The Other Child

Author : Lucy Atkins
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623659108
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Child written by Lucy Atkins and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes a lie seems kinder than the truth . . . but what happens when that lie destroys everything you love? When Tess is sent to photograph Greg, a high profile paediatric heart surgeon, she sees something troubled in his face, and feels instantly drawn to him. Their relationship quickly deepens, but then Tess, single mother to nine-year-old Joe, falls pregnant, and Greg is offered the job of a lifetime back in his hometown of Boston. Before she knows it, Tess is married, and relocating to the States. But life in an affluent American suburb proves anything but straightforward. Unsettling things keep happening in the large rented house, Joe is distressed, the next-door neighbors are in crisis, and Tess is sure that someone is watching her. Greg's work is all-consuming and, as the baby's birth looms, he grows more and more unreachable. Something is very wrong, Tess knows it, and then she makes a jaw-dropping discovery . . . A gripping psychological thriller from the author of the bestselling debut The Missing One and The Night Visitor.

Author : Charlotte Link
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361111
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Child written by Charlotte Link and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than fifteen million copies of her novels sold in Europe, Charlotte Link makes her chillingly psychological American debut, now in English for the first time. A suspenseful, atmospheric new psychological crime novel from Germany’s most successful living female author. An old farm, a deserted landscape, a dark secret from times past with fatal consequences for the present. In the tranquil northern seaside town of Scarborough, a student is found cruelly murdered. For months, the investigators are in the dark, until they are faced with a copy-cat crime. The investigation continues, but they are still struggling to establish a connection between the two victims. Ambitious detective Valerie Almond clings to the all too obvious: a rift within the family of the second victim. But there is far more to the case than first appears and Valerie is led towards a dark secret, inextricably linked to the evacuation of children to Scarborough during World War II. Horrified at her last-minute discovery, Valerie realizes that she may be too late for action.

Author : Joanne Fluke
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 0758289804
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Child written by Joanne Fluke and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family moves into a new home—but a former occupant has not departed—in this terrifying tale by the New York Times-bestselling author. Where innocence dies… Expectant parents Karen and Mike Houston are excited about restoring their old rambling Victorian mansion to its former glory. With its endless maze of rooms, hallways, and hiding places, it's a wonderful place for their nine-year-old daughter Leslie to play and explore. Unfortunately, they didn't listen to the stories about the house’s dark history. They didn't believe the rumors about the evil that lived there. …the nightmare begins. It begins with a whisper. A child’s voice beckoning from the rose garden. Crying out in the night. It lures little Leslie to a crumbling storm door. Down a flight of broken stairs. It calls to their unborn child. It wants something from each of them. Something in their very hearts and souls. Tonight, the house will reveal its secret. Tonight, the other child will come out to play…

Author : Valerie Polakow
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807775924
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Cares for our Children? written by Valerie Polakow and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerie Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises. The resulting work is both a compelling account of the lived realities of the child care crisis, and an incisive critique of public policy that points to the United States as an outlier in the international community. Drawing on historical and international perspectives, Polakow creates a groundbreaking analysis of child care as a human right, persuasively arguing for a universal child care system. “Who Cares for Our Children? is one of the most disturbing books I have read in a long time. It should have a major impact on debates over poverty and social policy.” —From the Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed “In this beautifully written and provocative volume, Polakow deftly steps aside and lets real mothers, struggling against the odds to keep their families safe and sound, speak for themselves about what they need. This book delivers a timely message: Child care should be viewed as a human right.” —Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law “A collection of moving and often chilling personal narratives. . . . Who Cares for Our Children? is a powerful and well-documented analysis of the worlds of low-income families.” —Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona State University “Thoroughly researched and grounded in a heartfelt sympathy for the struggles of families . . . that face such painful choices and dilemmas in meeting the needs of their children.” —James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago

Author : Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689848072
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Among the Hidden written by Margaret Peterson Haddix and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-06-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from Margaret Peterson Haddix. Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows—does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

Author : Michael Hale
Publisher : New York : Avon
ISBN 13 : 9780380899500
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Child written by Michael Hale and published by New York : Avon. This book was released on 1986 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spirit of a psychopathic killer, who committed suicide in his prison cell, returns to spread terror

Author : James K. Whittaker
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202260860
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other 23 Hours written by James K. Whittaker and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1962-12-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among other revolutionary developments of today's world is tie so-called "knowledge explosion." So much is being written so fast about so many things that it is becoming well nigh ir-retrievable. One consequently can never be sure that he knows what there is to know about many kinds of phenomena or types of problems existing in the modern world due to the chance that something exists in written form that simply cannot be found, so bulky is the load of literature. The common idea that only the sick child, and never the well, needs special emotional supports and helps from the adult is simply an error. For the well child is not immune from pile-ups of severe emotional intensity when overwhelmed by confusion and conflicts from within. Certainly, the normal kid can be ex-pected to handle such crises either from within or without better than his sick peer on the average, but that does not mean always; and the critical issue for the well child is: is he ready at the time they hit? If not, he needs, quite unmistakably, emotional first aid from the adult--parent, teacher, camp counselor (or what have you)--who is in charge of his life at that moment. The reader will find that what the authors describe in The Other 23 Hours as the everyday requirement diet, as far as child handling is concerned for their disturbed children, is transferable to the normal crises of normal child-hood.

Author : Frank G. Bolton, Jr.
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780803932364
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Males at Risk written by Frank G. Bolton, Jr. and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1989 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first book in the field devoted to the abuse of boys. The authors focus on the male's socialization and victimization and the results of various forms of sexual abuse of male children. Although they do not claim that male children are at equal risk to female children, they do point out that male stereotyping can have specific, long-term consequences for the male victim. Breaking new ground by presenting a broader view of male sexual victimization, they introduce a new concept, the abuse of sexuality, to help explain many of the social and sexual problems exhibited by males. Finally, an explicit model for formulating a treatment plan which utilizes a systematic multi-remedial evaluation for both adult males and male childr

Author : Erna Gorman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book While Other Children Played written by Erna Gorman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped in Poland at the outbreak of the war, Erna Blitzer Gorman and her family were moved from one ghetto to another. When a Ukrainian farmer agreed to hide the small family in his hayloft, no one dreamed that they would be there for almost two years. When the Russians liberated the area, the family was forced to leave their hiding place and join the advancing army. After the tragic death of Erna's mother, the girls and their father struggled for survival and to get home to France. Erna never spoke of her experiences to anyone for almost forty years until she heard a stranger's words of hate on the television. Faced with long-repressed memories, Erna had to learn how to cope with her past.

Author : Gerald Durrell
Publisher : Penguin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780241951460
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Family and Other Animals written by Gerald Durrell and published by Penguin Books Limited. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine . . . a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother unguardedly. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph