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Author |
: Zoë Tice |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 2017-01-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1530706165 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781530706167 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Time for Flowers by : Zoë Tice
A Time for Flowers is a stunningly intimate look at the lives and relationships within a family thrown into turmoil in the late 1960s, when a couple's two vibrant young daughters are diagnosed with a life-altering disease. Factual in every detail, Nomi's story, told with compelling honesty, poignance and humor, is not about illness nor is it about dying; indeed, it is a celebration of the life of a remarkable young girl who happened to have a chronic progressive illness. Nomi's life was not easy, but her message was simple: ". . . I don't want my mother or father to ever feel bad about me, because I had a more wonderful fulfilling life than anyone who's lived 'til eighty practically. That's more than most people can say." Those were among Nomi's final thoughts, eloquently spoken into a small cassette recorder as she was nearing the end of her life. The quote appearing in the very beginning of the book, transcribed from the same tape, is the driving incentive that prompted the author, her mother, to tell the story as Nomi specifically requested. A stirring family journey, through which, against all but insurmountable odds, a child managed to flourish, A Time for Flowers will hold its readers engaged from cover to cover, and leave them pondering life's priorities.
Author |
: Sally Page |
Publisher |
: Blackstone Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2023-01-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798212169868 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Keeper of Stories by : Sally Page
A charming, uplifting debut novel—full of humor and depth—that has taken readers around the world by surprise. Everyone has a story to tell. But does Janice have the power to unlock her own? She can’t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard as she cleaned a sink? Before long (as she dusted a sitting room or defrosted a fridge) she noticed people were telling her their stories. Perhaps they had always done so, but now it is different, now the stories are reaching out to her and she gathers them to her ... Cleaner Janice knows that it is in people’s stories that you really get to know them. From recently widowed Fiona and her son Adam to opera-singing Geordie, the quiet bus driver Euan, and the pretentious Mrs. “YeahYeahYeah” and her fox terrier, Decius, Janice has a unique insight into the community around her. When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs. B—a shrewd and prickly woman in her nineties—she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the keeper of stories, she doesn’t have a story to tell. At least, not one she can share. Mrs. B is no fool and knows there is more to Janice than meets the eye. What is she hiding? After all, doesn’t everyone have a story to tell?
Author |
: Katherine E. Standefer |
Publisher |
: Little, Brown Spark |
Total Pages |
: 281 |
Release |
: 2020-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316450355 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316450359 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lightning Flowers by : Katherine E. Standefer
This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises). What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.
Author |
: Tiffanie Turner |
Publisher |
: Watson-Guptill |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 2017-08-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780399578380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0399578382 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fine Art of Paper Flowers by : Tiffanie Turner
An inspiring, practical and gorgeous guide to crafting the most realistic and artful paper flowers for arrangements, art, décor, wearables and more, from San Francisco botanical artist Tiffanie Turner. The Fine Art of Paper Flowers is an elevated art and craft guide that features complete step-by-step instructions for over 30 of Tiffanie Turner’s widely admired, unique, lifelike paper flowers and their foliage, from bougainvillea to English roses to zinnias. In the book, Turner also guides readers through making her signature giant paper peony, shares all of her secrets for special paper treatments, candy-striping, playing with color and creating botanical imperfections, and shows how to turn paper flowers into gorgeous garlands, headdresses, bouquets and more. These stunning creations can be made from simple and inexpensive materials and the book's detailed tutorials and beautiful photography make it easy to achieve dramatic and lifelike results.
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: Heinemann |
Total Pages |
: 136 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0435232932 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780435232931 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Play of Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon by :
Author |
: Nancy Howard Cobb |
Publisher |
: Pantheon |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307426338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307426335 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis In Lieu of Flowers by : Nancy Howard Cobb
A thought-provoking exploration of life's most profound transition • With candor and refreshing perspective, Nancy Cobb infuses the oft-avoided subject of death with light, presenting it as a natural process to be honored rather than feared. "This meditation on grieving is personal and persuasive — sustenance for the mind and the soul." —Wally Lamb, #1 New York Times bestselling author “An elegant book ... that lets readers know they aren’t alone.”—The Wall Street Journal “Grieving is as natural as breathing, for if we have lived and loved, surely we will grieve. . . .” Nancy Cobb meets death in the most vital of places—in the lives of everyday people—and in doing so has found a way to make the darkest of subjects more approachable, and the deaths of those she has loved—and death itself—a subject to explore rather than to avoid. Cobb's personal experiences become a point of departure for what amounts to a deeper conversation about loss. She shares moments of her own mourning and draws others into the conversation as well: among them, a bank teller who still dreams of her deceased grandmother, two small children who bury a wild bird in its final nest beneath a maple tree, and a hospice nurse who acts as an end-of-life midwife. Cobb invites us to explore death through the shared humanity of everyday people, allowing their voices to demystify the inevitable while offering solace. Whether you are mourning a loved one, caring for someone at the end of life, or seeking wisdom on this universal experience, In Lieu of Flowers is a deeply comforting companion. Its gentle candor and hard-won insights will inspire you to embrace grief fully while finding light in life's final transition.
Author |
: Hanif Abdurraqib |
Publisher |
: Tin House Books |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 2019-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781947793521 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1947793527 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Fortune for Your Disaster by : Hanif Abdurraqib
“When an author’s unmitigated brilliance shows up on every page, it’s tempting to skip a description and just say, Read this! Such is the case with this breathlessly powerful, deceptively breezy book of poetry.” —Booklist, Starred Review In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Hanif Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak, the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It's a book about a mother's death, and admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off, about forgiveness, and how none of the author's black friends wanted to listen to "Don't Stop Believin'." It's about wrestling with histories, personal and shared. Abdurraqib uses touchstones from the world outside—from Marvin Gaye to Nikola Tesla to his neighbor's dogs—to create a mirror, inside of which every angle presents a new possibility.
Author |
: A.L. Lester |
Publisher |
: JMS Books LLC |
Total Pages |
: 195 |
Release |
: 2020-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781646563043 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1646563042 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Flowers of Time by : A.L. Lester
Jones is determined to find out what caused the unexpected death of her father whilst they were exploring ancient ruins in the Himalayas. Along with a stack of books and coded journals, he's left her with the promise she'll travel back to England for the first time since childhood and try being the lady she's never been. Edie and her brother are leaving soon on a journey to the Himalayas to document and collect plants for the new Kew Gardens when she befriends Miss Jones in London. She's never left England before and is delighted to learn the lady will be returning to the mountains she calls home at the same time they are planning their travels. When they meet again in Srinagar, Edie is surprised to find that, out here, the Miss Jones of the London salons is "just Jones" the explorer, clad in breeches and boots and unconcerned with the proprieties Edie has been brought up to respect. The non-binary explorer and the determined botanist make the long journey over the high mountain passes to Little Tibet, collecting flowers and exploring ruins on the way. Will Jones discover the root of the mysterious deaths of her parents? Will she confide in Edie and allow her to help in the quest? The trip is fraught with dangers for both of them, not least those of the heart.
Author |
: Rupi Kaur |
Publisher |
: Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2017-10-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781449488895 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1449488897 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sun and Her Flowers by : Rupi Kaur
Divided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom
Author |
: Stephen Buchmann |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2015-07-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476755526 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476755523 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Reason for Flowers by : Stephen Buchmann
An exploration of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, and perfumes reveals their origins, myriad shapes, colors, textures and scents, bizarre sex lives, and how humans-- and the natural world-- relate and depend upon them.