Did You Ever Have A Family
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Did You Ever Have A Family
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Author : Bill Clegg
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-08-25
Did You Ever Have A Family written by Bill Clegg and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Fiction categories.
This book of dark secrets opens with a blaze. On the morning of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s house goes up in flames, destroying her entire family – her present, her past and her future. Fleeing from the carnage, stricken and alone, June finds herself in a motel room by the ocean, hundreds of miles from her Connecticut home, held captive by memories and the mistakes she has made with her only child, Lolly, and her partner, Luke. In the turbulence of grief and gossip left in June’s wake we slowly make sense of the unimaginable. The novel is a gathering of voices, and each testimony has a new revelation about what led to the catastrophe – Luke’s alienated mother Lydia, the watchful motel owners, their cleaner Cissy, the teenage pothead who lives nearby – everyone touched by the tragedy finds themselves caught in the undertow, as their secret histories finally come to light. Lit by the clarity of understanding that true sadness brings, Did You Ever Have a Family is an elegant, unforgettable story that reveals humanity at its worst and best, through loss and love, fracture and forgiveness. At the book’s heart is the idea of family – the ones we are born with and the ones we create – and the desire, in the face of everything, to go on living.
Did You Ever Have A Family
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Author : Bill Clegg
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-05-17
Did You Ever Have A Family written by Bill Clegg and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-17 with Fiction categories.
Includes a readers group guide (topics and questions for discussion; a conversation with the author).
Portrait Of An Addict As A Young Man
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Author : Bill Clegg
language : en
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Release Date : 2010-06-07
Portrait Of An Addict As A Young Man written by Bill Clegg and has been published by Back Bay Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bill Clegg had a thriving business as a literary agent, a supportive partner, trusting colleagues, and loving friends when he walked away from his world and embarked on a two-month crack binge. He had been released from rehab nine months earlier, and his relapse would cost him his home, his money, his career, and very nearly his life. What is it that leads an exceptional young mind want to disappear? Clegg makes stunningly clear the attraction of the drug that had him in its thrall, capturing in scene after scene the drama, tension, and paranoiac nightmare of a secret life--and the exhilarating bliss that came again and again until it was eclipsed almost entirely by doom. He also explores the shape of addiction, how its pattern--not its cause--can be traced to the past. Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man is an utterly compelling narrative--lyrical, irresistible, harsh, honest, and beautifully written--from which you simply cannot look away.
Regretting Motherhood
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Author : Orna Donath
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2017-07-11
Regretting Motherhood written by Orna Donath and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-11 with Social Science categories.
Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers. If we are disturbed by the idea that a woman might regret becoming a mother, Donath says, our response should not be to silence and shame these women; rather, we need to ask honest and difficult questions about how society pushes women into motherhood and why those who reconsider it are still seen as a danger to the status quo. Groundbreaking, thoughtful, and provocative, this is an especially needed book in our current political climate, as women's reproductive rights continue to be at the forefront of national debates.
Making Peace With Your Parents
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Author : Harold H. Bloomfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Making Peace With Your Parents written by Harold H. Bloomfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Family & Relationships categories.
"No one book resolves a lifetime of hurts and misunderstandings, but it can remove the blinders from our eyes. Make an effort now." LOS ANGELES TIMES No matter how old you are and whether or not your parents are alive, you have to come to terms with them. This wise and practical book will show you how to deal with the most fundamental relationships in your life and, in the process, become the happy, creative, and fulfilled person you are meant to be.
Song And Dance
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Author : Alan Shapiro
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2004-02-12
Song And Dance written by Alan Shapiro and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-12 with Poetry categories.
Alan Shapiro's seventh collection celebrates art as a woefully inadequate yet necessary source of comfort. "Amazingly sensitive and tough-minded" (Tom Sleigh), the poems in Song and Dance intimately describe the complicated feelings that attend the catastrophic loss of a loved one. In 1998, Shapiro's brother, David, an actor on Broadway, was diagnosed with an incurable form of brain cancer. Song and Dance recounts the poet's emotional journey through the last months of his brother's life, exploring feelings too often ignored in official accounts of grief: horror, relief, impatience, exhaustion, exhilaration, fear, self-criticism, fulfillment.
Ninety Days
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Author : Bill Clegg
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-06-07
Ninety Days written by Bill Clegg and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The goal is ninety: just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything. With seventy-three days in rehab behind him he returns to New York and attends two or three meetings each day. It is in these refuges that he befriends essential allies including the seemingly unshakably sober Asa, and Polly, who struggles daily with her own cycle of recovery and relapse. At first, the support is not enough: Clegg relapses for the first time with only three days left, turning his calendar back to day one. Written with uncompromised immediacy, Ninety Days begins where Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ends - and tells the wrenching story of Bill Clegg's battle to reclaim his life. As any recovering addict knows, hitting rock bottom is just the beginning.
Last Lecture
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Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 2019
Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Ask A Manager
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Author : Alison Green
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Ask A Manager written by Alison Green and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Business & Economics categories.
'I'm a HUGE fan of Alison Green's "Ask a Manager" column. This book is even better' Robert Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide 'Ask A Manager is the book I wish I'd had in my desk drawer when I was starting out (or even, let's be honest, fifteen years in)' - Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck A witty, practical guide to navigating 200 difficult professional conversations Ten years as a workplace advice columnist has taught Alison Green that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they don't know what to say. Thankfully, Alison does. In this incredibly helpful book, she takes on the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You'll learn what to say when: · colleagues push their work on you - then take credit for it · you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email and hit 'reply all' · you're being micromanaged - or not being managed at all · your boss seems unhappy with your work · you got too drunk at the Christmas party With sharp, sage advice and candid letters from real-life readers, Ask a Manager will help you successfully navigate the stormy seas of office life.
Marital Conflict And Children
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Author : E. Mark Cummings
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Marital Conflict And Children written by E. Mark Cummings and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Psychology categories.
From leading researchers, this book presents important advances in understanding how growing up in a discordant family affects child adjustment, the factors that make certain children more vulnerable than others, and what can be done to help. It is a state-of-the-science follow-up to the authors' seminal earlier work, Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution. The volume presents a new conceptual framework that draws on current knowledge about family processes; parenting; attachment; and children's emotional, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral development. Innovative research methods are explained and promising directions for clinical practice with children and families are discussed.