A Festive season like no other is coming to Featherwood Falls. The weather is warming and Ginny prepares for a happy, healthy and trouble-free festive season on the farm. Francene seeks a return to her culinary roots and a secure future, while Bryn battles his demons as he waits for his broken body to heal. But as Christmas approaches and wedding bells ring, life takes unexpected turns. The residents of Featherwood Falls may have more to handle than they ever imagined possible. Celebrate this festive season Down Under with the community of Featherwood Falls in this emotional final instalment of Heather Reyburn’s bestselling series.
In a town teaming with secrets, three women find themselves inexplicably entwined. At the edge of her future, sixteen-year-old Zoe teeters, uncertain. The vibrant city with its dazzling lights, familiar sounds and scents, and close friends exudes adventure and a dream career. But when unexpected tragedy strikes, she is left to navigate the world on her own, gripped by loneliness and fear. Lola is feeling the weight of her years. Despite a loving husband, a flourishing business and a circle of faithful friends, she’s missing something. While she pours her soul into a menagerie of sick and abandoned animals, her heart aches for the return of her only child. At forty-two and feeling lonely, Emma is free at last. Lost love and an unwavering commitment to her late mother have confined her to the quiet charm of Featherwood Falls. And while her role as teacher’s aide at the local school fills her days, she longs for something to happen—something that will transform her existence and redefine her life. Can Featherwood Falls offer the key to uniting these women? Or will a dangerous voice from the past destroy family bonds, challenging the discovery of love and hope.
Texas women have a well-earned reputation for big hair, big hearts and Texas-sized tenacity. The Women of The Rose is the story of such women -- the kind who didn't let the "little" things like no money, no experience with non-profits, and no breaks in the glass ceiling keep them from launching what has become a 30-year investment in life-saving women's health. In this collection of stories from co-founder Dorothy Gibbons you will discover what it took to face naysayers, build a legacy, and even take on what once was a death sentence for 1000s of women. By the mid 1980s the oil bust had paralyzed Texas. Folks were out of work, most had lost their health insurance and many were losing their homes. In the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty, the incidence of breast cancer began its deadly climb. Poor and uninsured women were hit the hardest and many died because they couldn't get help in time. At a chance meeting in 1984, hospital public relations director Dorothy Gibbons and general surgeon Dr. Dixie Melillo were challenged by the famed journalist Rose Kushner to do something about it. So they decided to start their own non-profit, a diagnostic clinic that would care for the thousands of Texas women who had nowhere else to turn and who would die without help. At a time when succeeding as a non-profit was against all the odds, The Rose was born. From its humble beginnings in a tiny office in a strip mall, The Rose now serves 40,000 people a year, women from all walks of life, from huge cities or small rural communities who face falling through the cracks of the healthcare system. This is the story of how The Rose was born and how it survived, a story of strong, determined women who did whatever it took to care for one other. It is the story of shrimp boils and skydiving, of pink goats and the pain of watching so many die. It is the story of unfathomable generosity, unexpected corruption, and the hard truth about who can afford healthcare and who can't. It is a story about the power of believing and a salute to the courage and tenacity of women.
A collection spanning the range of the writer's career includes his first published poem, his celebrated verses on violence in Africa, his mature work from "The Star-Apple Kingdom, " and his late masterpieces from "White Egrets."
It only takes one fleeting moment for Liz Camden to change the lives of everyone she loves. The community along Oregon's Deschutes River is one of successful professionals and perfect families. For years, up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all--security, happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie. Then Charlie vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by a tragedy that is incomprehensible--except to Liz. She can't undo the terrible mistake she made. Or her unforgiveable decision to conceal it. As two marriages crack and buckle in grief and fear, Liz retreats into her own dark place of guilt, escalating paranoia, and betrayals even she can't imagine. Because there's another good neighbor who has his own secrets, his own pain, and his own reasons for watching Liz's every move. . . . Someone who knows that the mystery of the missing boy on the Deschutes River is far from over.
