Is there really such a thing as a “good divorce”? Determined to uncover the truth, Elizabeth Marquardt—herself a child of divorce—conducted, with Professor Norval Glenn, a pioneering national study of children of divorce, surveying 1,500 young adults from both divorced and intact families between 2001 and 2003. In Between Two Worlds, she weaves the findings of that study together with powerful, unsentimental stories of the childhoods of young people from divorced families. The hard truth, she says, is that while divorce is sometimes necessary, even amicable divorces sow lasting inner conflict in the lives of children. When a family breaks in two, children who stay in touch with both parents must travel between two worlds, trying alone to reconcile their parents’ often strikingly different beliefs, values, and ways of living. Authoritative, beautifully written, and alive with the voices of men and women whose lives were changed by divorce, Marquardt’s book is essential reading for anyone who grew up “between two worlds.” “Makes a persuasive case against the culture of casual divorce.” —Washington Post “A poignant narrative of her own experience . . . Marquardt says she and other young adults who grew up in the divorce explosion of the 1970s and 1980s are still dealing with wounds that they could never talk about with their parents.”—Chicago Tribune
Price Evans doesn’t know that his family’s new property connects to Tolk—a land where the animals talk, and where humans are almost mythical beings to the fairies, giants, dwarfs, and other creatures who live there. His neighbor’s wily cat, Sinbad, has taken up residence in both worlds, and is devising a plan to bring humans into Tolk. Knowing that evil and corruption will follow, the desperate Tolks summon Price, an outsider, to help them save their vulnerable world.
Emily Redfern is seven years of age when she goes to live with her father, Danny, and volatile stepmother, Betty, in the vibrant world of Travelling People. And its a world far removed from the one shes known on a farm outside Lancaster, called Jenny Wren Cottage. But her grandmother has died; things have changed; this is where her future lies now. As she learns to come to terms with her new life and the challenges it brings, she forms a close bond with her father and new brother, David, when he arrives. But her heart will always remain at her real home, Jenny Wren Cottage. Little does she know of the past and her fathers private struggle with a love that transcends death. When she meets the ambitious young Nick on a fleeting visit, her loyalties are severely tested. However, theres a devious man amongst them, and its his actions that will ultimately decide both futures. Spanning the 60s and 70s, this is a heart-rending story of pride, prejudices, and conflicting traditionstold with humour, wit and candour.
All this time she had not cried, but now the reality of what had happened seemed to hit her like a brick. She cried and could not stop crying. Dale held on to her tightly. Sabrina was just a girl in Germany when she met her first love, Dale, and emigrated to the United States to start a new life, taking with her the traditions and beliefs of her homeland. Although her life was far from perfect, she vowed to make a new start and become a productive, loving wife and mother, living in the image of God. A hardworking nurse, and full time mother, Sabrina learned that it takes more than time and money to raise a family—it takes faith. Despite struggles and hardship, she has become the woman she envisioned and has impacted numerous lives, learning to move past the stumbling blocks and hurtful memories. Now, in a touching and vivid personal saga, Sabrina's journey is recorded for all the world to enjoy. Join author Eva Baucom in learning about family, true love, and faith alongside Sabrina and Dale.
Ask anyone who knows and loves her: Aunt Priya is a feisty little country bumpkin, a loud-mouthed, uncouth characterwith a heart of gold. She loves her only niece, Sita, and has made it her mission to see that the young woman is suitably married. Frustrated by the challenges of a long-distance relationship with her niece, Aunt Priya makes a bold plan. In the summer of 2001, Aunt Priya and her adopted four-year-old son Rohit arrive in New York. Despite her oddball character, limited English, and peculiar dress sense, she is determined to make a difference in her nieces modern and confusing new life. She enlists the help of her New York relatives, and together they plot, scheme, and manipulate Sita to get their way. But Sita isnt quite as malleable as they hoped. A New Yorker through and through, Sita is a contradiction: a modern Indian woman who both respects and questions her familys traditions. As the daughter of a traditional Indian household, shes bound by the expectations of her family and culture. Aunt Priya decides that Sita should never forget her roots, no matter where she lives. Sita has her own challenges, including a breast cancer diagnosis and the serious injury of a loved one in the World Trade Center disaster. And now, her family wants to force her into an arranged marriage shes not really ready for. Can she find a way to find her own true love without disappointing her family?
The story revolves around Thomas's abduction as a child by Germans in a northeastern Brazilian city, trying to obtain information from the boy's father on the North Atlantic Sea Operation prior to the sinking of the Graf-Spee. The remembrances of the abduction gets interrupted for more than ten years and only regain interest when the author, already an adult, discovers his abductor working at the counter of an Argentine telephone company. The book further describes how Thomas manages to imprison a group of war criminals, including the abductor himself. The book also follows the development of this young fellow's professional career in Argentina and Latin America, including his first experience in love matters.