The Kid They Threw Away
The Kid They Threw Away

Author: Michael "Mac" Centuori

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1618971344

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Twenty years into the future, a united collection of Mexican drug cartels are about to invade Arizona, led by a charismatic but psychotic leader. After years of intense and meticulous preparation, which included paying off or killing all the right people on either side of the border, the cartel is ready to make its move. Before the U.S. government can seal the border, hundreds of thousands of cartel men infiltrate the country as far north as Phoenix. Enter Mac, a ten-year-old boy with unlimited potential and incredible gifts to offer the world. But these gifts stem from an unthinkable childhood; he was molded by cruel and neglectful parents in an effort to enhance his unparalleled capabilities. The harsh tests inflicted by his parents consist of a series of elaborate punishments, seemingly inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's quotation: "That, which does not kill us, makes us stronger." It is during one of these tests, stranded in the Mexican desert, that Mac stumbles upon an ancient codex by a pre-colonial Spanish philosopher, whose parched pages contain the secret to achieving a perfect utopian society out of a self-destructive mankind. Representing the inverse morality, the cartel will stop at nothing to destroy the codex and the child that holds it. The hunt is on. About the Author: Michael "Mac" Centuori is about to graduate from the University of Arizona with a degree in Latin American studies and a minor in Spanish. Raised in Phoenix, he now lives in Tucson. He is working on the sequel, The Throw Away Kids. Publisher's website: http: //www.sbpra.com/MichaelMacCentuori

Thrown Away Child
Thrown Away Child

Author: Louise Allen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-12-28

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1471166759

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Thrown Away Child is a memoir covering Louise Allen’s abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived - using her love of art as a sanctuary - and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children herself and campaigning for the improvement of foster care services. It is a compelling and inspirational story. This book gives a voice to the many children who grew up unhappily in care.

The Thrown-Away Kids
The Thrown-Away Kids

Author: Collette Hairston

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2015-01-26

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1628383496

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New Yorkers are different. They're special people, raised in the concrete jungle with thick skin. In Thrown Away Kids, Carol is a tough girl who's lived a tough life. Following her across the boroughs from childhood into her adult years, readers get up close and personal in Carol's exciting, sometimes dark, adventurous life. She experiments, learns new things, makes mistakes and throughout it all, has good jobs. She figures it out and wonders how, maybe, her family life made her into the person she becomes. In a tantalizing, sexual account of life for an urban woman, Thrown Away Kids never lets up as it follows a young woman navigate the most intimate parts and secret details of life.

Thrown Away Children: Sky's Story
Thrown Away Children: Sky's Story

Author: Louise Allen

Publisher: Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1802794085

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When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by unhinged parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home, neglected, malnourished, and indoctrinated. Louise had to draw on all of her experience as one of Britain's leading foster carers to rehabilitate and change the course of their lives. But with constant attempts to thwart her work, Louise ends up under siege in her own home. Will she succeed or is their fate sealed forever?

Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard
Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard

Author: Rachel Van Meers

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2008-07-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1613733909

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The courageous story of Van Meers, born in a home for unwed mothers in Ghent, Belgium, 1930. It is told in her own words in a frank, humorous and down-to-earth manner. She grew up as a "bastard" during the Great Depression, and sees her family and country told apart by prejudice and politics in World War II, and recounts how she struggles to redefine herself in turbulent postwar Europe. Based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews, Rachel's view of a family "not-quite-normal," her amazing strength in the face of abusive and degrading treatment, and her strong faith and upbeat attitude make her story a joy and inspiration to read.

Abby's Story
Abby's Story

Author: Louise Allen

Publisher: Mirror Books

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781913406165

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Little Abby was suddenly removed from her adopted family before her fourth birthday, and placed in foster care hundreds of miles from home - with no explanation. When foster mum Louise opens the front door, she experiences the first uncomfortable shock: it's clear Abby has symptoms of foetal alcohol syndrome. Her challenging behaviour soon turns the household upside down. How can one six-year-old unleash such a whirlwind of emotional and physical devastation? Louise is about to find out - and to unwittingly discover the darkness of incest, rejection and abuse in Abby's past. The second story in the 'Thrown Away Children' series by foster mum Louise Allen.

Gone for a Sojer Boy
Gone for a Sojer Boy

Author: Neal E. Wixson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1450267742

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Gone for a Sojer Boy is a companion book to Echoes from the Boys of Company H and is based upon hundreds of letters from a few Civil War soldiers of Company H, 100th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. They provide rare insight into the life and thoughts of common solders. This volume explores the changes the boys experienced during their time of service. Both camp life and battles are reviewed and serve to trace and explain the evolution of their opinions about important aspects of a soldiers life: namely, death, politics, and religion. These young men were ordinary human beings who were rendered extraordinary by their experience. This rich collection of Civil War letters presents a colorful, illuminating portrait of common soldiers serving their country. Edward Longacre, author of more than 20 books on the Civil War I found this remarkable book to be a fascinating and unique telling of a soldiers story. The exhaustive work and research done by Neal Wixson to put letters and diaries together was only matched by his passion to tell of his great-grandfathers war experience. The qualities of work by the author, the unique story of soldiers in their own words, make this a truly superb work of military history. It has my highest endorsement. General Anthony C. Zinni USMC (retired) The letters of soldiers, written to their loved ones at home, reveal in plain, uncluttered language the details of the daily life of the soldier. The voice of the common soldier provides an intimate, personal view that is devoid of the posturing of politicians and officers. Neal Wixson has lovingly edited the letters into a poignant journey through this painful chapter of our nations history. Jeff Toalson, Civil War author and lecturer A great-grandson of Thomas Maharg of Company H, Neal E. Wixson earned a B.A. from Oberlin College and a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. He is member of the Williamsburg Civil War Roundtable and the 100th Regiments Veterans Association. He and his wife reside in Virginia.

The Nemesis (Chandal Jibon Trilogy - Book 2)
The Nemesis (Chandal Jibon Trilogy - Book 2)

Author: Manoranjan Byapari

Publisher: Eka

Published:

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9395073667

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About the Book THE SECOND PART TO THE RUNAWAY BOY, WINNER OF THE KALINGA LITERATURE The second part of this extraordinary trilogy takes us into the late 1960s and early 1970s when the rumblings of liberation grew louder in East Pakistan and refugees came pouring into India, seeking asylum in the camps of West Bengal. The Naxalite movement too was gathering momentum; the Communist Party split into CPI (M) and CPI (ML), and a bitter power tussle ensued between them and the ruling Congress Party led by Indira Gandhi. Amidst this bloody battle, we find a twenty-something Jibon in Calcutta, driven to rage by hunger, inequity and a naïve, contagious nationalistic fervour. This burning torch of a novel is a compelling portrait of a youth negotiating the streets of Calcutta, looking to seize a life that is constantly denied to him.