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This collection of stories illuminates moments that shape a life, from a dream or a sexual act to simple twists of fate that turn a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Set in the countryside and towns of Lake Huron, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be.
2) Dear Life
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A collection of poems and thoughts as I journey through life. The pain I felt, the struggles I experienced, how I overcame and what healing looks like to me.
3) Dear Life
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Beth Taylor is a young girl growing up in Sydney with her parents and grandmother, and aspiring to become a doctor when she graduates.
But in one tragic moment, Beth's life will be changed forever.
She moves on with her life--now alone--and fate brings her to meet Chad, the dashing real estate entrepreneur from Los Angeles, and her life is complete again.
Then a tragic accident happens, and Beth is thrown back into her grief of earlier years. The...
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"In Dear Life, palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end. Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel's medical training. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. She came to specialize in palliative medicine because it is the one specialty...
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Overcoming infidelity transforms first-time author into an influential woman In For Dear Life, ' Sarah Tauber openly shares an intimate and encouraging look into her life CALIFORNIA Oprah Winfrey. J. K. Rowling. Vera Wang. Marilyn Monroe. What do these successful and influential women have in common? They are women who failed before they succeeded. While the women who have achieved such celebrated status are few, those who have gone through similar...
10) For Dear Life
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The republication of this novel reintroduces readers to a strong southern writer, an interesting female voice, and a compelling story. This realistic portrayal of life among the rural poor of the early twentieth century shows the struggle of a tough-minded woman who fought her entire life to overcome the obstacles that confronted women and the working poor. Presented here with two previously unpublished short stories, For Dear Life, edited by Virginia...
11) For Dear Life
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Samorn is nine years old when her family sells her. An 'auntie' trawling the Northern Thai villages for 'brothel fodder' takes her to Bangkok where she is destined for a short life of servitude and sexual abuse. She is saved from this fate when the kingpin of organized crime, renowned industrialist, Henri Sahliman, sees her while meeting with a business associate. Entranced by the small girl he buys her for an outrageously high price. Sahliman's background...
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Medfield Memoirs for Adults - Hollywood Stars
Medfield - Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Medfield Memoirs for Adults - Hollywood Stars
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"In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly with viewers that she became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, working women, and why you never see new-mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. Wong's sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this completely original collection. She shares the wisdom she's...
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In 1982, a young couple with small children received devastating news. Jim Oakley and his wife, Beverly, were told he had a rare chest tumora malignant thymomaone known not to respond to treatment. He was given three to six months to live. Though their world had been turned upside down, the couple chose to remain hopeful. With the love and support of friends, family, and our Lord, the two were able to face seemingly insurmountable odds with great...
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The author wasn't looking for romance when she sat down for lunch with Cary Grant in the studio canteen; she was a young actress on the outskirts of Hollywood just hoping for her big break. What she found was a star-crossed soul mate, a man who fell instantly in love with her, pursued her relentlessly, and eventually persuaded her to love him back equally. She and Cary Grant were a glamorous and popular pair, the epicenter of chic and swinging 1960s...
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Why Does Terri Schiavo's Life-and Death-Matter for America? David Gibbs, attorney for Mary and Bob Schindler, Terri's parents, gives his insider's account of the story that tore the heart out of a nation. He explains how Terri's case has become the Roe v. Wade of our generation.
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Otep goes into some of his life experiences growing up and he talks about his lifestyle growing up in the Philippines. With many hardships and struggles that he goes through he talks about the Life Lessons for personal growth. Mark summarizes what he goes through and adds the "Aha Moments". Everyone goes through the "stuff" of life. It's how you respond to the "stuff" that will determine the outcome. Here's a sneak peak of what you'll discover: 4...
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When Amy Denby found out she was pregnant with twins after two years of fertility treatments, she handled her overwhelming emotions the way any writer (former entertainment editor of Seventeen and More magazines) and self-respecting Carrie Bradshaw-wannabe would: She began writing to her unborn children. What unfolded is "Dear Babies, Crazy Life, Simply Explained," a blog of snappy letters that captured readers' hearts for being so tender and raw--and...
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From your heart's deepest cry to life's joyful praises, nothing is off limits to Jesus. Knowing Jesus on a deeper, more personal level means sharing all aspects of your life with Him…every day. In Dear Jesus, Sarah Young exemplifies what it means to do this-to dialogue with the Savior. She begins each of the 120 devotionals by sharing intimate struggles and longings that weigh on the heart-being preoccupied with problems; being dissatisfied with...
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