Résultats lu par "LIZ MAY BRICE" dans Toutes les catégories

Factitious Love is a powerful, survivor-centered guide to understanding, recognizing, and healing from one of the most insidious forms of child abuse—Munchausen by Proxy, also known as Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another. Written by Tammy Eady Walker, grandmother and author of I Have to Call Someone Mama: A Grandmother's Story of Two Siblings Rescued From Munchausen by Proxy Abuse, this book combines years of lived experience, survivor testimony, and therapeutic insight to shine a light on a form of abuse that thrives in silence.

Lucas is the problem. There’s always been a spark between us, but with everything we’ve been through in Grimmere, not to mention our close proximity in training each day, that spark has stoked to a blaze. We have to raise some boundaries—and pronto. There’s no way I’d risk our friendship and Keeper partnership by doing something stupid… again. But when we’re shown a vision of our shaky beginnings by a terrifying old crone who lives in a hut (you know the type), our mess of a drunken hookup that we’d conveniently blanked returns.

She smiled in public. She wept in secret. She stayed… until she barely existed. For years, Taryn lived in the shadows of her husband’s narcissistic control—trapped in a cycle of manipulation, emotional abuse, and spiritual gaslighting that slowly stripped her of her identity. On the outside, her life looked picture-perfect. Inside, she was quietly falling apart. Until She Barely Existed is a raw, gripping novel that shines a light on the hidden world of narcissistic abuse and the quiet strength it takes to survive.

A journey through the Tyrants male and female that imposed their power and will.

Sixteen-year-old Renna Covert toils away in the shadows of a Yorkshire workhouse, her days filled with the mundane task of shelling cotton and the dangerous duty of scouting for punters. One fateful night, she crosses paths with two sailors and finds herself thrust into the heart of a chilling encounter at the local asylum. These harrowing experiences catalyze Renna's journey, promising newfound opportunities and revealing long-buried family secrets.

Gina Jackson’s family has grown smaller in recent years. First, she lost her grandmother, then two years ago she lost her beloved grandfather. Now, the only person Gina truly cares about is her mother, Helen. Unfortunately, neither woman saw the smooth New Yorker, Bruce Franklin, coming. Neither had a clue about Franklin’s true motives but both will pay a price for his actions, although in different ways.

Far into humanity's distant future, Naga, a whimsical superintelligent being, finds herself reborn. Her trusty companion Apollo – a quantum quintessence with an uncanny ability to predict the future - helps her throw a birthday party of cosmic proportions. Naga's children – Tartarus, Gaia, Iapetus and Mnemosyne – have mixed feelings about their newly reborn mother and about each other. Remembering their own trials and tribunals, they rediscover themselves and take a stab at understanding consciousnesses, complexity and what it means to be alive.

Grappling with the biggest decision of my life whilst fending off a goblin onslaught is my own special kind of chaos. It’s almost midsummer, the weather is baking, and I’m hot and bothered by Lucas, the fickle and much-too-attractive drac, who is insisting I train as Keeper of the Bounds between the fae and human realms. It’s an enticing choice, but I can’t deny the part of me that hankers after an academic-folklore career.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

Stranger in the Mind is a supernatural thriller blending history, mystery, and the unexplainable. Mystery and murder swirl around a dangerous doctor. One detective vows to unravel the truth. 1920s Liverpool—a city shrouded in fog and secrets. Detective Amelia Dei uncovers a string of unexplained comas in Liverpool’s most notorious infirmary. As she digs deeper, she faces a sinister psychiatrist and a truth darker than anything she’s imagined..."‘Stranger in the Mind’ quickly draws you in and does not let you go till the last word." Reader Views • 5 stars • 5 stars

Same old sleepy small-town France. I spend my days serving patisserie badly to the outlandish crowd at the café, and writing folklore research papers that will never, ever be published. That’s until my clanger of a drunken hookup with the town’s hot new doctor, who turns into a hideous drac and eats Grampi’s favourite goat. Oh, and not to mention, a troop of ragtag fae storms my home, a fatal illness devastates the town, and a fae curse threatens Grampi’s life.

Mischievous and precocious, Becky Bexley causes havoc and hilarity. This child genius talks from birth, starts school at just one, embarrasses herteachers, plays tricks, writes naughty poems and even disrupts church services. You'll love Becky ... sometimes, laugh at her antics, and sympathise with her poor mum.

In this mix of serious topics and humour, Becky Bexley is in her second year of university, at the age when most children are just starting secondary school. She does voluntary work for a new blind student called Barbara who needs people to read her study material to her. They strike up a friendship, often have a laugh together, and Becky meets her brother and some of her disabled friends. They all tell her about their experiences of living with disabilities, a few of them amusing.

For twenty years Elizabeth Bennet had lived, quite contentedly, as the second daughter of a country squire. During her Easter visit to her newly married friend, Lizzy has the dubious pleasure of being introduced to Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her cosseted daughter. To Elizabeth’s surprise, the pair take a keen interest in a mere adopted daughter of the Bennet family, and when Mr. Darcy dutifully pays his annual visit to Rosings Park, her life takes a wholly unexpected turn.

Exploring the Afterlife to Heal from Loss and Embrace Spiritual Connections to Communicate with Your Loved Ones on the Other Side. Have you faced the unexpected loss of a loved one and yearned to explore the mysteries of the afterlife? Do you feel a spark of intuitive ability but struggle to find a nurturing environment that supports your spiritual growth? In Afterlife Bonds: How Spirit Communication Turned My Grief into a Journey of Joy, Tammy Young invites listeners to navigate the challenging path of grief and discover profound connections with loved ones beyond the physical realm.