Flickers of Light, Love, and Air
Flickers of Light, Love, and Air

Author: Twila Jessop

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1640286292

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All of us have heard that God hears the smallest whispers of the heart. This author has always believed that we need to listen to those whispers. We may see or hear them in our dreams at night, or we may be nudged by a sudden inspirational moment in our waking hours. We need to listen to these messages, nourish them, and welcome them with gratitude. Whatever our background, whatever our educational level, whatever our work is about, we are one with each other on many levels. Hard times are good exercises that help us stretch and grow. Like most, this author has had her share of suffering and disappointment, which only serves to make one thirsty for the truth. When you read between the lines, you may find a bit of truth, or at least see a sign that says you are getting closer. And then the dazzling light becomes a joy and a candle to help light the way.

Flickers of Light, Love, and Air
Flickers of Light, Love, and Air

Author: Twila Jessop

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781640286283

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All of us have heard that God hears the smallest whispers of the heart. This author has always believed that we need to listen to those whispers. We may see or hear them in our dreams at night, or we may be nudged by a sudden inspirational moment in our waking hours. We need to listen to these messages, nourish them, and welcome them with gratitude. Whatever our background, whatever our educational level, whatever our work is about, we are one with each other on many levels. Hard times are good exercises that help us stretch and grow. Like most, this author has had her share of suffering and disappointment, which only serves to make one thirsty for the truth. When you read between the lines, you may find a bit of truth, or at least see a sign that says you are getting closer. And then the dazzling light becomes a joy and a candle to help light the way.

City of Flickering Light
City of Flickering Light

Author: Juliette Fay

Publisher: Gallery Books

Published: 2019-04-16

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1501192930

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Juliette Fay—“one of the best authors of women’s fiction” (Library Journal)—transports us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the raucous Roaring Twenties, as three friends struggle to earn their places among the stars of the silent screen—perfect for fans of La La Land and Rules of Civility. It’s July 1921, “flickers” are all the rage, and Irene Van Beck has just declared her own independence by jumping off a moving train to escape her fate in a traveling burlesque show. When her friends, fellow dancer Millie Martin and comedian Henry Weiss, leap after her, the trio finds their way to the bright lights of Hollywood with hopes of making it big in the burgeoning silent film industry. At first glance, Hollywood in the 1920s is like no other place on earth—iridescent, scandalous, and utterly exhilarating—and the three friends yearn for a life they could only have dreamed of before. But despite the glamour and seduction of Tinseltown, success doesn’t come easy, and nothing can prepare Irene, Millie, and Henry for the poverty, temptation, and heartbreak that lie ahead. With their ambitions challenged by both the men above them and the prejudice surrounding them, their friendship is the only constant through desperate times, as each struggles to find their true calling in an uncertain world. What begins as a quest for fame and fortune soon becomes a collective search for love, acceptance, and fulfillment as they navigate the backlots and stage sets where the illusions of the silver screen are brought to life. With her “trademark wit and grace” (Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer’s Daughters), Juliette Fay crafts another radiant and fascinating historical novel as thrilling as the bygone era of Hollywood itself.

The Angle of Flickering Light
The Angle of Flickering Light

Author: Gina Troisi

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781925965483

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Desperate to find respite from her father's verbal abuse, his various affairs, and her step-mother's psychological torment, Gina spent hours doing Jane Fonda's workouts, smoked cigarettes instead of eating food, and became obsessed with her thinness... with the notion of fading away. She found solace in restlessness-drinking hallucinogenic mushroom tea and inhaling crushed pills and powders-perching herself on the periphery of danger again and again. Gina soon glimpsed a better life for herself when her grandfather, a man who was a surrogate father to her, became terminally ill. She soon fell in love with John, a stranger who was utterly familiar, but who was addicted to heroin. She moved from New Hampshire to California, crossing the country in an attempt to alleviate her self-destructive tendencies, but found herself pulled back to New Hampshire, to John, a man with whom, despite his struggle, she could not deny the sense of home she felt. What would it cost for a girl to run wildly and recklessly into womanhood, making instant, temporary homes?

CEO's Prisoned Love
CEO's Prisoned Love

Author: Chu Lingxi

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-04-27

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 1648973132

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He was the self-made CEO of the web, and she was a brilliant rookie author. This unforeseen event caused her to fall to the lowest levels of hell. He gave her a helping hand, turning her into a web fiction god. Gu Xiangling had been designed and signed with a piece of paper. She carefully read it: "Divine Horse?" A lifetime contract, even a marriage? Song Ming smiled evilly: "If I am dissatisfied, can this CEO repay you with a lifetime of flesh and blood?" Gu Xiangling crumbled completely. This mature and intelligent man was actually a shameless glutton, eating her endlessly.

Queen of the Air
Queen of the Air

Author: Dean N. Jensen

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2013-06-11

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0307986586

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A true life Water for Elephants, Queen of the Air brings the circus world to life through the gorgeously written, true story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, Queen of the Air, the most famous woman in the world at the turn of the 20th century, and her star-crossed love affair with Alfredo Codona, of the famous Flying Codona Brothers. Like today's Beyonce, Madonna, and Cher, she was known to her vast public by just one name, Leitzel. There may have been some regions on earth where her name was not a household expression, but if so, they were likely on polar ice caps or in the darkest, deepest jungles. Leitzel was born into Dickensian circumstances, and became a princess and then a queen. She was not much bigger than a good size fairy, just four-foot-ten and less than 100 pounds. In the first part of the 20th century, she presided over a sawdust fiefdom of never-ending magic. She was the biggest star ever of the biggest circus ever, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Greatest Show on Earth. In her life, Leitzel had many suitors (and three husbands), but only one man ever fully captured her heart. He was the handsome Alfredo Codona, the greatest trapeze flyer that had ever lived, the only one in his time who, night after night, executed the deadliest of all big-top feats, The Triple--three somersaults in midair while traveling at 60 m.p.h. The Triple, the salto mortale, as the Italians called it, took the lives of more daredevils than any other circus stunt.

A Flickering Light
A Flickering Light

Author: Jane Kirkpatrick

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0307459292

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Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams. She took exquisite photographs, but her heart was the true image exposed. Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele loves nothing more than capturing a gorgeous Minnesota landscape when the sunlight casts its most mesmerizing shadows. So when F.J. Bauer hires her in 1907 to assist in his studio and darkroom, her dreams for a career in photography appear to find root in reality. With the infamous hazards of the explosive powder used for lighting and the toxic darkroom chemicals, photography is considered a man' s profession. Yet Jessie shows remarkable talent in both the artistry and business of running a studio. She proves less skillful, however, at managing her growing attraction to the very married Mr. Bauer. This luminous coming-of-age tale deftly exposes the intricate shadows that play across every dream worth pursuing–and the irresistible light that beckons the dreamer on.