If These Clothes Could Talk

If These Clothes Could Talk
Author: Brenda Markstein
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1532055196

When Kelly Knights phone rings at three oclock in the morning, she knows it is not good news. Her mother has had a stroke. As she races to the hospital to meet her sister by her mothers bedside, Kelly has no idea she is about to take a journey of self-discovery that will awaken her from a slumber she has been in for years. While her mother valiantly fights for her life, Kelly begins reflecting on her own. As the layers begin to peel away, Kelly must come to grips with the traumas and fractures forgotten long ago as she summons the courage to face who she really is versus who she thinks she is supposed to be. Minutes feel like days as Kelly journeys between the ultimate death of her mother and the death of her own ego as she slowly strips down to her core where the truth waits to be revealed. But it is only after Kelly dares herself to unveil what lies beneath her clothes that she is finally able to set herself free and transform into her true self. If These Clothes Could Talk is the story of a womans emotional journey as she discovers the naked truth about who she is versus who she thinks she is.

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk
Author: Bettye Griffin
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2011-01-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758271840

A Delightful Summer Read. --The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers Reuben and Camille have always been afraid to let their children play outside in their rough Bronx neighborhood. So when they see an ad for homes in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, they jump at the chance. Spirits are high--until Reuben loses his job. No one in Milo or Dawn's Brooklyn-based family has ever owned a house, and the Poconos seem perfect. But after they move in, it starts to look like their house was slapped together like a ham sandwich and isn't much stronger. Norman and Veronica are happy to leave Washington Heights for the country. . .and so are their relatives. Each weekend brings a parade of empty-handed guests expecting to be fed but not expecting to pitch in and help. Amid trials and triumphs, these families are about to discover that not all is perfect when your dreams come true. . . "[Griffin Is] A Budding Name In Mainstream African American Fiction." --Chicago magazine "A compelling drama about three families striving for the American dream." --Booklist

If These Walls Could Talk: Ohio State Buckeyes

If These Walls Could Talk: Ohio State Buckeyes
Author: Paul Keels
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1641251425

The Ohio State University is synonymous with football success, with eight national championships and counting. Author Paul Keels, as the radio voice of the Buckeyes, has witnessed more than his fair share of that history up close and personal. Through singular anecdotes only Keels can tell as well as conversations with current and past players, this book provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments, the lowlights, and everything in between. Ohio State die-hards will not want to miss this book.

If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys

If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys
Author: Nick Eatman
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1633190064

Known simply as “America's Team,” the Dallas Cowboys are one of football's most storied franchises and always begin each season with a legitimate chance to add another Super Bowl title to their existing five. Author and Cowboys employee Nick Eatman, through interviews with current and past players, provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments and the lowlights throughout the team's history. Readers will hear from players, coaches, and management as they discuss their moments of greatness as well as their defeats, making If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys a keepsake no fan will want to miss.

If These Walls Could Talk: New York Jets

If These Walls Could Talk: New York Jets
Author: Marty Lyons
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1641255323

Having spent 11 seasons at defensive tackle for the New York Jets before later joining the broadcasting team as a radio analyst, Marty Lyons knows what it means to live and breathe Jets football. In If These Walls Could Talk: New York Jets, Lyons provides insight into the Jets inner sanctum as only he can, from the New York Sack Exchange days alongside the likes of Joe Klecko to the current roster helmed by Sam Darnold.

If the Walls Could Talk

If the Walls Could Talk
Author: Ciera Frederick
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2021-09-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1685371264

If The Walls Could Talk By: Ciera Frederick Ciera Frederick was born and raised in Merritt Island, FL and has been a passionate reader of urban literature for many years, which inspired her to begin writing and become a published Author. In May 2016, she graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration Management. She worked her career in the medical field for the past 13 years, up until recently when she decided to chase her entrepreneurial dream and open her own braiding studio, NuCreations714 located in Cocoa, FL. She enjoys watching sports, braiding hair, spending time with family and friends, and making memories with her daughter, who is her motivation and shining star. After all life has thrown at her, she is happy that all her dreams are finally coming through and looks forward to the blessings that God has in store for her future.

If These Halls Could Talk

If These Halls Could Talk
Author: Anna Mendez
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1625102011

If the Rocks Could Talk

If the Rocks Could Talk
Author: Rollande Imbeault Ruston
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2018-03-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1525516736

The St Lawrence River, a constant presence during the author’s childhood, serves as a backdrop to her personal stories, along with inherited anecdotes from her older siblings. Rollande’s close relationship with her family depicted through vivid vignettes, are humorous and at times unexpected. Besides painting an evocative portrait of a time and place, she intersperses historical facts, unique customs, and eccentricities of the French Canadian culture. This book is an honest and affectionate depiction of life in rural Québec before the advent of modern conveniences in the first half of the 1900’s. While the rest of the country had embraced the modern world, the Gaspe peninsula was still isolated and lagging behind the times. This book will trigger memories in older readers who lament the passing of a simpler life. Younger audiences living in this high-tech world will be captivated to learn how different life was in Quebec only two generations ago.

An Orchid for a Silver Lining: If the Kitchen Table Could Talk

An Orchid for a Silver Lining: If the Kitchen Table Could Talk
Author: Eileen O’Dea Roach
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2024-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Awash with humor, insight, love, and the heartbreaks of life, An Orchid for a Silver Lining: If the Kitchen Table Could Talk is a full-length memoir beginning with the author’s parents’ emigration from Newfoundland to New York in 1922. Written in a whimsical, observational style and pace, the author details coming of age in Albany, New York, the military service of her father and brothers in WWI and WWII, alcoholism, Alzheimer’s, and parenthood. The orchid is a gift from her first love; the silver lining is a reward of recovery from alcoholism; and the kitchen table is the author’s voice. About the Author Eileen O’Dea Roach is the youngest of nine, lost in the shuffle of siblings, ages spread over twenty-four years. Her story is for those afraid to speak their truth. She earned an AD at Hudson Valley Community College, then a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Saint Rose while assistant to the college grant writer during her last year of study. Professionally, she spent years as a legal secretary, legislative assistant for NYS labor union, and is a member of United Steelworkers Staff Union.