This is Not a Confession
This is Not a Confession

Author: David Olimpio

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780997193800

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Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Through these powerful and insightful essays, David Olimpio explores the residual effects of sexual abuse, divorce, and grief. With surprising candor and a disarming sense of humor, Olimpio takes on the outwardly wholesome landscape of his suburban Houston childhood and the complex sexual relationships in his adult life. Both poignant and poetic, THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION leaves us with a sense that our identities have the power to transcend our circumstances. "THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION is risky, and David Olimpio's voice is modern and insightful. He has found a way to share his journey without ego or shame, and arrives at the center of one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves: Who am I and how did I get here? Olimpio answers these questions with a fearless, sometimes heartbreaking, honesty that speaks truth to the human experience." Janna Marlies Maron "THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION a road map, a refutation, and a reminder that while shame and confusion may well reverberate across time, we need not be the products of the transgressions visited upon us." Ben Tanzer "'In the end, our stories are the most powerful things we have, ' David Olimpio writes in THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION. Born not of a singular form but forged from many essay, memoir, hybrid, collage this book is as textured and varied as the human experience. It may defy easy classification, but readers will agree: here is an unforgettable debut that will shatter you. With devastating honesty and keen, poetic insight, Olimpio captures the fluidity of time and selfhood as he pierces the heart of the age-old question: What makes us? 'We create our memories; they do not create us.'" Sara Lippmann "A truly extraordinary piece of writing with a superb, graceful economy of style and zero pretension, THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION is also not 'misery memoir.' It is wry and witty and brutally honest without the cheap shock factor. You will want to read it at least twice." Sarah Lotz "The ambiguity of time, the confusion of numbers, the cycle of cicadas and the Big Bad Wolf, these are just some of the elements that David Olimpio softly wraps around us before pulling us seamlessly into his past. Heart-wrenchingly brutal memories laid out honestly on the page, THIS IS NOT A CONFESSION is all confession, the reader, a priest, sitting raptly, sometimes teary-eyed, behind a dark screen." xTx"

The Sin-Eater's Confession
The Sin-Eater's Confession

Author: Ilsa J. Bick

Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1467731714

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People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was . . . you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he had dreams—even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them. Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about blood and bone and how bodies decompose. I know about shadows and stones and hatchets. I know what a last cry for help sounds like. I know what blood looks like on my own hands. What I don't know is if I can trust my own eyes. I don't know who threw the stone. Who swung the hatchet? Who are the shadows? What do the living owe the dead?

A Confession
A Confession

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks

Published: 2021-10-31

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 3986778187

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A Confession Leo Tolstoy - This short work was originally titled An Introduction to a Criticism of Dogmatic Theology. It is a brief autobiographical story of the author's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis, and describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical question: If God does not exist, since death is inevitable, what is the meaning of life?

Confession
Confession

Author: Sarah Forester Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13:

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Are YOU ready to fall in love with Bodhi and Eva? Seventeen-year-old Bodhi Bishop knows three things for certain about his life. First, never ask his single, free-spirited mom any questions about his dad. Second, he met his soulmate when he was twelve. And third, he will forever walk around an empty shell of a person since losing his soulmate. Seventeen-year-old Eva Calloway knows three things for certain about her life. First, never disobey her callous, upper-class parents. Second, she met her soulmate when she was twelve. And third, she'll do whatever it takes to protect her soulmate even if that means she never sees him again. Bodhi Bishop and Eva Calloway, teenagers growing up in Flagler Beach, Florida, knew they were soulmates from an early age. An unfortunate accident forces them apart when they're fourteen, and they spend the next three years trying to navigate through life without each other, failing miserably. When a tragic event occurs, bringing them back together, they dive head first into their very own epic love story. Instantly, they find their relationship becomes intertwined with secrets of the past and perilous moments, making them both realize nothing in Flagler is ever how it seems. As each day goes by, they expose more lies and pieces of this chilling puzzle, questioning who they can trust and if they should indeed uncover the truth. Will they unearth these life changing secrets that both their families have kept hidden for so many years? Are they solving a mystery that needs to be solved? Or are they unnecessarily making themselves players in a dangerous game that will end up costing them both of their lives? "Make this book into a movie!" "I enjoyed this book so much that I finished it in just over 24 hours!" "This book had me hooked right from the start." "Absolutely loved falling in love with Bodhi and Eva." "I haven't read a good book in awhile, and I couldn't put this book down." Want to read more about Bodhi and Eva? Head over to Instagram. #BodhiandEva

The Art of Confession
The Art of Confession

Author: Christopher Grobe

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1479882089

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"The Art of Confession tells the history of this cultural shift and of the movement it created in American art: confessionalism. Like realism or romanticism, confessionalism began in one art form, but soon pervaded them all: poetry and comedy in the 1950s and '60s, performance art in the '70s, theater in the '80s, television in the '90s, and online video and social media in the 2000s. Everywhere confessionalism went, it stood against autobiography, the art of the closed book. Instead of just publishing, these artists performed--with, around, and against the text of their lives." --

A Little Book about Confession for Children
A Little Book about Confession for Children

Author: Kendra Tierney

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2014-02-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The Sacrament of Confession is often misunderstood by children and adults alike. While your child is preparing for his first Confession, it's easy for you both to feel overwhelmed. And even if first Confession was a while ago, perhaps you wish that you and your child had a better understanding of the sacrament. A Little Book about Confession for Children explains the hows and whys of going to Confession. It includes step-by-step instructions for preparing and receiving this beautiful sacrament of healing, which draws us into the infinite mercy of God. The book even provides an examination of conscience just for kids. Everything you and your child need to know about the Sacrament of Reconciliation (or Confession) can be found in this informative little book with charming four-color illustrations. Perfect for preparing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time, this little book is sure to be used over and over again.

No Confession, No Mass
No Confession, No Mass

Author: Jennifer Perrine

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 0803284993

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Whether exploring the porous borders between sin and virtue or examining the lives of saints and mystics to find the human experiences in stories of the divine, the poems in No Confession, No Mass move toward restoration and reunion. Jennifer Perrine's poems ask what healing might be possible in the face of sexual and gendered violence worldwide--in New Delhi, in Steubenville, in Ju�rez, and in neighborhoods and homes never named in the news. The book reflects on our own complicity in violence, "not confessing, but unearthing" former selves who were brutal and brutalized--and treating them with compassion. As the poems work through these seeming paradoxes, they also find joy, celebrating transformations and second chances, whether after the failure of a marriage, the return of a reluctant soldier from war, or the everyday passage of time. Through the play of language in received forms--abecedarian, sonnet, ballad, ghazal, villanelle, ballade--and in free verse buzzing with assonance, alliteration, and rhyme, these poems sing their resistance to violence in all its forms.

American Psycho
American Psycho

Author: Bret Easton Ellis

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2014-12-15

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1447277716

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A cult classic, adapted into a film starring Christian Bale. Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do? Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, reservations at every new restaurant in town and a line of girls around the block. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . . With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million-copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.

Passport to Heaven
Passport to Heaven

Author: Micah Wilder

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0736982876

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“You have a call, Elder Wilder.” When missionary Micah Wilder set his sights on bringing a Baptist congregation into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had no idea that he was the one about to be changed. Yet when he finally came to know the God of the Bible, Micah had no choice but to surrender himself—no matter the consequences. For a passionate young Mormon who had grown up in the Church, finding authentic faith meant giving up all he knew: his community, his ambitions, and his place in the world. Yet as Micah struggled to reconcile the teachings of his Church with the truths revealed in the Bible, he awakened to his need for God’s grace. This led him to be summoned to the door of the mission president, terrified but confident in the testimony he knew could cost him everything. Passport to Heaven is a gripping account of Micah’s surprising journey from living as a devoted member of a religion based on human works to embracing the divine mercy and freedom that can only be found in Jesus Christ.

The Asylum Confession
The Asylum Confession

Author: Jack Steen

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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They arrive alive. They leave dead.But first, they give me their confessions.My name is Jack Steen. That name shouldn't mean anything to you. Unless you're about to die. And then I'm your bloody guardian angel. I work as a night nurse in the Asylum for the criminally insane. My name is the only real name you'll find in this book. I won't tell you which hospital I work at. I won't tell you the names of those dying.But I won't lie to you.You'll read exactly what I'm told. If you're smart, if you're deranged enough to read between the lines, you'll know who is telling the story.They could be playing their final game with me by messing with my head. Now, maybe they're messing with yours too.Inside this book are 4 confessions: One has an interesting 'appetite'. One was the Ken to his Barbie, and he would do anything to keep her happy.Another is a Nanny, but not one you want watching your kids.The other is the sweetest soul you'd ever meet but you'll have a hard time reading her confession. WARNING: There is swearing in this book. And some stories might be a trigger for something you have a hard time handling. But, these are the confessions of serial killers, mass murderers and such. NOTE: These once were published as novellas. Now they're in a full length novel. Deal with it.Want to read the next set of Confession books? Sign up for my mailing list - I'm told all the real authors have one, so I figured why not