Flower Life

Closely Guarded Secrets is the start of The Bayou Sisters series, a saga of heartbreaks, secrets, family drama, second chances, and heartwarming reconciliations. These five sisters will prove that even though at first it seems otherwise, sisterly bonds are unbreakable. Secrets need to be kept to protect those it would harm the most. Grace, the oldest of the Bayou sisters, left home young and never looked back. Even though she never forgot her first love, the secrets between them were enough to keep her running. Now living her best life in LA as a photographer, she thinks she has everything ...

Flower is a book of realistic admissions, likes, dislikes, memories and no-brainer observations, treating personal truth as unavailable – something that must be made up and convincing. Taking cues from confessional literature, his daughter’s improvised games, poor internet writing and shitty AI, Ed Atkins, in his first work of non-fiction, equivocates between inanity and divinity, ease and pain, sentimentality and sterility.

Tormented at school, ten-year-old Jane wants a best friend more than anything. Her wish is answered when Acacia moves in next door and a carefree summer break beckons. Yet as their friendship blossoms and secrets are shared, Acacia remains stubbornly guarded about her home life, especially when it comes to her mother’s new boyfriend, Daryl, a Harley-riding ladies’ man. At a neighborhood party, Jane stumbles onto a disturbing scene involving Daryl and is coerced into silence.

◆◆◆ “I really enjoyed the well-developed characters in Whistling Up the Southwind who spoke to me about the things that were going on in their lives and how it influenced them. The plot seemed so real-life that I felt like the author was telling me her life history. I enjoyed the unusualness of travel in a motorhome—I have never experienced that and found it captivating! I would rank this book up there with others that have had a life-long impact on me.” —June Sadowsky, Geriatric DDS, Avid Reader ◆◆◆ Women who whistled were feared by sailors, as whistling was thought to ...

Author Clarissa Katsef is struggling to write her next book. She’s just snagged a brand new artist residency in an ultra-modern apartment, with a view of all of Paris, a dream for any novelist in search of tranquility. But since moving in, she has had the feeling of being watched. Is there reason to be paranoid? Or is her distraction and discomfort the result of her husband’s recent shocking betrayal? Or is that her beloved Paris lies altered outside her windows? A city that will never be quite the same, a city with a scar at its center?

Kids Are Americans Too! And that means you have rights just like everybody else. But it's not enough to just say you have them. You have to know what those rights are...and are not! Luckily for you, Bill O'Reilly is back opining for kids on that very subject—your legal rights.

Set in 1940s Appalachia, The Secret Sense of Wildflower tells the story of Louisa May "Wildflower" McAllister whose life has been shaped around the recent death of her beloved father in a sawmill accident. While her mother hardens in her grief, Wildflower and her three sisters must cope with their loss themselves, as well as with the demands of daily survival. Despite these hardships, Wildflower has a resilience that is forged with humor, a love of the land, and an endless supply of questions to God.

Ruby She moved home for a simple life, but what she found wasn’t at all what she expected. Moving back home to Gemstone Bay Inn was the only option for Ruby Colton. Her dreams and ambitions had failed in Wellington, but she had to make things work for the sake of her child. Gemstone Bay offered a chance to write a new chapter for herself, but then she ran into Jason Ryan, the man she had run away from thirteen years ago. Being involved again with Jason was the last thing she wanted, but thanks to her meddling siblings and her parents, Ruby finds herself on a project with Jason. Sparks, ...

Meet Robbie, someone who’s lived a hard knock life until the day he met Donna, his adoptive mother. She set him up in life, but she kept a lot of secrets from him . . . to her deathbed. Meet Damian, someone who’s had it a lot easier overall, but made some costly mistakes along the way. His parents are alive, but have removed themselves from his life. It’s almost as if they’re saying, what goes around comes around. But everyone else has forgiven him. Meet a town with some quirky ideas that’s determined to love, support, and welcome all. Its name is Summer Breeze, an old lumber town...

Martha Pfeiffer, age 19, was one of 844 persons who perished when a ship chartered for the Western Electric annual picnic capsized in Chicago in 1915. Martha's surviving family members never recovered from their grief. The Eastland Disaster has been mostly overlooked in recent years. In 1997, Pearl Pospisil, a third-generation Pfeiffer, composed a family history and delivered it to her niece, Zara Vrabel, who was completely unfamiliar with its contents. Pearl had one request: "Do something with this." Learning of her great-aunt's death on the Eastland Disaster made Zara's heart sink.

Katherine Sutton might have walked away from a successful career without any clear plan about what to do next in her life, but in the weeks since, all that has changed.The old house on Sourwood Street is finally hers and she now has a friend and partner in the adventure. Cory is almost as excited about the speed and success of the ongoing renovations as she is. And they are taking full advantage of the hidden secrets they've discovered in the old house. But the old house isn't the only thing that’s on Cory’s mind these days. She’s been spending more and more time with Jed Morgan. ...

In 1973, Moll Gladney goes missing from the Tipperary hillside where she was born. Slowly, her parents - Paddy and Kit - begin to accept that she’s gone forever. But she returns, changed, and with a few surprises for her family and neighbours. Nothing is ever the same again for the Gladneys, who learn that fate cares little for duty, that life rarely conforms to expectation, that God can’t be relied upon to heed any prayer. A story of exile and return, of loss and discovery, of retreat from grief and the saving power of love.

★★★★★ "WOW! I want this in hardcopy, it is so beautiful. It is gorgeous." Award-winning author and artist, holistic therapist, and creativity expert Cassandra Gaisford (BCA, Dip Psych) provides a glimpse into her Vincent van Gogh's creative process. Where flowers bloom, life’s greatest lessons unfold. Step into a Kaleidoscope of Color and Emotion in The Painter’s Garden: Life Lessons from Vincent van Gogh, Flowers, Art, and Nature. In this enchanting collection of reflections and art, follow a painter's journey as each flower tells its own story of resilience, beauty, and the ...

I'll never let a boy distract me. I promised myself that. But that was before Tate. Before the biggest pop star on the planet took an interest in me. Before private planes and secret dates and lyrics meant for me alone. There's so much I don't know. Like why he left music. Where he goes when we're not together. What dark past he's hiding. But when we kiss, the future feels far away. And now I'm not sure what I want.

Tune in, turn on, drop out. So said Timothy Leary, global figurehead for '60s psychedelic culture and 'the most dangerous man in America' according to President Nixon. A psychologist at Harvard, Leary was forced to leave when he started to dedicate his efforts to researching LSD and other psychedelic drugs, a vocation which changed an entire generation. John Higgs' incredible biography reveals the stranger-than-fiction true story of one of the most divisive figures of the twentieth century.

J.C. is excited to go to the Spring Flower Festival with Nana and Pop-Pop! But then his best friends, Amir and Vicky, invite J.C. to go to the zoo at the same time. Can J.C. figure out a way to make it to both events?

Kara is looking forward to a quiet holiday, just like the ones she’s always had. This year, instead of celebrating the holidays with her father in the city, she’s at Wildflower House, and she’s alone. Kara is okay with a low-key Christmas, because after hosting the hectic first official event at Wildflower House, she’s ready to enjoy some rest and relaxation before January arrives and the final renovations begin. But fate - with an extra dose of Christmas spirit - intervenes as the people now in Kara’s life show up.

This audiobook addresses financial obstacles faced by Black women in their everyday lives. What can be done to help if you're under financial stress? Do you need to invest in your twenties? Learn about finance and self-care by listening to this book. Women of all cultures are welcome to peruse this book.

Ark holds a secret treasure that is only released when Ark’s very existence is threatened by hatred. This treasure is known as the Flower of Life, representing love and the creation of the universe. When in contact with water, the Flower of Life brings to life a magical character known as Aletheia, a butterfly girl with extraordinary qualities represented by six colors with individual meanings - understanding, tolerance, respect, forgiveness, humility, and goodness.

She must return to the place that twice brought her shame. She’ll have one final chance to save someone else. Tennessee, 1982. Wildflower McAllister thought she’d put the past behind her. But when she learns her mother is dying, she digs deep and returns to the small mountain town that stole her innocence and cast her out. And she has no choice but to pull her thirteen-year-old granddaughter Daisy right back into the ghosts of her painful history.