The Face

The Face
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 80
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781632060457
ISBN-13 : 1632060450
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Face by : Tash Aw

A whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage

A Stranger in the Family

A Stranger in the Family
Author :
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015034865090
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis A Stranger in the Family by : Steven Naifeh

The story of a serial rapist and murderer in Georgia and South Carolina who came from an "all-American" home.

A Stranger in the Family

A Stranger in the Family
Author :
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages : 380
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0393702286
ISBN-13 : 9780393702286
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis A Stranger in the Family by : Vincenzo F. DiNicola

Provides a model of family therapy for working with families across cultures.

Strange Alchemy

Strange Alchemy
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 337
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781630790769
ISBN-13 : 1630790761
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Strange Alchemy by : Gwenda Bond

When 114 people go missing on Roanoke Island in what seems like an eerie repeat of what happened hundreds of years before, seventeen-year-olds Miranda and Grant may be the key to the mysteries past and present.

Anorexia

Anorexia
Author :
Publisher : Headline Accent
Total Pages : 207
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429405362
ISBN-13 : 1429405368
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Anorexia by : Katie Metcalfe

Katie Metcalfe takes readers through the daily struggle with this potentially lethal obsession. It is a harrowing account of her triumphs and tragedies on the long road to recovery after being hospitalized at 15. We learn of Katie's constant battle with 'the voice' when her pride at improving her health is overshadowed by the fear of over eating. It is a story of a young girl at war with herself and anyone who fights to keep her alive. However, Katie Metcalfe's book is more than a personal journey - it is the story of the impact of her illness on her family. With remarkable candour Katie's parents and siblings tell of the shocking impact on close relatives - when anorexia creates a stranger in the family. Katie's honesty combined with her talent for writing, gives a real sense of the horror of anorexia and its power to dominate lives. It is a true account of a family's hard won victory over a disease that kills.

Plant People

Plant People
Author :
Publisher : Frontline Publications
Total Pages : 148
Release :
ISBN-10 : 156714053X
ISBN-13 : 9781567140538
Rating : 4/5 (3X Downloads)

Synopsis Plant People by : Marty M. Engle

Rachel investigates some strange plants behind a vacant house and then strange people move into the house.

A Tale of J - Weird Family

A Tale of J - Weird Family
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 102
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9798585114441
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis A Tale of J - Weird Family by : Muhammad Deliang Al-Farabi

What happened if you have a weird family? Your life is going to be miserable when you have an infuriated mom who is always angry at you all the time. While your day is bad, some naughty cousins are coming into your home for a holiday then make you in a lot of trouble. How about a grandmother who babysits you like a baby even though you are a young boy already? Worse than that, she is eventually a very bad cook. Not only that, but you also meet your weird uncle who changes his characters every hour? It is terrible, isn't it? Jefferson or J faces those problems in this book. Enjoy his stories and laugh with joy!

Strange Flowers

Strange Flowers
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780525507925
ISBN-13 : 0525507922
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Strange Flowers by : Donal Ryan

AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD NOVEL OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Awards “Mr. Ryan writes conspicuously beautiful prose… The fleeting happiness and abiding melancholy of the asymmetry, heightened by the intimately rendered surroundings, brings out Mr. Ryan’s most sensuous and emotive writing.” –The Wall Street Journal From the Booker nominated author of From a Low and Quiet Sea, Donal Ryan's new novel follows the Gladney family across three generations seeking the true meaning of what it is to find home and love. In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home in Ireland and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns from London. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.

The Accidental

The Accidental
Author :
Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 250
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307279750
ISBN-13 : 0307279758
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Accidental by : Ali Smith

Filled with the bestselling, award-winning author's trademark wordplay and inventive storytelling, here is the dizzyingly entertaining, wickedly humorous story of a mysterious stranger whose sudden appearance during a family’s summer holiday transforms four variously unhappy people. Each of the Smarts—parents Eve and Michael, son Magnus, and the youngest, daughter Astrid—encounter Amber in his or her own solipsistic way, but somehow her presence allows them to see their lives (and their life together) in a new light. Smith’s narrative freedom and exhilarating facility with language propel the novel to its startling, wonderfully enigmatic conclusion.

A Stranger At Home

A Stranger At Home
Author :
Publisher : Annick Press
Total Pages : 138
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781554515936
ISBN-13 : 1554515939
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis A Stranger At Home by : Christy Jordan-Fenton

Margaret can’t wait to see her family, but her homecoming is not what she expected. Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming ashore, Margaret spots her family, but her mother barely recognizes her, screaming, “Not my girl.” Margaret realizes she is now marked as an outsider. And Margaret is an outsider: she has forgotten the language and stories of her people, and she can’t even stomach the food her mother prepares. However, Margaret gradually relearns her language and her family’s way of living. Along the way, she discovers how important it is to remain true to the ways of her people—and to herself. Highlighted by archival photos and striking artwork, this first-person account of a young girl’s struggle to find her place will inspire young readers to ask what it means to belong.