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Struggle and Strength

Eight Ordinary Women with Lives Most Unusual

By: Sharon a Kennedy

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Struggle and Strength

Eight Ordinary Women with Lives Most Unusual

By: Sharon a Kennedy

The true wisdom of life consists in seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary." -- Pearl Buck From Motown to moo towns to Menominee and Mormon country, Struggle and Strength: Eight Ordinary Women with Lives Most Unusual explores universal themes that define the American experience. Author Sharon Kennedy has spent a lifetime seeking out colorful characters in unexpected places. Here she focuses on eight remarkable women who have experienced unimaginable tragedy, struggle, and ultimately their own form of reconciliation. They represent generations of Americans and reveal profound truths about race, family, class, immigration -- and what it means to live life to the fullest in the face of adversity. Kennedy deftly weaves the profiles of these women with her own personal reflections on why their stories resonate with her. She shines a spotlight on the many ways universal truths are lived throughout ordinary lives. The profiled women in these pages are truly extraordinary -- and ordinary -- in their own particular ways. Their lives speak of resilience, relationships, and overcoming hardships. It is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit and the indomitable American spirit.

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1627876650

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9781627876650

A Place for Dialogue

Language, Land Use, and Politics in Southern Arizona

By: Sharon McKenzie Stevens

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A Place for Dialogue

Language, Land Use, and Politics in Southern Arizona

By: Sharon McKenzie Stevens

In A Place for Dialogue, Sharon McKenzie Stevens views the contradictions and collaborations involved in the management of public land in southern Arizona—and by extension the entire arid West—through the lens of political rhetoric. Revealing the socioecological relationships among cattlemen and environmentalists as well as developers and recreationists, she analyzes the ways that language shapes landscape by shaping decisions about land use. Stevens focuses on the collaborative Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan initiated by Pima County, Arizona, the ubiquitous use of scientific argument to defend contradictory practices, and the construction and negotiation of rancher/environmentalist identities to illuminate both literally and metaphorically the dynamics of land use politics. Drawing specifically upon extensive interviews with a diverse array of agents on all sides of the debate—ranchers, environmentalists, scientists, land managers, government officials—on historical narratives, and on her own conflicting experiences as someone who grew up with those who work the western lands, she demonstrates that it is possible to use differences to solve, rather than to aggravate, the entrenched problems that bridge land and language. By integrating her richly textured case study of a fragile region with rhetorical approaches to narrative, science-based argument, and collective identities, Stevens makes a significant contribution to the fields of rhetoric, land management, and cultural studies.

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241

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University of Iowa Press

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1587297655

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9781587297656

Loft Living

Culture and Capital in Urban Change

By: Sharon Zukin

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Loft Living

Culture and Capital in Urban Change

By: Sharon Zukin

Behind the dirty, cast-iron facades of nineteenth-century loft buildings, an elegant style of life developed during the 1960s and 1970s. This style of life -- of using the city as a consumption mode -- was tied to the presence of artists, whose "happenings," performances, and studio spaces shaped a public perception of the good life at the center of the city.

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256

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Rutgers University Press

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0813513898

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9780813513898

The Survivors

By: Sharon Sala

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The Survivors

By: Sharon Sala

From a New York Times–bestselling author, a woman, and child survive an airplane crash only to go on the run from a murderer in this romantic suspense. Moments after finding herself miraculously alive in the wake of a harrowing plane crash, Molly Cifelli witnesses a cold-blooded murder. And she’s not the only one. Five-year-old Johnny O’Ryan is alone, scared, and like her, one of the few survivors of the accident. Desperate to escape the killer’s menace, Molly disappears with the boy into the Appalachian wilderness. Deborah Sanborn doesn’t know the woman and child she sees in her disturbing vision, she only knows that her gift is rarely wrong. Heading to the crash site, she encounters a family of men, led by the boy’s rugged father, who are determined rescue Johnny at any cost. Even if it means following a mysterious clairvoyant’s vision into a whirling winter storm. . . . Because Deborah’s intuition is telling her that Johnny and his savior are in grave danger. For a killer is stalking them like prey, hoping to silence them forever.

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307

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Rosetta Books

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0795300980

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9780795300981

The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs

A Novel

By: Sharon J. Mondragón

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The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs

A Novel

By: Sharon J. Mondragón

A humorous, heartwarming tale of love, loss, and the power of community Fair Meadows Retirement Community might as well be a country club for most of the retirees enjoying the pool, golf course, and book clubs. But for the caregivers whose family members reside upstairs in the special Memory Care Unit, vacation is over. Comforting these caregivers is exactly why the Woolgatherers group has formed. They make prayer shawls to support those affected by the heartbreaking reality of not being recognized by a loved one-people like Sam Talbot, who has been barely existing since his wife moved into Memory Care. He finds that his life has lost all color and meaning without her. That's something the Woolgatherers can't bear to see. Flirtatious Jenny Alderman, cranky crocheter Edna O'Brian, kind Rose Harker, and the rest of the prayer shawl group weave him into the circle. Sam has no idea how he got tangled up with them, and he's no good at knitting. But when one member talks him into taking up his wife's old crochet hooks, he discovers that this one small gesture might just have the power to heal his life--or even save it. Full of Sharon Mondragon's characteristic humor and heart, this book wrestles with the loneliness of being the forgotten spouse of a dementia patient, moving past the fear that the spouses often face into the love and compassion that can make all the difference.

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Kregel Publications

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0825471184

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9780825471186

Struggle and Strength

Eight Ordinary Women with Lives Most Unusual

By: Sharon A. Kennedy

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Eight Ordinary Women with Lives Most Unusual

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1627876669

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9781627876667

Sharon

By: Sharon Historical Society

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Sharon

By: Sharon Historical Society

At the turn of the 20th century, Sharons very existence was threatened by the collapse of the local iron industry as the towns economy and population began to decline. However, the popularity of automobile transportation and Sharons accessible distance from New York attracted a class of wealthy visitors who fell in love with the rolling hills and quiet valleys. This new weekend population purchased land and built stately country homes, reigniting interest in the area. Steady growth in construction provided much-needed work, and commerce began to thrive again. Early businesses expanded, and new operations opened. Local residents could shop at stores run by the Gillette brothers and A.R. Woodward, fill their tanks at Herman Middlebrooks gas station, and have their health care needs attended to by doctors at the state-of-the-art Sharon Hospital, built in 1916. Eastern Europeans became the towns newest residents, taking advantage of the affordable, cleared land to fuel a large number of highly successful farms. Sharons residents thrived as they reshaped their town, welcoming newcomers and nurturing a community of inclusion that lasts to the present day.

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128

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439646651

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9781439646656

Book's by Sharon A. Kennedy

Struggle and Strength

Struggle and Strength

A Place for Dialogue

A Place for Dialogue

Loft Living

Loft Living

The Survivors

The Survivors

The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs

The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs

Struggle and Strength

Struggle and Strength

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