Murphys Don’t Quit is a story of hope and resilience as one family rallies together during a tragedy. Colleen Murphys’ daughter, Lauren, suffered severe brain damage after a tragic accident. Lauren remained in the hospital unidentified for several hours, she was not expected to survive. This story is a raw, honest account of the pitfalls and challenges a family faces while navigating life through brain injury. Murphys Don’t Quit shows how one family combined a never-give-up attitude with faith, hope, and love. Throughout the chapters, readers see not just the highs, but the heartbreaking lows. Due to the family’s Irish wit, humor often diffuses the devastating subject matter. Through the many grueling hours of therapy and by visiting specialists all over the country, Lauren was able to find her way back to a life filled with purpose and is now a highly sought after inspirational public speaker.

Don't Quit - Don't Cry is a Canadian's gripping life story. 1967: Jacques R. Roy studies African history in Montreal. With a deep sense of justice, freedom, and liberty, Jacques joins CUSO as a teacher and leaves for Tanzania. Jacques meets Dr. Neto, President of the MPLA. Dr. Neto needs radio links. Jacques can solve this problem under complete secrecy. 1968: Neto invites Jacques to the eastern Angolan front. He likes the radio results and sends Roy to mobilize Canadian public opinion. 1970: South Africas ANC external leaders ask Jacques to create a spy unit. Cover: a love story with missions worthy of James Bond and Indiana Jones. 1974: Jacques brings Dr. Neto to Ottawa's parliamentary committee. 1975: Independence. CIA steps in. 1998: Roy goes back to Angola. Mission: Stop the civil war. The plan: Follow the blood diamonds. Results: Canada's UN Ambassador Fowler visits Africa, writes the Fowler Report. The UN imposes sanctions and blood diamond funds dry up.

A New Beginning The Sterling family's re-location from the big city promised a renewed foundation. An inspired photographer, his bestselling author bride, and their three young children have moved into the old Murphy house. It would seem, however, that the energy that existed from the conflicted and ill-fated Murphy family, may still exist and possess the house, as well as, its grand property. A New Challenge With the sudden illness of their eldest child, Richard, The Sterling's struggle to cope with their son's attitude while they begin to endure strange occurrences throughout the entire household. Tragically, Richard's condition worsens and eventually leads to a horrific discovery in the basement of the house which leaves the fifteen year old unresponsive and suddenly lost to the tangled family. A New Direction While their son fights for his life in a comatose state, the Sterling clan face financial difficulties. The activity in their home and around their property increases and now, they demand some answers. Extensive research leads the patriarch of the family, Donald, to believe that the series of unfortunate events are the responsibility of only one. A New Concern As the family unravels, the Sterling's request professional assistance to quell the demons that clearly exist in the house. An evil that seems to have taken up residence within another. But is it too late? It would appear as if the "freak show" has succeeded in ripping the hopeful family apart, once and for all. From the author of 232 Birch, a real paranormal depiction, Steven Blackwell brings you the emotional and horrific account of the Sterling family and the many adversaries that they face by the hands of The Pale Murphys....

Emily Murphy has mislaid her plug. She is no longer connected to life's electricity as she wanders around her lovely, possibly haunted, empty home. Her once idealistic, handsome husband Alex has turned into a hard, ruthless work-obsessed capitalist, her children have left and she has lost her looks.Then into her life comes Mae McNulty, the cleaner. With four children by four absent men, not to mention a lady-killing, sharply dressed father, a bad tempered granddad, and an illegally enlarged council house, Mae couldn&t be more different from her employer.Despite their differences, the two women quickly form a strong friendship and a complex, hilarious chain of events ensue, involving mistaken identity, two pounds of Semtex, a chaotic wedding and a beauty salon in Bootle called Cleopatra's . . .

From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Fish in a Tree! Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed, and she feels like an alien in their cookie-cutter-perfect household. Despite her resistance, the Murphys eventually show her what it feels like to belong--until her mother wants her back and Carley has to decide where and how to live. She's not really a Murphy, but the gifts they've given her have opened up a new future. "Hunt's writing is fearless and One For The Murphys is a story that is at once compassionate, thought-provoking and beautifully told. From the first page, I was drawn into Carley's story. She is a character not to be missed or forgotten." —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming Winner of the Tassy Walden Award for New Voice in Children's Literature