Dreaming Water

Author : Gail Tsukiyama
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429909722

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Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama Pdf

Bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama is known for her poignant, subtle insights into the most complicated of relationships. Dreaming Water is an exploration of two of the richest and most layered human connections that exist: mother and daughter and lifelong friends. Hana is suffering from Werner's syndrome, a disease that makes a person age at twice the rate of a healthy individual: at thirty-eight Hana has the appearance of an eighty-year-old. Cate, her mother, is caring for her while struggling with her grief at losing her husband, Max, and with the knowledge that Hana's disease is getting worse by the day. Hana and Cate's days are quiet and ordered. Cate escapes to her beloved garden and Hana reads and writes letters. Each find themselves drawn into their pasts, remembering the joyous and challenging events that have shaped them: spending the day at Max's favorite beach, overcoming their neighbors' prejudices that Max is Japanese-American and Cate is Italian-American, and coping with the heartbreak of discovering Hana's disease. One of the great joys of Hana's life has been her relationship with her beautiful, successful best friend Laura. Laura has moved to New York from their hometown in California and has two daughters, Josephine and Camille. She has not been home in years and begs Hana to let her bring her daughters to meet her, feeling that Josephine, in particular, needs to have Hana in her life. Despite Hana's latest refusal, Laura decides to come anyway. When Laura's loud, energetic, and troubled world collides with Hana and Cate's daily routine, the story really begins. Dreaming Water is about a mother's courage, a daughter's strength, and a friend's love. It is about the importance of human dignity and the importance of all the small moments that create a life worth living.

Author : Kyoko Mori
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466876729

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The Dream of Water by Kyoko Mori Pdf

In 1990 author Kyoko Mori returned to her native Japan to visit the "landscape of my childhood." There--looking for the house in which her mother killed herself, running on land that was once water, and retracing childhood train trips to her grandparents' farm--she relived the memories and uncovered the secrets that unlocked her past. In The Dream of Water, a series of chapters that are themselves "small perfections," she leads us to the "larger happiness" of an autobiography that is also a work of art. Japan is the land Mori fled as a teenager, seeking to escape from her cold, abusive father and her manipulative stepmother. It is the country she spend her adult life putting behind her, but it is also her homeland. As she searches through familiar neighborhoods and on distant islands, she is constantly aware of the culture she abandoned and the one she has adopted. Pushed by the sights and sounds of contemporary Japan into her interior world of memory and dreams, she also looks out toward the daylight land of America. A personal journey of discovery that is also an exploration of national difference, The Dream of Water explores intimate emotions that reveal profound cultural truths.

Author : Shawn Small,Jenny Robbins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0997101768

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I Dream of Water by Shawn Small,Jenny Robbins Pdf

Jina dreams of water. This dream is shared by millions of girls whose lives revolve around the responsibility of finding enough water to sustain their families for one more day. This daily burden is their one obstacle to getting an education and the opportunities it brings. When water flows freely, so can these girls' dreams of a better life. 'I Dream of Water' is the artistically stunning and hope-filled telling of the story of one girl who was given the opportunity to fly when her village was gifted with clean water. Water is basic. Water is life.

Author : Gretchen Roedde
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459743304

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Deep Water Dream by Gretchen Roedde Pdf

Deep Water Dream is a hopeful memoir that shares the author’s voyage of discovery as a mother, wife, and physician in underserved communities in northern Ontario.

Author : Frederick D. Kakinami Cloyd
Publisher : 2leaf Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1940939283

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Dream of the Water Children by Frederick D. Kakinami Cloyd Pdf

Born to an African American father and Japanese mother, Frederick D. Kakinami Cloyd, the narrator of Dream of the Water Children, finds himself not only to be a marginalized person by virtue of his heritage, but often a cultural drifter, as well. Indeed, both his family and his society treat him as if he doesn't entirely belong to any world. Tautly written in spare, clear poetic prose, this memoir explores the specific contours of Japanese and African American cultures, as well as the broader experience of biracial and multicultural identity. To tell his story, Cloyd incorporates photographs and Japanese writing, history, and memory to convey both rich personal experience and significant historical detail. Bringing together vivid memories with a perceptive cultural eye, Dream of the Water Children brings readers closer to a biracial experience, opening up our understanding of the cultural richness and social challenges people from diverse backgrounds face.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091224805

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Dreaming Water by Anonim Pdf

Bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama is known for her poignant, subtle insights into the most complicated of relationships. Dreaming Water is an exploration of two of the richest and most layered human connections that exist: mother and daughter and lifelong friends.

Author : David Carle
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781619028234

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Water and the California Dream by David Carle Pdf

In the last one hundred years, imported water has transformed the environment of the Golden State and its quality of life, with land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism dramatically altering both urban and rural communities. The key to this transformation has been expanded access to water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River, and Northern California rivers. "Whoever brings the water, brings the people," wrote engineer William Mulholland, under whose leadership the process of growth through irrigation began. Now, using first–person voices of Californians to reveal the resulting changes, author David Carle concludes that it may be time to stop drowning the California dream of the good life with imported water. Using oral histories, contemporary newspaper articles, and autobiographies, Carle explores the historic changes in California, showing how imported water has shaped the pattern of population growth in the state. Because water choices remain the primary tool for shaping California's future, Carle also argues that it is possible to improve both the state's damaged environment and the quality of life if Californians will step out of this historic pattern and embrace limited water supplies as a fact of life in this naturally dry region.

Author : Diane Arruda
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609111144

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Dream Keepers When the Water Flows Through Again by Diane Arruda Pdf

Golden Fish begins yet another exciting underwater adventure in search of the five Living Codes that can only be found in the Undiscovered River.When a visit with the Magnificent Whirlpool reveals hidden truths within her dreams, Golden Fish eagerly continues her journey in search of the third Code. But to her surprise - the third Code can only be found by returning to the Great Pool - the one place she vowed to never return. She meets Nogil, one of the Dream Keepers responsible for blocking the tunnel that once guided water creatures from the Great Pool back to the Great River. With the help of her river friends - Eliasor, Mot and Comet - Golden Fish finds herself amid unexpected and revealing events that lead her to see, for the first time, the waves of color and light An uplifting journey that begins underwater continues on in Diane Arruda's beautifully illustrated and inspiring tale of self discovery. Author Diane Arruda created The Undiscovered River series through a search to find meaning and understanding in her own life's journey. She invites readers to travel with Golden Fish and share exciting adventures while following her true dreams. Arruda is also the artist for these stunning and detailed illustrations. She holds a degree in art history and lives in Northern California.Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/DreamKeepers-WhenTheWaterFlowsThroughAgain.html

Author : Stewart Rounds,Bernadine A. Bonn
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000114911

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Dream-Analytical Ground Water Flow Programs by Stewart Rounds,Bernadine A. Bonn Pdf

Valuable for consultants and regulators...Dream is a useful tool for basic field work, including the first-cut evaluation of remediation design. Ground water professionals will find Dream to be ideal for estimating actual flow conditions when information on aquifer properties is limited. Flow nets, streamline plots, and capture zone maps are easily produced by contouring Dream's output files. Maps of head, drawdown, and ground water velocity are equally simple to create. These provide an uncomplicated method for estimating both direction and magnitude of flow, and the areal extent of the well's influence. This must-have volume is valuable for hydrologists, regulators, ground water professionals, students, professors, and consultants. This work is a valuable teaching tool for principles of subsurface hydrology. It is easy-to-use and illustrates hydrologic concepts, pumping schemes, remediation schemes, etc. The importance of fundamental aquifer properties can be easily explored, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Author : J. M. Thompson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062947086

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Running Is a Kind of Dreaming by J. M. Thompson Pdf

A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life. “Voluntary or involuntary?” asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that death was his only exit route from the torture of his mind. After a suicide attempt, he spent weeks confined on the psych ward, feeling scared, alone, and trapped. One afternoon during an exercise break he experienced a sudden urge. “Run, I thought. Run before it’s too late and you’re stuck down there. Right now. Run. ” The impulse that starts with sprints across a hospital rooftop turns into all night runs in the mountains. Through motion and immersion in the beauty of nature, Thompson finds a way out of the hell of depression and drug addiction. Step by step, mile by mile, his body and mind heal. In this lyrical, vulnerable, and breathtaking memoir, J. M. Thompson, now a successful psychologist, retraces the path that led him from despair to wellness, detailing the chilling childhood trauma that caused his depression, and the unorthodox treatment that saved him. Running Is a Kind of Dreaming is a luminous literary testament to the universal human capacity to recover from our deepest wounds.

Author : P. H. Mullen
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781250107152

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Gold in the Water by P. H. Mullen Pdf

Gold in the Water is a nonfiction sports narrative that chronicles the journey of a group of America's finest swimmers and coaches as they vied to compete in the 2000 Olympic Games. In California, a team of talented young men begin pursuing the most elusive dream in sports, the Olympic Games. The pressure steadily increases as two best friends (a mentor and his protégé) reach the top of the world rankings and unexpectedly find themselves direct competitors. Their teammates include an emerging star methodically plotting to retrace his father's path to Olympic glory, as well as a super-extraordinary athlete desperate to walk away from it all. Led by one of the most passionate coaches in sports, a brilliant and explosive strategist on a personal quest for redemption, this team of dark horses and Olympic favorites works through escalating rivalries, joyous triumphs, and heartbreaking setbacks. Author P. H. Mullen chronicles their journey to the 2000 Olympic Games and presents one of the most powerful and moving sports books ever written. Boldly sweeping in literary power and pace, this startling book will permanently change how you view the Olympic athlete. It is a fascinating world of suspense and emotion where human desire for excellence rules over all, and where there are no second chances for glory. But above all, Gold in the Water is a triumph of the human spirit.

Author : Samanta Schweblin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399184611

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Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin Pdf

“A wonderful nightmare of a book: tender and frightening, disturbing but compassionate. Fever Dream is a triumph of Schweblin’s outlandish imagination.” –Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling and Reputations A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, unsettling, taut novel.

Author : RICHARD ALAN TROBRIDGE
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781312723825

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OF THE GARDEN by RICHARD ALAN TROBRIDGE Pdf

Author : Fanny Dickerson Bergen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Folklore
ISBN : HARVARD:32044042922526

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Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UVA:X001851163

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Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society by Anonim Pdf