ramona and her mother

Ramona and Her Mother

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cleary, Beverly / Tiegreen, Alan, PUBLISHER: HarperTrophy, Beverly Cleary has given books to each member of the Quimby household except Mrs. Quimby. Now she gets her turn at last in a story that hits the high and low points of a working mother's life as seen from Ramona's seven-and-a-half-year-old viewpoint. Inevitably domestic tensions, not without their amusing side, occasionally arise. Mr. and Mrs. Quimby sometimes forget who is to do what, as when the Crock-Pot is not plugged in and dinner remains uncooked. Beezus acquires a ludicrous teased hairdo at the student body shop while Ramona gets a becoming pixie haircut. Ramona, who feels unloved, takes to twitching her nose like a rabbit in a cozy picture book until her teacher becomes concerned that something is making her nervous. Yet Ramona is wrong. She "is" loved, and readers will rejoice with her when she discovers the wonderful truth. Few writers today are as skilled as Mrs. Cleary at showing families in the round, and here she is at the peak of her powers.

The Ramona Quimby Diary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cleary, Beverly / Tiegreen, Alan / Ramona, Productions, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins, Ramona helps guide her fans through the year with this perfect beginning diary. Filled with funny quotes and illustrations from all the Ramona books, it includes stickers, easy-to-fill-in sections, room for photos and drawings, and even a secret code. Acquista Ora

Glenda's Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Revell, Glenda, PUBLISHER: Back to the Bible Publishing, Though rejected by her mother and abused throughout her childhood, Glenda triumphed over her circumstances through God's grace and mercy and became a loving, godly mother in spite of her past. A story for all women to read and be encouraged by.

Love, Debra

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hamilton, Fritz, PUBLISHER: Open Hand Pub., 15 year old Debra takes the family Cadillac and runs away from home leaving her sexually abusive father, his mistress, and the grave of her alcoholic mother. Lonely, Debra begins a series of letters to her dead mother revealing her odyssey through the underworld of the streets. Debra then explores alcohol, drugs, and prostitution and meets Richard, the kind, middle-aged night clerk. They head for San Francisco, hoping for a new life. When the letters end, we too have lived through her experiences of addiction, abortion, welfare, and AIDS.

The African Adventure

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Amis, Andrea L., PUBLISHER: iUniverse, Maria had a shocking childhood in France before her mother brought her to the United States. After her mother remarried their life was good, until her mother's death. Maria's stepfather, a scientist, went to Africa and vanished. When no one else would, Maria went by herself to find him in a country about which she knew nothing. Of course there is the cannibal tribe Maria and a prince are drawn together by extreme dangers. How do they end up in Arabia? What about her stepfather?

The Jesus Year

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Krulc, Jani, PUBLISHER: Insomniac Press, The Jesus Year explores the space between joy and tragedy, happiness and despair, sincerity and absurdity. A man falls into the foundation of the city's tallest building, and his sister must reinvent herself before her 33rd birthday; a woman kills her dying mother for the sake of redecorating; a writer seeks out a distance healer for her mysterious illness; a bride witnesses a violent altercation and reconsiders her wedding; a groom dies on his honeymoon; a daughter abandons her mother post-face lift to vacation in Greece; a lawyer confronts her sterility; a mother rejects her husband's gift; and a couple find themselves in an apocalyptic flood while planning their country wedding.In these stories, the banal details of life crash against momentous occasions, revealing what is hidden, and recasting what is already in plain sight.

Dancing with the Cranes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Armstrong, Jeannette / Hall, Ron, PUBLISHER: Theytus Books, This Book Subtly Presents an understanding of birth, life and death. Chi's mother is soon to have a baby, but Chi's is having a hard time being enthusiastic about her new sibling. Chi' misses her Temma (Grandmother), who has passed away. Chi's mother and father help her to bear the grief of her lost Temma and help her to understand life and death as part of nature. Chi' soon finds herself feeling comforted, knowing her Temma will always be a part of her and looking forward to the new child who will be a part of their lives.

Looking for Oliver

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hancock, Marianne, PUBLISHER: Ulverscroft Large Print, While clearing through her late mother's bedroom, Emma finds a thirty-year-old newspaper clipping that her mother had kept, announcing the arrival of a new baby boy. Realizing that the baby must be the son she gave up for adoption, Emma finds herself vividly recalling the stigma of her schoolgirl pregnancy and the pain of her separation from the baby. She becomes transfixed by this link to her first-born, and sets out to search for Oliver, her adopted son -- despite the fact that she now has a husband and two teenage children, who know nothing of her past...

Deep Down

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, Karen, PUBLISHER: Mira Books, As a child, Jessie Lockwood spent many hours helping her mother, Mariah, count the endangered ginseng plants hidden in the local woods of Deep Down, Kentucky. There she learned to appreciate the tiny Appalachian town--and ginseng's healing powers. Now a PhD, she's made her home in Lexington, even though that meant leaving Deep Down and her beloved mother--and Sheriff Drew Webb, the man she secretly loved. When Jessie is notified that her mother never returned from her last walk in the woods, she comes home to Deep Down--and to Drew. As Jessie and Drew race to find her mother, several suspects emerge: an agent for those who market the herb for its life-giving properties; Mariah's disgruntled suitor; and an old Cherokee desperate to protect the sacred tribal herb. In the mist of legend and fear, only two things make sense to Jessie. At any cost, she is desperate to find her mother. And she can't help falling desperately in love with Drew all over again.

The Longest Whale Song

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilson, Jacqueline, PUBLISHER: Corgi Books, Ella's mother ends up in a coma after giving birth to her new baby brother and Ella is forced to make her peace with her new stepdad. At school, she loses a best friend and copes with a bully, but her new friend Joseph shares her enthusiasm for whales and becomes an unexpected source of support. "From the Hardcover edition."

The Eyes of Heaven

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cooper, Beverley, PUBLISHER: Scirocco Drama, Late night, on a lonely Huron County road, fifteen-year-old Eloise Bernhardt has an extraordinary encounter that changes her life forever - This is a story of a mother and her teenaged daughter who have lost their way, and how they are fighting their way back to loving each other. It's a story that questions what we believe in, examines how we judge each other, and asks: What is out there, beyond the stars? Eloise and her mother, Glen are struggling mightily with the recent death of the man who was both husband and father. Problems escalate for mother and daughter alike when Eloise returns home late one night after a gravel-pit party with some high school friends. Shaken and dishevelled, she tells her mother she saw big glowing light hovering above the ground that momentarily took possession of her. Eloise's improbable tale makes headlines in the local newspaper after a reporter talks to her under false pretences. What follows, for Eloise and her mother and for their whole community is funny, touching, and inspiring.

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Al-Shaykh, Hanan, PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times of her mother, Kamila. Married at a young age against her will, Kamila soon fell head-over-heels in love with another man--and was thus forced to choose between her children and her lover. As the narrative unfolds through the years--from the bazaars, cinemas and apartments of s Beirut to its war-torn streets decades later--we follow this passionate woman as she survives the tragedies and celebrates the triumphs of a life lived to the very fullest.

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Jung Chang A Chinese woman chronicles the struggle of her grandmother, her mother, and herself to survive in a China torn apart by wars, invasions, revolution, and continuing upheaval, from to the present. (cod. I_)

Are You My Mother?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eastman, P. D., PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books, Illus. in color. A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- " Are you my mother?"

The Missing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lewis, Beverly, PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers, Readers anxiously await the second book in this moving series filled with mystery and family secrets, love and loss, heartbreak and healing. Twenty-one-year-old Grace Byler longs to find her missing mother and to uncover the secret that drove her to leave them three weeks before. Grace suspects the reason has to do with her father and his reserved, uncommunicative ways. This conviction led Grace to break off her betrothal to her quiet, staid beau, and she is now resigned to remain single. But when the young Amishman she thought was courting her best friend takes a sudden interest in her, Grace is befuddled and wonders if he can be trusted. "Englisher" Heather Lang has come to Amish country to relive fond memories of her mother and to contemplate a grave medical prognosis of her own. While in Bird-in-Hand, Heather meets Grace Byler and the two young women strike up a fast friendship, amazed by how well they click. Following the only clue they have, Grace and Heather travel together in hopes of finding Grace's mother and bringing her home. Will they find what they're looking for...or something much more?

Switched

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hocking, Amanda, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Griffin, "Switched" - the first book in the Trylle Trilogy... When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - a world both beautiful and frightening, and Wendy's not sure she wants to be a part of it.

A Daughter's Gift

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hope, Maggie, PUBLISHER: Ebury Press, A heartwarming new saga from the bestselling author of "A Mother's Gift." Elizabeth Nelson is only ten years old when her mother dies in childbirth. With her father gone, the siblings are separate; her Aunt Betty takes baby Kit. Elizabeth and her brother, Jimmy, are sent to a children's home and Alice and Jenny are sent into foster care. Life in the home is hard, but Elizabeth is determined to look after her brother and make a better life for them both. Working as a nurse gives Elizabeth a purpose but she risks everything by falling for local mine owner, Jack Benson. Wounded at Gallipoli, Jack is far above her in wealth and station. Elizabeth cannot marry him and she risks losing her nursing place if there is any hint of impropriety about her conduct. Then Elizabeth learns that her sister, Jenny, has been adopted by an abusive farmer. Torn between her hopeless love for Jack and her sister, must Elizabeth make an extreme sacrifice to reunite her family?

Praying with Clare of Assisi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Ramona, PUBLISHER: Word Among Us Press, Clare of Assisi, holding fast to the truth of the gospel, modeled her life on the humanity of Jesus who, as she said, "was placed poor in the crib, lived poor in the world, and remained poor on the cross." Nobles and peasants sought her prayers, advice, and healing touch.

Mama, I'll Give You the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schotter, Roni / Gallagher, Susan Saelig / Gallagher, S. Saelig, PUBLISHER: Dragonfly Books, Exquisite artwork and an exceptionally tender text showcase the special bond between a mother and her daughter. Every day after school, Luisa goes to Walter's World of Beauty to watch her mama work--cutting, coloring, and curling customers' hair. Before they go home, Mama puts her tip money in a special envelope for Luisa--for college. She wants to give Luisa the world But Luisa has a plan of her own. For Mama's birthday, Luisa wants to give Mama the world.... This touching story of a loving child and a single, hard-working mother is sure to be a favorite of families everywhere.

Chimney Sweeper's Boy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vine, Barbara, PUBLISHER: Viking, Writing as Barbara Vine, Britain's preeminent mystery novelist Ruth Rendell crafts literary suspense of the highest order. With this richly textured and utterly absorbing page-tumer, Vine adds to her growing reputation as one of the great writers of our time. Bestselling and critically acclaimed novelist Gerald Candless dies suddenly, and leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, his daughter Sarah puts aside her university studies and agrees to write a biography of her famous father. But as she begins her research and pulls back the veil of his past, her life is slowly torn apart: a terrible logic begins to unfold that explains her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself -- and sheds shocking light on a long-forgotten London murder.

Between a Mother and her Child

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elizabeth Noble, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, NA

Night of the Bedbugs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fricke, Paul / Simon, Kristen, PUBLISHER: Image Comics, "Good night And don't let the bedbugs bite " are the last words a mother says to her daughter before turning out the light. BEDBUGS Her bedtime fears are calmed when a friendly bedbug and his pals join her for a pajama party, singing her to sleep with a soft lullaby. With images lively and colorful mixed with rhythmic, rhyming text, Night of the Bedbugs is engaging fun for insomniacs of all ages.

So B. It

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weeks, Sarah, PUBLISHER: Laura Geringer Book, You couldn't really tell about Mama's brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl's, and she only knew twenty-three words. I know this for a fact, because we kept a list of the things Mama said tacked to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. Most of the words were common ones, like good and more and hot, but there was one word only my mother said, soof. Although she lives an unconventional lifestyle with her mentally disabled mother and their doting neighbor, Bernadette, Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past. A dramatic tour de force by the best-selling author of "Regular Guy."

Unless

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shields, Carol, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Forty-four-year-old Reta Winters, wife, mother, writer, and translator, is living a happy life until one of her three daughters drops out of university to sit on a downtown street corner silent and cross-legged with a begging bowl in her lap and a placard round her neck that says "Goodness." The final book from Pulitzer Prize-winner Carol Shields, Unless is a candid and deeply moving novel from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and beloved authors.

Bread and Jam for Frances

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoban, Russell / Hoban, Lillian, PUBLISHER: HarperTrophy, Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam. She won't touch her squishy soft-boiled egg. She trades away her chicken-salad sandwich at lunch. She turns up her nose at boring veal cutlets. Unless Mother can come up with a plan, Frances just might go on eating bread and jam forever

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