Riding in Cars with Boys

Author: Beverly Donofrio
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101127635
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other. A book about the compromise between being your own person and fitting into society.

Astonished

Author: Beverly Donofrio
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0143124900
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
“A narrative composed of brutal honesty, tenderness, and an aching love for God. I could not put it down.” —Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees In the middle of her life, acclaimed memoirist Beverly Donofrio thought she’d found a safe haven in a beautiful town in Mexico—until she was awakened in her bed by a rapist. As she writes in this fierce, unflinching account: “This was not supposed to happen. I was supposed to have escaped: I had hot flashes and liver spots and was in the final stretch.” Here Donofrio wrestles with anger toward her attacker and toward life, yet realizes her despair is not unlike that of other friends who are struggling with grave illnesses, loss of jobs, deaths of loved ones. Hoping to heal from trauma, Donofrio turns to prayer while journeying to five very different monasteries. A testimony to how anyone who is broken can move away from fear and anger toward grace, Astonished will not only be read and shared by fans of Donofrio’s previous books, but also by anyone who hopes to be inspired by Donofrio’s strength and her search for faith, healing, and identity.

Looking for Mary

Author: Beverly Donofrio
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140196276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Entering her fortieth year, Beverly Donofrio, a "lapsed Catholic," inexplicably begins collecting Virgin Mary memorabilia at yard sales. Her search for kitsch, however, soon becomes a spiritual quest, leading her to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medjugorje. There, she learns that Mary comes into your life only when pride steps out and receives a bonus: hope. In Looking for Mary, Donofrio offers the universal story about a woman who-in a quest for the Blessed Mother-finds herself.

Women and the Media

Author: Theresa Carilli
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761830405
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
This anthology has a cultural focus and addresses issues of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality.

ELLEgirl

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Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
ELLEgirl, the international style bible for girls who dare to be different, is published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., and is accessible on the web at ellegirl.elle.com/. ELLEgirl provides young women with insider information on fashion, beauty, service and pop culture in a voice that, while maintaining authority on the subject, includes and amuses them.

Logan!

Author: Stephen Eldridge
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1464402817
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
Signed by an agent when he was only four years old, Logan's dreams of becoming an actor began at an early age. Whether he's playing the future president of the United States or a demi-god, movies have always been an important part of Logan Lerman's life. Readers will learn about his early acting roles, his rise to fame, and his plans for the future.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004

Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740738340
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 988

Book Description
Featuring every review Ebert wrote from January 2001 to mid-June 2003, this treasury also includes his essays, interviews, film festival reports, and In Memoriams, along with his famous star ratings.

Justice Perverted

Author: Derek J. Sherwood
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147667518X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
In 1975, Dr. Richard Charles Haefner had it all--a Ph.D. from Penn State University, a prestigious job offer with UCLA and a thriving family business. Then it all came crashing down. Two boys who worked for Haefner accused him of sexual molestation, but allegations of police brutality, prosecutorial misconduct, bribery and corruption soon overshadowed what seemed like an "open-and-shut-case," ultimately resulting in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's amending state law. Drawing on interviews and recently discovered documents, the author revisits the case and explores a number of open questions--including whether Haefner was set up by police as he claimed.

BITCHfest

Author: Lisa Miya-Jervis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374113438
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Offers an assortment of the most provocative essays, reporting, rants, and raves from Bitch magazine's first ten years, along with new pieces written especially for this collection.

Moving Lives

Author: Sidonie Smith
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452904139
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description