My Son A Journey By Francis J D Hyland
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My Son A Journey By Francis J D Hyland
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Author : Francis J. D. Hyland
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2005-03
My Son A Journey By Francis J D Hyland written by Francis J. D. Hyland and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03 with Fiction categories.
My Son is a tale of a British boy, born and raised in Ghana, and his search for the freedom he believes he has now lost as an adult. As he loses his way along the path of life, he fights with the anger he feels inside towards his parents for taking him away from the utopian existance in which he was raised. As his own son grows, he begins to realize that the freedom had always been there, that he had wasted a great portion of his life in the pursuit of the treasure that he had been unable to see was right in front of him.
My Son
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Author : Francis J. D. Hyland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 200?
My Son written by Francis J. D. Hyland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 200? with categories.
My Son A Journey
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Author : Francis J. D. Hyland
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2005-04-07
My Son A Journey written by Francis J. D. Hyland and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-07 with Family & Relationships categories.
"My Son (A Journey)" is based on a true story. Set in Ghana, England, Zimbabwe, Northern Cyprus, El Salvador and the USA, it follows the lives of Xavier Lewis and his father Albert as they journey through life. It is a fascinating, engrossing and at times a heart-rending tale of discovery. "My Son (A Journey)" is a tale of a British boy, born and raised in Ghana, and his search for the freedom he believes he has now lost as an adult. As he loses his way along the path of life, he fights with the anger he feels inside towards his parents for taking him away from the utopian existance in which he was raised. As his own son grows, he begins to realize that the freedom had always been there, that he had wasted a great portion of his life in the pursuit of the treasure that he had been unable to see was right in front of him. Francis J.D. Hyland's first book is utterly compelling and multi-layered, the work speaks of the life of a White boy being raised in a black country where his parents, as expatriate educators, enjoy the life of privilege offered throughout the (former)British Colonies to educators from England. The boy's dilemma surfaces when his parents return with him to England where he realizes that they are just ordinary decent, hard working professionals, living normal lives like everyone else, without the servants and nannies, and dinner parties for the exclusive few, and other trappings of privilege. The boy finds his altered reality hard to deal with as the... More >e posture he had developed, even as a young boy, was one of superiority to his black African playmates and friends; not withstanding the fact that his own half-brother is of mixed race. He then withdraws into himself, which starts the downward spiral into the abyss of self-destruction. Hyland is an excellent storyteller who has a compelling facility with language. The way he crafts his story and paints his images, one is taken on a sensual journey; you can smell, see and hear the experiences he describes. His story, though very sad, ends with self-discovery as his own son grows up and he feels the father son bond which existed with his own father, but which he failed to see in his own life. What a delight it is to know that Hyland has found writing as a means of self-expression, and we hope redemption.
My Father The Year Of The Golden Man
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Author : Francis J. D. Hyland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10
My Father The Year Of The Golden Man written by Francis J. D. Hyland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10 with categories.
Francis J D Hyland's latest novel My Father (The Year of the Golden Man), is the semi-biographical sequel to his earlier work My Son (A Journey), which I also read. My Father (The Year of the Golden Man) brings back most of the original characters, however, given that the principal narrator in each novel is different - father in one, son in the other, a new reader could start with either book without being displaced. The principal narrator of this story is the young American-born Oliver who sports blond dreadlocks and is in a loving relationship with Phaedra. His father, Xavier, was born and raised in Ghana on the West Coast of Africa, hardly a decade after independence. Xavier retains the warm, wild and free spirit of his birth-country and yearns to return. But that Ghana is no longer a place, but a time, thereby frustrating Xavier's efforts at a literal, geographical repatriation. Xavier has inherited his own father Albert Lewis' sense of adventure from that vast and wonder-filled continent and time. All this, as Oliver discovers, making his father anything but conventional - a mix between Mowgli and Denys Finch Hatton abruptly uprooted from Africa and deposited in a small, cold English town. And the huge effect that has on him, and knock-on effect on Oliver. This is Oliver's discovery - and trying to make sense - of himself, the adult world about him, and his relationship with his unconventional father, while enjoying the loving support of his partner Phaedra. And to help him, guide him even, is his father's journal. The love element is explicitly promoted as crucial in the relationship between Oliver and Phaedra, as it is in that between Xavier and Julia. Both couples enjoy exemplary levels of mutual commitment and romantic affection that are the envy of onlookers. The links between the main characters' lives and the author's philosophy are clearly and relevantly drawn, with striking additional examples from African folklore. Meanwhile the other characters swing in and out of and around Oliver's life, adding insight and prompting reflections useful to Oliver's journey of discovery. Places are clearly portrayed and often imbued with effective atmospherics to add dimension to the picture. The visits to India and also to the Blue Ridge Mountains are particularly vividly observed. Despite the author's gentle writing style, this is not always a gentle read. Hard hitting topics such as Huntington's Disease, bereavement, suicide and murder are dealt with. And while the author strikes a skilful balance between frankness and sensitivity, he also steeps these topics in reflections of his personal Eastern beliefs. So as Oliver travels throughout America, Europe and Asia, reading through his father's journal, two things become increasingly apparent to him, as well as to the reader, 1/ that despite initially perceived differences between father and son, Oliver is hardly the conventional man either, and 2/ the roads upon which father and son journey may appear different, but are essentially the same, and will in due course lead to the same destinations.
Bowker S Guide To Characters In Fiction 2007
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-02
Bowker S Guide To Characters In Fiction 2007 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02 with Reference categories.
Carry Me Down
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Author : M.J Hyland
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2006-06-04
Carry Me Down written by M.J Hyland and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-04 with Fiction categories.
Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. During one year in John's life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John's mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family.
The World Book Encyclopedia
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The World Book Encyclopedia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Encyclopedias and dictionaries categories.
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Jasmine S War
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Author : Daniel Hyland
language : en
Publisher: Green Print
Release Date : 2014-02-18
Jasmine S War written by Daniel Hyland and has been published by Green Print this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-18 with El Salvador categories.
From the shadows between colossal trees the dawn mist drifted across the trail. A girl was running hard, a basket of washed laundry on her head, hands struggling to keep it there. She'd have to ditch the basket if she was serious about putting distance between her and her pursuers, but she pictured her mother, hands on hips, enquiring after the whereabouts of what was almost their entire wardrobe. Breathless, she looked behind. She could see nothing and now the path, too, faded beneath the mist. She ran on, instinctively picking out the way ahead. A male voice barked somewhere behind her and seconds later, three short bursts of automatic rifle fire thudded in quick succession. The soldiers must have seen or heard her and followed her back into the forest. When Jasmine Gavidia witnesses an El Salvador army killing, people want her dead, and she must sort friend from foe. A fast-paced adventure with explosive action and refreshing honesty, this is a story of a 14-year-old girl growing up fast after the massacre at El Zacate and finding a new life.
Engaging Students In Academic Literacies
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Author : María Estela Brisk
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-25
Engaging Students In Academic Literacies written by María Estela Brisk and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Common Core State Standards require schools to include writing in a variety of genres across the disciplines. Engaging Students in Academic Literacies provides specific information to plan and carry out genre-based writing instruction in English for K-5 students within various content areas. Informed by systemic functional linguistics—a theory of language IN USE in particular ways for particular audiences and social purposes—it guides teachers in developing students’ ability to construct texts using structural and linguistic features of the written language. This approach to teaching writing and academic language is effective in addressing the persistent achievement gap between ELLs and "mainstream" students, especially in the context of current reforms in the U.S. Transforming systemic functional linguistics and genre theory into concrete classroom tools for designing, implementing, and reflecting on instruction and providing essential scaffolding for teachers to build their own knowledge of its essential elements applied to teaching, the text includes strategies for apprenticing students to writing in all genres, features of elementary students’ writing, and examples of practice.
Handbook Of Research On Writing
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Author : Charles Bazerman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-03-04
Handbook Of Research On Writing written by Charles Bazerman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-04 with Education categories.
The Handbook of Research on Writing ventures to sum up inquiry over the last few decades on what we know about writing and the many ways we know it: How do people write? How do they learn to write and develop as writers? Under what conditions and for what purposes do people write? What resources and technologies do we use to write? How did our current forms and practices of writing emerge within social history? What impacts has writing had on society and the individual? What does it mean to be and to learn to be an active participant in contemporary systems of meaning? This cornerstone volume advances the field by aggregating the broad-ranging, interdisciplinary, multidimensional strands of writing research and bringing them together into a common intellectual space. Endeavoring to synthesize what has been learned about writing in all nations in recent decades, it reflects a wide scope of international research activity, with attention to writing at all levels of schooling and in all life situations. Chapter authors, all eminent researchers, come from disciplines as diverse as anthropology, archeology, typography, communication studies, linguistics, journalism, sociology, rhetoric, composition, law, medicine, education, history, and literacy studies. The Handbook’s 37 chapters are organized in five sections: *The History of Writing; *Writing in Society; *Writing in Schooling; *Writing and the Individual; *Writing as Text This volume, in summing up what is known about writing, deepens our experience and appreciation of writing—in ways that will make teachers better at teaching writing and all of its readers better as individual writers. It will be interesting and useful to scholars and researchers of writing, to anyone who teaches writing in any context at any level, and to all those who are just curious about writing.