Delusion, dementia or discourse? A daughter insists on the latter, and with the threads of her mother's narratives weaves for them a raft of words. These conversations, unlike anything I'd shared with her before, shocked me. I was glad they happened only when we were alone together. I'd never even thought these things I heard us say, didn't know where they came from. But since they seemed to make sense to her, I kept inviting her to speak. She'd say something, I'd listen, say something back;we were together in words. As if what we said to each other arose, not from our own learning or experience, but some underlying chord that included our voices but was bigger, spoke through them, as if the sound of the ocean were encoded in the sounds of the rain. I'll Close My Eyes(But I Won't Be Asleep)sounds an intimate, heartbreaking, and sometimes humorous, end-of-life chord in a mother and daughter relationship.A compelling memoir, I'll Close My Eyes(But I Won't Be Asleep)is an honest account of what, for most of us, remains hidden and unheard. It will be useful for anyone torn by conflicting desires and demands, battered by memory, grief and rage, and struggling to give care. Elisa Adler studied at the University of California, Berkeley, Mills College and, in Bogota, Colombia, at Centro de Estudios Colombo-Americanos. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, translator, interpreter, laborer and domestic, teaches English and Spanish at colleges in California and Nevada, and farms with her daughter and husband in the northern Sierra.

Hero cop Martin Magnus encounters a bewildering series of events; including a baffling investigation that impacts him personally. A pedophilia victim , Martin has become a womanizer. After two marriages Martin is infatuated with his psychiatrist. But he falls for Linda Jordan, a woman half his age who has loved him from afar. Then he brings her into the vortex of his investigation, causing her serious harm and ending their affair. Disillusioned, Martin hooks up with Virginia Schultz, a degenerate schemer. Ironically, Virginia leads to Martin to meet his one true spiritual partner. CONFLUENCE is replete with mystery, suspense, romance and spiritualism.

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. HER BABY’S PROTECTOR by Margaret Daley and Susan Sleeman As babies are thrust into danger in two brand-new novellas, these men will stop at nothing to keep them—and their lovely single mothers—safe. THE SEAL’S SECRET CHILD Navy SEAL Defenders by Elisabeth Rees When former SEAL Edward “Blade” Harding receives an email from his six-year-old son, he’s shocked—both by the news that he has a child and his son’s message. Someone’s threatening to kill Blade’s ex-fiancée, defense attorney Josie Bishop…and she and their little boy need his help. OUTSIDE THE LAW by Michelle Karl Former military recruit Yasmine Browder plans to uncover the truth about her brother’s death…but her investigation quickly turns deadly. And her childhood friend rookie FBI agent Noel Black risks his career—and his life—to help her solve the mystery.

Every foster child deserves a voice. This is mine. In Just Another Slice, nine-year-old Sarah Bailey tries to survive in a family full of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse while at the same time trying to protect her younger brother Curtis. Sarah learns that asking for Just Another Slice of toast is not the only thing in her life she will be denied. Yet, in a world full of cruelty, she finds kindness and happiness in the most unsuspecting people, places, and things. Sarah and Curtis’s foster care story is based on actual events about Dr. Sharon Zaffarese-Dippold and her brother, Carl. In this book, Sarah and Curtis learn they are foster children. Join their journey of laughter, pain, hope, and resiliency. You will see, hear and feel what Sarah and Curtis does throughout this sad and inspiring story of not just surviving but thriving.

Written at the height of Stalin's first "five-year plan" for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov's parody of the mainstream Soviet "production" novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition to an overview of the work's key themes, it discusses their place within Platonov's oeuvre as a whole, his troubled relations with literary officialdom, the work's ideological and political background, and key critical responses since the work's first publication in the West in 1973.

A standalone instalove alien romance from author Ashlyn Hawkes. Nos has always felt a little out of place. His father is a captain and wants the same for Nos, but he just doesn’t want to work his way up the ladder. Instead, he seeks out the ladder available on Earth, only he ends up turning into a bit of a wanderer as he struggles to find his place there too. But he’s not the only one struggling. Perhaps two wanderers can find each other and maybe love too. Trigger warning: this book includes some dark themes like consent and assault, but love will always win. No cliffhanger. Keywords: alien abduction romance, science fiction romance, scifi romance, paranormal romance, science fiction, standalone, happy end, happy ending, alpha male, fantasy romance, urban fantasy, steamy romance, happily ever after, romance, ebooks to read and download, scifi romance, alien abduction, alien romance, collection, box set, boxed set, Zenobia Renquist, Kate Rudolph, Starr Huntress, Sedona Venez, Regine Abel, Roxie Ray, Lee Savino, Renee Rose, Milly Taiden, Ava Hunter, Ruby Dixon, Jenny Foster, Elizabeth Stephens, Margo Bond Collins, Stasia Black, Lisa Lace