Child of Desire
Title | Child of Desire PDF eBook |
Author | Verla Lacy Powers |
Publisher | Tate Publishing |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2011-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1613462859 |
Amanda and Sam watched silently as the truck rounded the corner and disappeared behind the church. In the deep recesses of her memory, Amanda heard the voice of her grandmamma from long ago, saying, 'Joy comes to those who dream, destruction to those who scheme.' As a child, Amanda always knew that she wanted to be a mother. Growing up through the twenties and into the Great Depression, Amanda is a headstrong woman in a world that doesn't want to accept her. Now she is trapped in a loveless marriage far away from the family who cares about her. While her husband, Sam, is paying more attention than Amanda likes to another woman, Luke, Sam's brother, is the only one who makes Amanda feel like she's loved. Dreaming of a way to bring joy into her life, Amanda dares to enter into a conspiracy that sinks her and Sam even further into deceit and lies. Will Amanda be able to make something out of her life and find true happiness? Or is she already too far down a path that will lead to nothing but destruction for her and her family? Verla Powers's moving story of a wife's desire to become a mother will captivate and inspire anyone who has unfulfilled dreams.
Maternal Desire
Title | Maternal Desire PDF eBook |
Author | Daphne de Marneffe |
Publisher | Scribner |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1501198270 |
Esteemed psychologist Daphne de Marneffe examines women’s desire to care for children in an updated reissue of her “fascinating analysis that’s a welcome addition to the dialogues about motherhood” (Publishers Weekly). If a century ago it was women’s sexual desires that were unspeakable, today it is the female desire to mother that has become taboo. One hundred years of Freud and feminism have liberated women to acknowledge and explore their sexual selves, as well as their public and personal ambitions. What has remained inhibited is women’s thinking about motherhood. Maternal Desire is the first book to treat women’s desire to mother as a legitimate focus of intellectual inquiry and personal exploration. Shedding new light on old debates, Daphne de Marneffe provides an emotional road map for mothers who work and mothers who are at home. De Marneffe both explores the enjoyment and anxieties of motherhood and offers mothers in all situations valuable ways to think through their self-doubts and connect to their capacity for pleasure. Drawing on a rich tradition of writers, such as Simone de Beauvoir, Adrienne Rich, Carol Gilligan, and Susan Faludi, as well as her experience as a psychologist and mother of three, de Marneffe illuminates how we express our desire to care for children. By treating maternal desire as a central feature of women’s identity—rather than as an inconvenient or slightly embarrassing detail—we can look with fresh insight at controversial issues, such as childcare, fertility, abortion, and the role of fathers. An “absorbing look at the enormous personal pleasure that women derive from mothering….Maternal Desire is a stirring book that celebrates women’s love for their children and mothering while also supporting their interest in careers and other pursuits” (Booklist).
Desire's Child
Title | Desire's Child PDF eBook |
Author | Candace Schuler |
Publisher | Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Temptation 90s |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780373251285 |
Desire's Child by Candace Schuler released on Jul 25, 1984 is available now for purchase.
Cheekie
Title | Cheekie PDF eBook |
Author | Clarence Nero |
Publisher | clarence nero |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
A look at life in the black ghetto through the eyes of a little boy. He is Cheekie, 9, of New Orleans, one of several children of a single mother. He describes the violence, her affairs, but also the support offered by the community.
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters
Title | The Absent Father Effect on Daughters PDF eBook |
Author | Susan E. author Schwartz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | |
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"This book investigates the impact of absent - physically or emotionally - and inadequate fathers on the lives and psyches of their daughters through the perspective of Jungian analytical psychology. It tells the stories of daughters who describe the insecurity of self, the splintering and disintegration of the personality, and the silencing of voice. It is relevant for those wanting to understand the complex dynamics of daughters and fathers to become their authentic selves and essential reading for those seeking understanding, analytical and depth psychologists, therapy professionals, academics and students with Jungian and post-Jungian interests"--.
The Desire of Ages
Title | The Desire of Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen G. White |
Publisher | Bytes 4 the Heart |
Pages | 886 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | Seventh-Day Adventists |
ISBN |
Lady of Desire
Title | Lady of Desire PDF eBook |
Author | Gaelen Foley |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Pages | 475 |
Release | 2006-04-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0345494113 |
With the smashing success of Lord of Fire and Lord of Ice, Gaelen Foley has confirmed her place as one of historical romance’s hottest talents. Now with Lady of Desire, a sizzling tale in which a fiery young temptress tames the king of thieves, she delivers her most enthralling–and smoldering–novel yet. . . . Impetuous Lady Jacinda Knight is the daughter of a scandalous woman. Though society predicts she’ll follow in her mother’s footsteps, the spirited beauty stands unashamed of her passionate nature. Then one night, in flight from a safe but loveless marriage arranged by her strict older brother, Jacinda finds herself alone on a dark and dangerous street face-to-face with Billy Blade, the notorious leader of a band of thieves. His stolen kisses awaken in her a longing for a man she can never possess. A handsome scoundrel running from a secret past, Billy Blade has never met a woman like Jacinda–her fiery innocence and blossoming sensuality set his rebel’s heart ablaze. Having turned his back on the privilege and power of his tyrannical father’s house years before, he vows to return to his rightful place and reclaim his title, Earl of Rackford–to win the love of the ravishing beauty who has stolen his heart . . .