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In Life is a Story, D.A. Bennett takes readers on a captivating journey through a collection of short stories that explore the universal themes of adolescence, adulthood, and the complexities of human relationships. Set in southern Louisiana during the mediators, the initial stories follow hard-working rural families as they navigate life’s challenges and opportunities. From there, the book ventures into the scandalous and confusing world of 21st century bourgeoisie, where misunderstandings, heartbreak, and even crime lurk around every corner. Bennett’s writing is not only entertaining but also thought-provoking, resonating with readers of all ages and backgrounds. With a keen eye for detail and a unique voice, the author expertly weaves together tales that are both poignant and insightful, leaving a lasting impact on the reader’s heart and mind. As a new and adventurous author, Bennett delivers a formidable read that will captivate and inspire readers from beginning to end. Life is a Story is a must-read for anyone seeking a fresh and unique perspective on the joys and challenges of the human experience.
Forced from a broken home by the ravages of the Great Depression, young Bob Coleman arrives at the rural farmstead of the Majors family. Bob remains on the Majors farm where he learns the values and ideals that sustain him through the many challenges of his life. Most prophetical among these lessons is that Bob's adoptive father, James Majors, tells him he believes in the ever present spirits of ancient Native Americans upon his land. The greatest test of Bob's faith and his most difficult challenge is resolved after a school is built upon the farmstead after the death of James Majors. Arrows summoned from the Quiver of Redemption settle the battle between the forces of good and evil raging within the halls of the schoolhouse. Bob Coleman alone recognizes the combatants and the ultimate victor. While observing the carnage from the battle upon the school grounds, Bob notices an owl perched high on a pine branch and he feels the presence of James Majors behind the piercing eyes of the beautiful bird.
This book explores the complex category of the ‘skilled migrant,’ drawing on multi-sited narrative interviews with migrants who have all lived in Australia at some point in their lives (as an origin and/or destination). Developing the more nuanced concept of the ‘mobile settler’, it shows how becoming a skilled migrant is not just a political and economic determination of knowledge and human capital but a complex negotiation of contexts – immigration contexts, social locations, qualifications and skills, as well as personal ties. Belying the simple binaries of official visa categories, these diverse contexts of migrant experience are central to the ways migrants construct their per...
PIGS is an examination of the all-pervasive power of absolute evil to poison the lives of even the most innocent. Since his wife left him, James Hardman has lived in a brothel in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. He has been a successful author of detective stories, but his agent asks him to write a screenplay of a serial killer. Hardman is obsessed with the crazy rantings of the killer and when he becomes involved with the Dominican Mafia, it seems a logical progression. What follows is one man's fight against mediocrity and evil, armed only with the hope that love survives and conquers all.