Begleiten Sie uns auf eine literarische Weltreise!
Buch zum Bücherregal hinzufügen
Grey
Einen neuen Kommentar schreiben Default profile 50px
Grey
Jetzt das ganze Buch im Abo oder die ersten Seiten gratis lesen!
All characters reduced
The Child Who Never Spoke - 23½ Lessons in Fragility - cover

The Child Who Never Spoke - 23½ Lessons in Fragility

Cristina Nehring

Verlag: Heliotrope Books

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Beschreibung

In 2009 Cristina Nehring's brilliant first book, A Vindication of Love, was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. An important new voice had appeared in American letters. Just as suddenly, Nehring seemed to disappear—only to reemerge like a bolt from the blue. "Now unexpectedly, writes California poet laureate Dana Gioia, "from Paris comes a heartbreaking and tender memoir, The Child Who Never Spoke, that explains her years of silence. These 'lessons in fragility' tell of Nehring's unexpected pregnancy and birth of a 'special child,' a baby girl with Down syndrome in its most extreme form. Forthright, profound, and passionate, this new book is also a vindication of love. Although it tells a story full of sorrow, The Child Who Never Spoke is a not a sad book but a profound and joyous testament to the love between a mother and daughter."
Verfügbar seit: 24.10.2023.
Drucklänge: 204 Seiten.

Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

  • SEX DRUGS BREAD ROLLS AND ARMED ROBBERIES - A survivor’s tale Fighting for her sanity soul and safety - cover

    SEX DRUGS BREAD ROLLS AND ARMED...

    Rita John

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    A story of an abused woman's journey through life; from the dreary post-war days to the present day. Her struggles with her narcissistic husband at home, and during her employment with a retail giant that portrays a wholesome public image; which masks the corruption within including Green Teeth; Mrs Hitler, Pocket Billiards, Cockers, Giant, Disciplinarian and Sparkle Pants. 
    She then has to fight both her abusive husband and her employer through the courts to protect her teenage children and herself. 
    Culminating in her escape to a life that's safe and free in her own home while reflecting on how much she has achieved in her 16 years of freedom since leaving her abusive husband, tinged with a little sorrow that she had not had the courage to leave her old life sooner as she knows things could have been so different.
    Zum Buch
  • Bruised not Broken - cover

    Bruised not Broken

    Catrina Brown

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    In her book, Catrina Brown delves into the harrowing life journey of an African American woman who has endured unimaginable trials. From early experiences of grief, loss, and sexual abuse to being bullied in school and verbally abused by her father’s girlfriend, the author’s resilience is tested at every turn. As she grows older, her path takes her through a series of heart-wrenching events: addiction, domestic violence, and kidnapping. She witnesses her children in peril, faces the agony of losing parental rights, and even makes the heart-wrenching decision to give up her youngest child for adoption. The brutality she endures is staggering. Yet, amidst the darkness, she finds a glimmer of hope. Her spirit remains unbroken, and she emerges from despair with a sense of gratitude. Catrina Brown’s book paints a vivid portrait of survival, resilience, and the indomitable human spirit, leaving readers with a profound appreciation for the strength that can arise from life’s darkest moments.
    Zum Buch
  • The Lion of Round Top - The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War - cover

    The Lion of Round Top - The Life...

    Hans G. Myers

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    “This military biography clearly and informatively rescues from an undeserved obscurity one of the Union’s key commanders at the battle of Gettysburg.” —Midwest Book Review Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendent of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left flank on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of readers and historians.“This is a well-researched and well-written book, and the author makes a strong case for Colonel Vincent’s essential role in the union victory at Gettysburg.” —The Journal of America’s Military Past “Erie, Pennsylvania historian Hans G. Myers brings to life an overlooked Gettysburg hero . . . a good, well-researched biography certainly worth the read.” —Maine at War“Readers of battle history, in particular the voluminous literature on Gettysburg, will find interest in both the short life of Strong Vincent and the hereto unheralded role his decisions played in saving the Federal left flank at Little Round Top.” —Journal of MilitaryHistory
    Zum Buch
  • Across the Plains in the Donner Party - cover

    Across the Plains in the Donner...

    Virginia Reed Murphy

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The story of the Donner Party is very much the story of James F. Reed's family, not simply because the Reeds were prominent members, but because they left much documentary evidence: diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and letters written en route and interviews shortly after the disaster. 
     
    The adopted daughter of Reed, Virginia Reed Murphy's memoir is a noteworthy recounting of the Donner party disaster and its gruesome end. Her writing is sprightly, informal, and full of human interest. 
     
    ©2007 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.; (P)2007 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.
    Zum Buch
  • There Are Worse Things I Could Do - cover

    There Are Worse Things I Could Do

    Adrienne Barbeau

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Adrienne Barbeau never set out to be a sex symbol and she never planned on giving birth to twins when she was 51 but both those stories and a lot more are detailed in this witty, revealing memoir. 
    From her early years as one of the first Go-Go girls in New York (“No one said Mafia out loud in those days. There was always the fear you wouldn’t live to say anything else.”) to starring on Broadway in Grease (“Alexander Cohen swore the only way we’d win a Tony was over his dead body”) Adrienne tells tales about her two hit television series (Maude and Carnivale), her many television and feature films (The Fog, Escape From New York, Cannonball Run, Swamp Thing, Creepshow), and her singing career (“Doc Severinson and the band had been in the audience during my nude foray off-Broadway in Stag Movie”).  With humour and fearlessness, she shares her romance with a superstar, her marriage to a famous film director, her marriage to a much younger man and her successful battle with infertility.
    ©2006 Codysmom, Inc.; (P)2006 Codysmom, Inc.
    Zum Buch
  • The Boy that walked from Virginia to Texas - cover

    The Boy that walked from...

    Travis Lee Darden

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    It chronicles the adventures of an African American Boy who walks from Virginia to Texas in 1948. 
    Zum Buch