Eunice and Kate
Author | : Mariana Llanos |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2020-02 |
Genre | : JUVENILE FICTION |
ISBN | : 9780999658475 |
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Author | : Mariana Llanos |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2020-02 |
Genre | : JUVENILE FICTION |
ISBN | : 9780999658475 |
Can an astronaut and a ballet dancer be best friends?
Author | : Mariana Llanos |
Publisher | : Barefoot Books |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2021-05-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1646862538 |
In this tale set in the ancient Inka (sometimes spelled Inca) empire, Little Chaski has a big job: he is the Inka King’s newest royal messenger. On his first day delivering messages he stops to help several creatures in need along the way, causing him to nearly miss his sunset deadline. But the kindness he bestowed on these animals winds up helping him in surprising ways. Descriptive language and bold illustrations give readers insight into Little Chaski’s nervousness and excitement as he runs the Inka Trail, working earnestly to fulfill the responsibilities of his new role.
Author | : Kate Clifford Larson |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 054761795X |
The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation. "[Larson] succeeds in providing a well-rounded portrait of a woman who, until now, has never been viewed in full."—The Boston Globe “A biography that chronicles her life with fresh details . . . By making Rosemary the central character, [Larson] has produced a valuable account of a mental health tragedy and an influential family’s belated efforts to make amends.”—The New York Times Book Review Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary was intellectually disabled, a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family. In Rosemary, Kate Clifford Larson uses newly uncovered sources to bring Rosemary Kennedy’s story to light. Young Rosemary comes alive as a sweet, lively girl adored by her siblings. But Larson also reveals the often desperate and duplicitous arrangements the Kennedys made to keep her away from home as she became increasingly difficult in her early twenties, culminating in Joe’s decision to have Rosemary lobotomized at age twenty-three and the family’s complicity in keeping the secret. Only years later did the Kennedy siblings begin to understand what had happened to Rosemary, which inspired them to direct government attention and resources to the plight of the developmentally and mentally disabled, transforming the lives of millions. One of People’s Top Ten Books of 2015
Author | : May Agnes Fleming |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2020-07-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752312327 |
Reproduction of the original: Kate Danton by May Agnes Fleming
Author | : May Agnes Fleming |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2022-09-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters" (A Novel) by May Agnes Fleming. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author | : Eileen McNamara |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2019-04-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1451642288 |
In this “revelation” of a biography (USA TODAY), a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, arguing she left behind the Kennedy family’s most profound political legacy. While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter, Eunice, was hijacking her father’s fortune and her brothers’ political power to engineer one of the great civil rights movements of our time on behalf of millions of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Her compassion was born of rage: at the medical establishment that had no answers for her sister Rosemary, at her revered but dismissive father, whose vision for his family did not extend beyond his sons, and at a government that failed to deliver on America’s promise of equality. Now, in this “fascinating” (the Today show), “nuanced” (The Boston Globe) biography, “ace reporter and artful storyteller” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Megan Marshall) Eileen McNamara finally brings Eunice Kennedy Shriver out from her brothers’ shadow. Granted access to never-before-seen private papers, including the scrapbooks Eunice kept as a schoolgirl in prewar London, McNamara paints an extraordinary portrait of a woman both ahead of her time and out of step with it: the visionary founder of Special Olympics, a devout Catholic in a secular age, and an officious, cigar-smoking, indefatigable woman whose impact on American society was longer lasting than that of any of the Kennedy men.
Author | : Judi Coburn |
Publisher | : Fernwood Publishing |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1773635034 |
Spirited young Eunice will not settle for a woman’s lot in 1800s Canada. She sees the inequitable use of power everywhere, from her abusive father to the elite-ruled government, and she cannot help but challenge it. This historical fiction follows her escape from trouble into more and more trouble, through which her ignorance gives way to a more sophisticated understanding of her society. Impatient to claim a place in it, Eunice dresses as a boy in order to join a rebellion against the government. She lands in jail for stealing a rich man’s horse, and there, the stories of her socially marginalized female cellmates – in particular a young black prisoner – forces her to confront anew the startling injustices of race and social class and the institutionalized cruelty of prison. Readers will fall in love with Eunice for her integrity and tenacity against all odds.
Author | : Victoria Spry |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2015-04-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1473503531 |
As a child, Victoria Spry was brutally beaten, neglected and starved by the woman she called Mummy. To the outside world Eunice Spry was a devoted parent, but behind closed doors she was an evil tyrant. Instead of protecting, loving and caring for Victoria, she forced bleach and urine down her throat, knocked out her teeth, tied her up naked and made her live in squalor. It took eighteen years of heartache and despair before she found the courage to expose her mum. Tortured is Victoria’s gripping story of survival.
Author | : Kate Banks |
Publisher | : Perfection Learning |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780756957674 |
During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin that help him make sense of his life.
Author | : Sharon Sorour-Morris |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2010-12-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 177020153X |
Kate Jowell was the director of the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business - the first woman to hold such office in South Africa - when, at the age of 59, she was diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s disease. Attractive, glamorous and hard-working, she had, up till then, been a brilliant thinker whose high-profile career included being one of the first editors of women’s magazine Fair Lady, and establishing herself as a labour specialist at the height of industrial unrest in the 1980s, when she became a pioneering consultant and a highly regarded business academic. Sharon Sorour-Morris met Kate Jowell at the end of 2002 and spent the following year working closely with her, recording her devastating mental decline and capturing the memories of those who were closely involved in her life. Kate’s poignant story reveals the havoc this insidious disease wreaks not only on the sufferer’s life, but also on family, friends, colleagues and caregivers. It also recounts a fascinating social history, as Kate’s life crossed that of many well-known personalities: Albie Sachs, Jenny le Roux, Gorry Bowes Taylor, Sydney Baker, Sue MacGregor, former President FW de Klerk, Denis Worrall, George Ellis and Mamphela Ramphele, among others, as well as interesting international academics such as Robert Rotberg. While Kate’s story is a tragic one, it is not without inspiration and hope: an account of a remarkable woman who lived her life with optimism and who faced the prospect of losing her mind with extraordinary dignity and courage. This is her true legacy.