Author: Christal Presley Publisher: Health Communications, Inc. ISBN: 0757316468 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 266
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The author describes her reconciliation as a adult with her father, a veteran of the Vietnam War who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, as they try to overcome painful memories and find renewed hope for the future.
Author: Christal Presley Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0757316476 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 335
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When Christal Presley's father was eighteen, he was drafted to Vietnam. Like many men of that era who returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he was never the same. Christal's father spent much of her childhood locked in his room, gravitating between the deepest depression and unspeakable rage, unable to participate in holidays or birthdays. At a very young age, Christal learned to walk on eggshells, doing anything and everything not to provoke him, but this dance caused her to become a profoundly disturbed little girl. She acted out at school, engaged in self-mutilation, and couldn't make friends. At the age of eighteen, Christal left home and didn't look back. She barely spoke to her father for the next thirteen years. To any outsider, Christal appeared to be doing well: she earned a BA and a master's, got married, and traveled to India. But despite all these accomplishments, Christal still hadn't faced her biggest challenge—her relationship with her father. In 2009, something changed. Christal decided it was time to begin the healing process, and she extended an olive branch. She came up with what she called "The Thirty Day Project," a month's worth of conversations during which she would finally ask her father difficult questions about Vietnam. Thirty Days with My Father is a gritty yet heartwarming story of those thirty days of a daughter and father reconnecting in a way that will inspire us all to seek the truth, even from life's most difficult relationships. This beautifully realized memoir shares how one woman and her father discovered profound lessons about their own strength and will to survive, shedding an inspiring light on generational PTSD.
Author: Meg Meeker Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1596980370 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 290
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Inspiration for the motion picture streaming on Pure Flix! Drawing on her thirty years' experience practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine, teen health expert Dr. Meg Meeker explains why an active father figure is maybe the single most important factor in a young woman's development. In this invaluable guide, Meeker shows how a father can be both counsel and protector for his daughter as she grows into a spiritually and mentally strong young woman. From cradling his newborn to walking her down the aisle, a father must relish his paramount responsibility—guiding the course of his daughter’s life. Meeker reveals • how a man can become a "strong father" • how a father's guidance influences every part of a woman's life, from her self-respect to her perspective on drugs, alcohol, and sex • how to lay down ground rules that are respected without creating distance in your relationship with your daughter • why you need to be your daughter's hero • the mistakes most fathers make and their serious consequences • how to help daughters make their own good decisions and avoid disastrous mistakes • how a father's faith will influence his daughter's spiritual development • how to get through to you daughter, even during her toughest don't-talk-to-me years • true stories of daughters who were on the wrong path—and how their fathers helped to bring them back Learn how to grow, strengthen, or rebuild your relationship with your daughter to better both your life and hers in the bestselling Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know.
Author: J. R. Ackerley Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1590175263 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 280
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When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left a surprise of his own—this coolly considered, unsparingly honest account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who had always eluded him in life. But Ackerley’s pursuit of his father is also an exploration of the self, making My Father and Myself a pioneering record, at once sexually explicit and emotionally charged, of life as a gay man. This witty, sorrowful, and beautiful book is a classic of twentieth-century memoir.
Author: Charles H. Dyer Publisher: Moody Publishers ISBN: 0802478433 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 183
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A devotional that brings the Bible to life What encouragement we receive when the Bible meets us where we are—just imagine how much more eye-opening it is when we encounter the Bible where it was written. 30 Days in the Land with Jesus takes the reader on a spiritual journey through the Holy Word and the Holy Land, guided by renowned expert and author Dr. Charles H. Dyer. Complemented by vivid, full-color photography, each daily devotion draws new insight and inspiration from the ancient sites that framed the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. Plus, the hardcover binding and ribbon marker make it a wonderful gift or bedside read. Entries include: Jesus in the Wilderness (Matt. 4:1–11) Mount Gerizim: Not Where, but How (John 4:1–26) Atop Mount Arbel (Matt. 4:12–17) Shorty in the Sycamore (Luke 19:1–10) The Three Gethsemanes (Matt. 26:36–46) Your understanding of the person, work, and words of Jesus Christ will take on an added dimension with this day-by-day exploration of the world in which He walked.
Author: Julie Hall Publisher: eBookIt.com ISBN: 0984419152 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 93
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How to Clean Out Your Parents' Estate in 30 Days or Less is a take-along manual packed with meticulously compiled checklists, resources, and information. This guide provides step-by-step instructions to clean out your parents' home at the time of their infirmity or death, beginning in the attic and ending when the last item has been packed up. This indispensible resource offers you solutions and answers from an expert who has seen it all. Julie wants every reader to clean out their parents' home in literally 30 days or less, so they can resume their lives instead of becoming swamped by this overwhelming task.
Author: Anthony "TJ" D'Apolito Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc. ISBN: 1638857016 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 129
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I want you to think of something you’ve always wanted to do but never did. I want you to think of where you want your life to be in the next thirty days, which in turn will point you in the direction you want your life to be in the future. Is there something you haven’t been able to finish or even get started? Is there a habit that is not helping you that you’d like to remove from your life? Is there a habit that you like to add to your life which will improve the rest of your days? Is there a relationship in your life that you’ve always wanted to make better? Is there something you’ve always wanted to try but never did get around to even trying? The questions are endless. What do you need to get done before you leave this planet? So, with all that as the backdrop, I’m asking you to make that one thing a priority for the next thirty days. I want you to focus like a laser beam on that one thing. We all have busy lives and many things to do. We all wear many hats throughout the day. I’m just saying that you keep that one thing at the forefront of your mind for thirty days. You’ll be amazed that with that type of focus, how much you will head toward it. If you want to change your life and do something you haven’t done before, you’re gonna have to do some things a little differently. That is what the simple exercises are going to do for you throughout the day. It should take you less than thirty minutes every day to do the simple tasks I am asking. But they will put your mind and your thoughts in a different place. It’ll show you the abundance you have in your life rather than the scarcity. You’ll be thankful rather than regretful. You will be looking forward rather than looking back. You will be heading toward something rather than running from something. You will be finishing something, rather than saying someday I will. You get the idea. This works. This will work for you. It’s working for people right now. I guarantee you will be in a different place in thirty days. Or your money back. I challenge anyone to do the things I’m asking for thirty days and not be moved. It’s definitely changed my life a hundred percent and I know it can do the same for you. Take a chance, I know you will be pleasantly surprised. I know it in my heart that this will work for you and I can’t wait to hear about your challenge, your breakthrough. It’s right around the corner. It’s only thirty days away. Best wishes and good luck on your journey.
Author: Ariana Neumann Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1982106395 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
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In this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so, so timely” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” (Booklist, starred review). In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who, to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. When Hans died, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving, finding meaning, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. A “beautifully told story of personal discovery” (John le Carré), When Time Stopped is an unputdownable detective story and an epic family memoir, spanning nearly ninety years and crossing oceans. Neumann brings each relative to vivid life, and this “gripping, expertly researched narrative will inspire those looking to uncover their own family histories” (Publishers Weekly).
Author: Billy Crystal Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 0759569347 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 92
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To support his family, Billy Crystal's father, Jack, worked two jobs, having only one day a week to spend with his family. Based on Crystal's one-man Broadway show of the same name, "700 Sundays"--referring sadly to the time shared by an adoring father and his devoted son--offers a heartfelt, hilarious memoir.
Author: Paul Mariani Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780142196151 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 308
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From the day Paul Mariani arrives at Eastern Point Retreat House to take part in the five-hundred-year-old Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, he realizes that his expectations and assumptions about who he is, what he knows, and what he believes are about to change radically. In this profound memoir Mariani blends a brief life of St. Ignatius and meditations on the life of Jesus with the day-to-day unfolding of thirty days of silence at the retreat house. His journey of introspection, self-revelation, and spiritual renewal leads him to a new understanding of his relationship with God and of what it truly means to put others before oneself.
Author: Christal Presley
Author: Christal Presley
Author: Meg Meeker
Author: J. R. Ackerley
Author: Charles H. Dyer
Author: Julie Hall
Author: Anthony "TJ" D'Apolito
Author: Ariana Neumann
Author: Billy Crystal
Author: Paul Mariani