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Author : Amy Koppelman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976389590
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (895 download)
Download or read book I Smile Back written by Amy Koppelman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second novel from author whose debut was compared to The Awakening and The Bell Jar.
Author : Amy Koppelman
Publisher : Two Dollar Radio
ISBN 13 : 1937512460
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (375 download)
Download or read book I Smile Back written by Amy Koppelman and published by Two Dollar Radio. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Powerful. Koppelman's instincts help her navigate these choppy waters with inventiveness and integrity."—Los Angeles Times "Koppelman explores with ruthless honesty a woman come undone."—Bookslut "Koppelman mostly writes from inside Laney's disillusioned mind, ricocheting between the quotidian details of wife and motherhood and big-picture musings, forming exquisite stand-alone tone poems."—Elle Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Silverman in her dramatic-acting debut, and Josh Charles, I Smile Back tells the affecting tale of Laney Brooks, a mother and wife on a self-destructive streak. She takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney's seemingly composed surface is the impulse to follow in her father's footsteps, to leave and topple her family's balance in the process. The film adaptation of I Smile Back premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the prestigious US Dramatic competition. Silverman's affecting dramatic turn in the lead role has garnered praise in film trade reviews as "tremendous," "terrific," and "awards worthy," and will inspire an onslaught of attention upon the film's national theatrical release. Amy Koppelman is a graduate of Columbia's MFA program. Her writing has appeared in the New York Observer and Lilith. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children, and is the author of the novels A Mouthful of Air and I Smile Back. She adapted the screenplay for the film from her own novel.
Author : Amy Koppelman
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781468313666
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (136 download)
Download or read book Hesitation Wounds written by Amy Koppelman and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Somber and absorbing" (Interview), the new novel by the author of I Smile Back, now a feature film starring Sarah Silverman.
Author : Juliette Goodrich
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146709790X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)
Download or read book I Am Special Because I Smile written by Juliette Goodrich and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juliette Goodrich is an Emmy Award winning news anchor and reporter and children's book author. Her carrer and three children inspire her to write books about special places, events and people. Juliette was inspired to write " I am Special Because I Smile" because of her involvement in Special Olympics and Special Olympics athletes. They possess a very unique and special quality that she says everyone should try ...... THEY SMILE !!!!
Author : Peter Jennings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781990096037
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Until I Smile At You written by Peter Jennings and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Until I Smile At You" reveals for the first time the life of one of the most enduring musical talents in the 20th century: a young Canadian girl named Ruth Lowe, who wrote a song that dynamited Frank Sinatra's career into the stratosphere in 1940, "I'll Never Smile Again." The song charted on Billboard for an unheard of 12 weeks and has been recorded by more than 150 performers around the world. In fact, it's still being recorded today (the book opens in studio as famed Blood, Sweat & Tears singer, David Clayton-Thomas, records his own unique version). Ruth Lowe has been called "One of the Architects of the American Ballad," she is the recipient of a Grammy Award, her songs have been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and she's about to be added to the Great American Songbook Foundation Hall of Fame. As Nancy Sinatra says in the book's Foreword, "There's a reason why 'I'll Never Smile Again' has endured: it was a perfect song, interpreted by the perfect singer, at the perfect time." The book reveals that Ruth Lowe was no one-hit-wonder: she went on to write Sinatra's theme song, "Put Your Dreams Away" (the last song played at his funeral) plus 50 other tunes for Broadway and Hollywood. ("Until I Smile At You" reveals the humorous story of how she had to write Sinatra's theme song in under 24 hours.) Amazingly, no one has been privy to Ruth Lowe's life story until now. Peter Jennings, the book's author (who has written six other books), was personally selected by her family to write "Until I Smile At You." And there's this to add to Ruth's narrative: in today's era of women claiming their full rights, consider that she was one of the earliest liberated females who worked in a man's world (Tin Pan Alley) and never let her gender, or her attractive good looks, get in the way of her outstanding talent. One of the interesting features of "Until I Smile At You" is Peter Jennings' interviews with such luminaries as Bernie Taupin (Elton John's lyricist for over 50 years), Sir Tim Rice (who writes lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber), Alan Bergman (who has written award-winning songs for Barbra Streisand, Sinatra, etc.), the late Frank Sinatra Jr., music historian Chuck Granata, Sinatra biographer, James Kaplan, and many others... all of whom cast a glow on Ruth's talents. Also featured are stories from Ruth's late sister Mickey Cohen, who regales the author with details about how Ruth, whom she adored, wrote "the song." There is also an interview with noted businessman/philanthropist Seymour Schulich who worked with Ruth's second husband, Nat Sandler. (It was MGM that wanted to make a movie of Ruth's life back in the day, staring Judy Garland, but Nat nixed the deal because he didn't want her clinging to the past.) With the world facing increased levels of stress and anxiety, this is an ideal time for a story like "Until I Smile At You" with its positive, feel-good story of resilience.
Author : Sarah Silverman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061987077
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book The Bedwetter written by Sarah Silverman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne and star of the powerful 2015 film I Smile Back Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. In this collection of humorous essays, Sarah Silverman tells tales of growing up Jewish in New Hampshire, losing her virginity, learning to curse at 3 years old, and being a bedwetter until she was old enough to drive, and in a surprisingly poignant piece, she recounts the accidental death of her infant brother. Of course, in her loopy, taboo-breaking way, she always manages somehow to leave you laughing. But then you’d expect nothing less from a woman who sang to her boyfriend on national television that she was “F***ing Matt Damon.” If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish, you’ll love The Bedwetter.
Author : Bronnie Ware
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401956009
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Top Five Regrets of the Dying written by Bronnie Ware and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.
Author : Raina Telgemeier
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545780012
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Smile: A Graphic Novel written by Raina Telgemeier and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.
Author : Amy Koppelman
Publisher : Two Dollar Radio
ISBN 13 : 1953387152
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (533 download)
Download or read book A Mouthful of Air written by Amy Koppelman and published by Two Dollar Radio. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture starring Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock. Compared to seminal feminist works such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, A Mouthful of Air is a powerful, tragic statement on motherhood, family, and survival. A Mouthful of Air is a compassionate and wrenching portrait of Julie Davis, a young wife and mother torn between the love she feels for her family and the voice in her head that insists they’d be better off without her. We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son’s first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment—“this tree, that passing car, the pretzel guy up ahead on the corner. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance”—but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle. Within the narrative of A Mouthful of Air is an argument about the nature of depression—its causes, cures, and the price it exacts from its victims. With spare, elegant prose, this brutally honest portrayal of family and self illuminates the power and complexity of the human psyche. Originally published in 2003, A Mouthful of Air now includes an afterword by author Adrienne Miller.
Author : Maria A. Efstratopoulou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536172775
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (727 download)
Download or read book Bring My Smile Back: written by Maria A. Efstratopoulou and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comforting touch reduces reaction to stress, develops sense of empathy and helps impulse control. Free play outdoors helps develop social capacities and reduces aggression. A number of caregivers, besides mothers, influence the development of empathy, child's IQ and ego resilience. We are aware that we are lacking on all these fronts and in most cases there is not much we can do about it. Small, nuclear families, two working parents, urban lifestyle and a huge influence media has on children development leaves very little that teachers and parents can do to affect children's development and happiness. Most children do not know the meaning of empathy. Compassionate, moral behaviour is considered 'uncool.' Scientists believe that the problems are in the strange cultural and social practices of our modern life, particularly in the way we raise our children. This book aims to explore the crucial link between emotions, wellbeing and learning and the wider social factors affecting children's happiness. The authors draw from a range of experience, examples, case studies and educational approaches to present this engaging text on children's wellbeing and emotions. Focusing on children's happiness more than on their academic achievements and positive behaviour, this book puts Children's Smiles at the heart of teaching!"--
Author : Thanhha Lai
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702251178
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Inside Out & Back Again written by Thanhha Lai and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
Author : Lauren Sandler
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 039958997X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)
Download or read book This Is All I Got written by Lauren Sandler and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • From an award-winning journalist, a poignant and gripping immersion in the life of a young, homeless single mother amid her quest to find stability and shelter in the richest city in America LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD • “Riveting . . . a remarkable feat of reporting.”—The New York Times Camila is twenty-two years old and a new mother. She has no family to rely on, no partner, and no home. Despite her intelligence and determination, the odds are firmly stacked against her. In this extraordinary work of literary reportage, Lauren Sandler chronicles a year in Camila’s life—from the birth of her son to his first birthday—as she navigates the labyrinth of poverty and homelessness in New York City. In her attempts to secure a safe place to raise her son and find a measure of freedom in her life, Camila copes with dashed dreams, failed relationships, the desolation of abandonment, and miles of red tape with grit, humor, and uncanny resilience. Every day, more than forty-five million Americans attempt to survive below the poverty line. Every night, nearly sixty thousand people sleep in New York City-run shelters, 40 percent of them children. In This Is All I Got, Sandler brings this deeply personal issue to life, vividly depicting one woman's hope and despair and her steadfast determination to change her life despite the myriad setbacks she encounters. This Is All I Got is a rare feat of reporting and a dramatic story of survival. Sandler’s candid and revealing account also exposes the murky boundaries between a journalist and her subject when it becomes impossible to remain a dispassionate observer. She has written a powerful and unforgettable indictment of a system that is often indifferent to the needs of those it serves, and that sometimes seems designed to fail. Praise for This Is All I Got “A rich, sociologically valuable work that’s more gripping, and more devastating, than fiction.”—Booklist “Vivid, heartbreaking. . . . Readers will be moved by this harrowing and impassioned call for change.”—Publishers Weekly “A closely observed chronicle . . . Sandler displays her journalistic talent by unerringly presenting this dire situation. . . . An impressive blend of dispassionate reporting, pungent condemnation of public welfare, and gritty humanity.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author : Raina Telgemeier
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545779960
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Drama: A Graphic Novel written by Raina Telgemeier and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters! Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!
Author : Cayenne A. Rose
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Cupid's Soldier written by Cayenne A. Rose and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Seline Winters is a seventeen-year-old, self-proclaimed relationship expert. She has her own blog dedicated to passionately teaching people what she believes love, in a relationship, should really be like. Love is something she takes really seriously, so when someone she thinks would be the last person to ask for her help does just that... she shuts him down harshly. Austen Hendrikson is everything Seline despises in a boy. He's rude, arrogant, has terrible anger issues, and treats people like dirt. Nothing in the world could make her trust him with anyone's love life. Yet through their own rough circumstances, they end up bonding. Who she thought could only be seen as a delinquent has a much softer side that she finds herself drawn to. About the Author Cayenne A. Rose, is a college student. Her favorite things to do have been writing and reading books since she was a baby. As young as thirteen years old, she was uploading books onto Wattpad. Her most popular story reached over 150,000 views with no help or advertisements involved. Finally, her dream to be a published author is now becoming a reality. Join her on her journey!
Author : Joyce O'Bryant
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683508068
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)
Download or read book "Little" Thoughts for the Day written by Joyce O'Bryant and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of daily spiritual encouragement for elementary school children, written by a dedicated Christian educator. As a principal at a Christian elementary school, Joyce O’Bryant would start each morning by greeting her students over the intercom with a prayer and an inspiring thought for the day. Those thoughts and prayers became the basis for this book: a source of Christian encouragement and motivation aimed at pre-school to fifth grade students, speaking to the issues many students deal with on a daily basis throughout the school year. “Little” Thoughts for the Day can be used by elementary administrators and teachers to help students start their days with uplifting thoughts, or by parents who wish to share the thoughts with their children before they leave for school each day. Formatted according to the school year calendar, “Little” Thoughts for the Day includes thoughts relating to various holidays and school activities that make a “big” difference for their young ones.
Author : Jeff Lemire
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Batman: The Smile Killer (2020-) #1 written by Jeff Lemire and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It wouldn’t be a Joker story without a surprise…and right on cue, here’s an unexpected one-shot epilogue to Joker: Killer Smile! Young Bruce Wayne grew up watching The Mr. Smiles Show-and the show might have been watching him back! And not only was young Bruce watching, he was listening…listening as Mr. Smiles spoke across the airwaves only to him… The Eisner Award-winning creative team of writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino land one last gut-punch-turning the mythos of the Batman on its head in the most devastating trick The Joker has ever devised!It wouldn’t be a Joker story without a surprise…and right on cue, here’s an unexpected one-shot epilogue to Joker: Killer Smile! Young Bruce Wayne grew up watching The Mr. Smiles Show-and the show might have been watching him back! And not only was young Bruce watching, he was listening…listening as Mr. Smiles spoke across the airwaves only to him… The Eisner Award-winning creative team of writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino land one last gut-punch-turning the mythos of the Batman on its head in the most devastating trick The Joker has ever devised!
Author : Lanelle Thomas
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1665717637
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (657 download)
Download or read book Not You Again written by Lanelle Thomas and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am here to vye for Prince Zane’s hand, but that is incredibly hard to do with Reed popping up everywhere! His orneriness and stubbornness make me want to throw something. That’s not the only thing I want to do. The way he looks at me with that crooked, sexy smile of his makes my heart flutter...
