Family Work

Having a baby in your house is probably one of the most joyful moments you will ever experience as a parent. But dealing with the pressures of parenting at every age can be tough. This audiobook can help.

BLINDED BY AMBITION -- SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH The year is 2027 and Karissa Gale is a woman who knows what she wants. A name on her Los Angeles law firm’s wall is at the top of the list. Blinded by ambition, everything else in her life is relegated to the backseat—her husband Marc of sixteen years, Ally, her thirteen-year-old daughter, and her mother, the legendary Coach Kathleen Raines. When Coach Raines is involved in a terrible accident that kills the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Karissa and her family are thrust into the international spotlight. Desperately seeking to escape ...

Leaves Piled High takes us into the world of unyielding love and lust; a man on his motorcycle out on the open road; a BBQ Dinner with family when everything goes wrong, and more. These stories share a piece of us all, who we are, and want to be.

Immer mehr Familien leben das unkonventionelle Gefüge, dass sich "Patchwork" nennt. Doch der bunte Flickenteppich, der nach außen hin so schön lebensfroh und gemütlich erscheint, birgt auch zahlreiche Ängste, Fragen und Schwierigkeiten. Die vielen bunten und so unterschiedlichen Flicken an der passenden Stelle zusammenzufügen, erfordert viel Geduld, Arbeit und Liebe und auch den einen oder anderen Tipp für den Alltag in einer Patchworkfamilie.

Life is going well for Marie. She and her husband, Laurent, live a comfortable life in a large apartment in the 11th arrondissement in Paris. Laurent has a good job at a big law firm, and Marie enjoys her work at a bank, where she feels appreciated by her clients and colleagues. Comfortable, secure and ready for family life, the couple begin to try for a baby. But not long afterwards Marie experiences a shocking encounter which threatens to derail their plans completely, and her world slowly starts to fall apart.

This journal features questions for discerment from the 20+ interviews given at the Called to Communicate conference held online at calledtocommunicate.com.

She doesn't like Christmas, but she sure likes Santa... Forty-year-old Samantha Nicholson has never had much interest in falling in love. Her troubled childhood taught her that the only person she can rely on is herself. She's done well for herself, working her way up through the ranks to manage the second largest department store in the Pacific Northwest. She has a good job, friends, and a little dream house with her very own garden. Everything would be perfect if she could just get through the busy Christmas shopping season and find the perfect Santa to work at the store. It turns out the...

They come from two different worlds, but they’ll work together to help raise money for Ukraine. Once upon a time, Jayden Oliver was rock music royalty. The Oliver Boys was the most popular boy band in a generation until they stepped away to return to a normal life. Now Jayden is a lawyer, quietly using his law degree to help people. When his boss asks him to help plan a benefit concert to support Ukrainian refugees, he jumps at the chance to get involved. Alona Pavlenko grew up steeped in the culture of her people. The daughter of Ukrainian refugees has no time or interest in the fancy ...

When rock star Johnny Oliver first met Janie Williams in a crowded bar, he called her fat -- and she shoved him to the floor and poured beer on his head. Ten years later their paths cross again. Johnny is writing a book and Janie is his new editor. Johnny has forgotten their long-ago meeting, but Janie sure hasn't. All he knows is that he can't write unless Janie is around. Her job depends on her getting the scattered rock star focused on meeting his deadlines, even if that means letting him move in with her. Can Johnny get past Janie's walls and convince her that he's not the jerk she met ...

Christmas is coming – and so is love. Love is in the air this Christmas, and three couples are finding that working at the holidays comes with an unexpected benefit – a soul mate. This holiday anthology includes three previously published novellas, together for the first time in one collection. Each steamy story features a midlife couple, an alpha male, an independent woman, meddling friends, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Dating Santa: A Hot Workplace Seasoned Romance Forty-year-old Samantha has never had much interest in falling in love. Her troubled childhood taught her that ...

Zahara compone un relato a dos voces sobre la conciliación romántica y profesional de una generación en la que está mal visto enamorarse, en la que el trabajo es la prioridad y el desapego familiar la norma. Una sociedad en la que mantener una relación es tan difícil como sostener en pie un castillo de naipes.

As a teenager Molly case is admitted to hospital for an operation that will save her life. Nearly a decade later, she finds herself in the operating theatre again, this time as a trainee nurse. In How To Treat People, Molly brings together these extraordinary moments, when the professional and the personal become inseparable. She introduces us to patients with whom we share the pain, the fear but also the life-affirming moments of illness.

Maternity leave isn't an obstacle to your career - it's an opportunity to create the working life you've always wanted. Becoming a mum is a life-changing experience, but it changes every life in a different way. Some of us can't wait to get back to work, others can't even face the thought of it. Some of us would love to be home as a full-time mum for the baby, toddler, and preschool years, and others are planning to start and grow a business in that time.

This is the amazing, true story of a 19-year-old girl. Since childhood, she saw the hand of God's provision in amazing ways, everything from seeing an angel walking her back to her family in the middle of a big city store, to mysterious pizzas that show up at the door when the family is out of food...till now, when her life is still spread out before her! This book includes poems of the author.

Kinderarzt oder Konferenz? Schulfest oder Dienstreise? Familienleben und Beruf unter einen Hut zu bringen, ist eine Herausforderung. Berufstätige Eltern versuchen, ihre Zeit optimal einzuteilen, viele Aufgaben gleichzeitig zu erledigen, sich besser zu organisieren und Dinge zu delegieren. Trotzdem bleibt oft ein schlechtes Gewissen, weder den Kindern und der Partnerschaft noch den ganzen Anforderungen im Job ausreichend Aufmerksamkeit schenken zu können.

Women in today's advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to "lean in." The media and government champion women's empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women - lawyers, financial managers, teachers, engineers, and others - give up their careers after having children and become stay-at-home mothers? How do they feel about their decision and what do their stories tell us about contemporary society?