Down and out in a Doublewide and Other Tales of Modern Life
Down and out in a Doublewide and Other Tales of Modern Life

Author: Anthony Scavillo

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2022-10-28

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1663246211

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Ellen Schneider is a young Christian who doesn’t believe in the word impossible. As she boards an airplane for France with three of her girlfriends, she excitedly looks forward to her adventure in a foreign country. But all of that is about to change when she hears a loud boom and the plane goes dark. In a collection of diverse short stories, Anthony Scavillo shares fascinating sometimes shocking insights into American life while portraying characters trapped in difficult situations and often unable to resolve the problems confronting them. Eight-year-old Angel loves ice cream sundaes, late evening snacks, and treats at fast food restaurants. Even though her parents try their best to make her happy, they are never home. Will Angel find a way to love herself unconditionally? For weeks, Marge and her husband, David, have barely been speaking. Now it is their tenth wedding anniversary and she cannot help but wonder if it will be their last. Mary feels much older than her fifty-eight years. When she receives a stunning diagnosis, Mary’s faith is tested in ways she never imagined. Down and Out in a Double-Wide and Other Tales of Modern Life asembles modern tales that delve into the American psyche while questioning our deepest beliefs.

Manufactured Insecurity
Manufactured Insecurity

Author: Esther Sullivan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0520968352

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Manufactured Insecurity is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entire class of low-income residents. Drawing on rich ethnographic data collected before, during, and after mobile home park closures and community-wide evictions in Florida and Texas—the two states with the largest mobile home populations—Manufactured Insecurity forces social scientists and policymakers to respond to a fundamental question: how do the poor access and retain secure housing in the face of widespread poverty, deepening inequality, and scarce legal protection? With important contributions to urban sociology, housing studies, planning, and public policy, the book provides a broader understanding of inequality and social welfare in the United States today.

Living Underneath Tables and Other Modern Fables
Living Underneath Tables and Other Modern Fables

Author: Gunnar Jensen

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1300109432

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I always wanted to write a book where I call the general populace a bunch of limp dicks and desiccated pussies; however, my editor refused to publish anything so honest. Luckily, I am the master of work-arounds. So, in the guise of modeling hard-dickitude and wet-pussiness, I managed to trick my editor into publishing this memoir by concealing my recriminations inside stories. Follow me as I take Kerouac's On the Road beneath a table. Oddly enough, there were nearly as many drug dealers, sexpots, and weirdoes in an "empty" room at a reception hall as there were if you had hitchhiked across America in the late 1940s. While hiding from both management and low-lifes alike, I secreted myself behind the white shroud of a skirted table. Beneath this table, I found friendship, love and a workable philosophy on how to live life. Lying prone beneath a rectangular skirted table, I learned, ironically enough, how to think outside the box. Also, I've never actually had an editor.

The Life of a Girl Named Merle
The Life of a Girl Named Merle

Author: ,Merle

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2022-11-03

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1644684691

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The Life of a Girl Named Merle is an autobiography of my life. While I was born and raised in a big city, I am more of a country girl at heart. I had a good childhood, worked most of my life, and married with a family of my own. I had good times, funny times, exciting times, and some sad times, but most of all, a wonderful life. My name is special to me as you will read in my story. You can say it's my name that made me strong. So the point is, a title is just a title, like a book is just a book; but it is the contents, along with its title, that tells the story.

Double Wide
Double Wide

Author: Leo W. Banks

Publisher: Cutting Edge Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780997832341

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"After fastball phenom Prospero Stark's baseball career craters in a Mexican jail, he retreats to a trailer park in the scorching Arizona desert. He lives in peaceful anonymity with a collection of colorful outcasts until someone leaves his former catcher's severed hand on his doorstep. Beautiful, hard-living reporter Roxanne Santa Cruz, who keeps a .380 Colt and a bottle of Chivas in her car, joins Stark to help him uncover his friend's fate, a dangerous pursuit that pits them against a ruthless gang of drug-dealing killers."--Back cover.

Tales From A**Hole Road
Tales From A**Hole Road

Author: Tim Stevich

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1525540467

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When Christine and Tim Stevich decided to renovate a unique old house they had lived in for over a decade, located outside a small, rural town, they thought they had made the right decision. After renovating it into their dream home, they celebrated and settled down to enjoy their quiet new lifestyle. Unfortunately, some in their community had a different idea. With no warning or reason, people from the area began shouting at them from the road, honking at all hours of the night, and even creeping onto their property to look through the windows. Soon, hostile interactions with these people turned into a daily occurrence, and they began to fear for their safety. As the harassment grew uglier and more persistent, the Stevichs turned to the police and town council, only to find them unsympathetic and unable to restore peace to their neighborhood. They were alone and trapped in an unfathomable hell. This is the horrifying story of one couple’s experience with ongoing and vicious harassment. It recounts the daily assaults they endured, the methods they used to cope and defend themselves, and ultimately, how their terrible ordeal came to an end. To anyone who has or continues to face a similar situation, this book stands as a rallying call to do anything you can to secure your peace.

Collected Tales from the Rio Grande
Collected Tales from the Rio Grande

Author: Valley Byliners

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-04-08

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1450219772

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The authors of COLLECTED TALES FROM THE RIO GRANDE are current or former residents of the Rio Grande Valley, who know the joys and tribulations of living along a contentious border with Mexico. From this wealth of talent and experience, the Valley Byliners Editorial Committee selected and edited the stories and poems that make up this volume. Don Cliff ord has written for and edited several prize winning military and civilian publications. Jack King once taught English and Art in the Texas State Technical College Upward Bound program. Marianna Nelson helped keep the project on track with pertinent insights from the Byliner membership. But in the long run, this book would not have been possible without the collective eff orts of all the talented writers presented here.