The Ponder Heart
The Ponder Heart

Author: Eudora Welty

Publisher: HMH

Published: 1967-10-18

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 0547543921

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“A wonderful tragicomedy” of a Mississippi family, a vast inheritance, and an impulsive heir, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Delta Wedding (The New York Times). Daniel Ponder is the amiable heir to the wealthiest family in Clay County, Mississippi. To friends and strangers, he’s also the most generous, having given away heirlooms, a watch, and so far, at least one family business. His niece, Edna Earle, has a solution to save the Ponder fortune from Daniel’s mortifying philanthropy: As much as she loves Daniel, she’s decided to have him institutionalized. Foolproof as the plan may seem, it comes with a kink—one that sets in motion a runaway scheme of mistaken identity, a hapless local widow, a reckless wedding, a dim-witted teenage bride, and a twist of dumb luck that lands this once-respectable Southern family in court to brave an embarrassing trial for murder. It’s become the talk of Clay County. And the loose-tongued Edna Earle will tell you all about it. “The most revered figure in contemporary American letters,” said the New York Times of Eudora Welty, which also hailed The Ponder Heart—a winner of the William Dean Howells Medal which was adapted into both a Broadway play and a PBS Masterpiece series—as “Miss Welty at her comic, compassionate best.”

Absence Makes the Heart Ponder
Absence Makes the Heart Ponder

Author: Nels Garthus

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9781937165512

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Absence Makes the Heart Ponder takes the reader to the center of the known universe, Port Washington, Wisconsin, and into the lives and minds of three thirty-something men as they meet and form a lasting friendship through unusual circumstances. Adventure, intrigue, and romance ensue as they try to balance their personal and work lives while coming to grips with the now looming threat of middle age. Absence Makes the Heart Ponder gives the female reader a glimpse of the male perspective and attempts to answer the age-old question What is going on in his head? with humor and sarcasm while giving an outlet to the male reader for the unique banter and camaraderie that only men share. "Living with Heidi was great. It was like we were married, only better, because we weren't." "The Peace Corps has got nothing on parenthood; trust me. A friend of mine went to Tanzania for three years to teach math, a noble endeavor to be sure, but he still found time to email and update his Facebook page. Elise and I didn't have time to update our clocks after daylight savings time, let alone flit about in any cyber social circles." "Evonne claimed to have official, yet undocumented proof that her beliefs were facts; she just couldn't substantiate it. Her morals were an iron clad dogma, and she expected full well that everyone should see things the way she did."

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

Author: Megan Bannen

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0316394319

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"A uniquely charming mixture of whimsy and the macabre that completely won me over. If you ever wished for an adult romance that felt like Howl's Moving Castle, THIS IS THAT BOOK." —Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. It’s an unforgiving job, and Hart’s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy never has a moment to herself. She’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest. After yet another exasperating run-in with Mercy, Hart finds himself penning a letter addressed simply to “A Friend”. Much to his surprise, an anonymous letter comes back in return, and a tentative friendship is born. If only Hart knew he’s been baring his soul to the person who infuriates him most—Mercy. As the dangers from Tanria grow closer, so do the unlikely correspondents. But can their blossoming romance survive the fated discovery that their pen pals are their worst nightmares—each other? Set in a world full of magic and demigods, donuts and small-town drama, this enchantingly quirky, utterly unique fantasy is perfect for readers of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Invisible Library. "Truly outstanding romantic fantasy." —India Holton "An unabashedly offbeat adventure." —Freya Marske "I cried twice and smiled plenty." —Olivia Atwater "A little sweet, a little spicy, a little sharp and entirely moreish!" —Davinia Evans "I showed up for the fantastic, fun fantasy setting but it was Hart and Mercy that kept me reading." —Ruby Dixon

Healing the Wounded Heart
Healing the Wounded Heart

Author: Dan B. Allender

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2016-02-23

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1493401513

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First published in 1989, Dan Allender's The Wounded Heart has helped hundreds of thousands of people come to terms with sexual abuse in their past. Now, more than twenty-five years later, Allender has written a brand-new book on the subject that takes into account recent discoveries about the lasting physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual ramifications of sexual abuse. With great compassion Allender offers hope for victims of rape, date rape, incest, molestation, sexting, sexual bullying, unwanted advances, pornography, and more, exposing the raw wounds that are left behind and clearing the path toward wholeness and healing. Never minimizing victims' pain or offering pat spiritual answers that don't truly address the problem, he instead calls evil evil and lights the way to renewed joy. Counselors, pastors, and friends of those who have suffered sexual harm will find in this book the deep spiritual guidance they need to effectively minister to the sexually broken around them. Victims themselves will find here a sympathetic friend to walk alongside them on the road to healing.

The Blindness of the Heart
The Blindness of the Heart

Author: Julia Franck

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0802196217

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The international phenomenon and winner of the German Book Prize. “A devastating novel about war, love, and the art of survival” (Marie Claire). Julia Franck’s unforgettable English-language debut, The Blindness of the Heart is a dark marvel of a novel by one of Europe’s freshest young voices—a family story spanning two world wars and several generations in a German family. In the devastating opening scene, a woman named Helene stands with her seven-year-old son in a provincial German railway station in 1945 amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west. Having survived with him through the horror and deprivation of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns. The story quickly circles back to Helene’s childhood with her sister Martha in rural Germany, which came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the First World War. Their father is sent to the eastern front, and their Jewish mother withdraws from the hostility of her surroundings into a state of mental confusion. As we follow Helene into adulthood, we watch riveted as the costs of survival and ill-fated love turn her into a woman capable of the unforgiveable. “Enthralling, richly imagined and remorseless.” —The New York Times Book Review “Spellbinding . . . The young woman at the center of Julia Franck’s acclaimed novel The Blindness of the Heart ranks among the most haunting characters to be found in European fiction about twentieth-century horrors . . . At times, the novel feels more like an eyewitness account than historical fiction.” —Vogue “Disturbing, original, and brilliant.” —Guardian (Best Books of 2009)

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

Author: Eudora Welty

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 9780156189217

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Stories as good in themselves and as influential on the aspirations of others as any since Hemingway's. These stories are honest, and vastly entertaining.

Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty

Author: Eudora Welty

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Together in one volume are 250 representative photographs from the collection of a few thousand which Eudora Welty took during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. It is a dazzling record of Welty's unique and special vision.

The Heart of Prosperity
The Heart of Prosperity

Author: Catherine Ponder

Publisher: Devorss Publications

Published: 2015-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780875168807

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For over 50 years, Catherine Ponder has been inspiring and helpingpeople from all walks of life overcome personal and financial hardships through her worldwide spiritual ministry and prosperity books. As individuals work to turn the tide and discover their own path to prosperity, certain quotes and excerpts from her books seem to connect and resonate as the one reminder to help them stay focused.For the first time, here is a collection of over 100 powerful quotes and affirmations by Catherine Ponder presented in a random format that allows everyone the opportunity to plant a new seed and receive the spark it takes to make bold changes. It s as simple as opening a book:Identify and focus on a new direction.Close your eyes and open to any page.Open your heart and read the passage slowly.Begin a new journey to prosperity.

The Heart's Time
The Heart's Time

Author: Janet Morley

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780281063727

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A day by day Lent book aimed at the individual reader, in which a poem appropriate to the themes of the season is read, along with a short reflection from the editor and a couple of questions to ponder. The purpose is to use a poetic text as the basis for 'slow reflection' during Lent and Eastertide.