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Of Harvest and Home

A Small Town Georgia Heritage

By: Ruby Brown Britt

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Of Harvest and Home

A Small Town Georgia Heritage

By: Ruby Brown Britt

Take this written journey into the Life of Mark Farentino as he unfolds in poetic rhymes the beat of his heart in Four Seasons of Poetry. In this unique work of art there are only four chapters which include a host of poems from worship to love. As the book opens up in chapter one In His Presence he rhymes about his love for God and their meaningful relationship. As the pages flows on allow yourself to be touched by embracing his sincere thoughts concerning romance and love. This book also includes a Chapter for the children entitled the Laughter of a Child that will be sure to make you smile!!!

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0759648077

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Taking Care of Mama

With Grace and Grit

By: Ruby Brown Britt

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Taking Care of Mama

With Grace and Grit

By: Ruby Brown Britt

Many older adults are spending their golden years taking care of a spouse, elderly parent, or other relative. My book tells one such storythe story of a four-year journey my siblings and I took when our very independent mother had cancer surgery at age ninety. It tells of her resistance to some of her helpers and our struggles trying to have a normal life while caring for her. It tells also of the difficult decisions made on her behalf, especially that final decision to place her in a nursing facility. Two sisters born a decade apart to the same woman felt they were raised by different mothers. The older sister felt treated like a distant relative in the home but with responsibility for the care and behavior of the younger two, while the younger sister was the baby of the family and loved by all. It tells of the double standard prevalent in the South during the first five decades of the twentieth century and how proper Southern ladies were expected to conduct themselves. My story also reveals how someone who felt she was not cared for by her mother can find the courage and stamina to care for that mother when she can no longer care for herself. Research done after the fact is recorded to encourage and help the readers experience less confusion and heartache, and to have an easier time with care taking and decision making if any have to take a similar journey.

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1504933095

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9781504933094

I'm Not Julia Roberts

By: Laura Ruby

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I'm Not Julia Roberts

By: Laura Ruby

Does every second wife look like Julia Roberts? Lu Klein certainly doesn't, and her life is anything but glamorous. When she married a man with children, Lu had no idea that she was also marrying his shrewish ex-wife, Beatrix. And Beatrix had no idea that making a new home with her second husband would mean welcoming her wicked teenage stepdaughter, Liv. And Liv's mother Roxie had no idea that so many new and exciting boyfriends could make her long for the stable life she and her ex had too eagerly left behind. In this tightly interconnected collection of ten short stories, author Laura Ruby chronicles the progress of Lu, Beatrix, Roxie and their various steps and exes as they take the perilous plunge into the maelstrom of the so-called "blended family." Both ruefully funny and wickedly insightful, I Am Not Julia Roberts offers finely-observed, honest and affecting takes on kids, step-kids, divorce, remarriage...and the movie Stepmom.

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167

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Grand Central Publishing

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0759571449

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9780759571440

Coffee House Positano

A Bohemian Oasis in Malibu, 1957–1962

By: Jay Ruby

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Coffee House Positano

A Bohemian Oasis in Malibu, 1957–1962

By: Jay Ruby

This unique auto-ethnographic study of life at the Coffee House Positano—a Bohemian coffee house in Malibu, California—during the late 1950s and early 1960s is a combination of historical reconstruction and personal memoir. An ebook consisting of a collection of memories expressed through multiple formats—text, image, audio, and video—it describes in illuminating detail the great range of people who frequented Positano and the activities that took place there over its short but influential existence. As an ethnographer analyzing his own culture, author Jay Ruby uses a unique ethnographic method known as “studying sideways.” He combines the exploration of self and others with the theoretical framework of anthropology to provide deep insight into the counterculture of late 1950s and early 1960s America. He shares his connection to Positano, where he lived and worked from 1957 to 1959 and again in 1963, and reflects on Positano in the context of US counterculture and the greater role of countercultures in society. This intimate and significant work will be of interest to anthropologists as well as scholars and the general reader interested in California history, Beat culture, and countercultural movements.

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388

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University Press of Colorado

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1607322722

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9781607322726

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Of Harvest and Home

Of Harvest and Home

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I'm Not Julia Roberts

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Coffee House Positano

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