Flower Life

She must return to the place that twice brought her shame. She’ll have one final chance to save someone else. Tennessee, 1982. Wildflower McAllister thought she’d put the past behind her. But when she learns her mother is dying, she digs deep and returns to the small mountain town that stole her innocence and cast her out. And she has no choice but to pull her thirteen-year-old granddaughter Daisy right back into the ghosts of her painful history.

There's no one more blunt, more opinionated, or more outspoken than the average teen. Except, of course, Bill O'Reilly, veteran star journalist, anchor of the most watched cable news program on TV, New York Times best-selling author, husband, father of two, and former teacher.

Lex Haskell, 16, moves to Lake Charmanie, California, with his mother and stepdad, while still trying to come to terms with his parents' divorce. On his first day at Charmanie Hills High School, Lex is stunned to see Taylor Clawson, his grade school girlfriend, whom he has not seen in six years. She is gorgeous. He is disappointed when she appears not to recognize him by name or appearance.

El desplazamiento físico en busca de un mundo mejor; el desapego y ruptura con el núcleo familiar; el sometimiento silencioso de la mujer a las tradiciones sociales y religiosas; el existencialismo de los hijos; el ostracismo y el exilio moral del padre quien es relegado a un segundo plano convirtiéndolo en un extrañó en medio de una soledad acompañada, evocan y sobrevaloran los exilios del ser. Así, Flores para María Sucel pone de manifiesto su riqueza dramática.

In this young-adult coming-of-age novel, Karin Blanch is a 16-year-old sophomore at Elmwood High in Crescent Heights, California. She experiences the trials, tribulations, and peer and familial pressures of first love when she becomes involved with senior basketball star, Reese McKenzie.

Life is tough and full of hard times and heartache, but it’s also beautiful and plush and vibrant. Walk Through a Field of Flowers is a collection of poems gathered over a lifetime starting as a young child. Some are autobiographical, others are written as an observer of life and other people’s struggles or situations. The author has added her own thoughts about each poem and explained the meaning and origin; sometimes funny, sometimes serious, and occasionally with a little humility.

Andrew Clarke has evolved from his humble Midwest beginnings to become one of Hollywood's most highly sought-after actors. After Andrew demands a long-overdue break, his assistant puts his rigorous schedule on hold and arranges the perfect month-long secluded retreat. When her grandmother was unexpectedly injured, Ellie Snow left college life behind and took over the management of their family farm nestled within the woods of Michigan. Surrounded by the simple comforts of life, Andrew savors every moment on the farm, but especially those of his blossoming friendship with Ellie.

Santa Fe artist Terre Reed grapples with the unique newness and disorientation of widowhood. In her struggle to rediscover and redefine herself, her art blossoms. Even as she grieves the loss of her husband and their life together, Terre reveals an often humorous story that provides hope and inspiration. Reed's reflections on the end of life and her determination to rebuild herself truly illustrate that the best way to honor the deceased is to use the energy of grief to rise, renewed.

Heard about the fish that clean shark teeth? Or the frog that lives with a tarantula? Welcome to the weird world of symbiosis—where animals form incredible relationships. Macken Murphy, host of the popular animal podcast Species, introduces his favorite symbiotic relationships in his first kids’ nonfiction audiobook, Animal Sidekicks. Along the way he explains the cool science behind the baffling behavior of some animals—from friendly alliances to pesky parasites.

When Juanita Sanchez and the Desert Flowers—Willow Sanchez Kincaid, Rose Bowers, and Lily Walden—open Juanita’s Kitchen, the food kitchen Alec Thurston and they formed as a charitable organization, a young woman named Ivy Barrett and her seven-year-old son, Benjy, come into their lives. Ivy is appointed head of the kitchen staff, and they all work together to open the kitchen before the holidays.

Motherless Olivia and Nellie go to live with their elderly Great-Aunt Minty, who knows little about children, but a lot about her overgrown garden. Then one day, Olivia finds an old teacup in a flowerbed - and, later, an old story about eight children transformed into flowers. Only the person who finds their teacups can bring them back. Now the two sisters know what they must do.

Marigold Johnson can’t wait to attend a special program at her family’s business, Flexx Unlimited, for teens who love fashion. But Mari quickly realizes that she’s out of place compared to the three other trainees—and one girl, Kara, seems to hate her on sight. As tension builds and the stakes at the program get higher, Mari uncovers exactly why Kara’s been so spiteful. She also discovers some hard truths about herself and her family.

A remarkable girl finds the magic of listening to destiny, seeing and knowing many invisible secrets, things that only cats and sea monsters would understand, finding hidden pathways across dark realities. The shy little girl, so chock full of secrets.

She washes clothes. She changes sheets. And hangs quilts out to air. She sorts, she folds. She puts away. A flower in her hair.

Grace finds herself in trouble when she does not follow the rules her mother gave her. As she tries to fix her problems on her own, things get even worse! With the help of kind animals she meets along the way, Grace's obedience will once again be tested. Will she be able to get out of trouble? Will she learn to obey?

Do you want to teach your child how to manage fear, anxiety, worry, and stressful situations? Then this audiobook is the perfect solution for you! Bella and Freya are about to have a fun weekend! But something could get in the way of their fun. A scary monster makes Bella cry. A broken castle worries Freya that the princess will be unprotected. And a big leap from a tree makes their friend Mark anxious. All these feelings could ruin their weekend. But the Flowers and Candles trick helps them calm themselves.

This book is about sharing flowers and planting flowers and flowers in the wind!

Emma can't wait for her cousin Hannah's wedding. She's going to be the flower girl. That means she'll wear a celery dress and walk down the aisle with the ring bear, leading the way for the happy bride and groom. Or at least, that's what Emma assumes. But nothing turns out to be quite what she's expecting, as Hannah's new spouse turns out to be another bride!

Willow lives in a nice little neighborhood where she knows all of her neighbors… all but one. She has never met Mr. Flower. Who is he? What is he like? Her neighborhood friends have a lot to say about the mysterious Mr. Flower.

A brilliant collection of beautiful stories by exciting artist Lara Hawthorne. The collection includes four stories: Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish, Herbert's Garden, The Night Flower and Ratty's Big Adventure.