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Hunga Dunga

Author : Phil Polizatto
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598587374
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Hunga Dunga written by Phil Polizatto and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GIACCO GIORDANO is insane He has organic brain damage from too much LSD. He's harmless, but incurable. The State awards him a paltry stipend, but enough to contribute to the communal coffers of Hunga Dunga and to pursue enlightenment on a grand scale. This is Giacco's story about that brief but unforgettable time in our history when fl ower children were sure peace and love would guide the planet. It was only a matter of time. Or so they thought. What happened? Giacco would like to remind you. Time is running out. HUNGA DUNGA is often holy, often horny. Sometimes saintly, sometimes sexually explicit. From New York to Los Angeles, Lovelock to Woodstock, Tucson to Prince George, San Francisco to Twisp, and an amazing journey around the world in search of The Guru. You are in for some very strange rides. If you are lucky, you may just find the secret to god-realization. But make sure you are sitting under a blanket. ..".this is damned good stuff Superlative dialogue. Written with a comfort and assuredness that vacuumed me into that world. Excellent, amusing and poignant..." - Colonel, Retired, U.S. Army Donald McRae, author of Montana Gold and Conflict of Interest "Polizatto had given the world an amazing (and accurate) picture of that very special time in history. He's woven such a sweet and beautiful story in such a conversational manner, that all the intellectual references gently drip like honey so that anyone can partake in the feast." - Lee Balan, author of Exhumations and Alien Journal ..".this book is defi nitely Kerouacian in it's scope, both on the human (cast of characters - and what characters ) and geographical scale. For those who have ears to hear, Hunga Dunga is a reminder of some of our deepest and hardest won truths." - Randolph Maxted, publisher, The Intriguist Literary and Arts Magazine PHIL POLIZATTO attended a very reputable university and graduated reputably. He has been a feature writer for the overseas division of UPI, a copywriter for CBS, and an award-winning corporate film producer. He wrote the score, lyrics and book for the musical, Pokin' Around and immortalized the music of Cowboy Bob in the unforgettable CD, Cowboy Bob: The Morbid Years. Mr. Polizatto is a published poet and a regular contributor to a popular arts and literary journal. Hunga Dunga is his first novel. He resides in the Pacific Northwest.

Other Voices

Author : Lois Breedlove
Publisher : L.J. Breedlove
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Other Voices written by Lois Breedlove and published by L.J. Breedlove. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's a professor, he's her student Gail Tremont fled New York bright lights to Moscow, Idaho, a small town that couldn't be more different. There she built a new life for herself — as a professor in the University of Idaho theater department. And each summer she runs a competition for beginning playwrights called Other Voices. This is year 5, and all Gail asks is that it go smoothly. Then a Marine veteran shows up with a circle beard and a full lower lip made for kissing. And damn it, if Jake Abbott isn't one of the playwrights! And oh my God, the play he brings? Gail Tremont wants to produce that play almost as badly as she wants him. But things turn ugly fast when the man she fled years ago shows up on campus as a surprise Artist in Residence. And suddenly Gail Tremont is no longer wishing for things to go smoothly — she's just hoping she survives it at all. Book 2 in the Second Chance Romances, set in a small college town in Idaho. Four women friends who have each other’s backs, no matter what. When you have that? You might be willing to risk falling in love again. This is the first book in Gail Tremont's trilogy. There's a HEA ahead — if she can survive the road to get there. (Be prepared for language, triggers, and politics.)

303rd Bombardment Group

Author : Brian D O'Neill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782006613
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book 303rd Bombardment Group written by Brian D O'Neill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first title in the Elite Units series to deal with an American bombardment group, this title focuses on the 303rd BG, dubbed the 'Hells Angels.' One of the very first B-17 units assigned to the newly created Eighth Air Force in England in September 1942, the 303rd was in the vanguard of the daylight bombing campaign through to VE-Day. Awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation in January 1944, the 303rd also had two of its aircrewmen presented with the Medal of Honor, Americas ultimate military decoration. Brian O Neill brings the group's colourful combat history to life with a mix of first-hand accounts, raw statistics and concise mission narrative.

Messages in Handlebars

Author : Kendrick Kirk
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359953271
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book Messages in Handlebars written by Kendrick Kirk and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In World War II, the French Resistance played a vital role in the Allied victory. Supported by Britain's Special Operations Executive, Resistance networks were formed, led and equipped by SOE agents. The Auduc family provided essential support to the network formed around Le Mans, France, by an American OSS agent and a French SOE agent. The Auduc's oldest son, Jean-Jacques, became the youngest Resistance fighter to be awarded the Croix de Guerre. He was also awarded the U. S. Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor for heroism as a 12 year old. The downing of two B-17's on July 4, 1943, brought the Auduc's face to face with the five surviving U. S. airmen. The airmen were first sheltered and then repatriated to England. The Auduc family and their fellows teach us how much people will sacrifice to gain freedom from an oppressor. American, British, Canadian and French worked in cloaked secrecy and harmony to rid the world of the greatest evil in recorded history.

Angie Gregory

Author : Lois Breedlove
Publisher : L.J. Breedlove
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Angie Gregory written by Lois Breedlove and published by L.J. Breedlove. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the complete trilogy of Angie Gregory's story, titles included are: What She Wrote, What She Wrote Next, and All Kinds of Love. Sometimes You Get a Second Chance Angie Gregory teaches multiple sections of Writing 101 to freshmen. Semester after semester. Year after year. It isn't the life she'd dreamed she would have. What got her through all the grading, the lack of money, and the sheer loneliness, is girls' night out on Fridays with her friends. Then the man who had broken her heart staggered into the bar, and back into her life. He needed her. His sons needed her. Did she have the courage to say yes? And was saying yes, even the right thing to do? This a complete trilogy featuring Angie Gregory in the romantic suspense series set in a small college town in Idaho. Four women friends have each other's backs, no matter what life throws at them. In this slow-burn, contemporary western romance series, each woman gets her HEAs, but oh, the convoluted path love can take to get there! (Be prepared for language, triggers, and politics.)

Gail Tremont

Author : Lois Breedlove
Publisher : L.J. Breedlove
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Gail Tremont written by Lois Breedlove and published by L.J. Breedlove. This book was released on 2023-10-11 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the complete trilogy of Gail Tremont's story, titles included are: Other Voices, First Intermission, The Show Goes On, Second Intermission, and The Show Never Ends. He's Off Limits Gail Tremont fled New York's bright lights to Moscow, Idaho, a small town that couldn't be more different. There she built a new life for herself — as a professor in the University of Idaho theater department. And each summer she runs a competition for beginning playwrights called Other Voices. This is year five, and all Gail asks is that it go smoothly. Then a Marine veteran shows up with a circle beard and a full lower lip made for kissing. And damn it, if Jake Abbott isn't one of the playwrights! And oh my God, the play he brings? Gail Tremont wants to produce that play almost as badly as she wants him. But things turn ugly fast when the man she fled years ago shows up on campus as a surprise Artist in Residence. And suddenly Gail Tremont is no longer wishing for things to go smoothly — she's just hoping she survives it at all. The complete trilogy featuring Gail Tremont and Jake Abbott, a part of the Second Chance Romances series, a romantic suspense series set in a small college town in Idaho. Four women friends have each other's backs, no matter what life throws at them. In this slow burn contemporary romance series, each woman gets her HEAs, but oh, the convoluted path love can take to get there! (Be prepared for language, triggers, and politics.)

What She Wrote

Author : Lois Breedlove
Publisher : L.J. Breedlove
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book What She Wrote written by Lois Breedlove and published by L.J. Breedlove. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes You Get a Second Chance Angie Gregory taught multiple sections of Writing 101 to freshmen. Semester after semester. Year after year. It wasn't the life she'd dreamed she would have. What got her through all the grading, the lack of money, and the sheer loneliness, was girls' night out on Friday's with her friends. Then the man who had broken her heart staggered into the bar, and back into her life. He needed her. His sons needed her. Did she have the courage to say yes? Book 5 in Second Chance Romances, a series about four women who have each other's backs in life, work, and love. With friends like these, you might even be willing to take the risk of falling in love again. A slow burn, second chance, small town, contemporary romance. (Be prepared for language, triggers, and politics.)

California Cuisine and Just Food

Author : Sally K. Fairfax
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026201811X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book California Cuisine and Just Food written by Sally K. Fairfax and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the shift in focus to access and fairness among San Francisco Bay Area alternative food activists and advocates. Can a celebrity chef find common ground with an urban community organizer? Can a maker of organic cheese and a farm worker share an agenda for improving America's food? In the San Francisco Bay area, unexpected alliances signal the widening concerns of diverse alternative food proponents. What began as niche preoccupations with parks, the environment, food aesthetics, and taste has become a broader and more integrated effort to achieve food democracy: agricultural sustainability, access for all to good food, fairness for workers and producers, and public health. This book maps that evolution in northern California. The authors show that progress toward food democracy in the Bay area has been significant: innovators have built on familiar yet quite radical understandings of regional cuisine to generate new, broadly shared expectations about food quality, and activists have targeted the problems that the conventional food system creates. But, they caution despite the Bay Area's favorable climate, progressive politics, and food culture many challenges remain.

Inside the California Food Revolution

Author : Joyce Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520956702
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Inside the California Food Revolution written by Joyce Goldstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this authoritative and immensely readable insider’s account, celebrated cookbook author and former chef Joyce Goldstein traces the development of California cuisine from its formative years in the 1970s to 2000, when farm-to-table, foraging, and fusion cooking had become part of the national vocabulary. Interviews with almost two hundred chefs, purveyors, artisans, winemakers, and food writers bring to life an approach to cooking grounded in passion, bold innovation, and a dedication to "flavor first." Goldstein explains how the counterculture movement in the West gave rise to a restaurant culture characterized by open kitchens, women in leadership positions, and a surprising number of chefs and artisanal food producers who lacked formal training. The new cuisine challenged the conventional kitchen hierarchy and French dominance in fine dining, leading to a more egalitarian and informal food scene. In weaving Goldstein’s views on California food culture with profiles of those who played a part in its development—from Alice Waters to Bill Niman to Wolfgang Puck—Inside the California Food Revolution demonstrates that, while fresh produce and locally sourced ingredients are iconic in California, what transforms these elements into a unique cuisine is a distinctly Western culture of openness, creativity, and collaboration. Engagingly written and full of captivating anecdotes, this book shows how the inspirations that emerged in California went on to transform the experience of eating throughout the United States and the world.

Hell's Angels

Author : Jay A. Stout
Publisher : Dutton Caliber
ISBN 13 : 0425274101
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Hell's Angels written by Jay A. Stout and published by Dutton Caliber. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the air battles that destroyed Nazi Germany's ability to wage war, one bomb group was especially distinguished. The Hell's Angels. At the outbreak of World War II, the United States was in no way prepared to wage war. Although the U.S declared war against Germany in December 1941, the country lacked the manpower, the equipment, and the experience it needed to fight. Even had an invasion force been ready, a successful assault on Nazi-occupied Europe could not happen until Germany's industrial and military might were crippled. Because no invasion could happen without air superiority, the first target was the Luftwaffe--the most powerful and battle-hardened air force in the world. To this end, the United States Army Air Forces joined with Great Britain's already-engaged Royal Air Force to launch a strategic air campaign that ultimately brought the Luftwaffe to its knees. One of the standout units of this campaign was the legendary 303rd Bomb Group--Hell's Angels. This is the 303rd's story, as told by the men who made it what it was. Taking their name from their B-17 of the same name, they became one of the most distinguished and important air combat units in history. The dramatic and terrible air battles they fought against Germany changed the course of the war.

The AMA Handbook of Business Letters

Author : Jeffrey L. Seglin
Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
ISBN 13 : 0814420125
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book The AMA Handbook of Business Letters written by Jeffrey L. Seglin and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2012 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the fundamentals of letter writing have remained the same, the way we communicate in business is constantly evolving. Whether it's a formal printed letter or an email, the ability to write effective correspondence is essential for success-no matter what the industry. Containing more than 25 percent new material, The AMA Handbook of Business Letters provides readers with over 370 customizable model letters, divided into categories reflecting various aspects of business, including: * Sales, marketing, and public relations * Customer service * Human resources * Credit and collection * Letters to vendors and suppliers * Confirmations, requests, and replies * Permissions * And many more In addition, the book provides readers with a refresher course in the letter-writing basics, and helpful appendices listing common mistakes in grammar, word usage, and punctuation. Comprehensive-and now extensively updated-this invaluable resource provides professionals with an adaptable template for every conceivable business correspondence need.

Making Slow Food Fast in California Cuisine

Author : Victor W. Geraci
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319528572
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Making Slow Food Fast in California Cuisine written by Victor W. Geraci and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows the development of industrial agriculture in California and its influence on both regional and national eating habits. Early California politicians and entrepreneurs envisioned agriculture as a solution to the food needs of the expanding industrial nation. The state’s climate, geography, vast expanses of land, water, and immigrant workforce when coupled with university research and governmental assistance provided a model for agribusiness. In a short time, the San Francisco Bay Area became a hub for guaranteeing Americans access to a consistent quantity of quality foods. To this end, California agribusiness played a major role in national food policies and subsequently produced a bifurcated California Cuisine that sustained both Slow and Fast Food proponents. Problems arose as mid-twentieth century social activists battled the unresponsiveness of government agencies to corporate greed, food safety, and environmental sustainability. By utilizing multidisciplinary literature and oral histories the book illuminates a more balanced look at how a California Cuisine embraced Slow Food Made Fast.

iPhone UK: The Missing Manual

Author : David Pogue
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1449397719
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book iPhone UK: The Missing Manual written by David Pogue and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With multitasking and more than a 100 other new features, iPhone 4.0 is a real treat, cooked up with Apple ™s traditional secret sauce of simplicity, intelligence, and whimsy. iPhone UK: The Missing Manual gives you a guided tour of everything the new iPhone has to offer, with lots of tips, tricks, and surprises. Learn how to make calls and play songs by voice control, take great photos, keep track of your schedule, and much more with complete step-by-step instructions and crystal-clear explanations by iPhone master David Pogue. Whether you have a brand-new iPhone, or want to update an earlier model with the iPhone 4.0 software, this beautiful full-colour book is the best, most objective resource available.Use it as a phone -- learn the basics as well as time-saving tricks and tips for contact searching, texting, and more Treat it as an iPod -- master the ins and outs of iTunes, and listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and films Take the iPhone online -- make the most of your online experience to browse the Web, read and compose email, use social networks, or send photos and audio files Go beyond the iPhone -- learn how to use the App Store, and how to multitask between your apps, organize them in folders, and read ebooks in iBooksUnlock the full potential of your iPhone with the book that should have been in the box.

Finding My Groove

Author : Larry Amstutz
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039134092
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Finding My Groove written by Larry Amstutz and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lyrics have been the poetry of my life.” A former disc jockey who has “lived, worked, and played in every corner” of Vancouver Island, recounts in this absorbing memoir the livelihoods, lessons, and loves of several generations of working people in the resource-based industries of British Columbia, with in-depth and interesting descriptions of how jobs were and are performed and how communities come together and splinter. The author provides equally detailed accounts of his subsequent careers in broadcasting and business in Toronto, Vancouver, the Okanagan, and back on the Big Island. This book resounds with themes of music. It’s about learning and growing through life experiences; taking chances and pursuing your dreams; family values and responsibility; respect and tolerance for others; finding out it’s okay to fail; and redemption and forgiveness. With “album cuts” to introduce and highlight each chapter, Finding My Groove is a study in cultural differences between different industry sectors and ways of life, as well as different regions of Canada. This book brings to light themes that are common despite these differences—danger, tragedy, life and death, triumphs and disappointments, mental and physical health, lessons learned, lost dreams, love, and renewed commitment. It provides firsthand knowledge of logging, of broadcasting, of the comparison of big-city life to small-town experiences. It is a guide to finding satisfaction and contentment in life, and coming to peace with yourself.

Catalog of Copyright Entries

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Second Intermission

Author : Lois Breedlove
Publisher : L.J. Breedlove
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Second Intermission written by Lois Breedlove and published by L.J. Breedlove. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Can Tell Her Story? Deborah Blessing is a German Baptist who has chosen to play a devout Muslim woman in the play Afghanistan. She's in awe of the playwright, a Marine veteran named Jake Abbott, and hero worships the professor for the play's production, Gail Tremont. They're two of the reasons she's standing up to pressure from her community to act in the play. But mostly, it's the character herself. A devout woman of faith who risked her life for some strangers deserved to be played by a woman of faith. Who else could give her voice? This novella continues the story of Gail Tremont and Jake Abbott, following after book 2, The Show Goes On. While the novella isn't necessary to the plot of the trilogy, it offers some steamier romance between the two — and a side-journey into Deborah's story. Second Chance Romances features four women friends (and a few others) who have each other's backs. And really? There's little you can't do if you've got friends like that. You might even take another chance at love.

Flight Risk

Author : James Nolan
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496811305
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Flight Risk written by James Nolan and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "James Nolan looks back unsparingly on a time few writers have faced with such clarity and compassion. There's suspense and beauty on every page . . ." --Andrei Codrescu Flight Risk takes off as a page-turning narrative with deep roots and a wide wingspan. James Nolan, a fifth-generation New Orleans native, offers up an intimate portrait both of his insular hometown and his generation's counterculture. Flight runs as a theme throughout the book, which begins with Nolan's escape from the gothic mental hospital to which his parents committed the teenaged poet during the tumult of 1968. This breakout is followed by the self-styled revolutionary's hair-raising flight from a Guatemalan jail, and years later, by the author's bolt from China, where he ditched his teaching position and collectivist ideals. These Houdini-like feats foreshadow a more recent one, how he dodged biblical floods in a stolen school bus three days after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Nolan traces these flight patterns to those of his French ancestors who fled to New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century, established a tobacco business in the French Quarter, and kept the old country alive in their Creole demimonde. The writer describes the eccentric Seventh Ward menagerie of the extended family in which he grew up, his early flirtation with extremist politics, and a strong bond with his freewheeling grandfather, a gentleman from the Gilded Age. Nolan's quest for his own freedom takes him to the flower-powered, gender-bending San Francisco of the sixties and seventies, as well as to an expatriate life in Spain during the heady years of that nation's transition to democracy. Like the prodigal son, he eventually returns home to live in the French Quarter, around the corner from where his grandmother grew up, only to struggle through the aftermath of Katrina and the city's resurrection. Many of these stories are entwined with the commentaries of a wry flaneur, addressing such subjects as the nuances of race in New Orleans, the Disneyfication of the French Quarter, the numbing anomie of digital technology and globalization, the challenges of caring for aging parents, Creole funeral traditions, how to make a soul-searing gumbo, and what it really means to belong.