The Family Nobody Wanted

Author : Helen Doss
Publisher : Northeastern University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781555538491

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The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss Pdf

Doss's charming, touching, and at times hilarious chronicle tells how each of the children, representing white, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American backgrounds, came to her and husband Carl, a Methodist minister. She writes of the way the "unwanted" feeling was erased with devoted love and understanding and how the children united into one happy family. Her account reads like a novel, with scenes of hard times and triumphs described in vivid prose. The Family Nobody Wanted, which inspired two films, opened doors for other adoptive families and was a popular favorite among parents, young adults, and children for more than thirty years. Now this edition will introduce the classic to a new generation of readers. An epilogue by Helen Doss that updates the family's progress since 1954 will delight the book's loyal legion of fans around the world.

Author : Helen Doss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1958216046

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Author : Christopher Sergel
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Drama
ISBN : 158342119X

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The Family Nobody Wanted by Christopher Sergel Pdf

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Author : Lilly O'Brien
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780880334

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The Girl Nobody Wants by Lilly O'Brien Pdf

You only get one chance to live your life as a child, but Lily was never given that chance; her childhood was taken from her before it ever begun. From the age of four, when she was first sexually abused, her life changed forever; when she walked through the institution’s doors in Ireland, her life continued along the same path that has destroyed her soul. Her emotional pain is as strong today as it was the day it began and will never leave her alone.“When I go to sleep it’s in my head and when I wake up I can see it in the mirror and I am only waiting to die.” A child abuse story that will stay with you forever and one that you will talk about for many years to come, The Girl Nobody Wants is a harrowing true story that will appeal to fans of biographies and fans of Jodi Picoult. It has been compared to Dave Pelzer’s A Child Called It, Damaged by Cathy Glass and The Kid by Kevin Lewis.

Author : Janet Ahlberg,Allan Ahlberg
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0140348093

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The Bear Nobody Wanted by Janet Ahlberg,Allan Ahlberg Pdf

A teddy bear with a rather inflated opinion of himself has a series of not-always-pleasant adventures before finding a real home.

Author : Norman F. Langford
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547528586

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The King Nobody Wanted by Norman F. Langford Pdf

"The King Nobody Wanted" by Norman F. Langford. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Lynn Raye Harris
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460887455

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The Girl Nobody Wanted by Lynn Raye Harris Pdf

Anna Constantinides– publicly humiliated when her long–time fiancé announced his engagement to someone else– might have thought things couldn't get any worse...until her private jet crash–landed on an uninhabited island, leaving her stranded with billionaire hotel magnate Leo Jackson. Leo's renowned playboy reputation is legendary, and if the smoldering looks they were fighting to contain when rescued are anything to go by, there can only be one question on everybody's lips: just how long did it take sexy Leo to undress buttoned–up heiress Anna?

Author : Helen (Grigsby) Doss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Adoption
ISBN : OCLC:1332263

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The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen (Grigsby) Doss Pdf

Author : Nancy Newton Verrier
Publisher : British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Adopted children
ISBN : 1905664761

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The Primal Wound by Nancy Newton Verrier Pdf

Originally published in 1993, this classic piece of literature on adoption has revolutionised the way people think about adopted children. Nancy Verrier examines the life-long consequences of the 'primal wound' - the wound that is caused when a child is separated from its mother - for adopted people. Her argument is supported by thorough research in pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and the effects of loss.

Author : Carter Goodrich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534400917

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Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich Pdf

Celebrated artist and lead character designer of Brave, Ratatouille, and Despicable Me, Carter Goodrich, shows that sometimes, even the prickliest people—or the crankiest cacti—need a little love. Hank is the prickliest cactus in the entire world. He sits in a pot in a window that faces the empty desert, which is just how he likes it. So, when all manner of creatures—from tumbleweed to lizard to owl—come to disturb his peace, Hank is annoyed. He doesn’t like noise, he doesn’t like rowdiness, and definitely does not like hugs. But the thing is, no one is offering one. Who would want to hug a plant so mean? Hank is beginning to discover that being alone can be, well, lonely. So he comes up with a plan to get the one thing he thought he would never need: a hug from a friend.

Author : Julie Gassman
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Basketball
ISBN : 9781434228062

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Nobody Wants to Play with a Ball Hog by Julie Gassman Pdf

Tyler has a perfect shot on the basketball court. Since he can't miss, he quits passing to his teammates. But will Tyler learn that nobody wants to play with a ball hog?

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181825

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Celeste Ng
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101634615

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Pdf

The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts “A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” —O, the Oprah Magazine “Explosive . . . Both a propulsive mystery and a profound examination of a mixed-race family.” —Entertainment Weekly “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

Author : Ann Fessler
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101644294

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The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler Pdf

“A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago Tribune In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.

Author : Holly Webb
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781680104059

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The Kitten Nobody Wanted and other Tales by Holly Webb Pdf

Three delightful kitten stories to treasure in one book, from best-selling author Holly Webb. Includes The Kitten Nobody Wanted, The Frightened Kitten, and The Stray Kitten.