White Oleander - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook White Oleander write by Janet Fitch. This book was released on 2006-09-01. White Oleander available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery - but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison. White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. Oprah Winfrey enjoyed this gripping first novel so much that she not only made it her book club pick, she asked if she could narrate the audio release.
Torrent
Torrent - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Torrent write by Howard Birnstihl. This book was released on 2011. Torrent available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
True Mom Confessions
True Mom Confessions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook True Mom Confessions write by Romi Lassally. This book was released on 2009-04-07. True Mom Confessions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mothers' hilarious, outrageous, heartfelt admissions "Sometimes I lock myself in the bathroom." "I put an educational DVD on so I could have sex. It wasn't with my husband." Romi Lassally provides a judgment-free zone where women can reveal their mommy misdemeanors. From not feeling like cleaning up vomit in the middle of the night, to barking something completely inappropriate to the children, to wanting to be pawed by hands that aren't covered in jelly, the confessions pour in daily. Heartfelt and hilarious, naughty and nasty, frank and outrageous, the confessions culled together for this book represent the best-or the worst?-of those humbling hidden secrets of motherhood in all its glorious messiness as improvisation and triage. They dare to suggest that it's okay for moms to make mistakes, to have unkind thoughts, to publicly or privately embarrass themselves-and above all to be human.
I Am the Maple
I Am the Maple - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook I Am the Maple write by Tracie Shibley. This book was released on 2022-06-23. I Am the Maple available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Julia is stuck in a place of desperation, instigated by mistakes that have hurt the people she loves most in the world. Even though her husband and their children have seemingly forgiven her, she cannot forgive herself. As she sits on a stone wall eighty feet above a concrete walking trail on a cold winter day, Julia is prepared to jump—until fate steps in and changes everything. J. P. is a marathon runner who is suffering catastrophic injuries from a car accident. After he is told he cannot run again, he must rely on Julia, his physical therapist, to not only guide him through his physical challenges, but also his emotional obstacles. When she hands J. P. an inspiring note at the end of his therapy, will it change how he views himself and his life? Through struggles of illness, abandonment, poverty, loss, and failure, the lives of Julia, J. P., and five others intersect as each are shown a glimmer of light in their darkest days and then use that light to ignite the flame in others. I Am the Maple is the inspiring tale of friendship, love, and the strength of the human spirit as destiny leads seven people to cross paths and help rescue each other from the darkness.
Russian Experience
Russian Experience - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russian Experience write by George Bridge. This book was released on 2010-11-19. Russian Experience available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is an intriguing but nevertheless true story of a London bachelor who took advantage of the lifting of the iron curtain to start looking for a girlfriend who would give him a satisfactory sex life which he was not having in London. It is told without holding back any punches or sexual details and takes us through his experiences with the girls he has chosen by corresponding with them on the internet in response to their advertisements. He takes us through his various holidays with these girls in several European cities but always takes us back to mother Russia.
