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My Son A Journey By Francis J D Hyland
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Book Synopsis My Son (A Journey) by Francis J. D. Hyland by : Francis J. D. Hyland
Download or read book My Son (A Journey) by Francis J. D. Hyland written by Francis J. D. Hyland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Son is a tale of a British boy, born and raised in Ghana, and his search for the freedom he believes he has now lost as an adult. As he loses his way along the path of life, he fights with the anger he feels inside towards his parents for taking him away from the utopian existance in which he was raised. As his own son grows, he begins to realize that the freedom had always been there, that he had wasted a great portion of his life in the pursuit of the treasure that he had been unable to see was right in front of him.
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Book Synopsis My Son (A Journey) by : Francis J. D. Hyland
Download or read book My Son (A Journey) written by Francis J. D. Hyland and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2005-04-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My Son (A Journey)" is based on a true story. Set in Ghana, England, Zimbabwe, Northern Cyprus, El Salvador and the USA, it follows the lives of Xavier Lewis and his father Albert as they journey through life. It is a fascinating, engrossing and at times a heart-rending tale of discovery. "My Son (A Journey)" is a tale of a British boy, born and raised in Ghana, and his search for the freedom he believes he has now lost as an adult. As he loses his way along the path of life, he fights with the anger he feels inside towards his parents for taking him away from the utopian existance in which he was raised. As his own son grows, he begins to realize that the freedom had always been there, that he had wasted a great portion of his life in the pursuit of the treasure that he had been unable to see was right in front of him. Francis J.D. Hyland's first book is utterly compelling and multi-layered, the work speaks of the life of a White boy being raised in a black country where his parents, as expatriate educators, enjoy the life of privilege offered throughout the (former)British Colonies to educators from England. The boy's dilemma surfaces when his parents return with him to England where he realizes that they are just ordinary decent, hard working professionals, living normal lives like everyone else, without the servants and nannies, and dinner parties for the exclusive few, and other trappings of privilege. The boy finds his altered reality hard to deal with as the... More >e posture he had developed, even as a young boy, was one of superiority to his black African playmates and friends; not withstanding the fact that his own half-brother is of mixed race. He then withdraws into himself, which starts the downward spiral into the abyss of self-destruction. Hyland is an excellent storyteller who has a compelling facility with language. The way he crafts his story and paints his images, one is taken on a sensual journey; you can smell, see and hear the experiences he describes. His story, though very sad, ends with self-discovery as his own son grows up and he feels the father son bond which existed with his own father, but which he failed to see in his own life. What a delight it is to know that Hyland has found writing as a means of self-expression, and we hope redemption.
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Download or read book This Is How written by M. J. Hyland and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Man Booker–shortlisted author of Carry Me Down comes “an unflinching, absorbing, morally complex portrait” of a man in search of himself (The New York Times). Patrick Oxtoby is a perpetual outsider who has always longed to find his place in the world. So when he’s faced with yet another disappointment after his fiancé breaks off their engagement, Patrick moves to a remote seaside village to escape. But in spite of his hopes for a new and better life, Patrick still finds himself struggling to fit in. He can’t shake the feeling that his new friends are conspiring against him, further fracturing his already fragile personality and prompting him to take a course of action that permanently alters his life. This Is How is a psychologically probing and deeply moving account of a man at odds with the world, and whose conflict with that unyielding reality leads to his own downfall. It is a masterpiece of inner tension that is “bleak yet moving, mercilessly dispassionate yet shot through with kindness and wit . . . a profound achievement” (The Guardian).
Book Synopsis My Father (The Year of The Golden Man) by : Francis J. D. Hyland
Download or read book My Father (The Year of The Golden Man) written by Francis J. D. Hyland and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis J D Hyland's latest novel My Father (The Year of the Golden Man), is the semi-biographical sequel to his earlier work My Son (A Journey), which I also read. My Father (The Year of the Golden Man) brings back most of the original characters, however, given that the principal narrator in each novel is different - father in one, son in the other, a new reader could start with either book without being displaced. The principal narrator of this story is the young American-born Oliver who sports blond dreadlocks and is in a loving relationship with Phaedra. His father, Xavier, was born and raised in Ghana on the West Coast of Africa, hardly a decade after independence. Xavier retains the warm, wild and free spirit of his birth-country and yearns to return. But that Ghana is no longer a place, but a time, thereby frustrating Xavier's efforts at a literal, geographical repatriation. Xavier has inherited his own father Albert Lewis' sense of adventure from that vast and wonder-filled continent and time. All this, as Oliver discovers, making his father anything but conventional - a mix between Mowgli and Denys Finch Hatton abruptly uprooted from Africa and deposited in a small, cold English town. And the huge effect that has on him, and knock-on effect on Oliver. This is Oliver's discovery - and trying to make sense - of himself, the adult world about him, and his relationship with his unconventional father, while enjoying the loving support of his partner Phaedra. And to help him, guide him even, is his father's journal. The love element is explicitly promoted as crucial in the relationship between Oliver and Phaedra, as it is in that between Xavier and Julia. Both couples enjoy exemplary levels of mutual commitment and romantic affection that are the envy of onlookers. The links between the main characters' lives and the author's philosophy are clearly and relevantly drawn, with striking additional examples from African folklore. Meanwhile the other characters swing in and out of and around Oliver's life, adding insight and prompting reflections useful to Oliver's journey of discovery. Places are clearly portrayed and often imbued with effective atmospherics to add dimension to the picture. The visits to India and also to the Blue Ridge Mountains are particularly vividly observed. Despite the author's gentle writing style, this is not always a gentle read. Hard hitting topics such as Huntington's Disease, bereavement, suicide and murder are dealt with. And while the author strikes a skilful balance between frankness and sensitivity, he also steeps these topics in reflections of his personal Eastern beliefs. So as Oliver travels throughout America, Europe and Asia, reading through his father's journal, two things become increasingly apparent to him, as well as to the reader, 1/ that despite initially perceived differences between father and son, Oliver is hardly the conventional man either, and 2/ the roads upon which father and son journey may appear different, but are essentially the same, and will in due course lead to the same destinations.
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Download or read book Carry Me Down written by M.J Hyland and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2006-06-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. During one year in John's life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John's mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family.
Download or read book Autism written by Valsamma Eapen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers some of the key research developments in autism and brings together the current state of evidence on the neurobiologic understanding of this intriguing disorder. The pathogenetic mechanisms are explored by contributors from diverse perspectives including genetics, neuroimaging, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuroimmunology, neuroendocrinology, functional organization of the brain and clinical applications from the role of diet to vaccines. It is hoped that understanding these interconnected neurobiological systems, the programming of which is genetically modulated during neurodevelopment and mediated through a range of neuropeptides and interacting neurotransmitter systems, would no doubt assist in developing interventions that accommodate the way the brains of individuals with autism function. In keeping with the multimodal and diverse origins of the disorder, a wide range of topics is covered and these include genetic underpinnings and environmental modulation leading to epigenetic changes in the aetiology; neural substrates, potential biomarkers and endophenotypes that underlie clinical characteristics; as well as neurochemical pathways and pathophysiological mechanisms that pave the way for therapeutic interventions.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children by : Olivia N. Saracho
Download or read book Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children written by Olivia N. Saracho and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children is the essential reference on research on early childhood education throughout the world. This singular resource provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues as well as the information necessary to make informed judgments about these issues. The field has changed significantly since the publication of the second edition, and this third edition of the handbook takes care to address the entirety of vital new developments. A valuable tool for all those who work and study in the field of early childhood education, this volume addresses critical, cutting edge research on child development, curriculum, policy, and research and evaluation strategies. With a multitude of new and updated chapters, The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, 3rd Edition makes the expanding knowledge base related to early childhood education readily available and accessible.
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Download or read book Norman written by Stephen Lancaster and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2018-04-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the doll was handed to me, I said he looked like hell. The woman who sold him to me replied that something coming from hell was bound to look like it. From the very first day paranormal investigator Stephen Lancaster brought him home, Norman the Doll raised hell. He caused sudden infestations of rats and spiders. He frightened dogs and put children in trances. He even moved on his own in video surveillance footage. That was just the beginning. Norman takes you on a chilling journey into Stephen's life with a doll that has held the spirit of an unborn child for over fifty years—a haunted doll that still lives in Stephen's house. What began as a curious find at an antique store soon escalated to a supernatural nightmare that could only be eased by locking Norman away in his own room. Praise: "Dedicated readers of horror and internet creepypasta stories will thrill to the mounting evil and the ersatz solution Lancaster and his wife devise to appease Norman. A must-read for fans of the Chucky and Annabelle movies."—Booklist
Book Synopsis Fowl Language: Winging It by : Brian Gordon
Download or read book Fowl Language: Winging It written by Brian Gordon and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's finest parenting cartoon featuring ducks presents a comprehensive view of the early parenting years in all of their maddening cuteness and sanity-depriving chaos. In addition to dozens of previously unpublished cartoons, Fowl Language: Winging It is organized into 12 thematic chapters—including "Babies: Oh Dear God, What Have We Done?"; "Siblings: Best Frenemies Forever"; and "Sleep: Everybody Needs It, Nobody's Gettin' It"—each of which begins with a hilarious, illustrated 500-word essay.
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Download or read book Who's Who in America written by Marquis Who's Who, Inc and published by Marquis Who's Who. This book was released on 2002 with total page 3000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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