When He Came Home

Author : Dianne Dempsey
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781922454669

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When He Came Home by Dianne Dempsey Pdf

When the Vietnam War veterans returned home to Australia, neither the veterans nor their partners were aware of the atrocious psychological harm with which they had been afflicted. Post-traumatic stress disorder had not yet been recognised and as the men fell victim to terrible moods and illnesses, they capitulated to their pain and isolated themselves and their families. With great courage and without recognition, veterans’ wives held their families together in the face of government and community indifference and did so for decades. When He Came Home is a belated recognition of these women, and it also focuses on how the issues of PTSD and suicide affect veterans who participate in contemporary conflicts. Told within an informed historical context and employing intimate narrative interviews, this important book examines the unexamined: how so many families have been brought to their knees and how such suffering can be prevented.

Author : Roxanne Rustand
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459226647

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When He Came Home by Roxanne Rustand Pdf

Dr. Jill Edwards's husband has come home to Blackberry Hill—just not home to her. Jill and Grant have been separated for over a year now, and while both agree it was for the best, neither has quite been able to start official divorce proceedings. Just knowing Grant is back in town is confusing and painful and—dare she say it?—hopeful. Grant returns to Blackberry Hill with plenty of reservations. With his father in the hospital, Grant is left to pick up the pieces of his law practice. And his marriage? Grant fears those pieces are scattered too far to be reassembled. And yet he can't seem to stay away from Jill. It's a vicious cycle that he can't break…until one night changes everything.

Author : Regina R. Robertson
Publisher : Agate Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781572847972

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He Never Came Home by Regina R. Robertson Pdf

“The strong, authentic voices of the women sharing their own narratives and awakenings from life without fathers is the power of this book.” —Esme AAMBC Non-Fiction Self-Help Book of the Year AAMBC Breakout Author of the Year He Never Came Home is a collection of twenty-two personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The contributors to this collection come from a wide range of different backgrounds in terms of race, socioeconomic status, religion, and geographic location. Their essays offer deep insights into the emotions related to losing one’s father, including sadness, indifference, anger, acceptance—and everything in between. This book, edited by Essence magazine’s west coast editor Regina R. Robertson, is first and foremost an offering to young girls and women who have endured the loss of their fathers. But it also speaks to mothers who are raising girls without a father present, offering important perspective into their daughter’s feelings and struggles. The essays in He Never Came Home are organized into three categories: “Divorce,” “Distant,” and “Deceased.” With essays by contributors including Emmy Award-winning actress Regina King, fitness expert and New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Reece, television comedy writer Jenny Lee—and a foreword by TV news anchor Joy-Ann Reid—this anthology illustrates the journey of the fatherless, and provides a space for these writers to express their pain, hope, and healing, minus any judgments and without apology.

Author : Elana Johnson
Publisher : AEJ Creative Works
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Day He Came Home by Elana Johnson Pdf

A wounded Marine returns to Hawthorne Harbor years after the woman he was married to for exactly one week before she got an annulment...and then a baby nine months later. Can Hunter and Alice make a family out of past heartache? Hunter Magleby hasn't been back to Hawthorne Harbor in nine years. His parents have moved from the small beach town, but Hunter feels called to return to his roots after a career-ending injury overseas. He limps, literally, back into town, some unfinished business between him and the wife he left all those years ago. Alice Kopp got an annulment only a week into the marriage, and she hasn't heard from Hunter since. She sees him almost every day though, when she looks into her son's eyes, so much like his father's. Yes, Westin is a spitting image of Hunter, and Alice dreads the day she'll have to introduce the two of them, because Hunter will be furious with her. When Hunter goes to the hospital for his physical therapy appointment, he runs into Alice, who works as a nurse in the NICU. She's eating lunch with her son, and when her mother shows up to pick up the boy so Alice can go back to work, it becomes a jolly good family reunion. Hunter just didn't realize he was part of the family. He's furious with Alice but also desperate to get to know the son he didn't know he had. As he battles his war injury, his depression, and his anger with Alice, only two things calms him: his therapy dog and his son. The more time he spends with Westin, the more he has to see Alice too, and the old flame that was there almost a decade ago is still burning brightly. Will the day he came home open a new door for Hunter and Alice to find a way to forgive one another and build a family with their son? Continue this sweet/clean contemporary beach romance series with THE DAY HE CAME HOME - a military, second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Elana Johnson.

Author : Juliana Stone
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402274817

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The Summer He Came Home by Juliana Stone Pdf

Sometimes the best place to find love is right back where you started... Falling asleep in a different bed every night has made it easy for Cain Black to forget his past. It's been ten years since he packed his guitar and left Crystal Lake, Michigan, to chase his dreams. Now tragedy has forced him home again. And though Cain relishes the freedom of the road, one stolen moment with Maggie O'Rourke makes him wonder if he's missing out on something bigger than fame. For Maggie—single mother and newly settled in Crystal Lake—love is a luxury she just can't afford. Sure, she appreciates the tall, dark and handsome looks of prodigal son Cain Black. But how long can she expect the notorious hellion to stay? The last thing either of them wants is something complicated. But sometimes love has its own plans. Bad Boys of Crystal Lake series: The Summer He Came Home The Christmas He Loved Her The Day He Kissed Her "Everything I love in a book: A hot and tender romance and a bad-boy hero to die for!" — Molly O'Keefe, author of Can't Buy Me Love

Author : Lesley Parr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781526620996

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When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr Pdf

WINNER: Wales Book of the Year 2023 Highly commended for the Young Quills Award 2023. A STIRRING HISTORICAL MYSTERY SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war. Huw can't forget the terrible things he's seen, but Johnny doesn't even remember who he is. As Natty tries to keep a secret and unravel a mystery, she finds her own way to fight for what she believes in – and learns that some things should never be forgotten ... This mesmerising historical mystery includes an interactive clue so readers can unravel the mystery alongside the characters. _______________ 'A heartfelt, hopeful tale of the human spirit's incredible ability to recover' - Emma Carroll

Author : Amy Timberlake
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375989346

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One Came Home by Amy Timberlake Pdf

A Newbery Honor Book An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel “An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly. But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha's blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.

Author : Sam Gaylord
Publisher : Pageturner Press and Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798891740525

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Then I Came Home by Sam Gaylord Pdf

The author takes readers from the foothills of Southern Indiana to the steamy jungles of Vietnam, from the rice paddies near the South China Sea to the Jungle near the DMZ. Soon after arriving in Vietnam, he realized his country had betrayed him. This is his story.

Author : Lois Duncan
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781453263402

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They Never Came Home by Lois Duncan Pdf

A hiking trip turns into a missing persons search in this suspense novel “guaranteed to hold any reader” from the New York Times–bestselling author (The New York Times Book Review). When high school buddies Larry Drayfus and Dan Cotwell take a backpacking trip into the Mogollon Mountains, nobody is concerned when they don’t come home exactly on time. Dan is a natural outdoorsman, and he knows the mountains well. Larry is smart and resourceful. But soon the boys’ families must accept the unthinkable, as little sign of them can be found in the hills. For Larry’s sister—and Dan’s girlfriend—Joan, grief soon turns to mystery when some of her brother’s old acquaintances start calling with strange and threatening messages. In They Never Came Home, the truth of Larry and Dan’s disappearance is far more shocking than any of their loved ones can anticipate. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Duncan including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Author : Julie Summers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847377340

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When the Children Came Home by Julie Summers Pdf

A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during WWII and the families they left behind On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper bgan to place the children of Britain's industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. 1.5 million children, pregnant women and schoolteachers were evacuated in 3 days. A further 2 million children were evacuated privately; the largest mass evacuation of children in British history. Some children went abroad, others were sent to institutions, but the majority were billeted with foster families. Some were away for weeks or months, others for years. Homecoming was not always easy and a few described it as more difficult than going away in the first place. In When the Children Came Home Julie Summers tells us what happened when these children returned to their families. She looks at the different waves of British evacuation during WWII and explores how they coped both in the immediate aftermath of the war, and in later life. For some it was a wonderful experience that enriched their whole lives, for others it cast a long shadow, for a few it changed things for ever. Using interviews, written accounts and memoirs, When the Children Came Homeweaves together a collection of personal stories to create a warm and compelling portrait of wartime Britain from the children's perspective.

Author : Tony Breeden
Publisher : Tony Breeden
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452845500

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Johnny Came Home by Tony Breeden Pdf

Trade Paperback Edition (7 x 10) Three years after the fire that took his home and his family, John Lazarus returns to the town of Midwich searching for answers to why he can do extraordinary things no one's ever seen outside of a comic book. Is he human? Alien? Something more? The answers lie within the Titan complex that overshadows Midwich. But someone else wants Titan's secrets too and will stop at nothing to make sure that she alone possesses them. One young man and his friends stands between Pandora and world domination in an action-packed, white-knuckled thrill ride that will leave you breathless!

Author : Kristofer Janson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Myllarguten
ISBN : UOM:39015033549935

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The Spell-bound Fiddler by Kristofer Janson Pdf

Author : Alex T. Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781667200996

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How Winston Came Home for Christmas by Alex T. Smith Pdf

Join Winston the mouse on another holiday adventure in this charming sequel to How Winston Delivered Christmas! With five days until Christmas, Winston has a fuzzy memory of a song and someone important to him who is lost—but who could it be? With the help of his friends, Winston sets off on an adventure to find this very special someone. Along the way, Winston meets delightful new friends that help him get closer to solving the mystery. How Winston Came Home for Christmas is an illustrated book written in twenty-four-and-a-half chapters, one to be read each night in December in the countdown to Christmas. Each chapter is accompanied by a festive activity for readers to enjoy, including holiday decorations, crafts, recipes, and so much more, and the book includes a ribbon bookmark to mark your page. This heartwarming holiday adventure is sure to become a Christmas classic to be enjoyed each year.

Author : Vanessa Hatley-Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0947506500

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When Dad Came Home by Vanessa Hatley-Owen Pdf

The war was over and Dad was coming home at last! But the days and weeks go by, and when he does return Dad is not the happy man that young Rita once knew and Thomas thinks he remembers. Struggling to understand his sadness and fears, the kids accompany him as he readjusts to home life, all the while singing his favourite song. One day, while they help him fix the deck, Dad starts to join in the song ... Hatley-Owen beautifully captures a children's view of the return of the war and the realities of shell shock for the men who returned after the First World War ended on 11 November 1918.

Author : Thomas Malory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF000523501

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Morte Darthur Sir Thomas Maloryʼs Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table by Edward Strachey by Thomas Malory Pdf