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People are dying in The Pit. The poorest section of California's Dunhill County seems to have a love affair with tragedy, yet lately, more and more unfortunate souls are slipping through the cracks. Dr. Kendra Hamilton got herself off the mean streets. Her mother, Violet, wasn't so lucky--she's the latest fatality on The Pit's ever-growing roster of shattered lives. And although she knows Violet was living on the edge, Kendra is convinced her death was no accident. Someone is preying on society's forgotten people. . .and Kendra intends to find the killer. All she has to do is get the police--one stubborn detective in particular--to take her seriously. In her quest for justice, Kendra will risk everything. Now, as the investigation reveals a trail of corruption and shocking betrayal, she stumbles upon a world in which the lines between duty and desire, benevolence and madness, living--and merely surviving--are irrevocably blurred. And where a cold-blooded psychopath is determined to turn life on the wrong side of the tracks into a death sentence. . .
Although the reception of the Eastern Father Gregory of Nyssa has varied over the centuries, the past few decades have witnessed a profound awakening of interest in his thought. The Body and Desire sets out to retrieve the full range of Gregory’s thinking on the challenges of the ascetic life by examining within the context of his theological commitments his evolving attitudes on what we now call gender, sex, and sexuality. Exploring Gregory’s understanding of the importance of bodily and spiritual maturation for the practices of contemplation and virtue, Raphael A. Cadenhead recovers the vital relevance of this vision of transformation for contemporary ethical discourse.
The Jacksons are an ordinary London family caught up with the events of WW2. Ron becomes a Warden as well as being a Driver for NAAFI. Kitty (10 in 1939) and Tim (5 in 1939)are Evacuated to Folkestone and then Wales. Kitty forms close relationships with both her sets of foster-parents that her mother (May) deeply resents. Taking Kitty back to London when Ron becomes ill, Kitty is then kept there. She is furious. Tim comes back 6 mos. later. Both are seriously injured 4 mos. later when their school is bombed. May is distraught blaming herself. Ron had formed a deep relationship with Anne in Folkestone and they had planned to set up a Transport firm there taking Kitty, knowing she wanted that. After the school bombing and May and the children needing Ron, those were put on Hold. Unexpectedly things happen that made the Plan possible.