The Gravedigger's Daughter

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061744727
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Gravedigger's Daughter written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph.

Gravedigger's Daughter LP

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Publisher : HarpLPLuxe
ISBN 13 : 9780061341151
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (411 download)

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We'll be the Last Ones to Let You Down

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book We'll be the Last Ones to Let You Down written by Rachael Hanel and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir of Rachael Hanel, daughter of a Minnesota gravedigger, discussing her childhood growing up surrounded by death and thoughts of the grave, and how even that did not prepare her for the loss she and her family would sustain when she was fifteen. Explores how death and grief are different things, and what it took for her to get over the pain of loss.

We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 081668684X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down written by Rachael Hanel and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachael Hanel’s name was inscribed on a gravestone when she was eleven years old. Yet this wasn’t at all unusual in her world: her father was a gravedigger in the small Minnesota town of Waseca, and death was her family’s business. Her parents were forty-two years old and in good health when they erected their gravestone—Rachael’s name was simply a branch on the sprawling family tree etched on the back of the stone. As she puts it: I grew up in cemeteries. And you don’t grow up in cemeteries—surrounded by headstones and stories, questions, curiosity—without becoming an adept and sensitive observer of death and loss as experienced by the people in this small town. For Rachael Hanel, wandering among tombstones, reading the names, and wondering about the townsfolk and their lives, death was, in many ways, beautiful and mysterious. Death and mourning: these she understood. But when Rachael’s father—Digger O’Dell—passes away suddenly when she is fifteen, she and her family are abruptly and harshly transformed from bystanders to participants. And for the first time, Rachael realizes that death and grief are very different. At times heartbreaking and at others gently humorous and uplifting, We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down presents the unique, moving perspective of a gravedigger’s daughter and her lifelong relationship with death and grief. But it is also a masterful meditation on the living elements of our cemeteries: our neighbors, friends, and families—the very histories of our towns and cities—and how these things come together in the eyes of a young girl whose childhood is suffused with both death and the wonder of the living.

Gravedigger's Daughter: Vignettes from a Small Kansas Town

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Publisher : Meadowlark
ISBN 13 : 9781736223291
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Gravedigger's Daughter: Vignettes from a Small Kansas Town written by Cheryl Unruh and published by Meadowlark. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reminder of relationships, more than skin deep. An examination of the complexities of those we love and care for. This book is a love letter to the people we carry in our hearts.

Daughter of the House

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Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1468312812
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Book Synopsis Daughter of the House by : Rosie Thomas

Download or read book Daughter of the House written by Rosie Thomas and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman faces life-changing decisions in post–World War I London from the “master storyteller” and bestselling author of The Illusionists (Cosmopolitan). In Daughter of the House, Rosie Thomas returns to the marvelous Wix family. Nancy Wix, daughter of the stage impresarios Eliza and Devil, must find a way to keep London’s Palmyra theatre afloat, and to entertain audiences who have lost husbands and sons in the First World War. Nancy is a born performer, but she is set apart—even from her beloved brothers—by her psychic gifts. She must harness her troubling powers to keep her family and the theatre intact. It is a dangerous path and a lonely one, but Nancy’s bold choices lead her to love, and to the recognition of what it takes to become a modern woman. As another war begins to threaten the world, she is forced into a final, fateful confrontation with her demons, and must marshal both her ingenuity and her mysterious talents to fight for the survival of friendship, independence, and family. “Brilliantly bring[s] to life the end of the music hall era and the rise of spiritualism in the 1920s. I highly recommend this smart, gothic, and romantic page-turner.” —Historical Novel Society “[Thomas] creates a dynamic protagonist involved in an uncertain romance, and her other principal characters are equally well-rounded.” —Kirkus Reviews “A long, appealing yarn of a story, Daughter of the House is a sequel to the author’s earlier The Illusionists but is eminently readable as a stand-alone novel.” —Booklist

The Menorah Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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The Potter's Daughter

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Publisher : Choc Lit
ISBN 13 : 1912550059
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The Potter's Daughter written by Jackie Ladbury and published by Choc Lit. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Edwardian England, is love powerful enough to cross the class divide? When Daniel Davenport saves Maddie Lockett and her young brother, Tom, from drowning, an immediate bond is forged between them. But Daniel is an aspiring doctor and son of a wealthy manufacturer, while Maddie is a potter’s daughter from a poverty-stricken background. Even a friendship between the two could be frowned upon, let alone anything more . . . But Maddie and Daniel want more, and as they grow closer, gossip and prejudice look set to spoil their blossoming romance. Does the young couple stand a chance when there are those who would stop at nothing to keep them apart?

Daughter of the King

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467044598
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Daughter of the King written by Kim Watson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daughter of the King, was written to encourage and inspire women and even teens that have found themselves in a "hopeless" situation. Daughter of the King will open your mind, your eyes and your heart to Jesus. After reading this book you will find yourself grabbing hold of "Faith" as never before, saying.... God I Trust You!

The Mortician's Daughter

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Publisher : EverAfter Romance
ISBN 13 : 9781635764178
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book The Mortician's Daughter written by C. C. Hunter and published by EverAfter Romance. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her dad's job is with the dead . . . and he's bringing his work home with him.

Transforming Loss Into Beauty

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Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774161025
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Transforming Loss Into Beauty by : Marlé Hammond

Download or read book Transforming Loss Into Beauty written by Marlé Hammond and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this wide-ranging work of scholarship and analysis include mentors, colleagues, friends, and students of the late Magda al-Nowaihi, an outstanding scholar of Middle East studies whose diverse interests and energy inspired numerous colleagues. The book's first part is devoted to Arabic elegy, the subject of an unfinished work by al-Nowaihi from which this volume takes its title. Included here is a previously unpublished lecture on elegy delivered by al- Nowaihi herself. Other contributors examine this poetic form in both classical and modern contexts, from a number of angles, including the partial feminization of the genre, making this volume perhaps the most comprehensive resource on the Arabic elegy available in English. The book's second half features essays relating to al-Nowaihi's other research interests, especially the modern Arabic novel and its transgressive and marginalized status as literature. It deals with authors as varied as Tawfiq al-Hakim, Latifa al-Zayyat, Bensalem Himmich, and Sonallah Ibrahim. Broad in its scope and rigorous in its scholarship, this volume makes a fitting tribute to an inspiring scholar. Contributors: Roger Allen, Dina Amin, Michael Beard, Jonathan P. Decter, Alexander E. Elinson, Marlé Hammond, András Hámori, Mervat Hatem, Wolfhart Heinrichs, Richard Jacquemond, Lital Levy, Mara Naaman, Magda al-Nowaihi, Dana Sajdi, and Christopher Stone.

Season of Ash

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Publisher : Open Letter Books
ISBN 13 : 1934824100
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (348 download)

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Book Synopsis Season of Ash by : Jorge Volpi Escalante

Download or read book Season of Ash written by Jorge Volpi Escalante and published by Open Letter Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soviet biologist Irina Granina has experienced the worst of Communism, struggling to free her husband from the gulag for years. Following the rise of Gorbachev, her husband finally emerges a changed man, but then Irina is forced to witness the worst of capitalism, as her daughter disappears into the new consumer society and she loses her husband again, this time to greed and a lust for power. In the West, Jennifer Moore, a wealthy American, takes a high-ranking job at the IMF, hoping to bring the free market economy to all, whilst dealing with her philandering husband.

Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666722650
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe written by John Chitakure and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the inescapable truths that humanity has to grapple with is the reality of death. The manner in which we die, or the cause of our death, may differ, but death remains inevitable. We may be afraid of it or not; we may try to evade it, or not, but death still comes. Although most religions promise the possibility of another life in the hereafter, there is no scientifically verifiable evidence about the reality of that life. Despite that lack of evidence, every culture performs death rituals meticulously to prepare the spirits of its deceased for whatever form of life that may be available. Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe: Praxis, Significance, and Changes explores the causes of sickness and death, and the praxis of pre-burial, burial, and post-burial rituals of the Karanga of Zimbabwe in an attempt to unearth their original form and significance, to identify the changes that have taken place. It also provides a brief manual for the performance of some selected Karanga death rituals.

The Emerald Archive

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312804335
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Archive written by Gary Freedman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emerald Archive is a novel in verse about a Jewish-Iranian emigre family living in Manhattan. The book is a theme and variations. It opens with a three-page prose ""theme"" that summarizes the plot of the entire book. The remaining pages are a series of poems that function as a collection of variations on the theme. The story unfolds through the poems. The final page, in prose, ties together the themes of the book. The major characters of The Emerald Archive include a high-earning dental surgeon and his depressive wife, a gay librarian, an accounting student, a stripper, a concert pianist and a Park Avenue psychoanalyst. There are numerous minor characters.

Queen City Gothic

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449018912
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Queen City Gothic written by J. T. Townsend and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing a loved one to murder is life's ultimate tragedy. But when the killer is never captured, a family's paralyzing grief only compounds. Years pass. Pain grows. Time heals nothing. Parents, spouses, and children of the victims never find peace. Investigators continue to lie awake night after night, year after year, thinking, "If only..." Cold cases fascinate us because of the endless possibilities. What if Alice Hochhausler hadn't driven her daughter home from work while a strangler was running loose? What if Oda Apple's wife hadn't sent him to the corner drugstore? What if Linda Bricca hadn't been so beautiful – and her husband not a workaholic? J. T. Townsend takes us on a sinister journey through thirteen cases, which took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1904 and 1971. You'll meet Frances Brady, a pretty bride-to-be gunned down at her own front door. Tommy Coby, age eight, who arrived home to an empty house, and learned later his parents were lying dead in their car. Patty Rebholz, a popular cheerleader, who was bludgeoned in a neighbor's backyard while walking to break up with her teenage boyfriend. What do these cases have in common? A fleeting, irrational act of violence with no resolution. Somebody literally got away with murder. Each episode took place in sheer moments––but hundreds of innocent people still remember, still mourn, and are still haunted by horrible, unbearable images. Townsend's riveting accounts include never-before-published details from police files and insights from both investigators and witnesses. Finally someone has managed to put all of the pieces together. Whodunit? We'll never know for sure––but we can certainly make some informed, calculated guesses. Meanwhile, on these pages, each victim returns to vibrant life, becomes as real to us as to those loved ones they left behind––and still cries out for justice.

Thematic Guide to Popular Short Stories

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313077274
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Thematic Guide to Popular Short Stories written by Patrick A. Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing easy access to information on nearly 450 short stories, this unique guide surveys a wide spectrum of world literature, canonical works, and contemporary fiction. Librarians and teachers will find multiple purposes for this expertly-compiled resource, which can be employed in much the same way as a standard bibliography. Educators will appreciate the concise annotations, arranged alphabetically by author, that form the core of this work. Insightful critical statements synthesize plot summaries and identify the thematic content of each short story. A theme guide utilizes the nearly 100 theme headings matching those at the start of each entry, allowing the user to quickly locate story titles on related themes and construct reading lists based on individual interests and needs. Another component designed to aid librarians offers one bibliography that lists the anthologies from which the stories are drawn (Works Cited) and one comprised of a number of recent anthologies that can be adapted for the classroom (Further Reading). In addition to the theme index, the general subject and author indexes make this a user-friendly and invaluable resource.

The Gravediggers Union #7

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Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gravediggers Union #7 written by Wes Craig and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gravediggers have saved the Space-monkey for the time being, but at a terrible cost. Haley lies near death, and ColeÕs daughter Morgan is revealed as the cause of the whole thing.