The Rope Swing

Author : Jonathan Corcoran
Publisher : Vandalia Press
ISBN 13 : 9781943665112
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rope Swing written by Jonathan Corcoran and published by Vandalia Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A once-booming West Virginia rail town no longer has a working train. The residents left behind in this tiny hamlet look to the mountains that surround them on all sides: The outside world encroaches, and the buildings of the gilded past seem to crumble more every day. These are the stories of outsiders--the down and out. What happens to the young boy whose burgeoning sexuality pushes him to the edge of the forest to explore what might be love with another boy? What happens when one lost soul finally makes it to New York City, yet the reminders of his past life are omnipresent? What happens when an old woman struggles to find a purpose and reinvent herself after decades of living in the shadow of her platonic life partner? What happens to those who dare to live their lives outside of the strict confines of the town's traditional and regimented ways? The characters in The Rope Swing--gay and straight alike--yearn for that which seems so close but impossibly far, the world over the jagged peaks of the mountains.

Author : Candace Kearns Read
Publisher : Eagle Wings Press
ISBN 13 : 9781937905392
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rope Swing written by Candace Kearns Read and published by Eagle Wings Press. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rope Swing is the story of one woman's attempt to save her mother from herself, and how she ultimately finds compassionate detachment instead. Written for anyone who grew up in a dysfunctional family and now has to take care of their aging parents, Candace Kearns Read's memoir tells the story of her days as a neurotic Hollywood screenwriter, script reader, and production assistant trying to save her drug-addicted mother from losing her house, her mind and her life, all the while struggling to preserve her own relationships, career, and sanity.Candace Kearns Read (http://candacekearnsread.com/) is a former Hollywood script reader who now teaches creative writing for Antioch University and Lighthouse Young Writers Program. Her screenplays have been optioned by producers and developed with Fox, Disney, HBO, and Lifetime. She is the author of the screenwriting handbook Shaping True Story into Screenplay, and her essays have been published on fullgrownpeople.com, The Manifest-Station, and elsewhere. "Candace Kearns Read writes with the propulsive energy of someone who knows that saving your life isn't a one time thing, but ongoing work, destined to happen again and again. THE ROPE SWING is the story of trying to keep a heart open against all the forces that would try to shut it down. But the real wonder is all the light on the page, ?so awake and warmed by inner fires." --Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door (Graywolf Press, 2016). "Honest, compassionate, and full of deep, vivid, observation, Candace Kearns Read's The Rope Swing lays bare the ripple effects of growing up with emotional and financial uncertainty, and shows the bravery necessary to both make peace with and break free from one's past."--Gayle Brandeis, author of The Book of Dead Birds: A Novel (HarperCollins), Self Storage (Ballantine), Delta Girls (Ballantine) and My Life with the Lincolns (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers).

Author : Roderick Hunt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198464440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The rope swing written by Roderick Hunt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teaching notes for the Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper books are full of practical suggestions for using the storybooks, saving you hours of preparation time. They have been updated in line with the simple view of reading and the renewed Primary Framework for Literacy. They nowinclude guidance for group/guided reading, comprehension and word recognition, and assessment. These replace the existing Teaching Notes and Guided Reading Cards.The storybooks are unchanged, but notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants have been added to the inside covers. These notes replace the existing Take-Home Cards.

Author : Roderick Hunt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198464723
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 3: More Storybooks B the Cold Day written by Roderick Hunt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teaching notes for the Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper books are full of practical suggestions for using the storybooks, saving you hours of preparation time. They have been updated in line with the simple view of reading and the renewed Primary Framework for Literacy. They nowinclude guidance for group/guided reading, comprehension and word recognition, and assessment. These replace the existing Teaching Notes and Guided Reading Cards.The storybooks are unchanged, but notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants have been added to the inside covers. These notes replace the existing Take-Home Cards.

Author : Gillian McCain
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402287593
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dear Nobody written by Gillian McCain and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real teen's diary so raw and edgy it will not be forgotten. They say that high school is supposed to be the best time of your life. But what if that's just not true? More than anything, Mary Rose wants to fit in. To be loved. And she'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. Even if it costs her her life. Told through the raw and unflinching diary entries of a real teen, Mary Rose struggles with addiction, bullying, and a deadly secret. Her compelling story will inspire you—and remind you that you're not alone. "Mary Rose's diary is a heart-wrenching tale of a young girl trying to figure everything out."—VOYA "The writing style has a beautiful lyricism... Readers will appreciate this unflinchingly honest work."—School Library Journal

Author : Shawn Fisher
Publisher : Original Works Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1630920622
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Make a Rope Swing written by Shawn Fisher and published by Original Works Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis: Delores Wright is the wealthy town matriarch and former elementary school principal and Bo Wells is the custodian who worked under her strict supervision for most of his life. When they find themselves stranded together in the old condemned schoolhouse, their reunion takes a dark turn and they relive their first meeting, decades earlier. It was 1952, when some schools were first integrated in this region nicknamed the “Mississippi of the North”. Bo’s wife, the school’s first black teacher, was found drowned in a nearby river, hanging by her ankle from an old rope swing after it was rumored she had struck a white child. The papers dismissed it as an accident resulting from the “wild and drunken actions of a young colored woman”. When Mrs. Wright reveals that she has dreams about the incident, Bo suspects she knows more than she admits. As the night grows colder and the failing health of Mrs. Wright becomes increasingly evident, Bo tries to understand his wife’s final moments and Mrs. Wright’s role in her death. Cast Size: 1 Senior Male, 1 Senior Female, 1 Male (20s)

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199412723
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Author : Miss Cassette
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149622471X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Omaha Obsession written by Miss Cassette and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people, celebrating the city’s unusual history. Rather than covering the city’s best-known sites, Miss Cassette is irresistibly drawn to strange little buildings and glorious large homes that don’t exist anymore as well as to stories of Harkert’s Holsum Hamburgers and the Twenties Club. Piecing together the records of buildings and homes and everything interesting that came after, Miss Cassette shares her observations of the property and its significance to Omaha. She scrutinizes land deeds, insurance maps, tax records, and old newspaper articles to uncover a property’s singular story. Through conversations with fellow detectives and history enthusiasts, she guides readers along her path of hunches, personal interests, mishaps, and more. As a longtime resident of Omaha, Miss Cassette is informed by memories of her youth combined with an enduring curiosity about the city’s offbeat relics and remains. Part memoir and part research guide with a healthy dose of colorful wandering, My Omaha Obsession celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.

Author : Paul Keen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000742636
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Popular Radical Press in Britain, 1811-1821 Vol 2 written by Paul Keen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The radical weekly newspaper or pamphlet was the leading print organ of popular radical expression during what has been called the "heroic age of popular Radicalism"; the public agitation for parlimentary reform between 1815 and 1820. This work reprints the original runs of the rarest periodicals.

Author : Roderick Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199161409
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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