The Widow S Room

Author : Sujata Massey
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616957797

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The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey Pdf

1920s India: Perveen Mistry, Bombay's only female lawyer, is investigating a suspicious will on behalf of three Muslim widows living in full purdah when the case takes a turn toward the murderous. The author of the Agatha and Macavity Award–winning Rei Shimura novels brings us an atmospheric new historical mystery with a captivating heroine. This Deluxe Edition features: an interview with the author, discussion questions, essays on the real-life inspirations behind the novel, delicious recipes taken from the story, and previews of The Satapur Moonstone (May 2019). Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes women's legal rights especially important to her. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen examines the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X—meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah—in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger. Inspired in part by the woman who made history as India's first female attorney, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp new sleuth.

Author : Janine M. Lanza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317131526

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From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris by Janine M. Lanza Pdf

Looking especially at widows of master craftsmen in early modern Paris, this study provides analysis of the social and cultural structures that shaped widows' lives as well as their day-to-day experiences. Janine Lanza examines widows in early modern Paris at every social and economic level, beginning with the late sixteenth century when changes in royal law curtailed the movement of property within families up to the time of the French Revolution. The glimpses she gives us of widows running businesses, debating remarriage, and negotiating marriage contracts offer precious insights into the daily lives of women in this period. Lanza shows that understanding widows dramatically alters our understanding of gender, not only in terms of how it was lived in this period but also how historians can use this idea as a category of analysis. Her study also engages the historiographical issue of business and entrepreneurship, particularly women's participation in the world of work; and explicitly examines the place of the law in the lived experience of the early modern period. How did widowed women use their newly acquired legal emancipation? How did they handle their emotional loss? How did their roles in their families and their communities change? How did they remain financially solvent without a man in the house? How did they make decisions that had always been made by the men around them? These questions all touch upon the experience of widows and on the ways women related to prevalent structures and ideologies in this society. Lanza's study of these women, the ways they were represented and how they experienced their widowhood, challenges many historical assumptions about women and their roles with respect to the law, the family, and economic activity.

Author : Marilyn Baron
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628307610

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The Widows' Gallery by Marilyn Baron Pdf

Childless heiress Abigail Adams Longley and three other widows bond over a Renaissance masterpiece in Florence, Italy, and find love, friendship and joy in their joint venture to open an art gallery at the Longley mansion in Lobster Cove, Maine. Since the death of her husband, Abigail has been lonely and drifting in a house that’s too big and a town that’s too small. When she literally runs into sexy widower and whale-watching excursion captain Tack Garrity on the dock, she’s entranced by his adorable five-year-old daughter. But will Tack, who has harbored a secret crush on Abigail for almost two decades, be able to capture her heart? A secret pact her husband made with Tack could either tear them apart or bring them closer together and change their lives forever.

Author : Jodi Thomas
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488095870

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The Widows of Wichita County by Jodi Thomas Pdf

A fan-favorite story of heartbreak, hope and the incredible power of female friendship from New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas, originally published in 2003. Randi Howard, Anna Montano, Meredith Allen, Helena Whitworth and Crystal Howard have absolutely nothing in common apart from their husbands’ work. They are all married to men who live to search for "black gold," men who are willing to exchange backbreaking work and long days for danger and excitement—and money. But on a blistering day in early autumn, a fiery explosion on a West Texas oil rig changes everything. In one brief moment, tragedy binds Randi, Anna, Meredith, Helena and Crystal closer together than they ever thought possible. As they gather at the hospital, waiting to learn who among them will have to bury her husband, they turn to one another for support. And so begins a journey of faith, of strength, of courage and of love.

Author : Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547528113

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The Widow's Broom 25th Anniversary Edition by Chris Van Allsburg Pdf

A 25th anniversary edition of the enchanting story of a widow who finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom after a witch falls into her garden. Some of Minna Shaw's neighbors don't trust her clever broom. "It's dangerous," they say. But Minna appreciates the broom's help. She enjoys its quiet company. But one day two children get taught a well-deserved lesson by the broom. For her neighbors, this is proof of the broom's evil spirit. Minna is obligated to give up her dear companion. Chris Van Allsburg, master of the mysterious, brings this tale to life with moody and memorable pictures that will haunt readers long after the book's covers are closed—now in a new edition to celebrate this beloved book's twenty-fifth anniversary.

Author : Charles Rabou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B900137862

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The Widow's Walk; Or, The Mystery of Crime. Translated from the French by Charles Rabou Pdf

Author : Robert Saint John CORBET
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017503319

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Sir Harry and the Widows, Or, Nothing Hazard, Nothing Lose by Robert Saint John CORBET Pdf

Author : Hope Moore
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491739983

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Cruise Widows by Hope Moore Pdf

After a detachment of photographic reconnaissance aviators is sent from Florida to the USS FDR, five cruise widows are left behind. With a lengthy separation ahead of them, the widows have no choice but to establish a bond as their husbands begin their mission. The five women, who already know a great deal of trust and faith is necessary to be a good navy wife, are at different stages in life, but new to this type of separation. Nan Levin is a mother of two with a talent for creating delicious meals and clothes from designer patterns. Pat Dunn is happy to have her mother help with her children. Mert Sorensen is an excellent cook and baker and mother of three who runs her house like a business. Lia Hayes has seen her share of tragedies, but is now a happily pregnant newlywed. Beth Williams, whose husband is the photographic interpreter for the detachment, is an exceptional bridge player. As the five women find companionship during the separation, none have any idea that a catastrophe aboard the ship will cause not all of their husbands to return home. Cruise Widows shares the compelling tale of five women who embark on an unforgettable journey of bonding, friendship, and heartache after their naval husbands head to sea.

Author : Philadelphia Ricketts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004189478

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High-Ranking Widows in Medieval Iceland and Yorkshire by Philadelphia Ricketts Pdf

Through the juxtaposition of legal theory and practice and the utilization of detailed family reconstruction, a comparison of the property, remarriage and identity of widows in two fundamentally different societies provides a fresh approach which reconsiders generalizations about widows’ independence.

Author : Rabih Alameddine
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802192875

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An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine Pdf

A happily misanthropic Middle East divorcee finds refuge in books in a “beautiful and absorbing” novel of late-life crisis (The New York Times). Aaliya is a divorced, childless, and reclusively cranky translator in Beirut nurturing doubts about her latest project: a 900-page avant-garde, linguistically serpentine historiography by a late Chilean existentialist. Honestly, at seventy-two, should she be taking on such a project? Not that Aailiya fears dying. Women in her family live long; her mother is still going crazy. But on this lonely day, hour-by-hour, Aaliya’s musings on literature, philosophy, her career, and her aging body, are suddenly invaded by memories of her volatile past. As she tries in vain to ward off these emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left. In this “meditation on, among other things, aging, politics, literature, loneliness, grief and resilience” (The New York Times), Alameddine conjures “a beguiling narrator . . . who is, like her city, hard to read, hard to take, hard to know and, ultimately, passionately complex” (San Francisco Chronicle). A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award, An Unnecessary Woman is “a fun, and often funny . . . grave, powerful . . . [and] extraordinary” Washington Independent Review of Books) ode to literature and its power to define who we are. “Read it once, read it twice, read other books for a decade or so, and then pick it up and read it anew. This one’s a keeper” (The Independent)

Author : Renee Ryan
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369704795

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The Widows of Champagne by Renee Ryan Pdf

“History, drama, and passion as effervescent as the resilient LeBlanc women and the champagne that bears their name. I highly recommend!” —Karen White, New York Times bestselling author In this captivating story of resilience, three generations of women battle to save their family’s vineyard from the ravages of WWII. Champagne, 1939 Gabrielle Leblanc Dupree is taking her family’s future into her hands. While she should be preparing for a lavish party to celebrate two centuries of champagne making, she secretly hides Chateau Fouché-Leblanc’s most precious vintages behind a fake wall in the cellar in preparation for the looming war. But when she joins the resistance, the coveted champagne isn’t the most dangerous secret her cellar must conceal… A former Parisian socialite, Gabrielle’s mother, Hélène, lost her husband to another war. Now her home has been requisitioned by the Germans, who pillage vineyards to satisfy the Third Reich’s thirst for the finest champagne. There’s even more at stake than Hélène dares admit. She has kept her heritage a secret…and no one is safe in Nazi-occupied France. Josephine, the family matriarch, watches as her beloved vineyard faces its most difficult harvest yet. As her daughter-in-law and granddaughters contend with the enemies and unexpected allies in their midst, Josephine’s deep faith leads to her own path of resistance. Across years and continents, the Leblanc women will draw on their courage and wits, determined against all odds to preserve their lives, their freedom and their legacy… A must-read novel from Love Inspired: Stories to Uplift and Inspire.

Author : John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor,John Ferrar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007987337

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Cambridge in the Seventeenth Century ... by John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor,John Ferrar Pdf

Author : Amelia Archer
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781300580089

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The Widows of Moon River by Amelia Archer Pdf

While helping a young wounded Iraq veteran and his wife, two widowed people discover that there's still a lot of life left to enjoy each other and find new interests to pursue. Romp with them through some humorous doings and celebrate when they find one another in the lush background of Savannah, Georgia, proving you're never too old for romance!

Author : Nell E. Noonan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0835815064

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A Widow's Prayer by Nell E. Noonan Pdf

Losing a spouse is always traumatic. In this book of 60 devotions, Nell Noonan candidly shares her experiences in the 26 months following the death of her husband. Emphasizing that each person's journey through grief is unique, Noonan encourages readers to turn to God for strength, comfort, and healing. Her devotions are grouped into 4 sections: Part 1: Sorrowing, Sighing, and Consolations; Part 2: Broken and Blessed; Part 3: Healing and Hope; Part 4: Mourning to Morning. Noonan reminds readers they can count on God's steadfast love and presence every day. This book is a helpful resource for women making the transition from wife to widow.

Author : Reta Halteman Finger
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467425865

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Of Widows and Meals by Reta Halteman Finger Pdf

Though "community" has become a common byword in the contemporary Western church, the practice of communal sharing has effectively fallen by the wayside. Unfortunately, it is often the poor who are left wanting because we no longer come together. Reta Halteman Finger finds a solution to this modern problem by learning from the ancient Mediterranean Christian culture of community. In the earliest Jerusalem church, in holding the responsibility for preparing and serving communal meals, women were given a place of honor. With the table fellowship and goods sharing of the early church, Luke says, "there were no needy persons among them" (Acts 4:34). Finger thoroughly examines this agape-meal tradition, challenging traditional interpretations of the "community of goods" in the Jerusalem church and proving that the communal sharing lasted for hundreds of years longer than previously assumed. Of Widows and Meals begins a discussion of need in community that can revolutionize the contemporary church's interaction with the world at large.