Anger Is My Middle Name

Author : Lisbeth Zornig Andersen
Publisher : AmazonCrossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Economists
ISBN : 1542015901

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Anger Is My Middle Name by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen Pdf

An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkness of a harrowing childhood. Born to a violently dysfunctional home in working-class Denmark, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen and her three older brothers were bounced between foster care and state-run institutions, then back again to their chemically dependent mother and sadistic stepfather. For Lisbeth, it was a childhood without perimeters. It was blighted by poverty, sexual abuse, neglect, betrayal, and further victimization by the broken Danish social services system that forced Lisbeth to live where and how it saw fit. Coming of age with a myriad of fears and emotional disorders, Lisbeth had three things that would become driving forces in her life: she was extraordinarily bright, extremely willful, and exceptionally angry. From hell to liberation, this is Lisbeth's emotional and galvanizing memoir told in two voices: that of a young girl who was unwanted, challenged, and defiant, and that of a woman who channeled her rage into a positive force as a passionate advocate for children's rights. Whatever darkness defines the past, it can be used to change the future. Lisbeth's heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting journey is proof.

Author : Chaquanda Foxx
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644923450

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Strong is My Middle Name by Chaquanda Foxx Pdf

Strong Is My Middle Name is based on a true testimony on how life changed after the death of my mother. The braveness of every circumstance that God carried me through. Being strong was all I had left to endure what was ahead; and in due time, the glory of God would be revealed within me. With every mistake and disappointment, God restored me and filled the void I was missing in my life. I share many experiences that changed my life for the good. God was my inspiration to share the story of my life with others. You never know how strong you are until being strong is all you have left.

Author : Heidi Dening
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359087563

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Her Middle Name Is Courage (paperback) by Heidi Dening Pdf

Author : Bill P.,Fred H.
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781616497491

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Drop the Rock: 2-Book Bundle by Bill P.,Fred H. Pdf

Drop the Rock is one of the best-selling recovery books ever, with more than 200,000 copies sold to date. It's companion piece, Drop the Rock . . .The Ripple Effect has already sold thousands of copies. Now it's easy for you to get both of these essential recovery books in a convenient e-book bundle. About Drop the Rock, Second Edition Resentment. Fear. Self-Pity. Intolerance. Anger. As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery--or at the least, block further progress. Based on the principles behind Steps Six and Seven, Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help readers move forward in recovery. The second edition features additional stories and a reference section. About Drop the Rock. . .The Ripple Effect In this follow-up to Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects, Fred H. explores "the ripple effect" that can be created by using Step 10 to practice Steps 6 and 7 every day to avoid picking up "the rock"—also known as resentment, fear, and self-pity—again. Drawing on his years of lecturing on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Fred H. reveals Step 10 as the natural culmination of working the previous Steps, providing a crash course on renewing your recovery program through the daily practice of Twelve Step principles. Drop the Rock. . .The Ripple Effect provides multiple perspectives from people successfully working a Twelve Step Program and shows Step 10 as a key to a sober life free of fear and resentment, and filled with serenity and gratitude.

Author : Bill P.,Todd W.,Sara S.
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781592857906

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Drop the Rock by Bill P.,Todd W.,Sara S. Pdf

A practical guide to letting go of the character defects that get in the way of true and joyful recovery. Resentment. Fear. Self-Pity. Intolerance. Anger. As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery- or at the least, block further progress. Based on the principles behind Steps Six and Seven, Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help readers move forward in recovery. The second edition features additional stories and a reference section.

Author : Anita Chun
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595349142

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Pain Was My Middle Name by Anita Chun Pdf

My main purpose in writing this book has been to share my experiences and triumphs with my fellow victims of rheumatoid arthritis. We don't have to be ashamed or embarrassed just because we have rheumatoid arthritis. The disease is not a crime or sin. It does, however, sentence us to life imprisonment. But there are ways to parole ourselves from this prison. Together we can combat this terrible disease with phenomenal results. I am living proof. Am I so different? Don't we all in the end have to learn patience and more patience, discipline and tenacity? My advice couldn't be simpler: "Think positive, think possibility and never give up." My RA is about as severe as it gets, but even with all my pain in the early years, I've managed to live a happy, full life. I'd even say "a normal life"-but who's normal? No one! My hope is that my experience will give you shortcuts for finding the normal life unique to you. -Anita Li Chun, author of Pain Was My Middle Name

Author : Tilly Brasch
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781427090287

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No Middle Name by Tilly Brasch Pdf

No Middle Name is a heart-wrenching tale of every parents worst nightmare the death of their child. Tilly Brasch compels us to look closely at her son, Riley, who was let down at every turn by a system unable to deal with the mentally ill. Utterly frustrated and fearing that he was a burden to his loved ones, Riley ultimately took his own life. Like many young people in society today, Riley just wanted to be free and to decide his own destiny. Rather than withdraw into self-pity and recrimination, the author finds consolation for herself and hope for others in SANE and Stepping Stone, organisations dedicated to helping those who society seems to have forgotten.

Author : Anne Hotchkis
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781035843756

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You're On Your Own by Anne Hotchkis Pdf

The role of a mother is unparalleled, requiring not just love, but deep self-awareness. Anne Hotchkis captures this essence in her insightful book, a collection of 32 letters penned to her sons. These letters, written over 25 years, reflect on the wisdom gained through the joys and challenges of raising her children. Hotchkis’s journey is one marked by resilience. As a divorced single parent grappling with bipolar illness, she faced societal stigmas head-on. Her letters are not just personal reflections but a testament to overcoming adversity. Today, living a spiritual life, happily remarried, and embracing the role of a grandparent, she shares her experiences with honesty and vulnerability. This book is more than a memoir; it’s a beacon of hope and guidance. It’s essential reading for mothers navigating the complexities of parenthood, individuals coping with the aftermath of divorce, those dealing with mental health issues, and anyone seeking inspiration from a life richly lived.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781427090300

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No Middle Name by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hazel Arnett Ervin,Lois Jamison Sheer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781443889551

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A Community of Voices on Education and the African American Experience by Hazel Arnett Ervin,Lois Jamison Sheer Pdf

This book offers a history of African American education, while also serving as a companion text for teachers, students and researchers in cultural criticism, American and African American studies, postcolonialism, historiography, and psychoanalytics. Overall, it represents essential reading for scholars, critics, leaders of educational policy, and all others interested in ongoing discussions not only about the role of community, family, teachers and others in facilitating quality education for the citizenry, but also about ensuring the posterity of a society via equal access to, and attainment of, quality education by its constituents of color. Particularly, this volume fills a void in the annals of African American history and African American education, by addressing the vibrancy of an education ethos within Black America which has unequivocally served as cultural, historical, political, legal and theoretical references.

Author : Cornel West
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781401921903

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Brother West by Cornel West Pdf

New York Times­ best-selling author Cornel West is one of America’s most provocative and admired public intellectuals. Whether in the classroom, the streets, the prisons, or the church, Dr. West’s penetrating brilliance has been a bright beacon shining through the darkness for decades. Yet, as he points out in this new memoir, "I’ve never taken the time to focus on the inner dynamics of the dark precincts of my soul." That is, until now. Brother West is like its author: brilliant, unapologetic, full of passion, yet cool. This poignant memoir traces West’s transformation from a schoolyard Robin Hood into a progressive cultural icon. From his youthful investigation of the "death shudder" to why he embraced his calling of teaching over preaching, from his three marriages and his two precious children to his near-fatal bout with prostate cancer, West illuminates what it means to live as "an aspiring bluesman in a world of ideas and a jazzman in the life of the mind." Woven together with the fibers of his lifelong commitment to the prophetic Christian tradition that began in Sacramento’s Shiloh Baptist Church, Brother West is a tale of a man courageous enough to be fully human, living and loving out loud.

Author : A. J. Drewie
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781528958295

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You're on Your Own by A. J. Drewie Pdf

The most important job in the world is one of being a great mother. In order to do this, a mother needs to know herself inside and out. This book of letters to her sons on life focuses on just that. Delving into her heart, spirit, soul, and mind, A. J. Drewie has beautifully written 32 letters about knowledge and wisdom that she experienced as she watched the growth and development of her two sons. The process took 25 years. Drewie faced the stigmas of being a divorced single parent and having bipolar illness. Today, she is living a very spiritual life, is happily remarried and is now a grandparent. This small book is a must read for all mothers, those trying to dig their way out of the negative shame of divorce, those suffering from mental illnesses and anyone else who is interested. A. J. Drewie has been through it all.

Author : Hafizah Augustus Geter
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593448663

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The Black Period by Hafizah Augustus Geter Pdf

Acclaimed poet Hafizah Augustus Geter reclaims her origin story in this “lyrical memoir” (The New Yorker)—combining biting criticism and haunting visuals. “Hafizah Augustus Geter is a genuine artist, not bound by genre or form. Her only loyalty is the harrowing beauty of the truth.”—Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage Winner of the PEN Open Book Award • Winner of the Lambda Literary Award • A New Yorker Best Book of the Year • A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year • A Brittle Paper Notable African Book of the Year • Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize “I say, ‘the Black Period,’ and mean ‘home’ in all its shapeshifting ways.” A book of great hope, Hafizah Augustus Geter’s The Black Period creates a map for how to survive: a country, a closet, a mother’s death, and the terror of becoming who we are in a world not built to accommodate diverse identities. At nineteen, she suddenly lost her mother to a stroke. Weeks later, her father became so heartsick that he needed a triple bypass. Amid the crumbling of her world, Hafizah struggled to know how to mourn a Muslim woman in a freshly post-9/11 America. Weaving through a childhood populated with southern and Nigerian relatives, her days in a small Catholic school, and learning to accept her own sexuality, and in the face of a chronic pain disability that sends her pinballing through the grind that is the American Dream, Hafizah discovers that grief is a political condition. In confronting the many layers of existence that the world tries to deny, it becomes clear that in order to emerge from erasure, she must map out her own narrative. Through a unique combination of gripping memoir, history, political analysis, cultural criticism, and Afrofuturist thought—alongside stunning original artwork created by her father, renowned artist Tyrone Geter—Hafizah leans into her parents’ lessons on the art of Black revision to create a space for the beauty of Blackness, Islam, disability, and queerness to flourish. As exquisitely told as it is innovative, and with a lyricism that dazzles, The Black Period is a reminder that joy and tenderness require courage, too.

Author : Christina S.R. Williams
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781984583642

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The Baby I Prayed For, the Angel I Received by Christina S.R. Williams Pdf

Losing a baby is hard. Being able to talk about the experience can be difficult but necessary . “The Baby I Prayed For, The Angel I Received” is a book about experiencing the loss of a child and finding a way to overcome the experience. This book also provides tips to parents and families that could assist with the grieving process.”

Author : S.S. Simpson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781728340142

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Lifting the Veil by S.S. Simpson Pdf

“Look out! It’s coming right at you, jump!” the screaming voice called out. Out of the corner of his eye, Polo suddenly saw it and jumped with every ounce of energy that he had, lifting both of his legs. But it wasn’t fast enough or high enough. The cold, wet metal sliced through his right leg as he watched himself being hurtled through the unforgiving air. Landing in muddy gravel, Polo reached down to take hold of his throbbing leg, but much to his horror, it wasn’t there. In an instant Polo’s world vanished. He destroyed anyone and anything that stood in his way, including his wife. The lonely professor isolated himself, pushed her away, and Sara couldn’t find her husband. He wasn’t there. He wanted only darkness. In Lifting the Veil, S. S. Simpson unravels the cruelty of Polo’s fate and how his Mexican-American barrio pride fueled his anger and resentment. Join Sara in discovering how light was brought back into Polo’s life and what it was that finally caused the veil to lift.