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Life Goes On Review

Life Goes On
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John and Becky had a wonderful life until one day disaster struck. John was laid off at the factory and they all had to move into a rundown apartment building in a very bad neighborhood. Unknown to their children, John and Becky have received an eviction notice to vacate the apartment in ten days.
Their two oldest children were caught up in the neighborhoods activities. Bobby was learning the tricks of the trade of running drugs with the gang he considered his family. The oldest daughter, teenaged Donna, was caught up in the wrong type of crowd constantly partying, doing drugs and drinking. The youngest child, Stacy, was still a good kid but was beginning to following in her older sibling's footsteps.
It looks like all hope is gone for the family. Ah, but John has a plan. He secretly contacts a relative for help. The relative is more than helpful and offers John more than he could ever hope for.
Neither John nor Becky wanted runaway kids on their hands. They love their children too much and knew the life their kids would be running too. But John and his relative have a plan already in motion to prevent that.
I have to admit that at first I didn't like Life Goes On since there's so much attitude and disrespect from the kids. Although this is very realistic, it doesn't make a relaxing read for me. So, I started it over and was pleasantly surprised after I read on just why Linda Nance started the book the way she did. Soon, I couldn't put Life Goes On down.

I highly recommend action packed story for both adults and young adults. Life Goes On is a story about what real families can do in the toughest times. Even if the families are separated by states!
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LIFE GOES ON The Family of five found themselves in crisis as they were evicted from their apartment after the father lost his job. With great trepidation they accepted help from a relative that offered them a place to live and new start in life. They had no choices except seeing their family homeless in a rough part of the city. It was not an easy adjustment for any of them as they experienced moments that would test their sense of humor and times that would test their strength of character. There were some difficult issues they would have to face and how they responded could have life altering consequences. Learning what family can mean was a lesson each person learned in their own way. This is a story of people and a place they would work to make their home. It is struggle, heart, moments of triumph and times of despair. It is a story that speaks to many of us in different ways as the characters struggle with life. They had weathered the difficult transition of the relocation and would face new challenges as life goes on for them all. Life Goes On is a dramatic story worth reading and remembering.

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Stairs of Sand Review

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I loved this book. I read it in one sitting and just couldn't wait to see how the story turned out. The care and love Eileen poured into her characters makes them jump off the page. I felt like I knew each and every one of the characters like friends. She tackles difficult territory: drug use, job loss, sexuality, death and the always tenuous and fractious mother-daughter dynamic with aplomb. A great read.

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"Stairs of Sand" is the story of a young woman, diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.She seeks to live her life to the fullest. To live, she must find a way through a labyrinth of family secrets, including the one that creates self-destructive rage in her.

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Show Me Good Land Review

Show Me Good Land
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I started this book last night and I can't put it down (with the exception of much needed sleep of course though even that was fought for want of reading more). The characters in the story are complex,very real and so endearing....ALL of them. You find your heart breaking for those you thought cold and end up wanting the best for all of them. Her eloquence draws you in and keeps you there content to watch the world unfold. A truly great book!

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Show Me Good Land is the debut novel for author Shonna Milliken Humphrey. Likened to work by Carolyn Chute and Cathie Pelletier, Show Me Good Land details four lives, each connected to a rural northern Maine community by the same gruesome murder. Odie Hollander solves the murder while spending time in jail on a domestic violence assault charge. Miles Compton, gay, is a listed sex offender after having a relationship with an underage student. Emmett Pratt manages the local gas station and is accused of killing his aunt. Rhetta Ballou is driving home after leaving town as the teenaged mistress of her high school teacher almost two decades ago. Show Me Good Land looks hard at constructed social norms, especially those in the confines of an isolated, poor, rural area. Is violence ever justified? Abortion? Underage sex? Underage gay sex? No character is fully good or fully bad, and the pleasure of this book's reading lies in discovering where individual moral lines are drawn.

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Mourning Gloria (China Bayles Mystery) Review

Mourning Gloria (China Bayles Mystery)
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From the publisher: "While Pecan Springs bustles back to life in the warmth of spring, one woman's life is tragically brought to an end. China Bayles happens upon a burning house trailer and hears a woman screaming for help. The evidence leaves no doubt that it's arson homicide. Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. But she's gotten herself too deeply involved. When Jessica disappears, China is determined to find her, before she becomes headlines herself."
I'm a fan of the China Bayles mysteries and always enjoy visiting China's herb shop, Thyme & Seasons, in the fictional town of Pecan Springs with its cast of eclectic residents. In this book, I like how Albert develops China as a parent as her stepson Brian gets older and she adjusts to the new challenges of raising her 11-year-old niece, Caitlin, as well as the development of other characters such as that of China's friend Donna as she deals with the return of her irresponsible sister who causes trouble when she returns to the family farm. Another story line introduced is that of the engagement of police chief Sheila Dawson to Sheriff Blackie Blackwell, and their realization that one of them will need to step down from his or her position in order for a marriage to work which will make for an interesting topic in future books.
Overall I did like this book and appreciated that it did hold my interest from beginning to end and left me anticipating the next one in the series.


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My Week at the Blue Angel: And Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas Review

My Week at the Blue Angel: And Other Stories from the Storm Drains, Strip Clubs, and Trailer Parks of Las Vegas
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There have been literally hundreds of non-fiction books written about Las Vegas. Exactly none of them are like this one.
In his second book, Matthew O'Brien gives the reader a first hand account of the people and places of Las Vegas that the tourist, or even the average resident rarely sees. Far from the glow of neon, 2-for-1 buffets and dancing fountains, there exists a side of Sin City that remains an afterthought, consisting of subterranean catacombs, hard luck strangers, broken dreams, and reams of untold stories.
From the story of a young Canadian girl who vanished without trace, to the surreal accounts of the day to day life experienced by the author while spending a week at a run-down motel; far from it's glory days, and who's only remaining guardians are a German Shepherd watchdog and a seemingly conscious statue of a blue angel, O'Brien writes not only with a reporters eagle eye for detail, but with obvious curiosity and compassion for his subject.
No detail is lost in his description of his exploration of the city's underground water drainage system, and the drifting souls who now call these dark and dangerous tunnels home. The subject is captivating, and I felt the mounting tension as the author describes inching his way through those storm tunnels, unaware of what lies ahead in the darkness, and of who, or what, hey may encounter in such an alien environment. I found myself gripped with anticipation and dread. What greater sign of damn good writing.

This book is a must-read for anyone looking for an alternative view of Las Vegas. These chapters could all be the makings of a fine novel, if they weren't all so true. O'Brien captures the essence and reality of the city itself, instead of focusing on the obvious, and in doing so, paints a picture that is both emotionally heart breaking, historically fascinating, and leaves you with a new perspective on life in Sin City. One can only hope O'Brien has more stories to tell, as Las Vegas will surely never run out of them.

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