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Author: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-01-02
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1416544666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.
Author: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-06-11
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1451661509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom one of the bestselling memoirists of all time comes a stunning and heartbreaking novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world in a triumph of imagination and storytelling.
Author: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1416586296
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Author: Trisha White Priebe
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Published: 2016-01-20
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13: 1944836098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFREE 5-Chapter Preview! You'll love joining in the adventures of The Glass Castle, brand-new from Trisha White Priebe and Jerry Jenkins, where the setting from The Chronicles of Narnia Meets the action from Alice in Wonderland.The king is growing old and is concerned about who will replace him. His new wife wants to produce an heir to the throne. The only problem? Thirteen years ago, the king’s first wife gave birth to a son, and no one knows for sure what happened to him. Rumors swirl throughout the castle. The solution is simple: dispose of all thirteen-year-olds in the kingdom. Except, it isn’t that easy. Avery and her friends won’t go quietly. And what they’ve discovered could blow the kingdom apart.
Author: Ghosh
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9780670082209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Glass Palace Begins With The Shattering Of The Kingdom Of Burma, And Tells The Story Of A People, A Fortune, And A Family And Its Fate. It Traces The Life Of Rajkumar, A Poor Indian Boy, Who Is Lifted On The Tides Of Political And Social Turmoil To Build An Empire In The Burmese Teak Forest. When British Soldiers Force The Royal Family Out Of The Glass Palace, During The Invasion Of 1885, He Falls In Love With Dolly, An Attendant At The Palace. Years Later, Unable To Forget Her, Rajkumar Goes In Search Of His Love. Through This Brilliant And Impassioned Story Of Love And War, Amitav Ghosh Presents A Ruthless Appraisal Of The Horrors Of Colonialism And Capitalist Exploitation. Click Here To Visit The Amitav Ghosh Website
Author: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-07-11
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1501171585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Published: 1967-10
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780822212263
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Author: John G. Miller
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005-12-29
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1101221259
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Author: Lesley Nneka Arimah
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2017-04-04
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0735211043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA PBS NewsHour/New York Times Book Club Pick A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE WINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER OF THE NYPL'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE A dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. In “Who Will Greet You at Home,” a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In “Wild,” a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In "The Future Looks Good," three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in "Light," a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to "fix the equation of a person" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. Evocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.
Author: Mona Ruiz
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2005-04-30
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781558854550
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