A Sister S Story

Author : Donatella Di Pietrantonio
Publisher : Europa Editions UK
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787703506

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A Sister's Story by Donatella Di Pietrantonio Pdf

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF A GIRL RETURNED, COMES A MOVING NEW NOVEL ABOUT SISTERHOOD, THE PAST AND ITS INDELIBLE MARKS * NATALIE PORTMAN'S BOOK CLUB PICK FOR JULY 2022* *A Strega Prize 2021 finalist * It's the darkest time of night. Adriana, a baby in her arms, hammers on her sister's door. Who is she running from? What uncomfortable truth will she deliver? Like a whirlwind, Adriana breaks into her sister's life bringing chaos and cataclysmic revelations. Years later, the narrator gets an unexpected, urgent summons back to Pescara. She embarks on a long journey through the night, and through the folds and twists of her memory, from her and her sister's youth, their loves and losses, their secrets and regrets. Back in Borgo Sud, the town's fishermen's quarter, in that impenetrable yet welcoming microcosm, she will discover what really happened, and perhaps make peace with the past. Donatella Di Pietrantonio, expert chronicler of the bonds between mothers and daughters, revisits the places and characters of A Girl Returned with a novel focussed on the ambivalent, ambiguous, wavering but steadfast relationship between sisters.

Author : Jen Campbell,Adam de Souza
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780500777831

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The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales by Jen Campbell,Adam de Souza Pdf

Jen Campbell's collection of terrifyingly gruesome tales lends a modern edge to fairy tale collections for young readers. Drawing on her extensive knowledge of fairy tale history, Campbell's stories undo the censoring, gender stereotyping and twee endings of more modern children's fairy tales, to return both classic and little-known stories to their grim versions, whilst celebrating a diverse range of characters. Featuring 14 short stories from around the globe, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is illustrated in a contemporary style by Canadian comic artist Adam de Souza. De Souza's brooding illustrations are a highly original blend of 19th-century Gothic engravings and moody film noir graphic novels. Beautifully produced in a hardback format with a rose gold ribbon marker, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is a truly thrilling gift.

Author : Pauline Marie Armande Aglaé Craven (formerly La Ferronays.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:315556166

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A Sister's Story by Pauline Marie Armande Aglaé Craven (formerly La Ferronays.) Pdf

Author : Donatella Di Pietrantonio
Publisher : Europa Editions
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609455293

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A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio Pdf

“One of the best Italian novels of the year” in a pitch-perfect rendering in English by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante’s translator (Huffington Post, Italy). Winner of the Campiello Prize A 2019 Best Book of the Year (The Washington Post Kirkus Reviews Dallas Morning News) Told with an immediacy and a rare expressive intensity that has earned it countless adoring readers and one of Italy’s most prestigious literary prizes, A Girl Returned is a powerful novel rendered with sensitivity and verve by Ann Goldstein, translator of the works of Elena Ferrante. Set against the stark, beautiful landscape of Abruzzo in central Italy, this is a compelling story about mothers and daughters, about responsibility, siblings, and caregiving. Without warning or explanation, an unnamed thirteen-year-old girl is sent away from the family she has always thought of as hers to live with her birth family: a large, chaotic assortment of individuals whom she has never met and who seem anything but welcoming. Thus begins a new life, one of struggle, tension, and conflict, especially between the young girl and her mother. But in her relationship with Adriana and Vincenzo, two of her newly acquired siblings, she will find the strength to start again and to build a new and enduring sense of self. “An achingly beautiful book, and an utterly devastating one.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “Di Pietrantonio [has a] lively way with a phrase (the translator, Ann Goldstein, shows the same sensitivity she does with Elena Ferrante) [and] a fine instinct for detail.” —The Washington Post “A gripping, deeply moving coming-of-age novel; immensely readable, beautifully written, and highly recommended.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Captivating.” —The Economist

Author : Arifa Akbar
Publisher : Sceptre
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781529347531

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Consumed by Arifa Akbar Pdf

* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 COSTA BOOK AWARDS: BIOGRAPHY * 'If her moving, engrossing, elegantly written memoir does not win prizes, there really is no justice in the literary world.' Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. When Arifa Akbar discovered that her sister had fallen seriously ill, she assumed there would be a brief spell in hospital and then she'd be home. This was not to be. It was not until the day before she died that the family discovered she was suffering from tuberculosis. Consumed is a story of sisterhood, grief, the redemptive power of art and the strange mythologies that surround tuberculosis. It takes us from Keats's deathbed and the tubercular women of opera to the resurgence of TB in modern Britain today. Arifa travels to Rome to haunt the places Keats and her sister had explored, to her grandparent's house in Pakistan, to her sister's bedside at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead and back to a London of the seventies when her family first arrived, poor, homeless and hungry. Consumed is an eloquent and moving excavation of a family's secrets and a sister's detective story to understand her sibling.

Author : Mme. Augustus Craven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:9245708

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A Sister's Story by Mme. Augustus Craven Pdf

Author : Kathleen McGurl
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008380519

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The Lost Sister by Kathleen McGurl Pdf

‘I was captivated... What a stunning story of sisterhood, sacrifice and forgiveness!’ Lana Kortchik, USA Today bestselling author of Sisters of War

Author : Fran Manushkin
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781404872240

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Big Brothers Are the Best by Fran Manushkin Pdf

A new big brother finds lots to love about his new baby.

Author : Lucinda Riley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476759944

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The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley Pdf

Star D'Apliese is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father - the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the first clue she has been left, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world.

Author : Mme. Augustus Craven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOMDLP:afd0805:0001.001

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A Sister's Story by Mme. Augustus Craven Pdf

Author : Michael F. Stewart
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781459824898

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Heart Sister by Michael F. Stewart Pdf

After his twin sister, Minnie, dies in an accident, Emmitt's world goes sideways. He’s lost his best friend and it feels like the family is falling apart without her. But Minnie was an organ donor and Emmitt soon receives an anonymous thank you letter from one of the transplant recipients. Inspiration strikes, and he decides to try and put his sister back together, in spirit. He’s going to track down each organ recipient and film them to show his parents the results of Minnie’s selfless act and help them move on. But when each recipient falls short of his expectations and the star of his film, the girl who received his sister’s heart, refuses to meet him, Emmitt has to turn to extreme measures to find her. What he doesn’t know is that his "heart sister" is hiding an agonizing secret, one that could push Emmitt to the breaking point.

Author : Kereen Getten
Publisher : Voices
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0702301841

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Two Sisters: A Story of Freedom by Kereen Getten Pdf

In this heart-stopping adventure based on real historical events, Kereen Getten takes readers on a journey of sisterhood, struggle and survival from Jamaica to Britain.

Author : Lucinda Riley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476759906

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The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley Pdf

Gathering at their Lake Geneva estate when their adoptive father passes away, six sisters receive tantalizing clues about their true heritage, prompting Maia to journey to Rio de Janeiro to learn the story of her parents' forbidden love. By the best-selling author of The Orchid House.

Author : Brooke Kinsella
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847399021

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Why Ben? by Brooke Kinsella Pdf

‘This powerful memoir by the former EastEnders star will touch even the hardest heart’ The Sun At 2.30 in the morning of 29 June 2008, Brooke Kinsella received a phone call. It was her sister Jade, telling her that their beloved brother Ben had been stabbed while out celebrating finishing his GCSEs. The Kinsella family's shock soon turned to grief when Ben lost his fight for life later that day, surrounded by those who love him. Too upset at the time to speak about Ben's senseless murder, and with Ben's killers now convicted and behind bars, the former EastEnders actress is able to reveal her full story in this heartbreaking and beautifully written memoir that celebrates the life of a young man whose future was so cruelly stolen from him. Beginning with Ben's death an ending with the aftermath of the trial of his killers, the book is an extremely personal and powerful portrait of loss in the age of knife crime. From their first Christmas without Ben to facing the accused in court for the first time, Brooke writes in detail about the devastation that was caused in one night and which has changed her and her family's life forever. It is a powerfully moving and brave exploration of grief. ‘The actress Brooke Kinsella writes in raw detail about the stabbing of her young brother Ben – and the extraordinary effect of the grief, guilt and anger that engulfed her family’ Mail on Sunday?

Author : Augustus Craven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0461282283

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A Sister's Story by Augustus Craven Pdf

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