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The Solace of Leaving Early

Publisher : Anchor
Release Date : 2003-05-13
ISBN 13: 9781400033348
Page : 292 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (49 users)

Download PDF or read online The Solace of Leaving Early Book by Haven Kimmel and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.

The Solace of Leaving Early

by Haven Kimmel

Publisher : Anchor
Release Date : 2002-07-23
ISBN 13: 0385507305
Page : 240 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (73 users)

Download PDF or read online The Solace of Leaving Early Book by Haven Kimmel and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2002-07-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.

Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2

by Philip A. Greasley

Publisher : Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-08
ISBN 13: 0253021162
Page : 1064 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (211 users)

Download PDF or read online Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 Book by Philip A. Greasley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation’s Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest’s continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.

The Fifth Gospel

by Wade Trimmer

Publisher : TRIDM Publishers
Release Date : 2009-10
ISBN 13: 0982463405
Page : 295 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (634 users)

Download PDF or read online The Fifth Gospel Book by Wade Trimmer and published by TRIDM Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis :

The English Teacher

by Lily King

Publisher : Grove Press
Release Date : 2006
ISBN 13: 9780802142665
Page : 272 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (64 users)

Download PDF or read online The English Teacher Book by Lily King and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The author of The Pleasing Hour offers a moving novel of a single mother who has sheltered her son for many years at the private school where she works as an English teacher but who is beginning to unravel as secrets from her past catch up with her. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Something Rising (light and Swift)

by Haven Kimmel

Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004
ISBN 13: 0743247752
Page : 290 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (477 users)

Download PDF or read online Something Rising (light and Swift) Book by Haven Kimmel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : When her rakish, gambling father abandons the family, pool hustler Cassie Claiborne must abandon her own dreams to take care of her distant mother and fragile older sister, until she comes up with a way to redeem her life.

How Can I Let Go If I Don't Know I'm Holding On?

by Linda Douty

Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2005-09-01
ISBN 13: 0819226033
Page : 192 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (26 users)

Download PDF or read online How Can I Let Go If I Don't Know I'm Holding On? Book by Linda Douty and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Letting go isn’t just saying good-bye to people, places, and things–as important as they may be. It’s also about letting go of attitudes and ideas–such as perfectionism, resentment, worry, and judgmentalism–that keep us from growing in our relationships with God and others. Letting go is crucial to our spiritual–and emotional–health. In How Can I Let Go If I Don't Know I'm Holding On?, Linda Douty examines a variety of letting-go struggles and offers ways to move on to a deeper spirituality. Weaving together her own experiences and the stories of others, she offers strategies for letting go of the things that keep us from a deeper relationship with the Divine. With practical suggestions and updated versions of spiritual classics such as lectio divina, plus questions for study and reflection, this book is a rich resource for personal spiritual growth as well as for group study.

A Girl Named Zippy

by Haven Kimmel

Publisher : Crown
Release Date : 2002-06-18
ISBN 13: 0767913108
Page : 304 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (131 users)

Download PDF or read online A Girl Named Zippy Book by Haven Kimmel and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-06-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in small-town Indiana, from the author of The Solace of Leaving Early. When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period–people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards. Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zippy.

Howl

by Bark Editors

Publisher : Crown Archetype
Release Date : 2007-10-23
ISBN 13: 0307407683
Page : 352 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (76 users)

Download PDF or read online Howl Book by Bark Editors and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2007-10-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : A pot roast left unguarded. An open bedroom door. An ill-timed squat. Dogs seem to have impeccable timing. Yet how quickly calamity turns to comedy in the company of a dog, and the wrong moment turns out to be just the right one. In this delightful follow-up to Dog Is My Co-Pilot, which won the Best Book of the Year award from the Dog Writers Association of America, the editors of The Bark bring together more stories, essays, and artwork that highlight the hilarity of dog behavior and the comical interactions between dog people and their four-legged friends. From playful puppies who wreak havoc in the home to dogs with a whole array of comic shticks and tricks, Howl celebrates the verve and the laughs pets offer their people. It includes laugh-out-loud reflections (and confessions), rib-tickling tales, and whimsical vignettes from well-known writers such as: • Dave Barry • Margaret Cho • Al Franken • Kinky Friedman • Pam Houston • Haven Kimmel • Neal Pollack • And many more!

Media Q

by Kevin G. Barnhurst

Publisher : Peter Lang
Release Date : 2007
ISBN 13: 9780820495323
Page : 320 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (28 users)

Download PDF or read online Media Q Book by Kevin G. Barnhurst and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Media Queered is a groundbreaking assessment of minorities and the media. Authorities including Larry Gross, Edward Alwood, Lisa Henderson, and Marguerite Moritz join several new scholars to examine four aspects of visibility: history, expertise, popularity, and technology. To supplement this research, media practitioners including journalists working in the gay and mainstream press contribute a unique series of interludes. The first is by Studs Terkel, who interviewed founders of the U.S. homophile movement. Written for scholars, students, and instructors of media and gender studies, Media Queered is also accessible for general readers intrigued by the recent flowering of queer characters, themes, and images in popular culture.

The Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard

by John Lippitt

Publisher : OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-01-31
ISBN 13: 0191612111
Page : 640 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (121 users)

Download PDF or read online The Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard Book by John Lippitt and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard brings together some of the most distinguished contemporary contributors to Kierkegaard research together with some of the more gifted younger commentators on Kierkegaard's work. There is significant input from scholars based in Copenhagen's Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, as well as from philosophers and theologians from Britain, Germany, and the United States. Part 1 presents some of the philological, historical, and contextual work that has been produced in recent years, establishing a firm basis for the more interpretative essays found in following parts. This includes looking at the history of his published and unpublished works, his cultural and social context, and his relation to Romanticism, German Idealism, the Church, the Bible, and theological traditions. Part 2 moves from context and background to the exposition of some of the key ideas and issues in Kierkegaard's writings. Attention is paid to his style, his treatment of ethics, culture, society, the self, time, theology, love, irony, and death. Part 3 looks at the impact of Kierkegaard's thought and at how it continues to influence philosophy, theology, and literature. After an examination of issues around translating Kierkegaard, this section includes comparisons with Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein, as well as examining his role in modern theology, moral theology, phenomenology, postmodernism, and literature.

Therapy and the Counter-tradition

by Manu Bazzano

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-31
ISBN 13: 1317396456
Page : 200 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (964 users)

Download PDF or read online Therapy and the Counter-tradition Book by Manu Bazzano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Therapy & the Counter-tradition: The Edge of Philosophy brings together leading exponents of contemporary psychotherapy, philosophers and writers, to explore how philosophical ideas may inform therapy work. Each author discusses a particular philosopher who has influenced their life and therapeutic practice, while questioning how counselling and psychotherapy can address human ‘wholeness’, despite the ascendancy of rationality, regulation and diagnosis. It also seeks to acknowledge the distinct lack of philosophical input and education in counselling and psychotherapy training. The chapters are rooted in the Counter-Tradition, whose diverse manifestations include humanism, skepticism, fideism, as well as the opening of philosophy and psychology to poetry and the arts. This collection of thought-provoking essays will help open the discussion within the psychological therapies, by providing therapists with critical philosophical references, which will help broaden their knowledge and the scope of their practice. Therapy & the Counter-tradition: The Edge of Philosophy will be of interest to mental health professionals, practitioners, counselling and psychotherapy trainees and trainers, and academics tutoring or studying psychology. It will also appeal to those interested in psychology, meditation, personal development and philosophy.

Killing the Buddha

by Peter Manseau

Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004-10-04
ISBN 13: 9780743232777
Page : 308 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (71 users)

Download PDF or read online Killing the Buddha Book by Peter Manseau and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-10-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Provides a thought-provoking account of the authors' spiritual odyssey across America, drawing on the work of some today's most influential writers--A. L. Kennedy, Rick Moody, Francine Prose, Peter Trachtenberg, and Haven Kimmell--to rework the Bible to make it relevant to modern-day faith. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Bowker's Guide to Characters in Fiction 2007

Publisher :
Release Date : 2008-02
ISBN 13: 9780835247498
Page : 2996 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (9 users)

Download PDF or read online Bowker's Guide to Characters in Fiction 2007 Book by and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 2996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis :

Friends Journal

Publisher :
Release Date : 2004
ISBN 13:
Page : pages
Rating : 4.D/5 (36 users)

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Iodine

by Haven Kimmel

Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-08-05
ISBN 13: 1416573100
Page : 258 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (731 users)

Download PDF or read online Iodine Book by Haven Kimmel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Haven Kimmel, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, has long attracted legions of fans for her insightful, humane portraits of outsiders struggling to find their place in the world. In Iodine, her fourth novel, Kimmel once again draws on her exceptional powers of observation and empathy, but this time she makes an exhilarating foray into psychological gothic territory with the electrifying story of a young woman emerging from layers of delusion, fantasy, and lies. With her astounding intelligence, fierce independence, and otherworldly lavender eyes, college senior Trace Pennington makes an indelible impression even as questions about her past and her true identity hover over every page. From her earliest years, Trace turned away from her abusive mother toward her loving father. Within the twisty logic of abuse, her desperate love for him took on a romantic cast that persists to this day, though she's had no contact with her family since she ran away from home years ago. Alone but for her beloved dog, she's eked out an impoverished but functional existence, living in an abandoned house, putting herself through college, and astonishing her teachers with her genius and erudition. What they don't know is that she leads a double life: thanks to forged documents, at school she is Ianthe Covington, a young woman with no past. Trace's singular life is upended when she and her literature professor fall in love. She tells him nothing about her life, and as it becomes apparent that he has his own dark secrets, she's forced to face herself and her past. After recovering a horrific, long-suppressed memory, Trace finally copes with the fallout from her brutal, bizarre childhood. Kimmel parcels out Trace's strange, dark story in mesmerizing bits that obscure as much as they reveal, and keep the reader guessing until the end. With Kimmel's radiant imagination, lyrical prose, and vision of a bleak and fertile Midwest on full display, Iodine is a frightening and marvelous tale of life at the outer extremes of human experience. This unique portrait of the psychological effects of trauma is tantalizing, shocking, and ultimately hopeful.

Something Rising

by Haven Kimmel

Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
ISBN 13: 1439105073
Page : 288 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (5 users)

Download PDF or read online Something Rising Book by Haven Kimmel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : In her first two books, Haven Kimmel claimed her spot on the literary scene- surprising readers with her memoir, A Girl Named Zippy, and winning an outpouring of critical acclaim for her first novel, The Solace of Leaving Early. Now, in her second novel, she brings to the page a heroine's tireless quest for truth, love, justice, and the perfect game of 9-ball. Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard- living, pool-shooting father has another wife; her stoic, long-suffering mother is incapable of moving herself mentally away from the kitchen window; her sister Belle is a tempest of fragility and brilliance; her closest friends, Puck and Emmy, are adolescent harbingers of their own doomed futures. Frustrated by her inability to care deeply enough for so many troubled souls, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions. As Cassie grows from a quietly complex girl into a headstrong young woman, she takes on the thankless role of family provider by working odd jobs and hustling pool. All the while, she keeps her eye on the ultimate prize: wringing suitable justice out of past wrongs and freeing herself from the inertia that is her life. In this ultimately uplifting story, Haven Kimmel reaches deep into the hamstrung souls of her fictional corner of Indiana. Remarkable for its tough tenderness, Something Rising (Light and Swift) is an astonishing work of pure heartbreak.