Ellie and Ruthie were unlikely to have been friends before arriving at the boarding house on Dove Lane. It was during the Great Depression and times were tough. Folks in Minden did what they had to get by. No matter the cost or who it hurt. The Dove House held deep secrets that shocked the townsfolk and revealed one of the biggest scandals in the state. Being rich was everything in Minden and the richest girl of all was soon to be an infant who helped reveal the towns sins and wash away years of scandals.
Mac is only nine years old and already faces more than the average kid. In her darkest times she wants to retreat inside herself. How will she get the courage to trust again? Will she ever find her voice? Only time and a little love can mend the little girls heart as she learns to trust. An unlikely connection saves her from it all.
Melody and Judd are young and living on the Prairie as they make their way down to Texas looking for a better life. Along the way they encounter events that rock them to their very core, altering their plans forever. Soon they battle between life and death. Forsaking their life in their wagon, they submit to total strangers and build a life more different than they had ever known. A series of events takes Judd and Melody from youth to adulthood faster than they ever expected.
Stories had floated around as long as Ted could remember about the haunted Moody Road he lived on in Indiana as a child. It was the 1960's when the murder of a young prominent girl rocked the town. She had been found murdered in the haunted cemetery on Moody Road. Ted sees something one night that leaves him fearing for his life. Now 40 years later he returns to the small town of Wheatfield to confront his fears and ends up solving one of the many great mysteries that haunt the Moody Road.
Bethany was a teen who endured endless bullying. She found hope at Mt. Alliance church where she meets Josh and forges lasting friendships. Its not until a terrible accident one night on a country road leaves her fighting for her very life. Josh realizes he cares when she was almost gone.
Sharon and Tony are at work when the sound of a roaring trumpet splits the night sky. The journalistic team head out to the streets of their hometown, Indianapolis trying to make sense of it all. The display of lightning illuminating the sky sends a shiver down Sharons back as she realizes an event had taken place, leaving the world in utter chaos. It was an event she heard about as a child but chalked it up to fairy tales. Now she had been left behind in an event known as the Rapture!
Fully updated by Stephen Gilmore and Lisa Glennon, the 4th edition of Hayes and Williams' Family Law provides comprehensive, critical and case-focused discussion of the key legislation and debates affecting adults and children. The book takes a critical approach to the subject and includes 'talking points' throughout each chapter which highlight areas of debate or controversy and help students develop their own ideas and analysis of the law. Review questions at the end of each chapter allow students the opportunity to reflect and apply their knowledge and offer the ideal preparation for exams and assessments. Cases are at the heart of family law and this textbook offers unrivalled case detail, with comprehensive summaries of key cases throughout the text to ensure students understand the development of family law legislation through the courts. Further case discussion is fully incorporated throughout the text to demonstrate complex points of law and offer a useful starting point for further research and debate. The text also includes a range of further features to support students studying the subject for the first time, including legislation extracts, contextual chapter introductions, and further reading advice, alongside a clear and engaging writing style.
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Providing a comprehensive, critical, and case-focused introduction to family law, this title helps students to gain a firm understanding of family law principles, the developing law, and key reform debates.
Focusing on Chicago and downstate Illinois politics during the incredibly oppressive decades between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932_a period that is often described as the nadir of black life in Ame
The family and the law, with its attendant legal systems, share a pervasive connectedness. With this new volume, family practitioners and scholars can begin to increase the family?s position in relation to the law and legal system. The contributing authors bring to light the power of laws and the ways to influence them,for the benefit of the family.
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