While You Were Out

Author : Meg Kissinger
Publisher : Celadon Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250877024

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While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger Pdf

From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them. Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg Kissinger’s family seemed to live a charmed life. With eight kids and two loving parents, the Kissingers radiated a warm, boisterous energy. Whether they were spending summer days on the shores of Lake Michigan, barreling down the ski slopes, or navigating the trials of their Catholic school, the Kissingers always knew how to live large and play hard. But behind closed doors, a harsher reality was unfolding—a heavily medicated mother hospitalized for anxiety and depression, a manic father prone to violence, and children in the throes of bipolar disorder and depression, two of whom would take their own lives. Through it all, the Kissingers faced the world with their signature dark humor and the unspoken family rule: never talk about it. While You Were Out begins as the personal story of one family’s struggles then opens outward, as Kissinger details how childhood tragedy catalyzed a journalism career focused on exposing our country’s flawed mental health care. Combining the intimacy of memoir with the rigor of investigative reporting, the book explores the consequences of shame, the havoc of botched public policy, and the hope offered by new treatment strategies. Powerful, candid and filled with surprising humor, this is the story of one family’s love and resilience in face of great loss.

Author : Ho Baek Lee
Publisher : Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015057599055

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While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee Pdf

Someone has left the patio door unlocked. It's just the opportunity the rabbit has been waiting for...Exploring room after room, picking up this and looking at that, the adorable rabbit heroine exhausts both herself and her curiosity before the family returns. Young readers will love finding out what this clever character gets into when she has the place all to herself.

Author : Peter Pauper Press
Publisher : Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1593593562

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While You Were Out by Peter Pauper Press Pdf

End the chaos of garbled messages jotted on sticky notes and napkins! This telephone message log book will lead you into the brave new world of organization. Perforated pages contain space for over 600 messages.

Author : Amy S. Dalrymple,Brad A. Pauquette
Publisher : Columbus Creative Cooperati
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780983520559

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While You Were Out by Amy S. Dalrymple,Brad A. Pauquette Pdf

While You Were Out, complete with fifteen witty, insightful, compelling, sometimes serious tales, presents the work of some of Columbus, Ohio's most talented writers. These engaging, inspiring short stories of resurrection will revive your spirit of imagination. You won't find any zombies or vampires in the pages of this book. From adventure to romance, comedy to science fiction, and every genre in between, inside you'll find fictional and non-fictional stories of people, animals, relationships, and even a car, that die and are resurrected. This anthology includes the work of Deborah Cottle, Doug Devor, Ramona Douglas, Peg Hanna, Tina Higgins, Brenda Layman, Catherine Maynard, Jenny L. Maxey, Bradley Nelson, Ben Orlando, Barbara Perrin, Wayne Rapp, Birney Reed, Nate Roderick and Cynthia Rosi.

Author : Marcedes M. Fuller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781503569874

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While You Were Out From “Work” by Marcedes M. Fuller Pdf

While You Were Out From “Work” offers eleven chapters of essential keys all focused on helping you become successful by tapping into your true goals while you’re away from your job and the other tasks you do because you have to! Open the book to find out how to: Take a Life Assessment, Right Now! Create an Achievable Game Plan Build an Unshakable Brand Campaign Cultivate Your Target Market Sound Your Alarm and much more...

Author : GP SUMMARY
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783755453550

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Summary of While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger by GP SUMMARY Pdf

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out by Milkyway Media Pdf

Buy now to get the main key ideas from Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out Journalist Meg Kissinger explores the complexities of family dynamics, mental health, and societal expectations through the lens of her own experiences in her deeply moving memoir While You Were Out (2023). Her family’s tumultuous domestic life, including her mother’s struggle with depression and her father’s violent tendencies, led to challenges that plagued their eight children, two of whom eventually committed suicide. Weaving a tale of love, loss, and resilience, Kissinger highlights the impact of shame, the stigma of mental illness, and the flaws in the American mental health care system.

Author : Wanda J. Ventling
Publisher : TLC Publishing (VA)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0696221799

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While You Were Out by Wanda J. Ventling Pdf

A behind-the-scenes look at the popular home decorating show explains how to use a variety of design solutions for decorating or renovating a room with a limited budget in a short time frame.

Author : Amy K. Nichols
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385753920

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While You Were Gone (Duplexity, Part II) by Amy K. Nichols Pdf

Eevee, an aspiring artist and daughter of Arizona's governor, and Danny, a reformed troublemaker who lives in foster care in his own world, join forces to correct a breach between parallel universes.

Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401395513

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Pdf

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic. "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull over the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave—"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"—wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have . . . and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

Author : Kristin Newman
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780804137607

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What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman Pdf

A funny, sexy, and ultimately poignant memoir about mastering the art of the “vacationship”—the inspiration for the upcoming Freeform series While You Were Breeding “What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is kind of like if Eat, Pray, Love were written by your funniest friend.”—Rachel Dratch Kristin Newman spent much of her twenties and thirties buying dresses to wear to her friends’ weddings and baby showers. Not ready to settle down and in need of an escape from her fast-paced job as a sitcom writer, Kristin instead traveled the world, often alone, for several weeks each year. In addition to falling madly in love with the planet, Kristin fell for many attractive locals, men who could provide the emotional connection she wanted without costing her the freedom she desperately needed. Kristin introduces readers to the Israeli bartenders, Finnish poker players, sexy Bedouins, and Argentinean priests who helped her transform into “Kristin-Adjacent” on the road–a slower, softer, and, yes, sluttier version of herself at home. Equal parts laugh-out-loud storytelling, candid reflection, and wanderlust-inspiring travel tales, What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is a compelling debut that will have readers rushing to renew their passports.

Author : Kate Moretti
Publisher : Red Adept Publishing, LLC
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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While You Were Gone by Kate Moretti Pdf

A Companion Novella to the NYT Bestseller Thought I Knew You Despite Karen Caughee’s intense focus on her music, her life is drifting out of its lane. Her mother is falling head-first into alcoholism and her brother refuses to acknowledge it. Her love life and music career have both stalled out. When she meets a charismatic but aloof stranger in a bar, she is uncharacteristically smitten. He seems to "get her" in a way no one else does, and she begins to second guess everything she's ever held dear. After a tragic accident, Karen finds her support system in the unlikeliest person imaginable. A shattering revelation brings her to a crossroads, and she must face the full truth about who she loves and who she has become. Greg stays by her side while she heals, and he sees her every time he’s in Toronto for work. Without any other support or friendship in her life, Karen craves his enthusiastic attention, and their friendship deepens to love. Though she’s fallen hard for him, he doesn’t share everything with her. In one heartrending moment, Karen’s life comes to a crossroads, and she must face the full truth about who Greg is, and about who she has become.

Author : Jenny Offill
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 9780375865725

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While You Were Napping by Jenny Offill Pdf

A child tells an outlandish tale of what took place while a younger sibling was taking a nap.

Author : Renée Carlino
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501105784

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Before We Were Strangers by Renée Carlino Pdf

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

Author : Amy K. Nichols
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780385753944

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While You Were Gone (Duplexity, Part II) by Amy K. Nichols Pdf

An artist without a cause meets a rebel without a clue. Eevee is a promising young artist and the governor’s daughter in a city where censorship is everywhere and security is everything. When a fire devastates her exhibition—years in the making—her dreams of attending an elite art institute are dashed. She’s struggling to find inspiration when she meets Danny, a boy from a different world. Literally. Raised in a foster home, Danny has led a life full of hurt and hardship until a glitch in the universe changes everything. Suddenly Danny is living in a home he’s never seen, with parents who miraculously survived the car crash that should have killed them. It’s like he’s a new Danny. But this alternate self has secrets—ties to an underground anarchist group that have already landed him in hot water. When he starts to develop feelings for Eevee, he’s even more disturbed to learn that he might have started the fire that ruined her work. As Danny sifts through clues from his past and Eevee attempts to piece together her future, they uncover a secret that’s bigger than both of them. . . . And together, they must correct the breach between the worlds before it’s too late.