Ever since Jennifer exchanged her high-flying career, with its sharp suits, big money and expense-account lunches, for a life by the sea with her little boy, Charlie and their dog, Sausage, she hasn't looked back. Not even once. Not on the emotional debris of her broken engagement to fiance, Dave, nor the one-night of stupidity that caused it. But all that is about to change... Four-year-old Charlie's new life in school has started so well: he's made friends, settled in, is having a terrific time. But Jennifer is worried by the dark circles under his eyes, his pale little face. Suspecting anaemia, she takes him for a check-up and is referred to hospital, where to her horror, she is told that Charlie has a life-threatening illness. Reeling with shock, Jennifer must cope with the stuff of every parent's nightmare, and watch her son struggle for his life. to face the past she thought she could safely forget: her difficult relationship with her mother, the pain and anger of her break-up with Dave, and the bombshell she is about to drop on Charlie's natural father. Written with the passion that characterised Turning Turtle, Time in a Bottle is a raw, honest account of a mother's love for her child, which will not fail to move anyone who reads it. Also by Denise Deegan: Turning Turtle
Kim Waters seems to have it all: her own PR agency, a loving -- wealthy -- husband and two perfect children. In their charming suburban Dublin home, everything seems picture perfect. But then Kim announces she's fed up with plugging Flush toilet cleaner and writing snazzy press releases for boring products: she wants to write 'the great novel'. So, without a second thought, she throws in the job and settles down to a life of cosy domesticity: writing a wonderful novel that everyone will want to publish, and trying to keep the kids away from the television. However, the dream rapidly turns sour - the novel is a tired cliche, life as a domestic supergoddess is not all it's cracked up to be, and then she discovers her husband is having an affair... As the perfect life Kim has built for herself starts to fall apart, comes a revelation that will make her doubt everything she had taken for granted in her life... Written with wit and flair, Turning Turtle gets under the skin of contemporary life and love, taking a warm, but sharp-eyed look at relationships and dreams in the modern world.
Follows the adventures of a poor but plucky scholarship student as she tries to find acceptance at an exclusive English boarding school for young ladies.
Endorsed by the Institute of Public Relations, Managing Activism is essential reading for managers and PR practitioners in any organisation vulnerable to activism, be it a company, government, university, institution or charity."--BOOK JACKET.
A book which truly makes older people's experiences central to understanding how best policy makers and practitioners might promote well-being in later life.
While all history has the potential to be political, public history is uniquely so: public historians engage in historical inquiry outside the bubble of scholarly discourse, relying on social networks, political goals, practices, and habits of mind that differ from traditional historians. Radical Roots: Public History and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism theorizes and defines public history as future-focused, committed to the advancement of social justice, and engaged in creating a more inclusive public record. Edited by Denise D. Meringolo and with contributions from the field’s leading figures, this groundbreaking collection addresses major topics such as museum practices, oral history, grassroots preservation, and community-based learning. It demonstrates the core practices that have shaped radical public history, how they have been mobilized to promote social justice, and how public historians can facilitate civic discourse in order to promote equality. "This is a much-needed recalibration, as professional organizations and practitioners across genres of public history struggle to diversify their own ranks and to bring contemporary activists into the fold." — Catherine Gudis, University of California, Riverside. "Taken all together, the articles in this volume highlight the persistent threads of justice work that has characterized the multifaceted history of public history as well as the challenges faced in doing that work."—Patricia Mooney-Melvin, The Public Historian
Knowledge management metrics are one of the weakest areas of practice in the field. Providing practical guidance for identifying different types of measurements and metrics, as well as methods for defining and collection information about metrics, this is an essential book for knowledge management professionals and researchers.
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