My Broken Language

Author : Quiara Alegría Hudes
Publisher : One World
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780399590047

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My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes Pdf

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, New York Public Library, BookPage, and BookRiot • “Quiara Alegría Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories.”—Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning creator of Hamilton and In the Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced their defiance in a tight North Philly kitchen. She was awed by her mother and aunts and cousins, but haunted by the unspoken, untold stories of the barrio—even as she tried to find her own voice in the sea of language around her, written and spoken, English and Spanish, bodies and books, Western art and sacred altars. Her family became her private pantheon, a gathering circle of powerful orisha-like women with tragic real-world wounds, and she vowed to tell their stories—but first she’d have to get off the stairs and join the dance. She’d have to find her language. Weaving together Hudes’s love of music with the songs of her family, the lessons of North Philly with those of Yale, this is a multimythic dive into home, memory, and belonging—narrated by an obsessed girl who fought to become an artist so she could capture the world she loved in all its wild and delicate beauty.

Author : Quiara Alegría Hudes
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Iraq War, 2003-2011
ISBN : 0822227150

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Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes Pdf

THE STORY: Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and communi

Author : Jessica Fechtor
Publisher : Plume
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101983638

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Stir by Jessica Fechtor Pdf

"Previously published in hardcover by Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House"--Title page verso.

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804172707

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Author : Dawn McMillan
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486842738

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I Broke My Butt! by Dawn McMillan Pdf

The inventive young hero from the bestselling I Need a New Butt! is back and this time he has accidentally glued a serving tray to his behind — and he's tickled pink! See, it's great for sliding down hills, surfing big waves, and other booty-full fun and games. Now all his friends want one too! Another cracked farce from the cheeky team of Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird.

Author : Kathleen Glasgow
Publisher : Ember
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101934746

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Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book."—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge. A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It’s a story you won’t be able to look away from. And don’t miss Kathleen Glasgow's novels You’d Be Home Now and How to Make Friends with the Dark, both raw and powerful stories of life.

Author : Rosie Rivera
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101990087

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My Broken Pieces by Rosie Rivera Pdf

The sister of “La Diva de la Banda”—legendary Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera—opens up for the first time about Jenni’s untimely death and her own triumph over abuse and addiction. Growing up as the youngest Rivera, Rosie was surrounded by unconditional love, support, and affection. There was nothing that her family wouldn’t do for her, especially her sister Jenni, who was the most important thing in the world to Rosie. With her strong will and a solid foundation, Rosie was set to conquer the world. Yet life would take a drastic turn when Rivera was scarred by sexual abuse within her family at a very young age. Living in fear and confined by painful secrets, she was plagued with constant threats, confusion, and pain. Not only was she stripped of her childhood and innocence, but she was also robbed of her confidence and self-worth. Feeling completely shattered and lost, Rivera plunged into a world of damaging habits and deep depression. For the first time ever, and with unflinching candor and courage, Rosie shares the traumatic details of her abuse and the daily struggle to live and how, through faith and the love of her family, she found life once more. Yet Rosie’s life would be severely impacted once again as the worst tragedy imaginable hit and her biggest fear came to reality—the death of her beloved sister. Equally harrowing and uplifting, Rosie’s story is a true testament to beating the odds and proves that despite the worst of times and no matter how many more challenges life has in store, it is always possible to pick up the pieces and find the strength and purpose to dream and live again. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Author : Lynn Nottage
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822216604

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Mud, River, Stone by Lynn Nottage Pdf

THE STORY: An African-American couple vacationing in Africa takes a turn off the main highway and find themselves stranded during rainy season in the remnants of a grand hotel. The rundown colonial hotel's only inhabitants are a reticent bellhop an

Author : Melanie Smiles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578717352

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My Broken Smiles by Melanie Smiles Pdf

After becoming a teenage mother of two children while in high school, suffering spiritual depression, and surviving an emotionally abusive, narcissistic husband, Melanie Smiles was broken. But with an unyielding faith, she found transformation and emotional healing through the word of God, constant prayer, loving family, and devoted mentors. Follow Melanie's journey of internal struggles and unfortunate life events that eventually led to her brokenness-including a tumultuous marriage to an abusive narcissist. Learn how to recognize common signs of narcissistic personality disorder and the traits of broken individuals. Come to realize how the enemy uses people and their brokenness to hurt others and gain access to their lives. Through her story of brokenness, Melanie offers hope, knowledge, and encouragement to others facing the same or similar circumstances, inspiring them to seek and know the same God who saved her. Beauty does not exist in brokenness itself, but in how we allow it to restore and transform us into better versions of ourselves, so we may become Beautifully Broken.

Author : Ivy Asher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1079503676

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The Marked and the Broken by Ivy Asher Pdf

My name is Vinna, and my magic is an asshole.I mean, what else would you call it when it does whatever it wants, whenever it wants?Now I have Enoch and his coven looking at me like I'm the one, and a bunch of pissed off Chosen.I have no answers and no time to deal with this shit. Lachlan and Keegan managed to get themselves caught by Adriel, the big bad lamia who murders and hunts Sentinels.Time is running out, and If my Chosen and I can't get battle ready, then we're destined to become more names on the list of the missing. It's time to meet the lamia who's been coming for me my whole life. It's time to do what no one else has been able to do. It's time to cut the fucker's head off.Author's Note: This is the third book in The Lost Sentinel Series and ends with a cliffhanger. This book is a medium burn reverse harem story, intended for ages 18 years and older. This story contains strong language, sex, and violence.

Author : Sheila Walsh
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : 700 Club (Television program)
ISBN : 1400207452

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God Loves Broken People by Sheila Walsh Pdf

In twelve stirring, insightful, and deeply revealing chapters, Sheila Walsh shows how personal brokenness can open doors of intimacy with Jesus Christ that might never open in any other way. Now in trade paper. The other side of brokenness "If I could write only one book in my lifetime, I would ask God to make it this one, the very book you now hold in your hands. . . ."?Sheila Walsh God loves broken people. And when weary, wounded men and women find a way to open their bruised hearts and somehow welcome Him into their personal darkness, they will find a love beyond anything they have ever known. When the glass house Sheila had lived in for so many years came crashing to the ground, she began a new life outside the safety of those walls. No, it didn't feel good, nor safe'not at all. But it felt true. Sheila saw herself as a broken lamb limping after the Shepherd, not knowing where He was going, but knowing that wherever He went, she wanted to go with Him. In twelve stirring, insightful, and deeply revealing chapters, Sheila Walsh shows how personal brokenness can open doors of intimacy with Jesus Christ that might never open in any other way. It's not that God loves broken people more than those who imagine themselves to be whole'it's simply that they know they are loved. They dare to believe it . . . and through such trust, a new wholeness emerges from yesterday's broken pieces.

Author : Chanel Miller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735223721

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Know My Name by Chanel Miller Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful." --Washington Post Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap). Her story of trauma and transcendence illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicting a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shining with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life. Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic.

Author : Karen Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0645101605

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My Broken Soldier by Karen Page Pdf

The Australian Defence Force prides itself on a longstanding tradition of Mateship, Courage, and Noble Sacrifice. The unfortunate truth is that when the war fighting stops it's not the enemy that you have to worry about - it's your own people.

Author : Nayyirah Waheed
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1492238287

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Salt. by Nayyirah Waheed Pdf

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Author : Stacy Thowe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1645753573

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God Bless My Broken Road by Stacy Thowe Pdf