Gretchen Muellers chronicle begins in the present in her Southern California garden with her granddaughter, Megan, and flashes back to Chicago in the late thirties. The Muellers are a happy family then and Papa (Gerhard) sings and tells stories of his boyhood in Furth im Wald, in eastern Germany, and also of his admiration for Adolf Hitler. During WWII U. S. authorities cannot tolerate Papas allegiance to Germany and Gretchens happy life becomes a series of painful changes and adjustmentsshe is a German in America and an American in Germany. Through the years, adversities are overcome with the help of new friends, neighbors and a tender reconciliation.
Princess Loralyn lives in the large stone Palace with her father, King Bevan, her mother, Queen Avia, and her younger brother, Galen, who will some day be the king. Loralyn desires not only to learn the secret of what a lovely princess is and to understand the task of becoming one, but wishes to visit her very own valley, north beyond the Greenest Hill, which also seems impossible. As time passes, she meets the Simple Ones who fear a Dragon in the forest, the wise River Lady who tries to help, and the princes who come one by one to win the hand in marriage of the lovely princess-a fairy tale.
Lori Stewart accepts the offer from her boss at the newspaper to travel on a Baltic Sea cruise, and to pose as a Secret Agent's wife, a man she's never met. She feels exhilarated and even a little noble. Their assignment is to rescue Alex Stepenski, trapped in Russia and in immediate danger. But other forces know of their mission, forces that will stop at nothing to prevent the escape of Alex Stepenski--even if it means murdering Lori.
Karen Stewart flies to Buenos Aires to join Aunt Marguerita Phillips on a South American Christmas cruise at the request of Jordan Dilbeck, newspaper publisher, who is Karen’s business associate and Marguerita’s nephew.Karen soon realizes Marguerita has vanished from the ship and attempts to sort facts and suspicions, with the help of Charlie Webber from the U.S. Consulate. Intrigue, jewel smuggling and murder complicate their efforts.What of the innocence or guilt of the Greek officers and crew of the M/S Helena? Does Marguerita really break her leg in a fall on the Santos dock as reported by the three ladies from Coral Deck? Where is the unusual ring Marguerita wrote about and what clues does the little Brazilian waif, Raimundo, hold locked behind the language barrier of his Portuguese tongue?Karen and Charlie have twelve days to solve the mystery of Marguerita’s disappearance and learn the identity of the mastermind behind the jewel smuggling operation which Marguerita has inadvertently become a part of.During this time, romance is also in the air as Karen transforms under the pressures and influences around her and learns about herself and her desires for her future with the man of her choice.
Claire's story of the challenges encountered by her large family as she and her siblings grew up through the Great Depression to the end of World War II.
Gretchen Muellers chronicle begins in the present in her Southern California garden with her granddaughter, Megan, and flashes back to Chicago in the late thirties. The Muellers are a happy family then and Papa (Gerhard) sings and tells stories of his boyhood in Furth im Wald, in eastern Germany, and also of his admiration for Adolf Hitler. During WWII U. S. authorities cannot tolerate Papas allegiance to Germany and Gretchens happy life becomes a series of painful changes and adjustmentsshe is a German in America and an American in Germany. Through the years, adversities are overcome with the help of new friends, neighbors and a tender reconciliation.
This is the story of Maclovio Lopez and Peter Scott, both eleven, during one summer at Big Bay Island. Maclovio, of Mexican descent, is a foster child in the Scott home. For different reasons, each boy is wary of the other, feels threatened by the other, and each in turn is defensive and aggressive. Their angers, frustrations and torments, as well as their devotion to T-Bone, the beautiful collie dog, plus their fun adventures to a dangerous jetty, an old 'castle', foggy dunes and a deserted canal, eventually bring them to mutual understanding and respect. Both come to realize they are not so different under the skin after all, and each has finally earned the trust of the other. They are at last friends.
Weekend on the Moon is a potpourri of travel essays by Patricia McCune Irvine. Thoughts and views, sights and memories, of both unique and familiar places, forever hold intact the beauty, nostalgia, sometimes heartbreak, but also fun and laughter from her many years of traveling the world. Life's passages do have endings but as long as memories can be recalled nothing truly ends.
Lark Henlon was born under unique circumstances in New Guinea during WWII, her mother a USO entertainer and her father a navy ensign fighting in the Pacific. From the beginning, Lark's existence is entangled with the decisions and judgments, the compulsions and destinies of others. Eventually, she is returned to the U.S. to be united with her father, but again, due to the exigencies of others, the course of her life is altered. Her long quest for love and family bonds, unity within herself and search for understanding and recognition will make her eventual fulfillment as a mature, successful business woman possible.
Weekend on the Moon is a potpourri of travel essays by Patricia McCune Irvine. Thoughts and views, sights and memories, of both unique and familiar places, forever hold intact the beauty, nostalgia, sometimes heartbreak, but also fun and laughter from her many years of traveling the world. Life's passages do have endings but as long as memories can be recalled nothing truly ends.
Claire's story of the challenges encountered by her large family as she and her siblings grew up through the Great Depression to the end of World War II.
Lori Stewart accepts the offer from her boss at the newspaper to travel on a Baltic Sea cruise, and to pose as a Secret Agent's wife, a man she's never met. She feels exhilarated and even a little noble. Their assignment is to rescue Alex Stepenski, trapped in Russia and in immediate danger. But other forces know of their mission, forces that will stop at nothing to prevent the escape of Alex Stepenski--even if it means murdering Lori.
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