Lois Perry sees humor in almost everything she does and in almost everyone she meets. "If there was one thing I did not feel like doing, it was standing nude in front of my son's girlfriend." "Myoko!" Our host, Ishibishi-san, drew his chest height to emphasize to his wife – and to all his guests – the importance of what he was about to say. "Perhaps Lois-san must use the toilet." Pushing Sixty Behind Me contains hilarious descriptions of first encounters with a health club, a fitness farm, skiing, massage, a water park, and a Japanese toilet. It also includes Lois's off-beat descriptions of the medical community, recycling, uncertain recipes, and sex.
The first sign of Mother's problem was not being able to get to the bathroom in time. Next, it was the choking. Later, Mother had difficulty swallowing. The doctor confirmed that Mother's nerves, one by one, had ceased to fire; and therefore, her muscles, throughout her body, were atrophying. At last I knew why my mother didn't seem to smile anymore. She hadn't lost her zest for life or her joy; it was simply that her smile muscles no longer worked. I knew why her voice weakened and cracked and sounded as if she were drowning in gravel. I knew why she couldn't lift her head high, or write legibly or get out of a chair or walk on her own. I knew why my once soft mother seemed to be turning more and more to stone. I knew, but I didn't know what to do about it. Heart Sounds is the story about the journey with my mother through her final years, our coming to grips with her need for a nursing home, and our struggles with her imprisonment, both in EverSpring and in her own body. It is the story of her growth into tolerance and understanding of the other "inmates" and of our own growth together into a deepening, more mature love for each other. This is a story of not giving up and not giving in. And because it is a true story, it is filled with humor and sometimes with fear, often with exasperation, but always with love. It is a story seldom described, but universally experienced.
Wealthy widow Sophia Ashley still lacks the proper station to find titled husbands for her marriageable sisters. So when she is approached by the Earl of Leyburn, who poses a union of mutual convenience, she agrees. But soon, the unthinkable happens--she falls in love with her handsome husband, who, has lost his heart to her.
By 1840, American politics was a paradox—unprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American descent. Historians have characterized this phenomenon as the "white republic." Race and the Early Republic offers a rich account of how this paradox evolved, beginning with the fledgling nation of the 1770s and running through the antebellum years. The essays in the volume, written by a wide array of scholars, are arranged so as to allow a clear understanding of how and why white political supremacy came to be in the early United States. Race and the Early Republic is a collection of diverse, insightful and interrelated essays that promote an easy understanding of why and how people of color were systematically excluded from the early U.S. republic.
Determined to join her long-estranged family, Kirstie MacDonnell journeys to the Scottish castle she has inherited, where she is met with resentment from the fair-haired family inhabiting the castle and the icy stares from her handsome cousin
An uncommonly captivating caprice from the author of An Unscrupulous Bride and An Independent Lady. An unlikely alliance between a London hostess and a Canadian fur trapper leads to a most delightful distraction. Original Regency Romance.
Glenna was shocked to discover she was an heiress, and that she would have to spend a year in Scotland to receive the money. But when she met a brooding, handsome Scotsman, her year seemed too short. Then she sensed danger in his arms. Was he after her--or the money?
A sheltered vicar's daughter meets a handsome lord who proposes to marry her. Wooed, won, and wed in hours, Zoe becomes his wife. Unfortunately it was a night the inebriated lord did not remember. Now, seven years later, the reformed lord is astonished to learn he possesses both an heir and a wife. Regency Romance.
Set in Northern England, this lively tale tells of a spirited schoolmistress who loses her heart to a powerful duke--who opposes the opening of her new school. By the author of An Unscrupulous Bride and An Uncommon Affair. Regency Romance.
The widowed Lady Diana's brief but disastrous marriage had been arranged to save her family from financial ruin. Diana vowed she would never marry again for money. But now, wealthy Jared Amberly has purchased the gambling debts of Diana's brother in exchange for a chance to make Diana his wife. From the author of A Reluctant Heart.
Intent on exposing her father's killer--a man known to travel in the highest circles of London society--Chandra has to enter a marriage of convenience to trap the villain. The Honorable Julian Ware agrees to her proposal, but Julian expects Chandra to perform the duties of a proper wife. Original Regency Romance.
A book filled with stories of compassion flowing not just from humans, but from some of our furred and feathered friends as well. For among all living creatures, we see evidence of an emotional connection, and often a response, to others in time of need. Although these stories contain feelings of warmth, tenderness, sensitivity or concern for the plight of another, compassion needs to extend beyond simply feelings, to acting on those feelings in some positive way. And herein lies the powerful gift of each inspiring story in this book - stories of compassion fulfilled, actions taken and results achieved to satisfy the bestthat lies within us.
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