DISCOVERED: DADDY

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1459279654
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)

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Book Synopsis DISCOVERED: DADDY by : Marilyn Pappano

Download or read book DISCOVERED: DADDY written by Marilyn Pappano and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy Knows Last This daddy really is the last to know! THE DADDY RETURNS! Faith Harper knew everyone in New Hope, Texas, was wondering who'd fathered her unborn child. But the sweet—unmarried—mom-to-be refused to name the daddy. And then agent Nick Russo unexpectedly returned to town. She couldn't believe Nick didn't recall their one night of passion. True, it had been nearly nine months ago, but how could he have forgotten such an earth-shattering experience? And if he didn't remember, Faith wasn't about to inform him it was his child she was carrying—no matter how much she longed to recapture the ecstasy she'd found in his arms. Daddy Knows Last. Five connected novels about love, marriage—and Daddy's unexpected need for a baby carriage!

The Daddy Book

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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Daddy Book by : Robert S. Stewart

Download or read book The Daddy Book written by Robert S. Stewart and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1972 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the various activities of fathers at home and away.

The Daddy Book

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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316187119
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis The Daddy Book by : Todd Parr

Download or read book The Daddy Book written by Todd Parr and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Daddy Book celebrates all different kinds of dads and highlights the many reasons they are so special. Whether your dad walks you to school or walks you to the bus, whether he wears suits or two different socks, whether he has a lot of hair or a little, Todd Parr assures readers that no matter what kind of daddy you have, every father is special in his own unique way. With his trademark bold, bright colors and silly scenes, kids will learn that while no two dads are exactly alike, "all daddies love to hug and kiss you," and that is what is so special about them! Perfect for young children just beginning to read, The Daddy Book is designed to encourage early literacy, enhance emotional development, celebrate multiculturalism, promote character growth, and strengthen family relationships.

Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug

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Publisher : Robin Corey Books
ISBN 13 : 0375986278
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (759 download)

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Book Synopsis Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug by : J.D. Lester

Download or read book Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug written by J.D. Lester and published by Robin Corey Books. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you call your little one? This charming board book companion title to Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants showcases daddies' nicknames for their babies. It captures the love and playfulness of father and child interaction with clever, funny verses and illustrations that are right on the mark. The rhyming couplets also teach about animal behavior, which comes to life in Hiroe Nakata's sweet and charming watercolor artwork. This adorable and quietly informative book is perfect for sharing with a favorite little one.

Father Found

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Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460872967
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis Father Found by : Judith Arnold

Download or read book Father Found written by Judith Arnold and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Daddy School Father doesn't always know best Sometimes a man needs help learning to be a dad . That's what the Daddy School is all about. Baby on the Doorstep! Jamie McCoy is the ultimate guy. His syndicated column, "Guy Stuff," keeps thousands of men in a macho frame of mind. But the day Jamie finds Samantha on his doorstep, his life changes drastically. Samantha is a baby and Samantha is a girl. What, after all, does Jamie really know about either? But more important, Samantha is his daughter, so he phones Allison Winslow, a nurse who runs the Daddy School, for advice. But when he actually meets Allison, he finds he wants much more than her assistance . The Daddy School

What Daddy Did

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064470946
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (644 download)

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Book Synopsis What Daddy Did by : Neal Shusterman

Download or read book What Daddy Did written by Neal Shusterman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fourteen-year-old living with his grandparents learns his father is to be released from prison after killing his mother and feels apprehensive about renewing the relationship. Based on true events.

Daddy Cuddles

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Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811846745
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (467 download)

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Book Synopsis Daddy Cuddles by : Anne Gutman

Download or read book Daddy Cuddles written by Anne Gutman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal babies are so adorable that their daddies can't help but cuddle and love them. In this celebration of parental love, each daddy shows how much he loves his baby in his own special way.

I Love My Daddy

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060543116
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis I Love My Daddy by : Sebastien Braun

Download or read book I Love My Daddy written by Sebastien Braun and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes daddies are loud and playful. Other times they are quiet and compassionate. And they are always loving. Sebastien Braun's appealing text and charming illustrations follow a day in the life of a bear and his bear cub in this celebration of the bond between father and child.

Daddy Love

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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 080219365X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis Daddy Love by : Joyce Carol Oates

Download or read book Daddy Love written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Bellefleur: A “psychologically incisive” glimpse into the mind of a deranged predator and the boy he abducts to be his son (Booklist). Robbie Whitcomb is five years old when he’s taken from his mother in a mall parking lot. In her attempt to chase the kidnapper, she’s left badly injured and permanently disfigured. Such are the methods of the man who calls himself Daddy Love—a man known to the rest of the world as charismatic preacher Chester Cash. For the next six years, Robbie is to be Daddy’s son. That means doing whatever Daddy says—and giving him whatever he wants. Soon Robbie learns to accept his new name, Gideon. He also learns that he is not the first of Daddy Love’s sons. And that each of the others, after reaching a certain age, was never seen again. As Robbie’s mother recovers from her wounds, her life and marriage are a daily struggle. But as years go by, she maintains a flicker of hope that her son is still alive. Meanwhile, Robbie approaches the “bittersweet age” with no illusions about his fate. But somewhere within this tortured child lies a spark of rebellion. And he knows all too well what survival requires. “After all these years, Joyce Carol Oates can still give me the creeps.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review “A lean and disturbing tale that reverberates after its ending.” —The Columbus Dispatch “Oates makes us squirm as she forces us to see some of the action through Love’s twisted and warped perspective.” —Kirkus Reviews “This unsettling tale showcases Oates’s masterful storytelling.” —Publishers Weekly

Decoding Sylvia Plath's Daddy

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ISBN 13 : 9780999186008
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Book Synopsis Decoding Sylvia Plath's Daddy by : Julia Gordon-Bramer

Download or read book Decoding Sylvia Plath's Daddy written by Julia Gordon-Bramer and published by . This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not your average literary criticism, Decoding Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" talks you through complex information in a lively, conversational way. Revised and expanded from the Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Decoding Sylvia Plath system (2014, Stephen F. Austin State University Press), Decoding Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" is an affordable, concise, comprehensive analysis of Plath's poem "Daddy," written in a playful spirit that brings Plath out of the ashes of mere depressive autobiography and into the fascinating world of mysticism-in which Plath and her husband Ted Hughes had an intense interest. See what the academics have missed for over 50 years. Explore Plath's "Daddy" and how it perfectly aligns to reflect the "mirrors" of tarot and Qabalah, alchemy, mythology, history and the world, astrology and astronomy, and the arts and humanities. Gordon-Bramer surprises us with startling new insights and connections that, once seen, simply cannot be denied. She builds a strong case that we have yet to recognize Plath for her real genius and that Plath remains as relevant as ever. Back cover text: "Daddy" Not your average everyday Electra complex... "You do not do" Sylvia Plath studies without her bedazzling poem "Daddy." But do you get it? ...beyond the drama of anger and attraction from a daughter and wife? Fans: Discover the parallel themes of Sigmund Freud, King Brutus, the London Stone, and other exciting facts within "Daddy" that scholars have missed for over 50 years Poets & Writers: Judge for yourself how "Daddy" includes themes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and other literary works Students: Understand all themes and meanings beyond the superficial; learn why Plath used derogatory names and racism in "Daddy," and enlighten your classmates to her higher goals Teachers: Save time with a complete class plan, discussion questions and more Decoding Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" is the first of a series of Decoding books presenting Plath in compelling, original context, interpreted by the Fixed Stars Govern a Life: Decoding Sylvia Plath system, by author Julia Gordon-Bramer. What readers are saying about Decoding Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" "I am fascinated and intrigued by Julia Gordon-Bramer's wildly and dizzyingly original readings of Sylvia Plath's poems. Not only does she make me realize that I need to go back and read the poems again, she comes pretty close to convincing me that I have really never read them at all." -Troy Jollimore, National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts Recipient "Julia Gordon-Bramer's Decoding Sylvia Plath's 'Daddy' presents the iconic poet in full three-dimensional view. Or six-dimensional, if you prefer. This Sylvia Plath is far more than the depressive, suicidal drama queen and father-hater depicted in easier accounts of the poet's life. Plath emerges as the genius's genius. Ms. Bramer's tone adds enjoyment to her already rigorous and penetrating work." -Robert Nazarene, founding editor, The American Journal of Poetry "This is a friendly, conversational approach so that students won't feel overwhelmed, and it talks about topics that other guides don't, allowing students to make original, insightful commentary on the work. The study guide is a worthwhile, useful investment for students." -Cathleen Allyn Conway, editor, Plath Profiles: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Plath Studies 101 pages Author Julia Gordon-Bramer is a cross between Gregg Braden, who brings spirituality to science, and Jen Sincero, who brings spirituality to being a "Badass." With personality, clarity, and wit, this author, poet, scholar, professor and professional tarot card reader has spent the last decade interpreting Sylvia Plath's

Dead Letters from Paradise

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Publisher : Bywater Books
ISBN 13 : 1612942369
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis Dead Letters from Paradise by : Ann McMan

Download or read book Dead Letters from Paradise written by Ann McMan and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Ann McMan introduces readers to a spinster postal investigator for the Winston-Salem Dead Letter Office who finds herself entangled in the mystery of solving who is sending undeliverable love letters to the town’s 18th-century hortus medicus. The year is 1960, and Gunsmoke is the most popular show on TV. Elvis Presley tops the Billboard charts, and a charismatic young senator named John F. Kennedy is running for president. And, in North Carolina, four young Black men sit down at a Woolworth’s lunch counter and demand service. Enter Esther Jane (EJ) Cloud, a forty-something spinster who manages the Dead Letter Office at the Winston-Salem post office. EJ leads a quiet life in her Old Salem ancestral home and spends her free time volunteering in the town’s 18th-century medicinal garden. One sunny Spring morning, EJ’s world is turned upside down when she is handed a stack of handwritten letters that have all been addressed to a nonexistent person at the garden. This simple act sets in motion a chain of events that will lead EJ on a life-altering quest to uncover the identity of the mysterious letter writer—and into a surprising, head-on confrontation with the harsh realities of the racial injustice that is as deeply rooted in the life of her community as the ancient herbs cultivated in the Moravian garden. When EJ is forced to read the letters for clues about the anonymous sender, she discovers lyrical tales of a forbidden passion that threatens to unravel the simple contours of her unexamined life. EJ’s official quest soon morphs into a journey of self-discovery. Her surprising accomplice on this quest becomes a savvy, street-smart ten-year-old wielding an eye patch and a limitless supply of aphorisms. Together, the unlikely duo makes pilgrimages to a tiny town called Paradise to try and crack the case—while ultimately learning better ways to navigate the changing world around them. Short-listed for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Mystery. Included in Shelf Unbound's 100 Top Notable Indie Titles of 2022. Included in Autostraddle's list of 92 of the Best Queer Books of 2022. Included in Out in Print's Favorite Books of 2022.

Not Without Hope

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664292365
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Book Synopsis Not Without Hope by : Judy Kimble Williams

Download or read book Not Without Hope written by Judy Kimble Williams and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settled in the hills of rural West Virginia in the 1940’s, just a few years after the Great Depression, was the picture-perfect family of seven. At least, it appeared that way to their tight-knit community. The 40-acre farm was nestled in a valley with a red barn, some chickens, and a milk cow named Blondie, along with two well-kept gardens. Summertime found the children playing in the stream of water which was close enough to the house for them to be able to hear their mother’s voice calling them. Suicide! Then seven months later, once again, the children had to deal with the loss of their beloved mother, who had held her family together. Now what? Five children left on their own from ages 6 – 17. Who would take care of them? Would they have to move? Would they be able to stay together? Scared, and once again dealing with significant loss, this is how the story goes, through the eyes of the 8-year-old.

Critical Trauma Studies

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147989656X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Trauma Studies by : Monica Casper

Download or read book Critical Trauma Studies written by Monica Casper and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Within trauma : an introduction / Eric Wertheimer and Monica J. Casper -- I. Politics -- 2. Trauma is as trauma does : the politics of affect in catastrophic times / Maurice E. Stevens -- 3. "She was just a Chechen" : the female suicide bomber as a site of collective suffering in wartime Chechen Republic / Francine Banner -- 4. Naming sexual trauma : on the political necessity of nuance in rape and sex offender discourses / Breanne Fahs -- 5. Conceptualizing forgiveness in the face of historical trauma / Carmen Goman and Douglas Kelley -- II. Poetics -- 6. Bahareh : singing without words in an Iranian prison camp / Shahla Talebi -- 7. Voices of silence : on speaking from within the void (a response to Shahla Talebi) / Gabriele M. Schwab -- 8. Future's past : a conversation about the Holocaust with Gabriele M. Schwab / Martin Beck Matuštík -- 9. "No other tale to tell" : trauma and acts of forgetting in The road / Amanda Wicks -- 10. Body animations (or, Lullaby for Fallujah) : a performance / Jackie Orr -- III. Praxis -- 11. First responders : a pedagogy for writing and reading trauma / Amy Hodges Hamilton -- 12. Answering the call : crisis intervention and rape survivor advocacy as witnessing trauma / Debra Jackson -- 13. Documenting disaster : Hurricane Katrina and one family's saga / Rebecca Hankins and Akua Duku Anokye -- 14. A cure for bitterness / Dorothy Allison

Creeker

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813127017
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis Creeker by : Linda DeRosier

Download or read book Creeker written by Linda DeRosier and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Sue Preston was born on a feather bed in the upper room of her Grandma Emmy's log house in the hills of eastern Kentucky. More than fifty years later, Linda Scott DeRosier has come to believe that you can take a woman out of Appalachia but you can't take Appalachia out of the woman. DeRosier's humorous and poignant memoir is the story of an educated and cultured woman who came of age in Appalachia. She remains unabashedly honest about and proud of her mountain heritage. Now a college professor, decades and notions removed from the creeks and hollows, DeRosier knows that her roots run deep in her memory and language and in her approach to the world. DeRosier describes an Appalachia of complexity and beauty rarely seen by outsiders. Hers was a close-knit world; she says she was probably eleven or twelve years old before she ever spoke to a stranger. She lovingly remembers the unscheduled, day-long visits to friends and family, when visitors cheerfully joined in the day's chores of stringing beans or bedding out sweet potatoes. No advance planning was needed for such trips. Residents of Two-Mile Creek were like family, and everyone was ""delighted to see each other wherever, whenever, and for however long."" Creeker is a story of relationships, the challenges and consequences of choice, and the impact of the past on the present. It also recalls one woman's struggle to make and keep a sense of self while remaining loyal to the people and traditions that sustained her along life's way. Told with wit, candor, and zest, this is Linda Scott DeRosier's answer to the question familiar in Appalachia--""Who are your people?""

A Brief History of the Recent Future

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105575799
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Book Synopsis A Brief History of the Recent Future by : David Manning

Download or read book A Brief History of the Recent Future written by David Manning and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Manning wrote A Brief History of the Recent Future in the mid 1970s with the idea of satirizing the present by forecasting the most bizarre imaginable future. The result was a verbally animated cartoon tracing the evolution of an apocalyptic conflict between proponents of ganic garbage vs those advocating ficial garbage as civilization's final energy resource. Along the way, the tale introduces such absurdities as a credit-system economy; the Bronx Sanitation Air Force; a 3,000-acre rubber-raft island named Carabia; a news toaster that burns headlines onto breakfast bread; and people metabolically transformed by Mango Tango, the core building block of the artificial ecosystem. Resurrected from the past, the book remains, after 35-plus years, a satiric fantasy, now looking back at the odd events nobody knows transpired but brought us to our increasingly dystopian state. Once the harbinger of a future too ridiculous to contemplate, the original bizarre predictions resonate more every day.

Becoming My Sister

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982156325
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis Becoming My Sister by : V.C. Andrews

Download or read book Becoming My Sister written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two sisters face love, rivalry, and a shocking disappearance amidst the luxury of Palm Springs from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movie events. Like everyone else in Palm Springs, Gish idolizes her smart, beautiful, kind older sister. Even their parents compare Gish unfavorably to Gloria—threatening to send her to boarding school once the more perfect sister leaves for college. But Gloria has an unwavering love for Gish, even if that connection belies a weariness with her own accomplishments. Wanting a better life for her overlooked sibling, Gloria teaches Gish how to talk to boys, embrace her femininity, and finally develop a life of her own. And just as life is looking up for Gish, Gloria meets a handsome, mysterious boy. Obsessed with the stranger, Gloria closes off her life to her sister—then disappears without a trace. A police search yields nothing. Their father’s manic investigation proves fruitless. And their already starstruck mother becomes increasingly lost in daydreams of the celebrities who threw glamorous parties in their historic house decades ago when the town was a Hollywood getaway. Untethered from the weight of her sister’s presence—but also missing her sister’s love—what will Gish do with this new terrible freedom, with this sense she could become anything?

Barefoot in Beaufort I

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477204377
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Book Synopsis Barefoot in Beaufort I by : Kay Salter

Download or read book Barefoot in Beaufort I written by Kay Salter and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barefoot in Beaufort is a trilogy containing the first three books in the Sarah Bowers series. The books are for young ladies ages eight to eighty. Girls today should find the books interesting and insightful as they learn that over half a century ago their grandmothers were taught values much like girls today. Twelfth Summer is the first in the series of eight historical novels set in the 1940s. Each of the books is fast paced-containing adventure, danger, sadness and hilarity. Fishing, a secret hideaway, a hurricane and a cousins wedding all conspire to make the summer on the coast with grandparents anything but ordinary. The Bowers children learn from parents and grandparents the importance of family ties strengthened by traditional values. Using good manners and showing respect for others is learned and maintained within the family unit. Thirteenth Summer follows. Sarah Bowers looks forward to once again spending time with her maternal grandparents in the little town by the sea. She renews friendships made the summer before, observes and is influenced by their attitudes, beliefs and diverse personalities. Sarah makes a tough choice because it is the right thing to do. She watches as her younger brother courageously brings home a stray dog and stands strong before the disapproving looks of his mother, grandmother and most of all, Clara, the cook. Sarah receives a strange request from a special someone in Canton, Ohio. Fourteenth Summer finds Sarah in Beaufort because of the threat of infantile paralysis. Characters from the first two books are reintroduced. Throughout the book Sarah, her friend Nancy and Granny Jewel embark on the daunting task of finding a suitable bride for Uncle Herb. He surprises all with a request to bring someone home to dinner. Sarah is asked secretly if she would return the following summer and be a bridesmaid.