Living in the Land of Limbo

Living in the Land of Limbo

Author: Carol Levine

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

Published: 2014-03-15

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0826519717

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Living in the Land of Limbo is the first anthology of short stories and poems about family caregivers. These men and women find themselves in "limbo," as they struggle to take care of a family member or friend in the uncertain world of chronic illness. The authors explore caregivers' experiences as they deal with family conflicts, the complexities of the health care system, and the impact of their choices on their lives and the lives of others. The book includes selections devoted to caregivers of aging parents; husbands and wives; ill children; and relatives, lovers, and friends. A final section is devoted to paid caregivers and their clients. Among the conditions that form the background of the selections are dementia, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, and pediatric cancer. Many of the authors are well-known poets and writers, but others have not been published in mainstream media. They represent a range of cultural backgrounds. Although their works approach caregiving in very different ways, the authors share a commitment to emotional truth, unvarnished by societal ideals of what caregivers should feel and do. These stories and poems paint profoundly moving and revealing portraits of family caregivers.


Limbo

Limbo

Author: Alfred Lubrano

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-12-22

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1118039726

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In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn between the world they were raised in and the life they aspire too, they hover between worlds, not quite accepted in either. Himself the son of a Brooklyn bricklayer, Lubrano informs his account with personal experience and interviews with other professionals living in limbo. For millions of Americans, these stories will serve as familiar reminders of the struggles of achieving the American Dream.


Saints in Limbo

Saints in Limbo

Author: River Jordan

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2009-05-05

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0307457915

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“River Jordan’s Saints in Limbo is a compelling story of the mysteries of existence and, specially, the mysteries of the human heart.” –Ron Rash, author of Serena and Chemistry and Other Stories “I lose myself in River’s writing–transported to a different time and place– and in this case, to one that makes the ordinary mystical and magical. I give it FIVE diamonds in the Pulpwood Queen’s TIARA!” –Kathy L. Patrick, founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life Ever since her husband Joe died, Velma True’s world has been limited to what she can see while clinging to one of the multicolored threads tied to the porch railing of her home outside Echo, Florida. When a mysterious stranger appears at her door on her birthday and presents Velma with a special gift, she is rattled by the object’s ability to take her into her memories–a place where Joe still lives, her son Rudy is still young, unaffected by the world’s hardness, and the beginning is closer than the end. As secrets old and new come to light, Velma wonders if it’s possible to be unmoored from the past’s deep roots and find a reason to hope again. Praise for River Jordan “[River Jordan’s] literary spice rack has everything you need to put together a good book.” –Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man “River Jordan writes so beautifully.” –Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and The Girl Who Stopped Swimming


Lady Limbo

Lady Limbo

Author: Consuelo Roland

Publisher: Jacana Media

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1431405086

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One Friday evening Daniel de Luc, an elusive crime writer with a deep love of poetry, disappears from a Camps Bay apartment while cooking pasta. His wife Paola, desperately worried after days of hearing nothing, is contacted by an eccentric stranger who claims to have known her missing husband under a different name and warns her not to look for him. Paola soon learns that her husband was involved in the shadowy world of the international sex industry, where well-heeled women pay men to become the anonymous fathers of their children. As her neat, controlled existence is turned inside out, Paola struggles to keep a level head and find her own humanity while trying to outwit her enemies and stay alive. The result is a fast-paced thriller that shifts between Cape Town and Paris, blending realism with the fantastic and pitting love against the attraction of sexual adventure.


In Limbo

In Limbo

Author: Elena Remigi

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-06-12

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781548026080

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Imagine... Imagine you left your native country because you wanted to explore your neighbouring world and embrace the European dream. Imagine you truly believed that the European Union was your home and that, as well as being a citizen of the country you were born in, you were also a citizen of Europe. Imagine you fell deeply in love with your new country. Imagine you built a life there, married, had children, a career, started a business... You felt happy and totally integrated. You were at home. Then one day, your new country decides to vote to leave the European Union, which means that all the rules you have built your life on are going to change. One morning, after years and even decades, you suddenly feel unwelcome, unwanted, betrayed. Your certainties, your life and your security are gone. Your sense of identity too. Through no fault of your own, you are stuck in a painful limbo. This is what has happened since the Brexit Referendum in June 2016 to the EU citizens who have made their life in the UK. This book of testimonies is their voice, their stories from Limbo, haunted by the poignant question: where is home? The book trailer on Youtube: https: //youtu.be/XAPuURRng9Q


Voices from the Void

Voices from the Void

Author: Sally Dalton-Brown

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781571819970

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Liumilla Petrushevskaia is one of the best known writers in Russia today, recognized for her versatility as a dramatist, scriptwriter, and author of harrowing contemporary stories and even fairy tales. Acclaimed for her shocking portraits of the pain and loss that distinguish the life of women in Russia and the old Soviet Union, Petrushevskaia has also created texts notable for their scandalous humor and vibrant plasticity of form. This study analyses her use of genres within the context of an overall description of her ouevre. Her texts deal with stories struggling to be told even in today's Russia. Her characters are all storytellers, but the truths they attempt to express are often too terrible to be voiced aloud, and their tales are ultimately told from within a vast silence that threatens to engulf the narrative.


To the Land of the Living

To the Land of the Living

Author: Robert Silverberg

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1504014235

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The Hugo Award–winning author returns to the mythical world of Gilgamesh the King in this adventurous sequel: “An enthralling quest.” —The Times (London) The warrior-king Gilgamesh—part man, part god—is not only larger than life; he is larger than death. Trapped in the Afterworld, a bizarre reality in which everyone who has ever died lives again . . . only to die again and again in endless succession, Gilgamesh sets out to find his lost friend Enkidu and fight his way back to the land of the living. Along the way, he encounters a rogue’s gallery of figures from history, literature, and myth—including H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard—and travels from the ancient city of Uruk to modern-day Manhattan. But the Afterworld is not so easily escaped.


6 Steps to a Better Life

6 Steps to a Better Life

Author: Levanah Shell Bdolak

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2007-07-25

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1467092096

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You can change your feelings, release your emotions, change the script of your life and once more be on top of the world by using 6 easy skills. You can have the power to change everything, right away, if you want to. You can leave the pain behind and reach a level of happiness and peacefulness with these easy to use skills. These skills are not miracle skills but they are very powerful skills. They are, simply put, commonsense basic skills that teach you, one step at a time, to release what you hold onto and to allow yourself to change easily and to create the scenario in life that you want to have. These 6 skills enable you to feel safe and secure within yourself, to release emotion and old baggage, to find your self esteem, to give yourself permission to take the right risks, to find what you want instead of dwelling on what you do not want, how to focus at will, and to be in a state of oneness within yourself no matter what happens in the outer world. These six skills should have been taught to you in kindergarten but your teachers only knew them in pieces. Put together in a logical do-able order they give you the key to success and the secret of being in the moment. In the moment all of our problems have solutions. 6 STEPS TO A BETTER LIFE is the result of 25years of exploration and experience in showing people skills to change and transform their lives on a practical level. The skills presented in this book are new innovative methods easily used in our modern hectic lifestyles. There is no one who could not benefit from using these skills. These skills can really change anyones life who uses them consistently. Levanah Shell Bdolak, the author of this book, has many testimonials from clients and seminar attendees who have successfully used these skills.


Gospel of the Living Dead

Gospel of the Living Dead

Author: Kim Paffenroth

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1932792651

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This volume connects American social and religious views with the classic American movie genre of the zombie horror film. This study proves that George Romero's films go beyond the surface experience of repulsion to probe deeper questions of human nature and purpose, often giving a chilling and darkly humorous critique of modern, secular America.


How to Date in a Post-Dating World

How to Date in a Post-Dating World

Author: Diane Mapes

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1570617643

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Taking up where Emily Post and Miss Manners left off, Diane Mapes counsels the dating-distressed on today’s new rules of courtship. This smart, savvy etiquette guide addresses both nuts-and-bolts questions (Who asks? Who pays? Who makes the first call? Who brings out the condoms?) as well as the more puzzling aspects of modern romance (Do I really need to tell my new girlfriend that I had her investigated?). Advice, behavioral examples, and dating horror stories are gleaned from a number of sources, including singles, psychologists, scholars, authors, etiquette experts, relationship coaches, and the most well-mannered people on earth, Southern women and gay men. From how to avoid dating a serial killer to what to do at a snuggle part, How to Date provides single men and women, gay and straight, with a step-by-step road map for navigating today’s romantic quicksand with humor, grace, and aplomb.