Sylvia Rose
Sylvia Rose

Author: R. J. King

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2013-04

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1625162588

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Based on a true story, Sylvia Rose: An Australian Story spans fifty years in the lives of Sylvia Rose, her husband, Jim, and their three children. Sylvia's ambitions are thwarted when she marries Jim. Her ever increasing desire to be a "princess" and escape her pedestrian background is constantly thwarted by a series of tragic situations and events that undermine her confidence and self esteem. The more she struggles, the more she becomes entangled, until finally, tragedy strikes. Other strong characters in the novel are Sylvia's understanding mother and Jim's neurotic and reclusive mother. The author is also a quasi- character in the novel, as he uses both metafiction and authorial intrusion to comment on his own relationship to the main characters. This unusual saga is written in five sections with a changing viewpoint in sections four and five.

Rise Up
Rise Up

Author: Sylvia Rose

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2004-06-09

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780830832125

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Sylvia Rose draws on her own rich experience and that of others to challenge African American women to stand up and follow God's call into leadership.

Sylvia Rose and the Cherry Tree
Sylvia Rose and the Cherry Tree

Author: Sandy Shapiro-Hurt

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0884485927

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In rhymed couplets, with magical illustrations, Sylvia Rose and the Cherry Tree spins a story of adventure, imagination, and the importance of home. This very strange tale began in May in a friendly forest on a sunny day. Skipping along a path in the wood danced Sylvia Rose, and man, she was GOOD! Laughing and leaping came Sylvia Rose, Whirling and twirling on twinkly toes. Bold, adventurous Sylvia Rose loves visiting the animals and trees of the forest. The girl and her favorite cherry tree share almost everything, including dancing and stories, but they can’t travel the world together because the tree is rooted deep in the earth. Determined to overcome this obstacle, Sylvia Rose enlists her animal friends to uproot the glorious tree, and Sylvia and the tree set off globetrotting together, taking in the wonders of the world from the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House, each sight more amazing than the last. Back home in the forest, however, the animals begin to suffer without the food and shelter of their life-sustaining cherry tree. Can the tree give up her newfound freedom and return to her role in the forest ecosystem? Fountas & Pinnell Level M

Briar Rose
Briar Rose

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-03-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780765342300

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An American journalist is trapped in Nazi Germany in this variation on the Sleeping Beauty theme.

On Tuesdays, They Played Mah Jongg
On Tuesdays, They Played Mah Jongg

Author: Milton Stern

Publisher: STARbooks Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1891855689

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For two decades, Michael Bern, a gay television writer in Hollywood, has stared at an unfinished screenplay sitting on his desk. After attending a friend's funeral in his hometown of Newport News, Virginia, Michael returns to Hollywood and finds there is more than a screenplay that is unfinished in his life. He finally confronts what the screenplay represents -- memories and stories of the sometimes sad, often hilarious characters of his past, especially his mother and her four closest friends. Florence, Hannah, Rona, Arlene and Doreen -- five more fascinating, menopausal, Jewish women one would never meet. They were friends for more than forty years and saw each other through life's triumphs, tragedies and multiple spouses. Yet, there was only one constant in their lives. On Tuesdays, they played Mah Jongg