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Found on her biological father's doorstep in Raleigh, NC the morning after her birth in 1899, Rainey Clark grows up in a loving household. After her parents' deaths, Rainey moves to Washington, DC with her late father's wealthy and outspoken sister, a speakeasy owner. She meets William "Step" Herndon, who is soon her ideal love match, or so she thinks. They marry, or so she thinks, she becomes pregnant, and their marriage falls apart when Step's sordid true nature is revealed to her. After her son is born, and her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, Rainey returns to Raleigh, and later marries Attorney William Davis, who adopts her son. They have two daughters, and their life is idyllic compared to many Southern blacks. Rainey and her family are devastated by a life-altering event in 1960. Will she survive this time of hideous misery? Will her deepest secrets be revealed before she can resume some semblance of her former life? Rainey is a woman who survives, thrives, and endures!
The difficult adjustment of an upper-middle class, black couple to a fall in their standard of living after their business collapses. He beats her, she takes off for an affair, but the marriage survives.
In this poignant tale, a psychologist makes a critical decision with her heart after learning the true identity of a teenage patient, threatening the happiness of everyone she loves. When psychologist Rachel Marston learns the true identity of her troubled teenage patient, Heather Brody, she knows there is only one ethical thing to do. Despite the fact that fifteen-year-old Heather is responding well to treatment, Rachel must inform the adoptive parents that she can no longer treat their daughter, and then help them find another therapist. Unfortunately, sometimes doing the right thing is more difficult than one imagines. Unable to face the prospect of abandoning the girl, Rachel decides to keep her discovery a secret. As the relationship with her young patient deepens, Rachel’s teenage lover, Larry Tobin, returns to her life, transformed from the sarcastic, bitter young man she once knew into a warm and gifted healer. Rachel’s original deception is compounded as she reaches out for a second chance. When a crisis threatens all she holds dear, Rachel must face the consequences of attempting to build a future on a lie from the past.
An anthology of submissions and from authors previously published on The Redbridge Review website ; http://www.redbridgereview.co.uk
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Lee Child recruits Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Cara Black, and others to reveal nicotine’s scintillating alter egos. “Sixteen tributes to America’s guiltiest pleasure . . . Even confirmed anti-smokers will find something to savor.” —Kirkus Reviews In recent years, nicotine has become as verboten as many hard drugs. The literary styles in this volume are as varied as the moral quandaries herein, and the authors have successfully unleashed their incandescent imaginations on the subject matter, fashioning an immensely addictive collection.
Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
A collection of the first three books in the Scinegue Series: The Secret, The Pledge, and The Forest. No one doubts there is evil in our world: Murder, theft, greed. But not many consider the source of that evil might walk among us. The Secret: Good and Evil have always been at war, and this time Evil might just win. One small mishap is about to change Billy Roth's life forever. Decoding information about a eugenics program currently in the works opens Billy's eyes to the fact that eugenics isn't a long-dead religion as many believe, it's alive and thriving, and with something truly evil backing it, this time it might just succeed. Billy and his wife Sarah are drawn right into the middle of ...