In the rare moments when Leigh Adelman has time to consider her chaotic life, it takes her breath away: there's her 14 year-old son Isaac, fierce and vulnerable; eight-year-old Jane, wise, tart-tongued and practical; baby Daisy, her joyful last child; and reasonable, patient Simon, a devoted husband and father. Leigh's suburban New York life is 14 years distant from her first love. It had been electric, an adventure that produced the divine gift of Isaac -- and taught her that even all-consuming passion doesn't mean happily ever after. But that intense, hopeful time had slowly receded to a distant corner of her heart...until the summer morning when Fowler popped back into her life. Cautiously, Leigh walks into a Manhattan hotel bar, unfinished business compelling her to see the brilliant, uncompromising Fowler. And as soon as she hears his voice she understands that she has always loved him. But this rendezvous turns out to be less about first love than it is about a last chance. For it is clear that Fowler is dying. Honest, moving and utterly authentic, Every Day is about testing the boundaries of love, and living with the often messy consequences. For anyone who has ever daydreamed about the past, or silently wondered what if, this unforgettable novel rings with one essential truth: the toughest choices yield the most unexpected rewards.
The critically acclaimed author of Every Day returns with a dazzling new work -- as compelling as if your own life were suddenly turned upside down by the surprising, maddening, invigorating arrival of a kind of love you never expected. Paige Austin has interesting work, a stable marriage, and a circle of women friends who help soothe the empty spot she would have filled with the child she can't conceive. Then the stepson she hardly knows, Malachi MacGowan, walks into her life. An impossibly tall, smart-talking young man, he makes her feel certifiably old -- and yet edgily, wonderfully alive. In a few electric days, Mal and Paige seem to forge a connection neither of them can fully fathom. She is no longer childless, and Mal basks in a love unprecedented in his seventeen years. Then, as abruptly as he arrived, he stalks away -- into an existence defined by friends and activities Paige can only imagine. Left with an unraveling marriage and a wounded heart, she attempts her own kind of escape...until Mal's inevitable crisis crashes in. With her keen eye and courageous take on the mutable faces of love, Elizabeth Richards vividly illumines how an ordinary life can change in a heartbeat -- and then change again.
Paige Austin has interesting work, a stable marriage, and a circle of women friends who help soothe the empty spot she would have filled with the child she's unable to conceive. Then the tall, handsome, worldly stepson she hardly knows walks into her life.
The story of our country really began way back in the history of England in the year 1215 when King John of England was forced by some of his barons to sign a document called the Magna Carta. This document, among other things, prevented the king from taxing the barons without their consent. King John had driven England nearly to bankruptcy because he spent so much money to fund his continual participation in the Crusades. (The Crusades were a period in history when Christian knights tried to take back the Holy Land, which had been conquered by the Muslims.) The barons were tired of being taxed to pay for his wars. This document was essentially a document in medieval times to clarify the differences between the three powers in England at the timethe Catholic Church, the king, and the barons. This is an important document because it was the first time in history that people other than the king or the church were given some powers. It did nothing about grant rights to the peasants and the merchant class. This is important because it was the very first time in the history of the world that the king and the church had their powers curbed. Not one other country in the world at this time had a Magna Carta (many still dont), and this is important because it was the English who were the first ones to colonize the areas of our country, which was first known as the thirteen colonies. These colonists brought with them these truly revolutionary ideas of individual freedom.
With her conversational direct style, Elizabeth Richards helps distant events come alive and demonstrates the connection between the ideals and practices of our Founders and the liberties we enjoy today. As a primer of crucial events, it is a winner. -Dr. Charlie Self Professor of Church History Assemblies of God Theological Seminary Senior Advisor, The Acton Institute for Religion and Liberty This is a book I wish I could have assigned to my students when I was teaching US History to high school students. It is highly readable and suitable for students with limited English language skills and even for younger students. The author begins by describing the competing efforts of Britain, France, and Spain to establish footholds in America and how Britain gained greater domination than the other countries. (see book 1, the Founding of a Nation: The Story of the Thirteen Colonies) This book provides depth of detail of this war to achieve independence that I have not seen before: the many battles fought, both won and lost; the geographic extent of the war, from what is now Vermont to Georgia from the Atlantic seaboard to the area that would become Illinois and the enormous cost in Life and treasure. This book gives meaning and substance to our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, which we so seldom read, but when we do read it is often with only superficial appreciation of the effort and sacrifice that went into establishing them as the foundation of a new country ---the United States of America. -Alan Wadsworth Retired Social Studies teacher and school administrator
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Despite huge amounts of literature on child abuse, there exists little information on situations in which children are killed. Analyzing data from over 700 cases, this study identifies specific types of perpetrators, victims' socio-economic backgrounds and patterns of dangerous circumstances.
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