Under The Tulip Tree

Author : Michelle Shocklee
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496446077

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Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland's dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena's banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers' Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured--especially because Rena's ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie's story challenges Rena's preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?

Author : Michelle Shocklee
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496446091

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Under the Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena’s banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for the Federal Writers’ Project. There, she meets Frankie Washington, a 101-year-old woman whose honest yet tragic past captivates Rena. As Frankie recounts her life as a slave, Rena is horrified to learn of all the older woman has endured—especially because Rena’s ancestors owned slaves. While Frankie’s story challenges Rena’s preconceptions about slavery, it also connects the two women whose lives are otherwise separated by age, race, and circumstances. But will this bond of respect, admiration, and friendship be broken by a revelation neither woman sees coming?

Author : Suzanne McCourt
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925923964

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The Tulip Tree by Suzanne McCourt Pdf

A vivid, immersive, historical saga from beloved Australian author Suzanne McCourt.

Author : Michelle Shocklee
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496461094

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Count the Nights by Stars by Michelle Shocklee Pdf

Count your nights by stars, not shadows. Count your life with smiles, not tears. 1961. After a longtime resident at Nashville's historic Maxwell House Hotel suffers a debilitating stroke, Audrey Whitfield is tasked with cleaning out the reclusive woman's room. There, she discovers an elaborate scrapbook filled with memorabilia from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Love notes on the backs of unmailed postcards inside capture Audrey's imagination with hints of a forbidden romance . . . and troubling revelations about the disappearance of young women at the exposition. Audrey enlists the help of a handsome hotel guest as she tracks down clues and information about the mysterious "Peaches" and her regrets over one fateful day, nearly sixty-five years earlier. 1897. Outspoken and forward-thinking Priscilla Nichols isn't willing to settle for just any man. She's still holding out hope for love when she meets Luca Moretti on the eve of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Charmed by the Italian immigrant's boldness, Priscilla spends time exploring the wonderous sights of the expo with Luca--until a darkness overshadows the monthslong event. Haunted by a terrible truth, Priscilla and Luca are sent down separate paths as the night's stars fade into dawn.

Author : Howard Rigsby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258408597

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The Tulip Tree by Howard Rigsby Pdf

A Publisher's Editor And His Wife Buy An Ancient Hudson Valley House And Discover It Is Haunted By The Survivors Of Its Bloody Past.

Author : Kimberly Earl-Weicht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1667803581

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Between the Tulip Trees by Kimberly Earl-Weicht Pdf

In this heartwarming memoir, Kimberly Earl-Weicht shares her joys and sorrows through a string of unexpected life events, including tragic loss. Despite it all, God's grace and blessings abound as prayers are answered in a way she would have never imagined.

Author : Nancy Ross Hugo
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781604693270

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Seeing Trees by Nancy Ross Hugo Pdf

Have you ever looked at a tree? That may sound like a silly question, but there is so much more to notice about a tree than first meets the eye. Seeing Trees celebrates seldom seen but easily observable tree traits and invites you to watch trees with the same care and sensitivity that birdwatchers watch birds. Many people, for example, are surprised to learn that oaks and maples have flowers, much less flowers that are astonishingly beautiful when viewed up close. Focusing on widely grown trees, this captivating book describes the rewards of careful and regular tree viewing, outlines strategies for improving your observations, and describes some of the most visually interesting tree structures, including leaves, flowers, buds, leaf scars, twigs, and bark. In-depth profiles of ten familiar species—including such beloved trees as white oak, southern magnolia, white pine, and tulip poplar—show you how to recognize and understand many of their most compelling (but usually overlooked) physical features.

Author : Jeffrey G. Meyer,Sharon Linnea
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0618068910

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America's Famous and Historic Trees by Jeffrey G. Meyer,Sharon Linnea Pdf

Explains the historical stories behind such famous American trees as Johnny Appleseed's apple tree, Amelia Earhart's sugar maple, George Washington's tulip poplar, and the Gettysburg Address honey locust.

Author : Wolf Erlbruch
Publisher : Gecko Press USA
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781877467141

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Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch Pdf

In a strangely heart-warming story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. Death, Duck and the Tulip will intrigue, haunt and enchant readers of all ages. Simple, warm, and witty, this book deals with a difficult subject in a way that is elegant, straightforward, and life-affirming.

Author : Juliette Huxley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015014368420

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Leaves of the Tulip Tree by Juliette Huxley Pdf

Author : Deborah Moggach
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446485958

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Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach Pdf

'A gorgeous novel' Mail on Sunday From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel comes a thrilling story of power, lust and deception... Seventeenth-century Amsterdam - a city in the grip of tulip fever. Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his beautiful bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble. Now a major film starring Oscar winners Dame Judi Dench, Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz and adapted for the screen by Sir Tom Stoppard.

Author : Ami McKay
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307371447

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The Birth House by Ami McKay Pdf

The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.

Author : Edmund Secrest,Joseph S. Illick
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1017467390

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Common Trees of Ohio: A Handy Pocket Manual of the Common and Introduced Trees of Ohio by Edmund Secrest,Joseph S. Illick Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Michelle Shocklee
Publisher : Smitten Historical Romance
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1946016098

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The Planter's Daughter by Michelle Shocklee Pdf

Adella Rose Ellis knows her father has plans for her future, but she longs for the freedom to forge her own destiny. When the son of Luther Ellis's longtime friend arrives on the plantation to work as the new overseer, Adella can't help but fall for his charm and captivating hazel eyes. But a surprise betrothal to an older man, followed by a devastating revelation, forces Adella to choose the path that will either save her family's future or endanger the lives of the people most dear to her heart. Seth Brantley never wanted to be an overseer. After a runaway slave shot him, ending his career as a Texas Ranger and leaving him with a painful limp, a job on the plantation owned by his father's friend is just what he needs to bide his time before heading to Oregon where a man can start over. What he hadn't bargained on was falling in love with the planter's daughter or finding that everything he once believed about Negroes wasn't true. Amid secrets unraveling and the hatching of a dangerous plan, Seth must become the very thing he'd spent the past four years chasing down: an outlaw.

Author : Christie Dickason
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780006513575

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Lady Tree by Christie Dickason Pdf

A magnificent novel that vividly evokes the atmosphere of a seventeenth century English country estate, and the seething intrigue of Rembrandt's Amsterdam where the population is in the grip of a fever of tulip trading. It is the Summer of 1636. In England botanist John Nightingale hides from his dangerous past at Hawkridge House, deep in the tranquillity of the countryside. In Holland, the population is gripped by a fever of speculation. Fortunes are gambled on the commodity markets, trading in spices, grain and even rare tulips. Blackmailed into leaving Hawkridge to join an elaborate money-making scheme in Amsterdam, a city of frenzied greed and luxury, haunted by the ever-nearer demons of his past, and falling in love with two very different women, John Nightingale must learn quickly the ways of the world.