![]() ![]() ![]() Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother’s life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya’s life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time-and all the way to the end. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. ![]() ![]() One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother?įrom the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colours comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() To her, this disaster was even more horrifying- “Just as life seeming nothing but a whirling, choking ache, I rose to the light of day, my nose barely above the little lapping waves. But four years later Violet, now a nurse with the British Red Cross, was on board the World War I hospital ship BRITANNIC when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. “One awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats, a long wail and then silence and our tiny craft tossing about at the mercy of the ice field.”įor most people one sinking would be enough. Throughout her 40 year time at sea she survived an unbelievable series of events including the sinking of the TITANIC. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess and nurse on some of the most famous ocean going vessels of the day. ![]() Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. ![]() ![]() ![]() In their notes to the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (London, 1959), editors A. In most traditional versions, including the sixteenth century Scottish version entitled Alan-a-Maut, the plant's ill-treatment by humans and its re-emergence as beer to take its revenge are key themes. The song survived into the twentieth century in the oral folk tradition, primarily in England, and many popular folk revival artists have recorded versions of the song. In 1782, the Scottish poet Robert Burns published his own version of the song, which influenced subsequent versions. The oldest versions are Scottish and include the Scots poem " Quhy Sowld Nocht Allane Honorit Be". The song may have its origins in ancient English or Scottish folklore, with written evidence of the song dating it at least as far back as the Elizabethan era. ![]() In the song, he suffers indignities, attacks, and death that correspond to the various stages of barley cultivation, such as reaping and malting. John Barleycorn, the song's protagonist, is a personification of barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it: beer and whisky. " John Barleycorn" is an English and Scottish folk song listed as number 164 in the Roud Folk Song Index. ![]() Broadside ballad entitled "A Huy and Cry After Sir John Barlycorn" by Alexander Pennecuik, 1725 ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2022 Valerie welcomed TOGETHER WE RIDE and RIDE, ROLL, RUN: TIME FOR FUN. THE JOY OF LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE: Who can forget the first time they learned to ride a bike? This book is a nostalgic nod for parents and one they will be eager to share with their young one learning how to ride.Ī GREAT READ ALOUD: This lyrical, upbeat text is a great fit for story-time in any household. Valerie Bolling is the author of the 2021 SCBWI Crystal Kite award-winning and CT Book Award finalist LET’S DANCE (2020). ![]() Learning to ride is no easy feat! But with a little courage, a guiding hand from her dad, and an enthusiastic bark from her pup, one brave girl quickly learns the freedom that comes from an afternoon spent outside on a bike.Įxperience the fear, the anticipation, and the delight of achieving the ultimate milestone in this energetic, warm story that celebrates the precious bond between parent and child. In 2022 Valerie is happy to welcome TOGETHER WE RIDE (April) and RIDE, ROLL, RUN: TIME FOR FUN (October). Hair Love meets bike rides in this loving portrait of a father-daughter relationship. Valerie Bolling is the author of LET’S DANCE, a 2021 SCBWI Crystal Kite award winner and CT Book Award finalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love - and its opposite, hate - the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises. ![]() And one kitten’s one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. ![]() Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. But they are safe in the Underneath…as long as they stay in the Underneath. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. Puck promises his mother, in her last moments, to find a way back to the Underneath and break the chain keeping Ranger prisoner. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. He is the son of the calico cat, and before she died, he and his sister Sabine were raised by Ranger and their mother in their close-knit, albeit unusual, family. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. ![]() ![]() ![]() There were too many beautiful girls in the world. But I knew myself well enough to know I could never be faithful to one woman. I’d have slept with her before now if I hadn’t thought she’d read all kinds of meaning into us having sex. “That’s not the point, Darce.” Fucking Aurora would be the least of my problems. Aurora and I had known each other as kids, first crushes, but she didn’t know me now, not as an adult. And the alternative-that she’d want a real husband-was worse. “I don’t want to get married.” Certainly not to someone who only wanted me for the title I’d inherit. “I really want you to consider an arrangement with Aurora-she cares about our family, and she’d make an excellent wife.” However, knowing how he wanted my sister to inherit, I knew he would welcome a solution. Darcy hated the idea that there would be a battle over our grandfather’s assets, because it seemed to somehow taint the importance of our love for the man. “I don’t want to fight over grandfather’s estate,” I replied. “You know how I feel about that,” she said. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during 'the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military College, to be 2nd L ts., with effect from 17th Dec. Unit: W est Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Name: Sir Francis Wilfred 'Freddie' DE GUINGAND, KBE, CB, DSO, MiD**
![]() ![]() The long, spacious back matter is part of the story, with detailed chapter notes and a bibliography.” –Booklist ![]() The chatty, immediate style (“Picture this”) and full-page photos make for a fast read, and the crucial civil-rights history will stay with readers. This dramatic, large-size photo-essay covers their stories, along with the exciting politics of the women’s liberation struggle in the 1950s and ’60s (“What is a woman’s place?”) and the breakthrough science and technology surrounding space exploration, including details of the would-be astronauts’ tests and training. officially admitted women into the astronaut program, 13 women, known as the Mercury 13, fought for the right to soar into space. If they were to let women into the space program, blacks and other minorities would be next. Male astronauts did not want them, and neither did then vice-president Lyndon Johnson. Who do these women think they are?” The media mocked them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel was released to both critical acclaim and widespread censorship as a new story about black female life with some majorly frank descriptions of sexuality. But Caged Bird covers Angelou's life before she was a VIP, back when she was just little ol' Marguerite Johnson from Stamps, Arkansas. You might say she is Very Important People. She recited poetry at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, and dominated the New York Times Bestseller list for two years. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was written in 1969 by Maya Angelou. And there you have it: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Simmer over adversity for an hour and filter through the eyes of a precocious young girl who will to grow up to be one of the most important literary voices alive. Mix together one part autobiography, one part romance, and one part adventure. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings IntroductionĪllow us to reveal the recipe for a literary juggernaut. ![]() ![]() “It always comes through in my writing a lot. “I wanted something that is totally captivating, the way many natural environments and phenomena can be, but also is really, really dangerous.”Īrnott’s descriptions of nature are inspired by the beauty of his Australian home state of Tasmania, where he has spent long stretches hiking in the bush and fishing in the cold waters. ![]() “What I was really trying to do was create a mythical creature that embodies both the beauty and the savagery of nature,” Arnott says. The characters are tested and exposed by the titular creature, which exacts a price from those who dare covet it. Set in an unnamed country beset by a military coup and climate disruptions, The Rain Heron (FSG Originals, 2021) is a story of survivors searching for peace but finding violence in both nature and society. Unlike the first three mythical birds, whose legends are hundreds or thousands of years old, the rain heron is a new entry in the library of imaginary beasts, introduced in the novel bearing its name by Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott. The rain heron, which can take the form of steam, liquid or ice, controls the climate around it. The caladrius absorbs disease, curing the ill. ![]() The roc is large enough to carry an elephant in its claws. ![]() At the end of its life, the phoenix bursts into flames and a younger bird rises from the ashes. ![]() |