Chasing Lilacs

Chasing Lilacs

Author: Carla Stewart

Publisher: FaithWords

Published: 2010-06-17

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0446568953

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It is the summer of 1958, and life in the small Texas community of Graham Camp should be simple and carefree. But not for twelve-year-old Sammie Tucker. Sammie has plenty of questions about her mother's "nerve" problems. About shock treatments. About whether her mother loves her. When her mother commits suicide and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives, Sammie has to choose who to trust with her deepest fears: Her best friend who has an opinion about everything, the mysterious kid from California whose own troubles plague him, or her round-faced neighbor with gentle advice and strong shoulders to cry on. Then there's the elderly widower who seems nice but has his own dark past. Trusting is one thing, but accepting the truth may be the hardest thing Sammie has ever done.


Where Lilacs Still Bloom

Where Lilacs Still Bloom

Author: Jane Kirkpatrick

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2012-04-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1400074304

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One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through, inspired by the life of Hulda Klager German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education—and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda’s driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early twentieth-century expectations for a simple housewife. Through the years, seasonal floods continually threaten to erase her Woodland, Washington garden and a series of family tragedies cause even Hulda to question her focus. In a time of practicality, can one person’s simple gifts of beauty make a difference? Based on the life of Hulda Klager, Where Lilacs Still Bloom is a story of triumph over an impossible dream and the power of a generous heart. “Beauty matters… it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.”


Under the Lilacs

Under the Lilacs

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1528788710

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This classic book is Louisa May Alcott’s 1878 novel, “Under the Lilacs”. It is a delightful children’s story that revolves round the antics and exploits of Bab and Betty Moss, their neighbour Miss Celia, a circus runaway called Ben Brown, and his dog, Sancho. This heart-warming and timeless story is perfect for bedtime reading, and would make for a worthy addition to any family collection. Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American author best known for her novel “Little Women”. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.


Under the Lilacs

Under the Lilacs

Author:

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 1877

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1427023034

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Author of "Little women," "An old-fashioned girl," "Little men," "Jack and Jill," "Hospital sketches," etc.


White Lilacs

White Lilacs

Author: Assistant Professor Department of Professional Communication Carolyn Meyer

Publisher: Perfection Learning

Published: 1993-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780780735637

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In 1921 in Dillon, Texas, twelve-year-old Rose Lee sees trouble threatening her black community when the whites decide to take the land there for a park and forcibly relocate the black families to an ugly stretch of territory outside the town.


Under the Lilacs (Annotated)

Under the Lilacs (Annotated)

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781534664692

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Under the Lilacs is a children's novel by Louisa May Alcott, first published in 1878. The story is about two girls, Bab and Betty Moss, Miss Celia, a circus runaway, Ben Brown, and his dog Sancho. When Bab and Betty decide to have a tea party with their dolls a mysterious dog comes and steals their prized cake. The girls find a circus run-away, Ben Brown, hiding in their play barn. Ben is a horse master, so when the Mosses take Ben in they find him work at a neighbour's house driving cows. Eventually Ben finds out his beloved father is dead. Miss Celia, a neighbour, comforts him and finally offers to let Ben stay with her and her fourteen-year-old brother Thornton. Many adventures and summer-happenings go on in Celia's house, as Ben slowly finds his place among his friends. Sancho gets lost, Ben is accused of stealing, Miss Celia gets hurt and Ben takes a wild ride on her horse, Lita. They have an archery competition, where Ben emerges as the winner.


The Burying Man

The Burying Man

Author: Cleudis Robbins

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-03-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781480229235

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Appalachia is full of ghosts. I ought to know; I am one of them. My story was already written before I ever drew breath one cold Kentucky morning in the Emerita Coal Mining Camp on the eve of the Great Depression. How come I was in my grave by my 10th birthday takes some telling. The hills and hollers of Appalachia can swallow a man, let alone a girl like Bud Grace. Born the daughter of coal miner and funeralizing preacher Mournful Grace, her life is her father's story. The Bloody Harlan County Coal Wars are just getting cranked up. Appalachia's natural world is under assault by industrialists who are after its minerals at any cost. Mournful, the seventh son of a seventh son cursed with second sight, can see trouble coming and struggles to change the future, all the while knowing he has no power over it. Everything that's coming is already in the past. In a desperate battle to save his beloved Evangeline and their daughter Bud, he must wage his own war against enemies bent on his personal destruction. Bud lays bare the mysterious beauty and intricate customs of a forgotten land, as she unravels Mournful's tragic tale-one of haunting poverty and unimaginable violence as two worlds collide.


Under the Lilacs

Under the Lilacs

Author: Louisa Alcott

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-05

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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Under the lilacs is a wonderful story about a lost boy and his dog. Ben is a discouraged and weary runaway boy. Separated from his father and mistreated by the circus he lives with he has run away with his dog Sancho. He meets Babs and Betty Moss at a dolls' tea party in which they discover the clever show dog Sancho foraging for his master. The Moss family takes Ben into their home. Soon after Celia and her invalid brother Thornton Arrive at the Home "Under the Lilacs" and Ben is hired to help take care of Thornton. Ben, who is honest and true, gradually endears himself to the two families.