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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu “This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.” —Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling author of The Flamethrowers and The Mars Room In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes ’zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn’t seem to have a place for either of them. But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the successes and humiliations of everyday college life. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first meet. Determined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends—his memories—Hua turned to writing. Stay True is the book he’s been working on ever since. A coming-of-age story that details both the ordinary and extraordinary, Stay True is a bracing memoir about growing up, and about moving through the world in search of meaning and belonging.
An Elin Hilderbrand Entertainment Weekly Summer Reading Pick “The book-equivalent of a perfect first date... Highly highly recommend.” —Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author “A heady kaleidoscope of romance, heartbreak, and healing that’s both rich in insight and enchantingly funny.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author The author of the “emotional, hilarious, and thought-provoking” (People) novel The Bucket List returns with a witty and heartfelt romantic comedy featuring a wedding planner, her unexpected business partner, and their coworkers in a series of linked love stories—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Casey McQuiston. For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn’s beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even more unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match made in heaven, to say the least. But what starts as a personal and professional nightmare transforms into something even savvy, cynical Liv Goldenhorn couldn’t begin to imagine. It Had to Be You cleverly unites Liv, Savannah, and couples as diverse and unique as New York City itself, in a joyous Love-Actually-style braided narrative. The result is a smart, modern love story that truly speaks to our times. Second chances, secret romance, and steamy soul mates are front and center in this sexy, tender, and utterly charming rom-com.
A collection of short stories by various authors, including Andrea Davis Pinkney, M.E. Kerr, and Anne Mazer, about adolescent girls coming of age.
Bobby walks home from school, along streets littered with drug users and gang-bangers. He resists the comforting call of the streets, because he wants more from his life. Elena visits her sister, a teen-aged mother, whose life is so drastically different from the one Elena sees for herself. On the cusp of entering high school, they each struggle to keep their dreams alive, carefully avoiding the pitfalls which have claimed too many of their friends. The additional stress of an interracial relationship is the last thing either wants, but in each other, they find comfort and calm. Together, they discover they can keep on Keepin' On.
DescriptionThis book of poetry contains a variety of themes including, Recovery, Spirituality, Environmentalism, politics and general emotional expressions. Denny writes in a very open, honest and poignant way, describing various views and expressing them in general common tongue. He intends to inspire and open the mind of the reader and to share his experiences through the use of poetry. About the AuthorThe Authors name is Denny Reader, he was born in the West Midlands in 1982. He experienced in his late teens, what he describes as Spiritual experiences, which led him to a path of Inner Discovery and Spiritual exploration. He experimented with street drugs to reach Higher States of Consciousness, but whilst practicing a lot of fasting and meditation during these times and drawing closer to his 19th year, he began experiencing 'voices' in his head. This Psychosis increased and Denny experienced a 'massive' psychotic breakdown, going through intense periods of psychotic depression and general Schizophrenia. He was sectioned in 2001 for four months and was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia after his second stay in the local psychiatric asylum which happened to be exactly a year later in 2002. Denny continued to struggle with his condition with another stay in 2004, and then was given a dual diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Denny has written poetry since a child, yet has expressed himself through it mostly within the last ten years of his life, during being in Recovery. With the encouragement of local writers, he has focused much on writing poetry to express him self and aid recovery. This book is a collection of his poems throughout the last ten years of his life.
Words of joy, love, devotion and celebration Deciding how to express your feelings on one of the most important days of your or your loved one's life can be overwhelming. Poems and Readings for Weddings collects the very best readings by world-renowned poets, bards, playwrights and novelists who have written passionately, thoughtfully and deeply over hundreds of years about love, marriage and commitment. This beautiful collection contains an astonishing range of poems, prose extracts, prayers and songs, all chosen to enhance the occasion, whether they be moving, witty, irreverent, thoughtful or heartfelt. Above all, these words will be recognized as timeless and true.
A wry collection of poems in three parts, one of which is devoted to the dangers of love and the love of danger. A sample: "Beauty, danger and dismay / Met me on the public way. / Whichever I chose, I chose dismay." The other two parts comprise songs on political violence. By the author of Children in Exile.
Have you ever wondered what your purpose is here on earth? How can we know what that purpose is? No matter what church denomination we go to, God has a purpose for us, for good and not for evil. Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) states, “For I know the thoughts that I have for you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Whatever the trials, We Need God! Life can be serious enough, so the author, besides sharing godly wisdom through real-life experiences, poems, has also added something new, called “Wisdom’s Corner.” You will find a side of humor also as you read “Egg on Your Face.” The author just wants to see you blessed as she lifts up Jesus. If you are blessed, then she has done her job. To God be all the glory and all the praise.
Connected throughout time and space were a man and a woman. Although they had yet to meet, there was a knowing deep in their souls of a love they shared. Do you have a longing that you can’t quite put your finger on? Does the twin flame phenomena stir something inside you? It took me well into adulthood to finally find the courage to peer into the realms of my soul where the Pleiadian elders held my hand, connecting me with Tomas within the twin flame phenomenon. What does a person do when they are shown a wormhole to a different dimension by entities that have time traveled down to a mere thought wave? Letters were shared by my intangible mate and not one in pen. My beloved Tomas and the Pleiadians led me on a journey to my destiny. Only the wildlife that shared the woodlands, where the little stone cabin rested, were to bear witness of the esoteric events that unfolded that summer, where the river runs north. Telepathic energies allowed me to learn much from the previous unfamiliar realms of my mind, validated by the Pleiadians who in turn shared timeless and insightful lessons for anyone to read and follow—thirty in all. The Pleiadians, my teachers, my guides, and my friends influenced the principles in this book, with their wisdom to share with those seeking to raise the vibrations of the planet with the twin flame unions. Through my personal mission, I learned the intricate details of the power of thought and how the simplicity of the little things we take for granted are in fact the big things, linking us telepathically to our collective subconscious. Past, present, and future come full circle when we look inside the origins of our soul.