Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Author: LAUREN. HOUGH
Publisher: Coronet
Published: 2022-04-12
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781529382525
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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Author: Lauren Hough
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2021-04-13
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0593080777
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A memoir in essays about so many things—growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to be. Hough’s writing will break your heart." —Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist Searing and extremely personal essays, shot through with the darkest elements America can manifest, while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners. As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. The cult took her all over the globe--to Germany, Japan, Texas, Chile—but it wasn't until she finally left for good that Lauren understood she could have a life beyond "The Family." Along the way, she's loaded up her car and started over, trading one life for the next. She's taken pilgrimages to the sights of her youth, been kept in solitary confinement, dated a lot of women, dabbled in drugs, and eventually found herself as what she always wanted to be: a writer. Here, as she sweeps through the underbelly of America—relying on friends, family, and strangers alike—she begins to excavate a new identity even as her past continues to trail her and color her world, relationships, and perceptions of self. At once razor-sharp, profoundly brave, and often very, very funny, the essays in Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing interrogate our notions of ecstasy, queerness, and what it means to live freely. Each piece is a reckoning: of survival, identity, and how to reclaim one's past when carving out a future. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
When Organizing Isn't Enough
Author: Julie Morgenstern
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-06-03
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0743250893
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The Last Bridge
Author: Teri Coyne
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0345507320
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"For ten years, Alexandra 'Cat' Rucker has been on the run from her past. With an endless supply of bourbon and a series of meaningless jobs, Cat is struggling to forget her Ohio hometown and the rural farmhouse she once called home. But a sudden call from an old neighbor forces Cat to return to the home and family she never intended to see again. It seems that Cat's mother is dead. What Cat finds at the old farmhouse is disturbing and confusing: a suicide note, written on lilac stationery and neatly sealed in a ziplock bag, that reads: 'Cat, He isn't who you think he is. Mom xxxooo' One note, ten words--one for every year she has been gone--completely turns Cat's world upside down. Seeking to unravel the mystery of her mother's death, Cat must confront her past to discover who 'he' might be: her tyrannical, abusive father, now in a coma after suffering a stroke? Her brother, Jared, named after her mother's true love (who is also her father's best friend)? The town coroner, Andrew Reilly, who seems to have known Cat's mother long before she landed on a slab in his morgue? Or Addison Watkins, Cat's first and only love? The closer Cat gets to the truth, the harder it is for her to repress the memory and the impact of the events that sent her away so many years ago" -- Publisher's description.
Why Isn't This Marriage Enough?
Author: Sharon Pope
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2017-06-09
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1683504097
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Find healing through owning your part in the journey of your relationship—from the life coach and bestselling author of I Know It’s Over. Now What? The fifth book in the Soulful Truth Telling series, Why Isn’t This Marriage Enough? is for the woman who has everything she’s ever wanted: the nice husband, the healthy kids, the big home, even the career of her choosing. They have enough money, take family vacations and their kids are in a good school and thriving in their extra-curricular activities. From anyone else’s perspective, her life looks enviable. So why isn’t this enough? She married for safety and security. She married the good guy who wouldn’t hurt her. She plays the role of super-mom, because she can and because she can’t seem to say no to anyone, but her husband. But after long days of caring for everyone else, connecting with her husband in any meaningful way feels like a chore, like he’s one more person that needs something from her. She has love for her husband, the father of her children, but she fears she’s fallen out of love with him. She chose this path, this marriage, this life—so why does she feel so empty and alone? If this isn’t enough, will it ever be enough? What would it take to feel happy? Is that even possible? What kind of miracle is needed for this—all of this—to feel good? Why Isn’t This Marriage Enough? guides women to find the answers to that important question and explores whether the marriage can be transformed into a relationship that feels like more than enough.
T-Shirt Swim Club
Author: Ian Karmel
Publisher: Rodale Books
Published: 2024-06-11
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0593580931
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Comedian Ian Karmel, with help from his sister, Dr. Alisa Karmel, opens up about the daily humiliations of being fat and why it’s so hard to talk about something so visible. “As charming and funny as it is poignant and thoughtful.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Ian Karmel has weighed eight pounds and he has weighed 420 pounds and right now he’s almost exactly in between the two, but this book is not a weight-loss book. It’s about being a fat person in a skinny world. It’s about gym class and football practice, about chicken wings and juice cleanses, about airplane seats and roller coasters, about fat jokes and Jabba the Hutt, about crying in the Big and Tall section and the joys of being a sneakerhead, about prediabetes and gout, and about realizing that you actually don’t want to eat yourself to death and hoping it’s not too late. This book also includes a “What Now?” section from Ian’s sister, Alisa, who herself cycled through so many fad diets that she eventually pursued a master’s in nutrition and a doctorate in psychology with the goal of changing the contemporary narrative around fatness. Ian and Alisa Karmel grew up fat. As kids, they never talked about it. They were too busy fighting over the last SnackWell’s Devil’s Food cookie. Now, decades later, having both turned into fat adults who eventually figured out how to get their health under control, they are finally ready to unpack the impact that their weight has had on them. For them, the T-Shirt Swim Club is meant to be a place of support for anyone who struggles with weight issues. A place of care and candor, free of shame. A place to not deny or avoid the emotions you feel, the experiences you go through, the embarrassment, the anger, the resentment. T-Shirt Swim Club is about being a fat person and how the world treats fat people—but also an acknowledgment that maybe it doesn’t always have to feel quite so lonely.
Open Hearts, Helping Hands
Author: Michael Culligan
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780884892892
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Author: Gemma Atkinson
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2018-12-27
Total Pages: 427
ISBN-13: 0008309302
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The Intern Blues
Author: Robert Marion
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2012-11-13
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0062243187
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While supervising a small group of interns at a major New York medical center, Dr. Robert Marion asked three of them to keep a careful diary over the course of a year. Andy, Mark, and Amy vividly describe their real-life lessons in treating very sick children; confronting child abuse and the awful human impact of the AIDS epidemic; skirting the indifference of the hospital bureaucracy; and overcoming their own fears, insecurities, and constant fatigue. Their stories are harrowing and often funny; their personal triumph is unforgettable. This updated edition of The Intern Blues includes a new preface from the author discussing the status of medical training in America today and a new afterword updating the reader on the lives of the three young interns who first shared their stories with readers more than a decade ago.
The Quick & Easy Spiced Nice Cookbook
Author: Farrah Jalanbo
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Published: 2022-10-04
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1645674916
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fill Your Weeknights with Flavor Why wait for the weekend when you can have incredible home-cooked meals ready in under 30 minutes? Farrah Jalanbo uses her love and knowledge of popular spices from around the world to maximize the flavor in every dish with minimal effort. Enjoy takeout favorites like Spicy Beef Udon Soup, Barbecue Chicken Sliders and the Ultimate Loaded Nachos. Discover exciting new eats with fusion foods such as Garlicky Chicken Shawarma Taquitos and Spicy Sujuk Quesadillas. If you’re looking for something lighter, try delicious and nutritious Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps or Sticky Honey Garlic Shrimp. And for days that call for comfort, there are plenty of rich and creamy pastas to choose from, including Spicy Pink Rigatoni and Lemon and Herb Farfalle. With easy-to-make mains, apps and sides that range from sweet and tangy to spicy and zesty, no matter what you cook, your tastebuds will thank you.
