Maggie Me

Author : Damian Barr
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770893818

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Maggie & Me by Damian Barr Pdf

Long-listed for the Green Carnation Prize and The Sunday Times' selection for Memoir of the Year. "This amazing book tells the story of an appalling childhood with truth and clarity unsmudged by self-pity. It grips from beginning to end.” — Diana Athill, Costa Book Award–winning author of Somewhere Towards the End Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes crossed with Billy Elliot, Maggie & Me is a unique, tender, and witty memoir of surviving the tough streets of small town Scotland during the Thatcher years. October 12, 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Maggie Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister, and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk, smashes the unions, and makes greed good. Following Maggie’s advice, Damian works hard and plans his escape. He discovers that stories can save your life and — in spite of violence, strikes, AIDS, and Clause 28 — manages to fall in love dancing to Madonna in Glasgow’s only gay club. Maggie & Me is a touching and darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatcher’s Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world and coming out the other side in spite of, and maybe because of, the iron lady.

Author : Maggie Shipstead
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007555239

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Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead Pdf

The New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle ‘Brilliantly written; the first ballet novel for grown-ups’ THE TIMES ‘A bravura display of high-performance art’ GUARDIAN

Author : Patterson Leonard McKinnie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Poetry
ISBN : WISC:89100299643

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From Tide to Timber-line by Patterson Leonard McKinnie Pdf

Author : Lena Kennedy
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444767209

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Maggie by Lena Kennedy Pdf

Four decades. Four generations. One World War. Raised in Stepney, the heart of London's East End, Maggie Riley is the only child of an Irish widower. When she becomes pregnant at the age of fifteen she is delighted, for it means she has captured her beloved Jim Burns. But life is a constant struggle - to bring up her four sons, to cope with a part-time husband, to 'better herself'. And that struggle is set against critical events of the era: the Depression, the Blackshirt marches, the devastation of World War II and its aftermath. Rejoice in Maggie's triumphs and feel the sorrow of her tragedies with this beautiful and moving tale of perseverance against all odds. *************** What readers are saying about MAGGIE 'A brilliant novel' - 5 STARS 'A fascinating story' - 5 STARS 'I loved the whole story' - 5 STARS 'Just wonderful!' - 5 STARS 'An amazing read' - 5 STARS

Author : Diana Palmer
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780373838011

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Texas Born and Maggie's Dad by Diana Palmer Pdf

This special edition features a brand-new Long, Tall Texans novel, in which Michelle Godrey vows to show mysterious rancher Gabriel Brandon that she is no longer a girl in need of his protection, but a woman in need of his love, as well as a bonus story. Original.

Author : Mary J. Holmes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783752305685

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Maggie Miller by Mary J. Holmes Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Maggie Miller by Mary J. Holmes

Author : Jill Behe
Publisher : DevilDog Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Freezer Burn: A Maggie Mercer Mystery Book 2 by Jill Behe Pdf

Mossy Creek is in the midst of a bone-chilling winter. Even then, crime doesn’t take a vacation. If the temperatures don’t rise to the plus side of zero soon, the citizens will be suffering from Freezer Burn. A visiting reporter has allegedly gone missing. Wyatt and Ricky are pulling double duty out at the lake, helping prep the hillside for the annual toboggan run. The mailbox baseball bandit, from last summer, has escalated his bashing spree. And, Maggie has acquired a stalker. And, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It’s cold outside, y’all. Come on over here. Warm yourselves by the fire while I’ll fill you in.

Author : Diane Samuels
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781804470428

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Waltz With Me by Diane Samuels Pdf

When Maggie Byrne attends the retirement dinner of her old music teacher at the convent school she attended, she discovers she has more in common with the founding nun, Cornelia Connelly, than she previously realised. As events in Maggie’s world progress and relationships break down, Cornelia’s remarkable life waltzes and weaves through Maggie’s, bringing them together through their shared love for music. Inspired by true stories of the nineteenth-century educational pioneer and reverend mother Cornelia Connelly and an ex-student of one of the schools she founded, Waltz With Me paints a moving picture of the challenges of marriage and motherhood, the calling of vocation, the nature of personal sacrifice for a greater cause and the impact of faith, infusing live waltz, sacred and folk music through the unfolding drama.

Author : Aleksa Baxter
Publisher : Aleksa Baxter
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Maggie May and Miss Fancypants Mysteries Books 1 - 3 by Aleksa Baxter Pdf

Maggie May never wanted to investigate a murder, but when her grandpa was accused of killing a man he'd threatened with a shotgun, what was she supposed to do? Let him go back to prison? Not if she can help it. Join Maggie May, her incorrigible Newfoundland Miss Fancypants, and a cast of quirky characters in small-town Colorado as they solve mysteries and try to just live their lives. This first collection includes A Dead Man and Doggie Delights, A Crazy Cat Lady and Canine Crunchies, and A Buried Body and Barkery Bites.

Author : Kasey Michaels
Publisher : Kathryn Seidick
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Maggie Needs An Alibi by Kasey Michaels Pdf

Book One in The Maggie Kelly Mystery Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Kasey Michaels. Maggie Kelly writes the best selling St. Just Mystery Series featuring Regency Era amateur sleuth Alexandre Blakely, Viscount St. Just. One day she turns around and her handsome, arrogant fictional character is standing in the middle of her living room. It seems she has drawn him so well, that he was able to pop out of her head and into her life. While juggling lies explaining her strange “houseguest,” Maggie also finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of her publisher and former lover. St. Just, hero that he is, naturally insists he will solve the crime, but she has her doubts. So far, her perfect hero has yet to remember to put the cap back on the toothpaste…

Author : Anna Goodall
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781913101343

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Maggie Blue and the Dark World by Anna Goodall Pdf

A thrilling and gripping tale of friendship, courage and the power of being yourself.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kevin Mayhew Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848675506

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Finding Maggie by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maggie Smith
Publisher : Tupelo Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781946482426

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Good Bones by Maggie Smith Pdf

Featuring “Good Bones”—called “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world. Maggie Smith's previous books are The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo, 2015), Lamp of the Body (Red Hen, 2005), and three prize-winning chapbooks: Disasterology (Dream Horse, 2016), The List of Dangers (Kent State, 2010), and Nesting Dolls (Pudding House, 2005). Her poem “Good Bones” has gone viral—tweeted and translated across the world, featured on the TV drama Madam Secretary, and called the “Official Poem of 2016” by the BBC/Public Radio International, earning news coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, the Guardian, and beyond. Maggie Smith was named the 2016 Ohio Poet of the Year. “Smith's voice is clear and unmistakable as she unravels the universe, pulls at a loose thread and lets the whole thing tumble around us, sometimes beautiful, sometimes achingly hard. Truthful, tender, and unafraid of the dark....”—Ada Limón “As if lost in the soft, bewitching world of fairy tale, Maggie Smith conceives and brings forth this metaphysical Baedeker, a guidebook for mother and child to lead each other into a hopeful present. Smith's poems affirm the virtues of humanity: compassion, empathy, and the ability to comfort one another when darkness falls. 'There is a light,' she tells us, 'and the light is good.'”—D. A. Powell “Good Bones is an extraordinary book. Maggie Smith demonstrates what happens when an abundance of heart and intelligence meets the hands of a master craftsperson, reminding us again that the world, for a true poet, is blessedly inexhaustible.”—Erin Belieu

Author : Caterina Frisone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000954883

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The Therapeutic Power of the Maggie’s Centre by Caterina Frisone Pdf

This book is about the therapeutic environment of the Maggie’s centre and explores the many ways this is achieved. With an unconventional architecture as required by the design brief, combined with Maggie’s psychological support programme, this special health facility allows extraordinary therapeutic effects in people, to the point that one can speak of therapeutic power. After tracing the story of the Maggie’s centre, the book reveals its fundamentals: Maggie’s Therapeutikos (the-mind-as-important-as-the-body), the Architectural Brief and the ‘Client-Architect-Users’ Triad. It continues by unfolding Maggie’s synergy-that between people and place-which increases users’ psychological flexibility helping them tolerate what was intolerable before. Although comfort and atmospheres are paramount, they are not enough to define the therapeutic environment of the Maggie’s centre. Only by looking at neuroscience that can give us scientific explanations of empathy, feelings and emotions and only considering space neither neutral nor empty, but full of forces that envelop people in an embodied experience, can we explain what generates wellbeing in a Maggie’s centre. The book concludes by critically evaluating the Maggie’s centre as a model to be applied to other healthcare facilities and to architecture in general. It is essential reading for any student or professional working on therapeutic environments.

Author : Dee Ernst
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250768346

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Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst Pdf

A sparkling romantic comedy starring a bestselling author who goes to Paris to overcome writer's block and rediscovers family, independence, and love along the way. All Maggie Bliss needs to do is write. Forty-eight years old and newly single (again!), she ventures to Paris in a last-ditch effort to finish her manuscript. With a marvelous apartment at her fingertips and an elegant housekeeper to meet her every need, a finished book—and her dream of finally taking her career over the top—is surely within her grasp. After all, how could she find anything except inspiration in Paris, with its sophistication, food, and romance in the air? But the clock is running out, and between her charming ex-husband arriving in France for vacation and a handsome Frenchman appearing one morning in her bathtub, Maggie’s previously undisturbed peace goes by the wayside. Charming and heartfelt, Dee Ernst's Maggie Finds Her Muse is a delightful and feel-good novel about finding love, confidence, and inspiration in all the best places.