection, witnesses and supports Beth throughout her journey towards self-rediscovery. Love and Death in the Pines picks up the story from where the fi rst tale left off. It revolves around the entwined destiny of two disparate people Dr. James Bradley, a physician and an undercover FBI agent, and Dr. Meghan Malloy, an art history professor. They met at the opening of The Pines Antique Shop. James was invited by his friend, Meghans aunt, now proprietor of The Pines Antique Shop (previously The Little Antique Shop). Meg had created an art gallery for the shop to display the artwork of Catherine Little. Both never knew that a chance encounter would lead them to love. Closure in the Pines completes the trilogy in stunning fashion. James wants to resign from the FBI to work as a physician at a Veterans Administration hospital. His resignation is denied. Meghan returns to her teaching position. While fi nalizing some cases, Meghan suddenly disappears. A manhunt ensues. Drug traffi cking and gunfi ght also makes this fi nal story a perfect closing salvo. However, as one of the characters aptly put it, There is no closure in the crime business. Creatively blending fast-paced drama, mystery and romance with the slow-paced life in Pine Barrens, Casella has successfully put the place on the map for another remarkable reason. It Happened in the Pine Barrens is a book that leaves readers deeply satisfi ed yet eagerly longing for answers to more questions inherent in the saga.
Author : Eric A Johnson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786722002
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book What We Knew written by Eric A Johnson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horrors of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust still present some of the most disturbing questions in modern history: Why did Hitler's party appeal to millions of Germans, and how entrenched was anti-Semitism among the population? How could anyone claim, after the war, that the genocide of Europe's Jews was a secret? Did ordinary non-Jewish Germans live in fear of the Nazi state? In this unprecedented firsthand analysis of daily life as experienced in the Third Reich, What We Knew offers answers to these most important questions. Combining the expertise of Eric A. Johnson, an American historian, and Karl-Heinz Reuband, a German sociologist, What We Knew is the most startling oral history yet of everyday life in the Third Reich.
