She's All Caught Up

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Publisher : Voices International Publications Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0991104153
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (911 download)

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Book Synopsis She's All Caught Up by : Jamila T. Davis

Download or read book She's All Caught Up written by Jamila T. Davis and published by Voices International Publications Inc.. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's All Caught Up is a cautionary tale for young people enamored by the fast life and the older folks that love them. This memoir tells of the negative influences that swayed the early life of author Jamila T. Davis (creator of the Voices of Consequences Enrichment Series). She is currently serving a 151 month sentence for her role in a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme. Young Jamila grew up in a loving, middle class home. Her hardworking parents, the Davises, overcame the barriers of poverty and racism faced by African Americans in the segregated South. From the back wood shacks of the rural south, the Davises migrated north, making Jamaica Queens, New York their new home. They drove themselves relentlessly. By education and endless hard work, they attained their portion of the American dream. Determined to afford their own children the opportunities they themselves never had, the Davises provided their children with a good life, hoping to guarantee their children's success.

All Caught Up

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Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0758274165
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Book Synopsis All Caught Up by : Sophia Shaw

Download or read book All Caught Up written by Sophia Shaw and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman with connections. . . Thanks to her elite Miami matchmaking service, Jasmine Croft is financially secure—and much too busy finding love for others to settle into a relationship of her own. But when a successful—and skeptical—crime author becomes her client, Jasmine finds herself up against the greatest challenge of her career—and maybe her life. . . A man of mystery. . . Handsome widower Robert Rankin would rather be working—but he needs a woman to accompany him to his brother's four day wedding celebration. His expectations are low—until his date arrives: Jasmine. A twist of fate brought her there, into the arms of a man far more intriguing and irresistible than she ever imagined. But as the days extend into a relationship, will meddling friends, scheming relatives, and Robert's own ghosts ultimately tear them apart?. . . Praise for Sophia Shaw ". . .(an) entertaining story." --Romantic Times on Tempted to Touch "The passion between the main characters heats up the pages, and a stellar supporting cast makes for a page-turning story." --Romantic Times on What Lies Between Lovers

How To Navigate Through Federal Prison And Gain An Early Release

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Publisher : Voices International Publications Inc.
ISBN 13 : 099110417X
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (911 download)

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Book Synopsis How To Navigate Through Federal Prison And Gain An Early Release by : Lisa Barrett with Jamila T. Davis

Download or read book How To Navigate Through Federal Prison And Gain An Early Release written by Lisa Barrett with Jamila T. Davis and published by Voices International Publications Inc.. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you or a loved one been sentenced to serve time in Federal prison and have no clue what to expect? This experience doesn't have to be as scary or stressful as you may think. There is a way to overcome this obstacle as quickly as possible and come out on top! Let Lisa Barrett teach you the ropes! Barrett, a former school teacher and Teacher's Union President sentenced to serve a year in Federal prison, utilized her time behind bars to create an invaluable road map for prisoners. Through her first hand experience, research and interviews with numerous inmates, Barrett has compiled a unique resource for Federal prisoners; the first of its kind written from a women's perspective. How to Navigate Through Federal Prison and Gain an Early Release is a detailed prisoner's survival guide, written by former inmate, Lisa Barrett, with excerpts by Jamila T. Davis. This captivating book vividly guides readers through the journey of incarceration, shattering the fear of the unknown! Designed in an easy-to-read format, step-by-step, readers are provided a crash course on the "do's and "dont's" for new prisoners, while being enlightened to the scope of services, programs and policies of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). From learning what to bring, what you'll need to buy, how to stay connected with the outside world, how to receive money, how to survive on prison food, how to land a decent job, how to utilize your time productively, and much more, Barrett provides a plethora of resources and techniques that are useful to prisoners. Additionally, this book includes detailed excerpts by inmate/activist Jamila T. Davis on viable legal remedies, strategies to gain relief from the U.S. Courts and BOP available options for early release. Davis, author of the Voices of Consequences Enrichment Series and co-founder of WomenOverIncarcerated.org, shares her 6 1/2 years of hands-on experience successfully challenging injustice from behind bars.

The Calloway Summers Collection: Fireflies in December / Cottonwood Whispers / Catching Moondrops

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Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1496429109
Total Pages : 1088 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Book Synopsis The Calloway Summers Collection: Fireflies in December / Cottonwood Whispers / Catching Moondrops by : Jennifer Erin Valent

Download or read book The Calloway Summers Collection: Fireflies in December / Cottonwood Whispers / Catching Moondrops written by Jennifer Erin Valent and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection bundles three of Jennifer Erin Valent’s 20th-century historical romance novels into one e-book for a great value! Fireflies in December 2010 Christy Award winner! Jessilyn Lassiter never knew that hatred could lurk in the human heart until the summer of 1932 when she turned 13. When her best friend, Gemma, loses her parents in a tragic fire, Jessilyn's father vows to care for her as one of his own, despite the fact that Gemma is black and prejudice is prevalent in their southern Virginia town. Violence springs up as a ragtag band of Ku Klux Klan members unite and decide to take matters into their own hands. As tensions mount in the small community, loyalties are tested and Jessilyn is forced to say good-bye to the carefree days of her youth. Fireflies in December is the 2007 winner of the Christian Writers Guild's Operation First Novel contest, and a 2010 Christy Award winner. Cottonwood Whispers In this sequel to Jennifer’s award-winning debut novel Fireflies in December, Jessilyn Lassiter and her best friend Gemma Teague have survived prejudice and heartache in their lifelong friendship, but the summer of 1936 threatens to tear them apart yet again. Gemma’s job with the wealthy Hadley family leads to a crush on their youngest son. But Jessilyn’s insistence that he’s no good and that no rich white man would ever truly fall for a poor black girl like Gemma puts them at odds. Tragedy strikes when Jessilyn’s cherished neighbor girl is hit by a car and killed. Things get worse when an elderly friend is falsely accused of the crime, and the only way to clear his name is to put her family’s livelihood in jeopardy. For Jessilyn, this is a choice too hard to bear and she wonders where to turn for answers, especially when an angry mob threatens vigilante justice. Catching Moondrops Jessilyn Lassiter no longer has to convince people she’s not a child. Having just turned 19 in the summer of 1938, her love for Luke Talley has never been more real. And Luke is finally beginning to care for her in the way she’s always dreamed of. But their budding romance is interrupted when Tal Pritchett—a young, black doctor—comes to Calloway, stealing the heart of Jessilyn’s best friend, Gemma, and stirring up the racial prejudice that has been simmering just beneath the town’s surface. The tension starts to bubble over when Jessie’s elderly neighbor Miss Cleta becomes the first white townsperson to accept Tal’s treatment. And when a young black man is lynched, Calloway is brought to its knees once again as Jessilyn realizes that her anger can make her heart as full of hate as the Klan members who have terrorized her town and her family.

Dark Corners

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524501778
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)

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Book Synopsis Dark Corners by : John Manning

Download or read book Dark Corners written by John Manning and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theres something terrifying around every turn. When the world as we know it has ended and all that remains of humanitys earthly ways are the stories that reside within the libraries of the space habitats, the view of humanity can be skewed. In these twenty-four stories is a sample of how the earthly mind worked, how it delighted in terrifying, how it indulged in the horrific. What must our future selves think of us? This second volume in the Night Chills series offers tales from authors who joined us in Terror by Gaslight, as well as some new and delightful minds. Rie Sheridan Rose, Wayne Borean, R. E. Hinkle, Catherine Stovall, and John Manning himself are among those who have filled the pages of this volume with a sprinkling of humor and a large dose of chills.

Weekend Encounters

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Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 146023605X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Book Synopsis Weekend Encounters by : Trace Snow

Download or read book Weekend Encounters written by Trace Snow and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second instalment in the romantic suspense trilogy of the continuing tale of romantic introductions that began with Weekend Attractions. The story continues with new strangers meeting and discovering one another, but brings back some old friends from the first installment, as it once again sweeps you on a light hearted journey of passion, mixed with a measure of fear as you become lost in the dream that takes place during a weekend of encounters. With the weekend approaching, Mindy Mansfield found herself in an unexpected predicament. Her compunction for spontaneity would leave her regretful now as she stood alone on the adrift skyscraper, drinking champagne from a mug. She didn’t care what vessel the numbing fluid was distributed from, just that it was indeed delivered. Meeting a handsome, mysterious stranger during her spur of the moment cruise was unexpected. Lance Pritchett was the last person that she needed during her time of remorse but he relentlessly pursued her. His smug southern charm was no match for her quick, sultry wit. Taking Mindy for granted would be Lance‘s first mistake. His second would prove to be more costly and challenge his ability to win her over. Mindy’s friend, Jamie Lynn Mesner would be a crucial deciding factor as to the direction their paths would take.

The Ninth

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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810126028
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ninth by : Ferenc Barnas

Download or read book The Ninth written by Ferenc Barnas and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrator is the ninth child of a family distinguished by its size, poverty, faith and abundance of physical and psychological disabilities. His confusion is exacerbated by the strict, secretive Catholic household his parents keep in the face of a Communist system.

Modernism in the Streets

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Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784784990
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Book Synopsis Modernism in the Streets by : Marshall Berman

Download or read book Modernism in the Streets written by Marshall Berman and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall Berman was one of the great urbanists and Marxist cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and his brilliant, nearly sui generis book All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is a masterpiece of the literature on modernism. But like many New York intellectuals, the essay was his characteristic form, accommodating his multifarious interests and expressing his protean, searching exuberant mind. This collection includes early essays from and on the radical '60s, on New York City, on literary figures from Kafka to Pamuk, and late essays on rock, hip hop, and gentrification. Concluding with his last essay, completed just before his death in 2013, this book is Berman's intellectual autobiography, tracing his career as a thinker through the way he read the 'signs in the street'.

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781425924218
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (242 download)

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Book Synopsis by : Dick Gibson

Download or read book written by Dick Gibson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As 1969 comes to a close, Rob Grant begins to suspect that his year-long romance with Luisa is also nearing an end. If his instincts are right, it would mean that his search for an enduring relationship and a surrogate mother for his two teenage sons would continue. Twice divorced, it doesn't help that he's very cautious when it comes to making another long-term commitment. Then late in December, it's by sheer chance that Rob meets a former sweetheart while they're both on business trips to Australia. Their love affair is reborn, offering him the prospect of a bright future with a lovable woman. Unfortunately, the path ahead is anything but smooth. But in the background is Kim Rossi, a new woman in his life who becomes a valued friend who generously offers Rob her support, and eventually her love, to this man whose strength is tested by the trials that confront him.

Crooked Little Heart

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Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307806731
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Crooked Little Heart by : Anne Lamott

Download or read book Crooked Little Heart written by Anne Lamott and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes an exuberant, richly absorbing novel about a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. • "Eloquent, detailed, emotionally honest... Lamott deserves praise for telling it like it is." —People Rosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband; her stepfather, a struggling writer, is wrestling with his own demons. And now Rosie finds that her athletic gifts, once a source of triumph and escape, place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own...

Something to Talk About

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460332911
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Something to Talk About by : Dakota Cassidy

Download or read book Something to Talk About written by Dakota Cassidy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexy is as sexy does. And in Plum Orchard, sugar, it does! Emmeline Amos is sick of her ex saying she's boring and prissy. After all, she works for a phone-sex company! (As general manager, but still.) On a rare girls' night out, fueled by blender drinks and bravado, Em accepts a shocking dare—to handle a call herself. But it's tipsy Em who gets an earful from an irate single father on the other end of the line. Awkward. But not as awkward as discovering that same mad dad is Call Girls' gorgeous new programmer. Jax Hawthorne is still upset that his daughter called the "girlfriend store" on his behalf, but he can't deny he'd choose a hot-librarian type like Em if he were looking for love. Which he's not. Em wants to do more than just talk the talk. So she makes a bawdy bargain with Jax. They've both been burned before—this time, they'll keep it strictly physical. Except as soon as they settle on no strings attached, things start to get tangled….

The Pain Artist

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Publisher : H.O.T. Press Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0923178260
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (231 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pain Artist by : E.E. "Doc" Murdock

Download or read book The Pain Artist written by E.E. "Doc" Murdock and published by H.O.T. Press Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pain Artist is a dark psychological novel about a young man who, after being abandoned and left homeless, is forced to move in with his invalid grandmother who lives in a gang-infested neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. Crippled and in constant pain, he becomes a self-described Hikikomori (a Japanese term for young men who withdraw from society to live mostly on the internet). The novel explores the horrific challenges of today’s inner-city youth. From the chilling opening, to the existentially alarming conclusion, the reader is carried along with the protagonist on his journey of learning and self discovery.

Currawong Creek

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Publisher : Pilyara Press
ISBN 13 : 1925827062
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (258 download)

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Book Synopsis Currawong Creek by : Jennifer Scoullar

Download or read book Currawong Creek written by Jennifer Scoullar and published by Pilyara Press. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Brumby’s Run comes a heart-warming story of hope, sacrifice and the ultimate triumph of love. Finalist in the RWA Romantic Book Of The Year Award. Call it intuition, call it magic – call it love. Something is calling Clare home. Brisbane lawyer Clare Mitchell leads a structured, orderly life. That is, until she finds herself the unlikely guardian of a small, troubled boy. In desperation, Clare takes Jack to stay at Currawong Creek, her grandfather’s horse stud in the foothills of the beautiful Bunya Mountains. Here life moves at a different pace, and for Clare it feels like coming home. Her granddad adores having them there, Jack loves the animals, and Clare finds herself falling hard for the handsome local vet. But trouble is coming. The Pyramid Mining Company threatens to destroy the land Clare loves – and with it, her newfound happiness. - Praise For Currawong Creek – ‘Heartfelt and passionate.’ SN Weekly ‘A thought provoking, emotive read with a delightful warmth. I’m now going to hunt down everything this talented Australian author has ever written.’ The Eclectic Reader ‘A crisp, well-written tale ... sings like a Bunya Mountain breeze.’ Courier-Mail Bestselling Aussie author Jennifer Scoullar writes page-turning fiction about the land, people and wildlife that she loves. Currawong Creek is Book 2 in the standalone Wild Australia Stories. Buy it now to discover why Jennifer Scoullar is one of Australia's favourite story-tellers!

Death in Irish Accents

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Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496740068
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Book Synopsis Death in Irish Accents by : Catie Murphy

Download or read book Death in Irish Accents written by Catie Murphy and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a long streak of avoiding murder investigations, Dublin limo driver Megan Malone thought her life had finally settled . . . but even her Irish luck can’t keep her out of trouble forever. It’s been over a year since Megan found herself entangled in a murder—much to everyone’s relief, including her girlfriend Jelena and Detective Paul Bourke. So when a body of a young woman quite literally lands in her lap at her favorite Dublin café, Megan tries to do the right thing and leave the crime-solving to the police so she can enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. After all, she has no connection to the victim. Or does she? Megan’s latest client, world-renowned romance novelist Claire Woodward, is fascinated by Megan’s own history of catching killers. Claire also just happens to be the murder victim’s literary mentor. So maybe Megan can just sort of stay on the periphery of the case while trying to help out? Just a wee bit without causing too much fuss? Even Detective Bourke would approve since he has personal reasons not to trust Claire. The investigation leads Megan to the victim’s writing group, who think that Claire has plagiarized the poor young lady’s work. And when another member of the group is found dead, Megan will have to step up her sleuthing before the killer decides to write her off for good. Praise for Catie Murphy’s Dublin Driver Mysteries “There is so much to like about the cozy perfection that is Catie Murphy’s Death on the Green, from the lush Irish travelogue to the precise balance between comic relief and crime.” —Bookpage STARRED REVIEW “Death of an Irish Mummy will entertain and amuse, as well as give readers an escape to the land of leprechauns, great beer, and a people who can tell a tall tale and make you believe.” —The Cozy Review

Stealth

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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081122306X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Book Synopsis Stealth by : Sonallah Ibrahim

Download or read book Stealth written by Sonallah Ibrahim and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young son wanders Cairo trying to comprehend why his mother has disappeared Set in the turbulent years before the 1952 revolution that would overthrow King Farouk and bring Gamal Abdel Nasser to power, Stealth — by Sonallah Ibrahim, one of Egypt’s most respected and uncompromising novelists — is a gripping story seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy. A young Egyptian’s coming of age proves halting and uncertain as he fails to outgrow dependence on his aging father and tries to come to terms with the absence of his mother. Through the boy’s memories, fantasies, and blunt observations, we experience his attempts at furtively spying on the world of Egyptian adults. His adventures portray a Cairo full of movie stars, royalty, revolutionaries, and ordinary people trying to survive in the decaying city.

Alice Bliss

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101515295
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Alice Bliss by : Laura Harrington

Download or read book Alice Bliss written by Laura Harrington and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Outside the back window Alice can see the outlines of the garden, some of the furrows visible under the snow, stretching away in long thin rows. She can't imagine doing the garden without her dad. It's his thing; she's always thought of herself as his assistant at best. She can't imagine doing anything without her dad and she starts to feel like she can't breathe. And then she looks at him. Just looks at him as he watches the fire with muffin crumbs on his lap. 'I'll write to you.' 'I know, sweetheart.' 'Every day.'" --From Alice Bliss When Alice Bliss learns that her father, Matt, is being deployed to Iraq, she's heartbroken. Alice idolizes her father, loves working beside him in their garden, accompanying him on the occasional roofing job, playing baseball. When he ships out, Alice is faced with finding a way to fill the emptiness he has left behind. Matt will miss seeing his daughter blossom from a tomboy into a full-blown teenager. Alice will learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love, all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and take care of her precocious little sister, Ellie. But the smell of Matt is starting to fade from his blue shirt that Alice wears everyday, and the phone calls are never long enough. Alice Bliss is a profoundly moving coming-of-age novel about love and its many variations--the support of a small town looking after its own; love between an absent father and his daughter; the complicated love between an adolescent girl and her mother; and an exploration of new love with the boy-next-door. These characters' struggles amidst uncertain times echo our own, lending the novel an immediacy and poignancy that is both relevant and real. At once universal and very personal, Alice Bliss is a transforming story about those who are left at home during wartime, and a teenage girl bravely facing the future.

The Vejay Haskell Mysteries

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480465313
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The Vejay Haskell Mysteries by : Susan Dunlap

Download or read book The Vejay Haskell Mysteries written by Susan Dunlap and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVA special three-in-one edition of Susan Dunlap’s Vejay Haskell Mysteries, about an intrepid meter reader who solves the crimes that the police can’t crack/divDIV In An Equal Opportunity Death, Vejay Haskell is playing hooky from her job as an electric-meter reader in Henderson, California. She skirts around the edge of town, making her way to Frank’s Place, a cozy saloon owned by her friend Frank Goulet. After two cups of hot buttered rum, they have an argument and she storms out into the pouring rain. But by the time she gets back to Frank’s bar to apologize, he is dead. Vejay was seen leaving Frank’s house in a huff, and her lack of an alibi combined with her suspicious sick day make her the number-one suspect. As the police close in on her, Vejay turns detective in search of Frank’s real killer. It’s a perilous task, but she has one advantage when she puts on her work clothes: Nobody ever notices the meter reader./divDIV In The Bohemian Connection, a clique of powerful conservatives called the Bohemian Club gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California. Though their activities are shrouded in secrecy, Henderson meter reader Vejay Haskell is about to get an all-too-close inside look. Searching the countryside for a coworker’s missing niece, she finds the beautiful gymnast lying dead in the bottom of a sewer drain. The sheriff calls it an accident, but Vejay suspects the girl’s death was connected to the Bohemian Club’s unquenchable desire for drugs, booze, and prostitutes. Finding the killer will mean going head to head with the nation’s fiercest politicians./divDIV And in The Last Annual Slugfest, it’s time for Henderson’s regional festival honoring the normally detested California banana slug. Rather than eat crow, the area’s local politicians atone for their sins by eating slug hot dogs, slug chili, and slug pie. This year, one dish will prove murderously foul. Edwina Henderson is the last of her family to live in the town that bears their name. A committed environmentalist, she is also the woman responsible for this year’s slugfest, and will take her place at the judge’s table. When a slug pizza knocks her flat, the crowd assumes it was just an especially gross slice. But when she doesn’t get up, meter reader Vejay Haskell must confront the devious murder of the town’s leading treehugger./divDIV/div/div