All My Sisters

Author : Judith Lennox
Publisher : Headline
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472224132

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All My Sisters by Judith Lennox Pdf

Under the storm clouds of war, can they hope for happiness? In the tumultuous years before the First World War, four sisters seek to follow their dreams in Judith Lennox's compelling novel All My Sisters. Perfect for fans of Lulu Taylor and Kate Morton. Iris, Marianne, Eva and Clemency are the daughters of Sheffield manufacturer, Joshua Maclise. In the tumultuous years before the First World War, the sisters seek to fulfil their ambitions. Pretty, self-centred Iris dreams of a grand marriage, quiet Marianne meets the love of her life, and passionate Eva longs for independence. Only Clemency, caring for her invalid mother, remains tied to the family home. Years pass and, her hopes of marriage dashed, Iris becomes a nurse in a London hospital. Marianne, living on a tea estate in Ceylon, finds first her happiness and then her life is threatened by a cruel and ruthless man. When Eva falls in love with the Bohemian, Gabriel Bellamy, her dreams of a career as an artist falter. As the clouds darken and war changes the lives of all the sisters, Clemency fights to free herself from the bonds that confine her and to discover love at last. What readers are saying about All My Sisters: 'This is a book to savour - so many characters, all of them well drawn and who invite our sympathy. A wonderful story' '[Judith Lennox] is the ultimate storyteller... her stories are compelling and beautifully descriptive of both characters and feelings' 'Happy and sad, [this book] has all the qualities to make for an excellent read'

Author : Maggie Hartley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781409189008

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Please Don't Take My Sisters by Maggie Hartley Pdf

Three-year-old Lexie, five-year-old Amelie and thirteen-year-old Leo come to Maggie after Leo confesses to a teacher that his mother's addiction problems and her latest violent relationship has left him as the sole carer to his younger sisters. Maggie welcomes the three children into her home, and is touched by the gentle care Leo shows to the two little girls. It is clear that Lexie and Amelie adore their big brother, and rely on him for comfort and reassurance. But Leo has experienced the neglect and abuse of his mother and her partner for far longer than his sisters, and is struggling with an eating disorder and showing signs of OCD. When Social Services begin to look at adoptive families for the children, Maggie is horrified when they suggest that the two angelic little girls will have a much better chance of being adopted without their damaged older brother. Knowing the impact that losing his sisters forever will have on vulnerable Leo, they face the ultimate dilemma. Should the children stay together and dash the hope of them ever having a forever family? Or do they sacrifice the close bond between the siblings to give the girls a chance to be adopted?

Author : Beezy Marsh
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781509842667

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Keeping My Sisters' Secrets by Beezy Marsh Pdf

The Sunday Times Bestseller and #1 international bestseller 'A moving and bittersweet story' Sun Keeping My Sister’s Secrets by Beezy Marsh is the heartwarming true story of three sisters and their fearless fight to survive the hardships of poverty and war - by whatever means necessary. Born into a close-knit working class family in the slums of London’s Waterloo, Eva, Peggy and Kathleen are three remarkably different, but very loving sisters. Desperate to escape their violent father, they find different ways to survive. Beautiful Kathleen escapes into marriage with an abusive man, and during the horrors of the Second World War, falls in love again - this time with an American GI. Peggy, serious and studious, is appalled by conditions in the factories and becomes a communist, desperate to help her fellow workers. The rebellious sister, Eva, will do anything to protect her family - even if it means breaking the law to put dinner on the table. Living closely together, the sisters support each other through thick and thin - their story is a moving tale of unconditional love, the one constant in a changing world.

Author : Julie Klam
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735216440

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The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters by Julie Klam Pdf

A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021 “It is biography as an expression of love.” – The New York Times New York Times–bestselling author Julie Klam’s funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts. Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters’ parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California—a promise he never kept. One of the Morris sisters later became a successful Wall Street trader and advised Franklin Roosevelt. The sisters lived together in New York City, none of them married or had children, and one even had an affair with J. P. Morgan. The stories of these independent women intrigued Klam, but as she delved into them to learn more, she realized that the tales were almost completely untrue. The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the revealing account of what Klam discovered about her family—and herself—as she dug into the past. The deeper she went into the lives of the Morris sisters, the slipperier their stories became. And the more questions she had about what actually happened to them, the more her opinion of them evolved. Part memoir and part confessional, and told with the wit and honesty that are hallmarks of Klam’s books, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the fascinating and funny true story of one writer’s journey into her family’s past, the truths she brings to light, and what she learns about herself along the way.

Author : Olivia Meikle,Katie Nelson,Neon Squid
Publisher : Neon Squid
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684493227

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The Book of Sisters by Olivia Meikle,Katie Nelson,Neon Squid Pdf

Selected as an Honor Book at the International Literacy Association's Children's and Young Adult Book Awards 2023! Queens. Warriors. Witches. Revolutionaries. History is full of sisters making their mark. Meet incredible women in this nonfiction book for kids, from Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret to tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams. Authors (and sisters!) Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson have scoured history for jaw-dropping stories of amazing siblings, including: • Why Egyptian ruler Cleopatra went to war against her younger sister Arsinoë • How Native American sisters Maria and Marjorie Tallchief became America’s first star ballerinas • What made samurai sisters Nakano Takeko and Nakano Yuko take on an entire army Through the stories of the sisters, readers will go on a whirlwind tour of women’s history, from the courts of Imperial China to the French Revolution. And you’ll discover that stories about sisters aren’t anything new—they can be traced back to ancient tales, from Greek goddesses to Maya mythology.

Author : Henry Cockton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : England
ISBN : HARVARD:HNP162

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The Sisters by Henry Cockton Pdf

Author : Oyinkan Braithwaite
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525564201

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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Pdf

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • “A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it’s the wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.” —MARIE CLAIRE Korede’s sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola’s knife. Korede’s practicality is the sisters’ saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (wrap it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her “missing” boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. She dreams of the day when he will realize that she’s exactly what he needs. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola’s phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she’s willing to go to protect her.

Author : Colleen Carroll Campbell
Publisher : Image
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780770436506

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My Sisters the Saints by Colleen Carroll Campbell Pdf

A poignant and powerful spiritual memoir about how the lives of the saints changed the life of a modern woman. In My Sisters the Saints, author Colleen Carroll Campbell blends her personal narrative of spiritual seeking, trials, stumbles, and breakthroughs with the stories of six women saints who profoundly changed her life: Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein of Germany, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Mary of Nazareth. Drawing upon the rich writings and examples of these extraordinary women, the author reveals Christianity's liberating power for women and the relevance of the saints to the lives of contemporary Christians.

Author : Lewis Henry Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Consanguinity
ISBN : HARVARD:32044043298439

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A Conjectural Solution of the Origin of the Classificatory System of Relationship by Lewis Henry Morgan Pdf

Author : Lynn Cullen
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982129859

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The Sisters of Summit Avenue by Lynn Cullen Pdf

From the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe and Twain’s End comes a “poignant, beautifully rendered story of two sisters who find the courage to reclaim their bond after years of misunderstandings and heartbreak” (Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author) during the Great Depression. 1934. Ruth has been single-handedly raising four young daughters and running her family’s Indiana farm for eight long years, ever since her husband, John, was infected by the infamous “sleeping sickness” devastating families across the country. If only she could trade places with her older sister, June: blonde and beautiful, married to a wealthy doctor, living in a mansion in St. Paul. And June has a coveted job, too, as one of “the Bettys,” the perky recipe developers who populate the famous Betty Crocker test kitchen. But these gilded trappings hide sorrows: she has borne no children. And the man she loves more than anything belongs to Ruth. When the two sisters reluctantly reunite after a long estrangement, June’s bitterness about her sister’s betrayal sets into motion a confrontation that’s been years in the making. And their mother, Dorothy, who’s brought the two of them together, has her own dark secrets, which might blow up the fragile peace she hopes to restore between her daughters. An emotional journey of redemption, inner strength, and the ties that bind families together, for better or worse, The Sisters of Summit Avenue is a moving and heartfelt tribute to mothers, daughters, and sisters everywhere.

Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11030519

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Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge by Smithsonian Institution Pdf

Author : Thione Niang
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1502450577

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Letters to My Sisters by Thione Niang Pdf

Letters to My Sisters is a series of letters written from women all over the world. Compiled with life lessons, yet thought-proving letters to encourage each woman along their journey in life. These meaningful letters have intent to provoke positive change in the mind of each reader. This book contains countless gems of expressed dreams, fears and vision from the lives of both well-known and ordinary women.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017514816

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The Sisters: Or Character Exemplified. A Simple Tale by Anonim Pdf

Author : Karen Clarke
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008525484

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My Sister’s Child by Karen Clarke Pdf

‘Wow! This book cast suspicion on so many characters that I had no idea how it would turn out! The definition of the perfect suspense novel!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I promised her I'd protect him... and I'll do anything to keep him safe.

Author : Amalie von Lasaulx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600023547

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Sister Augustine, superior of the Sisters of charity at the St. Johannis hospital at Bonn, tr. from [Erinnerungen an Amalie von Lasaulx]. by Amalie von Lasaulx Pdf