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Author : Camilla Gibb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Absentee fathers
ISBN : 0099446995

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The Petty Details of So-and-so's Life by Camilla Gibb Pdf

"In The Petty Details OF So-and-so 's Life, Camilla Gibb tells the unusual story of two siblings, Emma and Blue, who, despite an almost telepathic connection, respond to the disruptions of their childhood and the sudden disappearance of their explosive father in remarkably different ways. n her father's absence, Emma travels vast distances, both internal and external, in pursuit of a new family, and discovers a sense of belonging in the most unexpected of places. While Blue, her burly, tattoo-stamped brother, haunted by the brutal, criticizing voice of their father, sets off on a cross-country search for their elusive parent. In the novel's powerful conclusion, brother and sister find value in each other's quest, reconciled to the fact that one can love without ever truly understanding the other. he energy and imaginative force of Camilla's writing leave the reader breathless.

Author : Camilla Gibb
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307374929

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The Petty Details of So-and-so's Life by Camilla Gibb Pdf

With her second novel, The Petty Details of So-and-so’s Life, award-winning and celebrated author Camilla Gibb probes the bruises of family with humanity, hilarity, and a keen eye for the grotesque to deliver one of the most anticipated books of the year. A startling and ambitious novel, as funny as it is poignant, The Petty Details of So-and-so’s Life tells the story of Blue and Emma Taylor, who, despite an almost telepathic connection, respond to the sudden disappearance of their explosive father in remarkably different ways. Emma sets off in pursuit of a new family, and discovers a sense of belonging in the most unexpected places. Burly, tattoo-stamped Blue, haunted by the brutal, disparaging voice of their father, embarks on a cross-country search for the elusive parent. Emma and Blue share a most intimate connection, one forged in the secret worlds and wordless communications of childhood. As they grow, they discover the limits of the language they share.

Author : Kathryn Carter
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802081592

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The Small Details of Life by Kathryn Carter Pdf

The diaries of twenty different women from various points in Canadian history, covering 160 years, from 1830 to 1996. Each diary is a snapshot into a different time period. Includes short biographies on each woman. 2002.

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Camilla Gibb
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385678094

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The Relatives by Camilla Gibb Pdf

From the renowned author of Sweetness in the Belly, The Beauty of Humanity Movement and This Is Happy, comes a bold, urgent and richly imagined novel about what it means to be a family in our modern world. Lila is on a long, painful journey toward motherhood. Tess and Emily are reeling after their ugly separation and fighting over ownership of the embryos that were supposed to grow their family together. And thousands of miles away, the unknown man who served as anonymous donor to them all is being held in captivity in Somalia. While his life remains in precarious balance, his genetic material is a source of both creation and conflict. What does it mean to be a family in our rapidly shifting world? What are our responsibilities to each other with increasing options for how to create a family? As these characters grapple with life-altering changes, they will find themselves interconnected in ways they cannot have imagined, and forced to redefine what family means to them.

Author : John Lanchester
Publisher : Picador
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743536544

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The Debt To Pleasure by John Lanchester Pdf

Tarquin Winot, voluptuary and supercivilized ironist (and snob), sets out on a journey of the senses from the Hotel Splendide, Portsmouth, to his cottage in Provence, his spiritual home. With his head newly shaved and his well-thumbed copy of the Mossad Manual of Surveillance Techniques safely stowed, Tarquin elegantly introduces his life, itself a work of art, through the medium of seasonal menus.

Author : E.L. Steinberg
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1456839128

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Life in a Small Town by E.L. Steinberg Pdf

This book is about a time when life was not as simple as it is today. People worked manual labor and ate very little living through tougher times than ever before but those people survived to see our generation growup and be able to live in a less complicated time. Those were a generation of survivors who successfully brought children into the world and raised them to survive in today’s world.

Author : Gary Collins
Publisher : Second Nature Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-17
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : PKEY:6610000291571

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The Simple Life Guide to Small Habits for Big Change by Gary Collins Pdf

Are you struggling to live the life you want and focus on the things that matter? Do you lack the ability to stay focused and complete important tasks? How do you live a life true to yourself, instead of what others want you to be? The deathbed research reveals that this is the #1 regret on a dying person’s mind. Millions of people, just like you, secretly believe that their lives could be simpler, happier, and more fulfilling if they only had the freedom to live it on their terms. In this power-packed guide, best-selling author Gary Collins shares the 14 powerful life lessons that make this possible. No more struggling to make changes by raw willpower, or by following complicated systems or weird success philosophies. Gary teaches you to align your habits with a simple set of sound principles so you can live a life of success and integrity. If you’re tired of feeling uncertain, unfulfilled, or anxious about your career, your finances, your health, or your relationships, this is the book you’ve been searching for. The Simple Life Guide to Small Habits for Big Change unpacks a step-by-step series of eye-popping positive habits that will change your life today and forever. In this book you'll discover: * How to be more effective at taking responsibility for your destiny in life instead of blaming others. * Understanding why your health is critical for living a life of happiness and abundance. * Learn how to have financial discipline to live a life of freedom. * Why addition by subtraction is the key to living a simpler life. * How to ignore outside forces that continually get you off track for a life of success. * Why if you never take chances and are afraid to fail, you will never succeed. And much, much more! Gary Collins has helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to achieve their dreams and live the life they want... get this book today and start living a life of success and abundance!

Author : Thomas Henry Burrowes,James Pyle Wickersham,Elnathan Elisha Higbee,David Jewett Waller,Nathan C. Schaeffer,John Piersol McCaskey,Thomas Edward Finegan,James Herbert Kelley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Education
ISBN : CHI:096947703

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The Pennsylvania School Journal by Thomas Henry Burrowes,James Pyle Wickersham,Elnathan Elisha Higbee,David Jewett Waller,Nathan C. Schaeffer,John Piersol McCaskey,Thomas Edward Finegan,James Herbert Kelley Pdf

Author : Camilla Gibb
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385663236

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The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb Pdf

A Globe and Mail Best Book Tu' is a young tour guide working in Hanoi for a company called New Dawn. While he leads tourists through the city, including American vets on "war tours," he starts to wonder what it is they are seeing of Vietnam--and what they miss entirely. Maggie, who is Vietnamese by birth but has lived most her life in the U.S., has returned to her country of origin in search of clues to her dissident father's disappearance during the war. Holding the story together is Old Man Hung, who has lived through decades of political upheaval and has still found a way to feed hope to his community of pondside dwellers. This is a keenly observed and skillfully wrought novel about the reverberation of conflict through generations, the enduring legacy of art, and the redemption and renewal of long-lost love.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Literature
ISBN : UOM:39015030730355

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Littell's Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susie Finkbeiner
Publisher : Revell
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493430468

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The Nature of Small Birds by Susie Finkbeiner Pdf

"Finkbeiner has deftly written this narrative of ordinary people finding their way, set against a backdrop of global upheaval and war; the characters are realistic and vibrant. Readers looking for realist family stories with a subtle thread of faith . . .will want to read Finkbeiner's latest."--Library Journal starred review *** In 1975, three thousand children were airlifted out of Saigon to be adopted into Western homes. When Mindy, one of those children, announces her plans to return to Vietnam to find her birth mother, her loving adopted family is suddenly thrown back to the events surrounding her unconventional arrival in their lives. Though her father supports Mindy's desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that he'll lose the daughter he's poured his heart into. Mindy's mother undergoes the emotional rollercoaster inherent in the adoption of a child from a war-torn country, discovering the joy hidden amid the difficulties. And Mindy's sister helps her sort through relics that whisper of the effect the trauma of war has had on their family--but also speak of the beauty of overcoming. Told through three strong voices in three compelling timelines, The Nature of Small Birds is a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code. "A balanced story that's rich with nuance and gentle emotions."--Foreword Reviews "Readers who enjoy the work of Karen Kingsbury will want to take a look."--Publishers Weekly

Author : Eric Metaxas
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780452298651

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Life, God, and Other Small Topics by Eric Metaxas Pdf

Following the extraordinary success of the "New York Times" bestseller "Bonhoeffer," Metaxas' latest book offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding us all today.

Author : Janice Emily Bowers
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816513574

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A Full Life in a Small Place by Janice Emily Bowers Pdf

Taking a spiritual approach to gardening, the author communicates the subtle mysteries of life in the average back yard garden patch through a series of meditations on nature and wildlife

Author : Camilla Gibb
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385689809

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Mouthing the Words by Camilla Gibb Pdf

"Moving and comic at once. . . . Hallucinatory, hilarious, and haunting." --Boston Globe Thelma is six years old, and life at home is unsettling and disturbing. When her family moves from England to Canada, she encounters potential parents to replace her deeply flawed pair and even makes some friends, but mostly she lives in the fertile, extraordinarily vivid, and skewed world of her own imagination. Reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson and Sylvia Plath, and by turns harrowing and wonderfully funny, Mouthing the Words is the remarkable first novel from bestselling author Camilla Gibb.