A daughter returns years after her mother has passed away. A child walks miles to a temple to pray for a wish to come true. Childhood memories: funny, frightening and tragic, shape us for life. Across a busy street, a beautiful friendship develops between a musician and his muse. A mother faces her greatest dilemma when she receives a message. A daughter reminisces about her relationship with her father. These stories take you across continents and plunge you into a world of drama, sadness and joy. Invisible threads connect these stories including family ties and memories.

With touching honesty, compassion, thoughtfulness, and humor, more than sixty women provide an intimate and unforgettable view of what it means to be Portuguese American. A tribute to women of Portuguese descent, Stories Grandma Never Told also expands our sense of California, its history, and its real culture.

A cloth bag containing 10 paperback copies of the title, 1 large print edition, 1 audio book, that may also include a folder with sign out sheets.

What is a Californigonian? What was waiting by the door that night? What possessed us to adopt two puppies at once? How is playing the piano like ice skating? Why stay in Oregon when it rains all the time and the family is still back in California? Find the answers to these and other questions in these posts selected from ten years of the Unleashed in Oregon blog. Chapters will look at the glamorous life of a writer and the equally glamorous life of a musician, true stories from a whiny traveler, being the sole human occupant of a house in the woods, and dogs, so much about dogs.

Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn't sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell's life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother.

Who can resist a good story, especially when it’s being told by Grandma? From her bag emerges tales of kings and cheats, monkeys and mice, bears and gods. Here comes the bear who ate some really bad dessert and got very angry; a lazy man who would not put out a fire till it reached his beard; a princess who got turned into an onion; a queen who discovered silk, and many more weird and wonderful people and animals. Grandma tells the stories over long summer days and nights, as seven children enjoy life in her little town. The stories entertain, educate and provide hours of enjoyment to them. So come, why don’t you too join in the fun.

A daughter returns years after her mother has passed away. A child walks miles to a temple to pray for a wish to come true. Childhood memories: funny, frightening and tragic, shape us for life. Across a busy street, a beautiful friendship develops between a musician and his muse. A mother faces her greatest dilemma when she receives a message. A daughter reminisces about her relationship with her father. These stories take you across continents and plunge you into a world of drama, sadness and joy. Invisible threads connect these stories including family ties and memories.