What My Grandmother Taught Me About Life
Title | What My Grandmother Taught Me About Life PDF eBook |
Author | George Burney |
Publisher | Bk Royston Publishing |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2021-09-22 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9781955063326 |
What My Grandmother Taught Me About Life is an empowering account of a woman who started her life over again as she raised her grandson by herself. While her passing was devastating to her grandson what she left behind was a treasure of wisdom, knowledge and life lessons that her grandson will always have access to. In 2 bonus chapters the author reveals his thoughts on why your dream must be activated and not just talked about. The other chapter is a tribute to his goddaughters that will have us all thinking about how important parents are.
My Grandmother's Life - Second Edition
Title | My Grandmother's Life - Second Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Editors of Chartwell Books |
Publisher | Chartwell |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2022-03-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0785840249 |
With 200 thought-provoking and lighthearted writing prompts and exercises organized into chapters based on her life, My Grandmother’s Life guides your grandmother to begin her life’s memoir and create a fully realized record of her adventures, stories, and wisdom for you and your family to cherish for future generations.
We Share the Same Sky
Title | We Share the Same Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Rachael Cerrotti |
Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2021-08-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1094153710 |
In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti, a college student pursuing a career in photojournalism, asked her grandmother, Hana, if she could record her story. Rachael knew that her grandmother was a Holocaust survivor and the only one in her family alive at the end of the war. Rachael also knew that she survived because of the kindness of strangers. It wasn’t a secret. Hana spoke about her history publicly and regularly. But, Rachael wanted to document it as only a granddaughter could. So, that’s what they did: Hana talked and Rachael wrote. Upon Hana’s passing in 2010, Rachael discovered an incredible archive of her life. There were preserved albums and hundreds of photographs dating back to the 1920s. There were letters waiting to be translated, journals, diaries, deportation and immigration papers as well as creative writings from various stages of Hana’s life. Rachael digitized and organized it all, plucking it from the past and placing it into her present. Then, she began retracing her grandmother’s story, following her through Central Europe, Scandinavia, and across the United States. She tracked down the descendants of those who helped save her grandmother’s life during the war. Rachael went in pursuit of her grandmother’s memory to explore how the retelling of family stories becomes the history itself. We Share the Same Sky weaves together the stories of these two young women—Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, whose insatiable curiosity to touch the past guides her into the lives of countless strangers, bringing her love and tragic loss. Throughout the course of her twenties, Hana’s history becomes a guidebook for Rachael in how to live a life empowered by grief.
In My Grandmother's House
Title | In My Grandmother's House PDF eBook |
Author | Yolanda Pierce |
Publisher | Broadleaf Books |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2021-02-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1506464726 |
What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. Now, in the pages of In My Grandmother's House, Pierce reckons with that tradition, building an everyday womanist theology rooted in liberating scriptures, experiences in the Black church, and truths from Black women's lives. Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history, teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory. A grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. It's time to get to know that God.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Title | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry PDF eBook |
Author | Fredrik Backman |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2016-04-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1501115073 |
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.
How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories
Title | How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Sudha Murty |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2015-02-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 8184759010 |
These are just some of the questions you will find answered in this delightful collection of stories recounting real-life incidents from the life of Sudha Murty-teacher, social worker and bestselling writer. There is the engaging story about one of her students who frequently played truant from school. The account of how her mother’s advice to save money came in handy when she wanted to help her husband start a software company, and the heart-warming tale of the promise she made-and fulfilled to her grandfather, to ensure that her little village library would always be well supplied with books. Funny, spirited and inspiring, each of these stories teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of doing what you believe is right and having the courage to realize your dreams.
The Little Virtues
Title | The Little Virtues PDF eBook |
Author | Natalia Ginzburg |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1628729023 |
In this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured her rightful place in the pantheon of classic mid-century authors. Whether she writes of the loss of a friend, Cesare Pavese; or what is inexpugnable of World War II; or the Abruzzi, where she and her first husband lived in forced residence under Fascist rule; or the importance of silence in our society; or her vocation as a writer; or even a pair of worn-out shoes, Ginzburg brings to her reflections the wisdom of a survivor and the spare, wry, and poetically resonant style her readers have come to recognize. "A glowing light of modern Italian literature . . . Ginzburg's magic is the utter simplicity of her prose, suddenly illuminated by one word that makes a lightning streak of a plain phrase. . . . As direct and clean as if it were carved in stone, it yet speaks thoughts of the heart.' — The New York Times Book Review