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Woman Refusing to Leave
A gripping psychological drama of delusional love, obsessive desire, and broken ties, Woman Refusing to Leave moves through thirty-six stormy hours for Catherine Harper and her two former husbands. Feeling the build-up of years of loss, including the death of her son, the divorce from her first husband, and the loss of her college teaching job, Catherine now faces yet another loss as her current husband, Steven, abandons her. As an unexpected spring blizzard builds in force and intensity, Catherine begins to believe that only if she stops her impending divorce from Steven can she save them from certain catastrophe. As she battles the force of the storm within her, she unwittingly puts all three on a course to collide tragically with one another.
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Wasted Salt
Wasted Salt is the fictionalized narrative of two marginalized immigrant women trying to find their way in America. Zahra is a Lebanese refugee sponsored by a Baptist church in Wichita, Kansas. Noor, an Egyptian American, is a webcam model who shares a musty basement room with Zahra. During the holy month of Ramadan, Noor, who was born into a Muslim family, doesn't get naked in front of a camera; instead, she cleans houses with Zahra along as her helper. A violent lover from Noor's past resurfaces; assault and humiliation ensue. Zahra fights for Noor and for herself, and the two women shape a new reality through hard work and support from a friend.
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Standing
The old man is home from years away fighting in that distant, useless, and dirty war. He is haunted by his demons from “over there”, his drug-addicted wife and the children he never wanted. It was all her fault…his drinking, no job, and those kids were constant reminders of worthless, weak years. Difficult years pass and have hardened both children, Roger and his older sister Alle. Even that simple routine of horrible has finally come to an inevitable end and change. Change is chaos. Cascading events leave Roger homeless, and utterly alone. Fast forward three years to a young woman Roger saves by doing the right thing, ending up with a child he can call his own. A fresh start, a pure start he can and has to make exception to. Inevitably, Roger is approached by an old acquaintance that has expressed interest in him and the abilities he obviously learned from his father. Roger is granted the opportunity to become a member of newly developed Deviance Squad, “Hunt and Kill” units that were created to eliminate everything insidious and rotten in society. Roger now can clean-up for his son as well as keep the demons at bay, as with every action, there is cleansing. With his kill team by his side, Roger may finally have the chance to make things right for not only his son, but for himself as well, but in doing so, he discovers how deep the rotten core of everything is.Will his past, no matter how impossible, come reaching out for him?
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Redemption in the Majella Mountains
Ken’s grandfather always inspired him, as a child, to respect and love the outdoors and to find in nature the introspection and refuge to allow every person to solve any of life’s vicissitudes. Recalling his grandfather’s philosophy, the author carries the reader through the mesmerizing beauty of the Majella mountains in the Abruzzi region of Central Italy. There Ken has the protagonist first find refuge, and ultimately, find redemption from the helter-skelter corporate life he left behind. These two existences, ambition and introspection, clash and confront each other so that the reader sees the unforgiving life of ambition lived by a grizzled corporate veteran pit itself against the newly-found introspective existence of a young man whose soul is forced to reawaken and leave behind the societal ladder to success in favor of the more simple, but much more satisfying, life of ethics and morality.
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The Wanderlust Keeper
Spending the last decade as a dedicated animal care professional, I have had the privilege of visiting over 50 zoological institutions. In the last year, I traveled around the globe to another 7 institutions that are at the pinnacle of the field of animal care management. The zoos were chosen based upon their drive for conservation, rich history, breathtaking longevity, or innovative designs. Using my keen eye and a passion to share the beauty protected by these facilities, I hope to show you all a small glimpse into the amazing life I lead.
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The Walter Integral
Walter the Younger is completely insecure, overweight, somewhat myopic, awkward, introspective, and intellectually troubled; an evolving amorphous blob, a forever nerd, unconditionally loved by delusional parents, simply trying to survive adolescence and move on. His story is told in small slices, describing events both real and not so real, but real enough to be overthought and overanalyzed by Walter’s overactive psyche. Leaps into the future and past detail, quixotic adventures at college, on the golf course with his dad, at home with his not quite “All-American” family, and becoming a champion junior bowler. Walter is often thrust into the limelight in spite of trying to hide in the shadows. Just small scraps of time, these Walter slices are frequently interrupted by non-sequiturs, social diatribes, rants, discussion of scientific and otherworldly topics, glimpses into the multiverse, and other contrivances; simply digressions from a baseball story about Little League, and the craziness that ensued following the first time Walter took a swing at an incoming baseball. The Walter Integral, comprised of these slices and digressions, paints a not quite complete picture of a “not quite complete” Walter.
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The Panacea of Life
A tale of triumph that paradoxically spirals into sorrow, bewilderment, and desolation – not because of the accomplishments, but due to the invaluable losses endured in the chase of a misguided belief that success guarantees joy. Amidst a backdrop of a neglected history, forsaken love, and a fractured spirit, a fortuitous meeting occurs with a family and vineyard that have strayed from their roots. By a stroke of serendipity, their paths intertwine, navigating through a poignant tragedy towards a rediscovery of what is truly precious.
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The Four-Poster Bed
As Paddy left for Dublin, a strange feeling came over Cate; for the first time in her life, she was actually scared. She told her daughter to watch over the other children while she went out to take a meal to Mr. McClary. Cate knocked on his door, waited, and then noticed the light was on under the door. She knocked harder this time until she felt something hard hit the back of her head. On the second blow, she fell to the ground. She raised her head and tried to make out the image of the person standing above her. As days passed, Paddy knew what he had to do. “Maureen, come help your da with the bed.” Paddy took the bed apart piece by piece and put it in his large truck. Maureen’s tears fell down her face as each post came down. She remembered her ma, the times she snuggled with her, and the comfort she felt just being next to her. As Paddy finished each piece, he held back his anger for the one that killed his precious Cate. As Paddy and Maureen arrived at Weston, they were greeted by Lady Emily Weston. The bed was sold to her and she requested that Maureen accompany her dad on the journey. Emily first met Maureen when she walked into the furniture store and heard the young girl crying. Little did Emily know that this girl would make such a change in her life!
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The Fallen Leaf
When Amir got the call that his uncle was having health troubles, he did not quite understand the role that he was supposed to assume. His uncle had been living by himself and had kept his personal life private for many years. Amir gradually learned that his journey with dementia was not going to be the same as others’ journeys. He had to become the guardian for his uncle, but he did not have to become the primary caregiver. Inspired by true events, The Fallen Leaf is a story about a man who lost his connections with all his surroundings due to dementia. Although ageing is inevitable in every man’s life, we are often unprepared for dealing with the fact that we are becoming incapable of doing many of the things that we used to do. The Fallen Leaf is a story of one man’s journey through, not only aging, but ageing alone and with dementia. A journey that his nephew had witnessed just after it started until it ended.
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Sounds from the Äà Lạt Pine Trees
Three people. Two sisters. One incredible journey. On one side of the world, an adopted girl struggles with physical handicaps, emotional challenges, and a seemingly endless journey to discover her identity. Unbeknownst to her, continents away, her sister desperately looks for a way to reunite their family. Along with them, a soldier fights his own battles long after the war has ended, searching for vindication and some kind of understanding of his noble role in the lives of so many through a time of such turmoil. The decade-long saga leads all three of them through confrontations with present perils and past memories of the war that tore their families and lives apart.
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Pink Bison
You're encountering a seemingly never-ending series of obstacles. Although you have comrades along your side, you discover that it only makes matters more stressful. Yet, day after day, you proceed. In one moment, optimistic, but in the next, hopeless. Could you stand this test? Could you conquer the hostile, horrific environment that surrounds you? Lieutenant Elliott Granger experiences this very hell. As the daily struggle to find purpose and peace continues, his resources for sanity rapidly deplete. The overwhelming darkness clouds the light at the end of the tunnel that never seems to arrive. Regardless of his inner conflict, there's a task at hand – a task that demands near-perfect execution. Elliott possesses the necessary skills to end this nightmare. But the question remains: who is he fighting? His adversaries or himself?
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Pickett's Dream
When smart and beautiful Athena Van Fleet attends her sister’s wedding, she encounters John Pickett, the officiating priest whom she knew as a student in college. Now married to tennis star, Ted Talbot, who is retired with an injured knee, she moves to Newport when her husband is named President of the Tennis Hall of Fame. Smitten by Pickett, Athena uses her sway as the daughter of a bishop to secure the young priest an improbable call as rector of the wealthy Newport parish. As Ted begins to sense Athena’s enchantment, he jealously makes Pickett his prey. Then unaccountably, the penniless priest becomes proprietor of Rosecliff mansion—igniting rumors up and down the Eastern Seaboard that the priest is a tycoon or a drug lord. Narrator Brooke Adams, feeling like a “bystander implicated at the scene of the crime,” watches as Pickett’s incredible scheme is unraveled to an unintended end. From the sad abandoned mill towns of industrial New England to the hunt fields and ballrooms of Newport, from an aged acolyte in rural Massachusetts to pretentious Park Avenue bishops, and from the shining spectacle of the Champs-Élysées to the elusive Bishop’s House in Providence, Pickett’s Dream is borne from the Yuppie Go-Go 80’s to the mean streets of our time, and the innocence of a heretical dreamer to the world we find ourselves in.
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