Run No More is the story of Avery Lockhart, a gifted young girl who has been on the run for her entire life. Her uncle Finn has spent the last eight years raising her after her mother was killed by the same man they are still running from. Avery's mother, Luna, was recruited at the age of fifteen by an agency that operates under the guise of training young people with certain gifts so they are able to function normally in society. The real goal of the agency, however, is much more sinister. The story begins as Avery is about to turn fifteen, the age that her gift comes into full power. She and Finn have just moved to a new town and are trying to stay under the radar. It seems, though, that they have fallen right into the agency's backyard. Avery meets another young girl who also possesses gifts and watches in horror as she is kidnapped by one of the agents right before her eyes. The discovery that Finn's new romantic interest is involved leaves them both terrified. Desperate to stop running, Avery and Finn develop a plan to rescue Avery's friend and take down the agency. As they execute their plan, things go horribly wrong. Will they make it out alive, or will they be another statistic of the agency?
When Jillian's husband Jack fails to notice her total transformation, she decides to get a job. With her new look and her new wardrobe everyone says she looks ten years younger. Can she pull it off? She gives it her best shot, and decides to go by her middle name, Daisy. Even though the job is just part time, she meets Kellan, a gorgeous, single, successful business owner, who has his eye on Daisy. When her husband goes out of town for a business trip, an innocent afternoon turns into a steamy overnight visit. As her two lives begin to intersect, Jillian must decide who she really wants to be, the 38 year old housewife and mom or the young, single, but unfocused Daisy. She struggles to make a decision before the decision is made for her.
Run No More is the story of Avery Lockhart, a gifted young girl who has been on the run for her entire life. Her uncle Finn has spent the last eight years raising her after her mother was killed by the same man they are still running from. Avery's mother, Luna, was recruited at the age of fifteen by an agency that operates under the guise of training young people with certain gifts so they are able to function normally in society. The real goal of the agency, however, is much more sinister. The story begins as Avery is about to turn fifteen, the age that her gift comes into full power. She and Finn have just moved to a new town and are trying to stay under the radar. It seems, though, that they have fallen right into the agency's backyard. Avery meets another young girl who also possesses gifts and watches in horror as she is kidnapped by one of the agents right before her eyes. The discovery that Finn's new romantic interest is involved leaves them both terrified. Desperate to stop running, Avery and Finn develop a plan to rescue Avery's friend and take down the agency. As they execute their plan, things go horribly wrong. Will they make it out alive, or will they be another statistic of the agency?
This book are my prayers to Good God as of late given what has been shown to me in regards to what is going to come and the threat on my life. There are no ands ifs or buts in this book but the pure and unconditional truth. Whether you like it or not, the truth must come out and this book continues to tell you the truth in prayer form.
The hand print in the last page of this book was the foundation of “I Am Essential” shirts that were used years later for the Essential Art Musicians and Friends fundraiser. Michelle organized it to benefit the Harry Chapin Food Bank after organizing a food and fund drive for St Matthew’s House a week before Thanksgiving when she learned there were no turkeys or side dishes yet for about 1000 families that were expected for dinner. Thanks to the loving actions of her friends in the Little Black Dress Club, there was plenty of food served that Thanksgiving. Since 2000, Michelle has been painting “The Prints of Freedom” by turning people’s hands into art that embodies who a person is and what they do to celebrate freedom.
By comparing institutions in Hawai'i and Louisiana designed to incarcerate individuals with a highly stigmatized disease, Colonizing Leprosy provides an innovative study of the complex relationship between U.S. imperialism and public health policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on the Kalaupapa Settlement in Moloka'i and the U.S. National Leprosarium in Carville, Michelle Moran shows not only how public health policy emerged as a tool of empire in America's colonies, but also how imperial ideologies and racial attitudes shaped practices at home. Although medical personnel at both sites considered leprosy a colonial disease requiring strict isolation, Moran demonstrates that they adapted regulations developed at one site for use at the other by changing rules to conform to ideas of how "natives" and "Americans" should be treated. By analyzing administrators' decisions, physicians' treatments, and patients' protests, Moran examines the roles that gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality played in shaping both public opinion and health policy. Colonizing Leprosy makes an important contribution to an understanding of how imperial imperatives, public health practices, and patient activism informed debates over the constitution and health of American bodies.
Book 18 in the Michelle's Book Blog Series. As usual this book is hard hitting and no holds barred. In this book I talk about my dreams The Klu Klux Klan and more.
Through a series of events, a young woman named Marla Haines finds her world crumbling all around her. She could not manage to see how she would pick up the pieces of her life or find the good she longed for until she received a gift--an unwrapped gift.
& I Thought it was Beneath Me is an inspiration to women from every walk of life how a change in mindset has the power to change your life. Join author Michelle Smith in her journey from woman to lady. Be inspired by the trials and tribulations that began the Skirts & Pumps movement. It's more than brand it's a lifestyle!
This book was about a little African American girl named Michelle who grew up in the Christian Church as a PK (Preacher's Kid) with many unanswered questions. She was a Daddy's Girl and the oldest of all siblings. She was trying to understand God with questions and challenges that existed in the home from the rules and Doctrines of the Christian Church. Michelle shared experiences with her father and family, the Pastor of the church, and the trauma endured within the Christian Church and others in the communities with name-calling. This book was written to inspire others to know that God is real and that your life matters. Even though Michelle felt that she missed out on many things growing up, she finally realized that having a personal relationship with God herself was when she was set free from all the uncertainties and opinions within the Church and trauma secrets. This book was written to inspire others to share their stories because it could bless others who may have endured similar issues to motivate and bring success.
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