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Author : Christina McKenna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress written by Christina McKenna and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christina McKenna
Publisher : Neil Wilson Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781903238769
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Mother Wore a Yellow Dress written by Christina McKenna and published by Neil Wilson Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I learned about conflict from my parents.' So begins Christina McKenna's haunting memoir of her lonely early life. Recounting scenes from her childhood in Ulster, she paints a memorable and poignant picture of violence and oppression with her brutal father and protective mother, whose retalliation to her husband's meaness came in the form of a secret yellow dress. This is a rite-of-passage account of two generations of Irish women, told with great humour and compassion. On the one hand is the writer; on the other the heroic mother who showed her love as best she could. McKenna concludes that our past, no matter how painful, need not keep us bound - once we choose love over hate. That choice, she suggests, will set us free.
Author : John Cammidge
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 0999855549
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book She Wore a Yellow Dress written by John Cammidge and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JOHN is brought up on an isolated farm near York, spends his spare time birdwatching, lives with an unsympathetic stepfather and loving mother, and attends Hull University as the government pays his expenses. He worries about serious relationships with girls and has no idea of what career to follow. His experience so far is as a farm hand and a hospital porter. A letter he finds at home confirms his biological father is alive but has no intention of helping him. On Bonfire Night 1965 (Guy Fawkes Night), during his final undergraduate year, he meets a fellow student, JEAN-LOUISE, and a romantic relationship develops. In many ways she is different from John; she is a town girl, brought up by loving parents, is an only child, has opposing politics and knows what she wants to be – a fashion buyer for Marks & Spencer. The obstacle is her mother is ill with muscular dystrophy and she must help take care of her parents. She surprises John by encouraging his birdwatching. John joins Ford of Britain as a graduate trainee and after an uncertain start, is placed in industrial relations and decides to study for a graduate degree with the Institute of Personnel Management. He also discovers more about his real father. What happens to the couple during the subsequent 10 years as they navigate their careers, have to deal with events that take place in Britain during the period and manage personal issues at home, are the subjects of this book. There is panic buying during the 1974, 3-day working week, the affects on home life of Britain's entry into the Common Market, annual inflation driven above 25 percent in part because of trade union militancy, and many other national incidents. A unique feature of the novel is the use of bird species to illustrate human behavior and character. At the end of each chapter there is an illustration of the featured bird from that chapter to provide a summary of the bird's appearance and habitat in case the reader is interested. The novel blends British history, ornithology, success at work, discrimination against women and the challenges of home life into a single story.
Author : Richard Danson Brown
Publisher : Writers and Their Work (Paperb
ISBN 13 : 0746311850
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book Louis MacNeice and the Poetry of the 1930s written by Richard Danson Brown and published by Writers and Their Work (Paperb. This book was released on 2009 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates Louis MacNiece in two major central strands. Firstly, it explores his ambiguous positioning as an Irish poet. Secondly, it presents him as a critically self-conscious writer, his readiness to explain his work helps to account for his influence on later poets.
Author : Susan Downham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1611608139
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fine written by Susan Downham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hanna is a torn and lonely, slightly awkward teenager finding her place in the world. The truth of her new friend forces Hanna to make some big choices. Hanna knows a secret and when she shares it everything changes. She learns what it means to be a good person and a good friend.
Author : Bobbie Ann Mason
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679604944
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Girl in the Blue Beret written by Bobbie Ann Mason and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the wartime experiences of her father-in-law, Bobbie Ann Mason has crafted the haunting and profoundly moving story of an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe, and his wrenching odyssey of discovery, decades later, as he uncovers the truth about those who helped him escape in 1944. At twenty-three, Marshall Stone was a confident, cocksure U.S. flyboy stationed in England, with several bombing raids in a B-17 under his belt. But when enemy fighters forced his plane to crash-land in a Belgian field during a mission to Germany, Marshall had to rely solely on the kindness of ordinary Belgian and French citizens to help him hide from and evade the Nazis. Decades later, restless and at the end of his career as an airline pilot, Marshall returns to the crash site and finds himself drawn back in time, unable to stop thinking about the people who risked their lives to save Allied pilots like him. Most of all, he is obsessed by the girl in the blue beret, a courageous young woman who protected and guided him in occupied Paris. Framed in spellbinding, luminous prose, Marshall’s search for her gradually unfolds, becoming a voyage of discovery that reveals truths about himself and the people he knew during the war. Deeply beautiful and impossible to put down, The Girl in the Blue Beret is an unforgettable story—intimate, affecting, exquisite—of memories, second chances, and one intrepid girl who risked it all for a stranger.
Author : Boni Ashburn
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613122020
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
Download or read book I Had a Favorite Dress written by Boni Ashburn and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open up a fresh and stylish story about growing up and keeping hold of your favorite memories. As the year passes, the narrator’s favorite dress goes through a series of creative changes, from dress to shirt to tank top to scarf and so on, until all that’s left of it is a good memory. Assisted by her patient and crafty mama, the narrator finds that when disaster strikes her favorite things, she doesn’t need to make mountains out of molehills—she “makes molehills out of mountains” instead! Structured around the days of the week, the story is also illustrated to show the passing of the seasons, a perfect complement to the themes of growing older and keeping hold (and letting go) of special mementos. Praise for I Had a Favorite Dress "A spunky story about adjusting to change with creativity and style. Tailor-made, so to speak, for the Etsy generation of DIY enthusiasts.” –Publishers Weekly “Everyone is smiling in the buoyant confections created by illustrator Julia Denos—including, it’s fair to say, young readers looking at them. Endearing picture book.” –Wall Street Journal “What could have been yet another example of kindergarten consumerism instead becomes one of resourcefulness and resilience.” –New York Times “Denos’s multimedia illustrations reinforce the narrator’s vibrant personality and the amazing transformations of the dress while capturing the action and emotion of the story. This book is sure to capture the imaginations of would-be seamstresses; children who can’t bear to part with a favorite item; and those who want to reduce, reuse, recycle.” –School Library Journal “Breezy in style, they smartly stitch each scene of alteration as the not-so-little girl sashays through the days of the week and the seasons. A charming interpretation of an old story that will speak to young fashionistas.” –Kirkus Reviews
Author : Michelle Worthington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921042102
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)
Download or read book Yellow Dress Day written by Michelle Worthington and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ava wears a different coloured dress for each type of day - a red dress for hot days, a purple dress for rainy days and a blue dress for cold days. One whistling, whirly, windy morning, Ava and her puppy want to go out and play. But Ava's favourite coloured dress is missing.
Author : Alice Walker
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813520766
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book Everyday Use written by Alice Walker and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.
Author : Shake Kasparian
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475955022
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)
Download or read book Aliens in America written by Shake Kasparian and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of her life, Nora has had a feeling she is being followed by something evil. While vacationing in Armenia with her mother, Nora feels a presence again while on a guided hike toward a mountain lake. As the group stumbles upon two buildings with ancient carvings, Noras curiosity is heightenedparticularly when she enters the building and feels she has been there before. But then strange events begin to occur: she sees mysterious balls of lights emerging from stones, a priest warns her that the end is near, and she and her mother eat in a diner that disappears into thin air as soon as they depart. She knows she has stumbled onto something much bigger than herself. There is only one person who can help Nora uncover the mystery on top of the mountain and behind the necklace that hangs around her neck. Together, Nora and Professor Zaven Korbian embark on a dangerous journey to search for Noras identity where they forced to accept the possibility that aliens may be covertly living amid the humans. In this exciting science fiction tale, a professor and a young girl determined to never stop looking for answers are about to discover they hold the secret to unlocking the future.
