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Summary of Phil Hamman & Sandy Hamman's Gitchie Girl
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Sandra had several friends, including a girl named Debbie who lived just down the road. They would spend hours talking, laughing, and making batches of Kool-Aid to quench their thirst in the hot, waning days of summer. #2 One evening, Sandra went to the Starlight Drive-in Theatre with her best friend, Debbie. As they were waiting in line, Sandra noticed a boy walking toward her who, she thought, was the most handsome she had ever seen. She felt a sense of love sweep through her. #3 When she met Roger, she was surprised at how confident he was, and he was gorgeous. They talked for nearly an hour, and he asked her out on a date. #4 Sandra began going on dates with Roger, and they were always respectful and mature. When Roger finally kissed her, she felt a small, unwelcome shudder in her stomach. She wasn’t sure how he would react if she told him the truth.
Under the Influence
"You're going to end up in prison!" Phil Hamman was told this repeatedly while growing up. His life was spiraling out of control. A dismal home life with an abusive, con-artist father who drank, gambled, womanized, and disappeared for days taught Hamman all the wrong lessons. Even appearing before judges, ending up in jail, being sent to the hospital at the hands of the police, and dealing with the murder of his best friend did not deter him. He fought back against the world, refusing to be brought to his knees by anyone. Cheating death became a way of life. One day he stepped into a parking lot at a predestined moment, and his life's course began to change. Fate propelled him from the streets of a harsh, impoverished neighborhood and put him face-to-face with troubled teenagers and the challenge to be their positive influence. Under the Influence is packed with firsthand accounts of violence, death, bullies, street fights, love, and a powerful message that will warm the heart, and leave an indelible mark on the reader.
Rap Sheet
Matt Lofton and his brother sat in fear while Tom swiftly removed his belt.Their lives were about to be altered . . .At age nine, Matt stole his first car, which culminated in a high-speed chase with the police. While growing up on the racially-charged streets of Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, Matt saw life through the eyes of one of the few white kids in the neighborhood. His saving grace should have been his 132 IQ, but instead, he became a master criminal after learning all the wrong lessons from local street thugs. Abandoned by his father and abused by his step-father, Matt felt his hatred of others mushroom.When his mom packed up their meager possessions and moved the family to idyl...
Thoughts of the Soul
Welling up from deep inside the soul of the poet Morgan, these poems are the sum of experiences, both personal and recounted by those with whom he has come into contact. Descriptive of the journey, the trials, the trevails, and the triumphs of true love, the emotions that leap from these pages ring true for lovers of all ages and stages of the life journey.Brimming with both agony and ecstasy, Thoughts of the Soul is intended to assist the reader in finding new ways to express love more passionately, more deeply, and more viscerally than ever before.And maybe, just maybe, the words "I love you" will carry a new, more vibrant meaning for you and those you love - and especially those who love you......unconditionally.
The Didi Man
A warm and highly entertaining account of Dietmar Hamman's personal story, The Didi Man was a Sunday Times bestseller on hardback publication. Dietmar 'Didi' Hamann is a complete one-off. The foreigner with a Scouse accent. The German who now plays cricket for his local village team. The overseas footballer turned anglophile who fell deeply in love with the city of Liverpool, its people and its eponymous football club. The classy midfielder had a long and distinguished playing career, but it was his seven seasons at Anfield that marked him out forever as a true Liverpool legend. His cult status was secured when he came off the bench at half-time during the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul to inspire his team to a dramatic come-back and spectacular European glory. The Didi Man is Hamann's story of his time on Merseyside at a football club which will always have a very special place in his heart.
Absolved
If only Stacey could go back...Back to her childhood. Back to her innocence. Back to the happiness she knew before he left . . . before her pain led her to make a soul-shattering mistake.Knowing she cannot go back, she moves forward, harboring a secret that haunts her and leaves her with an immeasurable weight of regret and guilt.Her past threatens to destroy her.Can she possibly move on and be a whole person again?Can she ever be ABSOLVED?
Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
Saturday 7 October 2000. England v Germany, The King George v The Duke of York. Keegan resigns and Barry plays a blinder. Tensions erupt in a South London pub as England lose again. First produced at the National Theatre in 2002, Sing Yer Hearts Out for the Lads became a controversial classic exploring racial tension against the backdrop of an England football match watched in a south London pub. The play highlights how a surface acceptance of racial differences is easily destoryed leading to violent escalation and the polarisation of racial groups.
Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings is filled with poems about life and death, family and faith, hope and despair, creativity and questions. From Billy Collins and Smokey the Bear to Jesus, from kombucha to the Eucharist, from kindling and forest fires to ash and ember, Cathy Warner employs metaphor, humility, and humor to explore the spiritual life.
Knowing Sunshine
Knowing Sunshine is a celebration of winning. The promise of victory is revealed in pieces. A melancholic, young girl battles back from a self-imposed exile to become a woman fully able to embrace the joy of life. Each poem speaks of this confidence; every sorrow can be healed by God. Life has its rough edges, but the darkness of each passing storm cannot persist in the presence of light. The women in the short story, “Around Midnight,” connect with an inner power when they chose to see a future beyond the pain.The reader is invited to join the journey in search of restoration. It begins with taking a bold leap of faith and ends with finding true peace. Knowing Sunshine is about finding freedom in the places where the unconditional love of God abounds.
