Almost Home

• Author : Joan Bauer
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release Date : 2012-09-13
• ISBN : 9781101591925

Newbery Honor winner Joan Bauer's new novel will touch your heart When twelve-year-old Sugar's grandfather dies and her gambling father takes off yet again, Sugar and her mother lose their home in Missouri. They head to Chicago for a fresh start, only to discover that fresh starts aren't so easy to come by for the homeless. Nevertheless, Sugar's mother has taught her to be grateful no matter what, so Sugar does her best. With the help of a rescue dog,

• Author : Ruma Chopra
• Publisher : Yale University Press
• Release Date : 2018-01-01
• ISBN : 9780300220469

The unique story of a small community of escaped slaves who revolted against the British government yet still managed to maneuver and survive against all odds After being exiled from their native Jamaica in 1795, the Trelawney Town Maroons endured in Nova Scotia and then in Sierra Leone. In this gripping narrative, Ruma Chopra demonstrates how the unlikely survival of this community of escaped slaves reveals the contradictions of slavery and the complexities of the British antislavery era. While some Europeans

• Author : Debbie Macomber,Cathy Lamb,Judy Duarte,Mary Carter
• Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
• Release Date : 2012-07-13
• ISBN : 9781420132304

Old flames reignite and new passions burn when lovers follow their hearts back to the place they once called home. . . "Whale Island" by Cathy Lamb Family secrets and imposing friends are making Chalese feel like an outsider in her very own home on beautiful Whale Island. But it's only when a shocking revelation makes her feel truly lost that she opens her heart to the possibilities the past offers--including a chance at love with the last man she expected. . . "Queen

• Author : Pam Jenoff
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release Date : 2009-02-03
• ISBN : 9781416597940

New York Times Bestselling Author of The Diplomat’s Wife A breathtakingly poignant novel of suspense about a woman who must face a past she’d rather forget in order to uncover a dangerous legacy that threatens her future. Ten years ago, U.S. State Department intelligence officer Jordan Weiss’s idyllic experience as a graduate student at Cambridge was shattered when her boyfriend Jared drowned in the River Cam. She swore she’d never go back—until a terminally

• Author : Patricia M. Baranek,Raisa B. Deber,Alan Paul Williams
• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
• Release Date : 2004-01-01
• ISBN : 080208639X

While Medicare continues to resist political and ideological forces aimed at shrinking the state's role, cost constraints, demographic pressures and technological advancements are increasing pressure on home and community care.

• Author : Valerie Fraser Luesse
• Publisher : Revell
• Release Date : 2019-03-05
• ISBN : 9781493416608

With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam's munitions plants--and they're bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler's grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse. An estranged young couple from the Midwest, unemployed professors from Chicago, a widower from Mississippi, a shattered young veteran struggling to heal from the war--they're all hoping Dolly's house will help

• Author : Kevin Ryan,Tina Kelley
• Publisher : Wiley
• Release Date : 2012-09-11
• ISBN : 1118230477

Inside the lives of homeless teens—moving stories of pain and hope from Covenant House Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets. Each eventually finds his or her way to Covenant House, the largest charity serving homeless and runaway youth in North America. From the son of a crack addict who fights his own descent into drug addiction to a teen mother

• Author : Wendy Lawton
• Publisher : Moody Publishers
• Release Date : 2003-01-01
• ISBN : 9781575675725

Daughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives. Almost Home is the story of the pilgrims’ journey to America and of God’s providence and provision. Several of the characters in the story—Mary Chilton, Constance Hopkins, and Elizabeth Tilley—were actual passengers on the Mayflower. Mary Chilton was a young girl when she left her home in Holland and traveled to America onboard the Mayflower with her parents. The journey was filled with trials, joys, and some

• Author : Madisen Kuhn
• Publisher : Gallery Books
• Release Date : 2019-10-01
• ISBN : 9781982121259

From the Instagram poet and author of the exquisite Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better comes a gorgeous poetry and prose collection that explores the meaning of “home” and the profound discovery of finding it within oneself—perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Amanda Lovelace. In this stunning third collection from Madisen Kuhn, Madisen eloquently analyzes some of life’s universal themes within the framework of a house. Whether it’s the garden, the bedroom, or the

• Author : Jessica Blank
• Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Release Date : 2010-07-10
• ISBN : 9781423143468

Why would anyone choose to live on the streets? There is Eeyore, just twelve years old when she runs away from her priveleged home, harboring a secret she's too ashamed to tell anyone. Rusty is a sensitive gay teen who winds up alone when his older boyfriend ditches him in Hollywood. Squid has gone through too many foster homes to count. There's Scabius, a delusional punk from Utah who takes the "me against the world" motto to dangerous extremes. And

• Author : David L. Kirp
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release Date : 2002
• ISBN : 0691095175

For David Kirp, a gifted storyteller and journalist, the concept of community stretches beyond a cliched figure of speech to describe what happens when people make decisions that reshape one another's lives. He has collected a fascinating variety of such stories from across America to re-create the immediate experience of community--tales that signify in their particulars, giving meaning to the much bandied-about idea of civic virtue. They paint a rich picture of how, for better and for worse, Americans live

• Author : Hilary Harper
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2017-07-05
• ISBN : 0998626201

A memoir about the search for an unknown father, in spite of impossible odds.

• Author : Mariah Stewart
• Publisher : Chesapeake Diaries
• Release Date : 2011
• ISBN : 9780345520371

When he returns home to St. Dennis, Maryland, after the death of his friend and business partner, Wade McGregor discovers that he still has feelings for Steffie Wyler, the girl he left behind.

• Author : T.m. Mcnally
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release Date : 1999-05-10
• ISBN : 9780684854458

Tells the story of Patrick, a dog-trainer and reluctant drug-smuggler from Arizona, who sees a chance for happiness in a beautiful musician with a drug addiction.

• Author : Mary Ellen Camden
• Publisher : AuthorHouse
• Release Date : 2010-11
• ISBN : 9781452091570

Mary Beth Winston, a divorced mother of two grown girls, had her own very successful business, a lovely home and two very entertaining spaniels. She lived a pretty uneventful life until the day she returned from work to find her dogs running loose, her boyfriend, Bob, brutally murdered in her foyer, and herself the main suspect in a homicide. it just kept getting better and better. She discovered that the man whom she had believed to be her soul mate