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A memoir of three people's victimization and abuse - and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps to recovery, with the help of Torey Hayden, an educational psychologist and author.
The magnificent Cutler family saga that began with Dawn and Secrets of the Morning continues with this stunning tale of Dawn Cutler's continuing quest for love and happiness amid the dark, tragic pull of Cutler's Cove. Every Andrews novel has been a New York Times #1 bestseller. Simultaneously released in hardcover. Original.
You've heard of Happily Ever After, but have you heard of the unhappy fairies that came first?A pair of little girls, alone in the wilderness. Two young fairy women, in a contest for power. A troubled fairy city.Meihui wants to be the next Grandmother, and leader, of the fairy city. But her fellow fairies hate her. And everyone loves her rival, Marah.Two mischievous lost souls enter the city. Meihui and Marah must each mentor one in the ways of the fairies. The best mentor wins Grandmother's crown - and great fairy power.But Marah is not playing fair. The lost souls aren't up to the task. And a dark force tilts the playing field for its own gain.
Emma is a young woman entering the prime of her youth, a time when most girls are only worrying about how they look and meeting boys, when sets out on the most difficult path into the West to follow her family and their dreams of living a frontier life. Emma is faced with following the same trail her parents traveled with fatal results as she desperately attempts to locate her missing brother, Cleve, who has either been killed or abducted by Native Americans. Along the way, she unexpectedly finds love in a trail hardened wagon-hand, Elias Maddock. Filled with excitement, suspense, and drama, Emma's journey does not end after she and Elias settle and build a successful farm together. Emma finds that the deep resentment she harbors concerning her brother's disappearance will lead her through her most difficult challenge yet. Gatdula wittingly guides her audience through a complete circle in her story of a pioneer woman who's peace will only be brought about by a Twilight Child.
Comics legends Gilbert Hernandez (LOVE AND ROCKETS), Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) and Dave Stewart (HELLBOY) craft a haunting and unforgettable tale of magical realism with THE TWILIGHT CHILDREN. No one knows what the mysterious glowing spheres are, or where they come from. The only thing that matters to the residents of the beachside village where the orbs manifest is what they do when they appear. They blind children and imbue them with psychic abilities. They destroy homes, and make entire families disappear. They attract scientists, government experts and secret agents, each with their own agenda. And they inflame small-town passions-secret lovers, simmering resentments-to a fever pitch. Now, theyÕve brought Ela. Materializing on the beach just as mysteriously as one of the orbs, this beautiful woman says nothing, but seems to harbor unspeakable power. Will she help to save the town, or destroy it? Or is it Ela herself who is really in danger? Collects the four-issue VERTIGO miniseries.
At last Dawn is happy. She has found her beautiful baby daughter Christie, and she and Jimmy have finally married. Although she has had to abandon her singing career, she is a huge success as the new owner of the Cutler's Cove hotel. Yet still Dawn cannot quell her forebodings of evil. She can sense Grandmother Cutler's presence and her bitter hatred everywhere. And when she makes the shameful discovery that her brother Philip still harbours romantic feelings towards her, Dawn can only hope that his impending marriage will curb his mad desire. Her spiteful, jealous sister, Clara, is far easier to ignore - until her childish rage explodes into violence, causing unspeakable tragedy.
For the first time ever, legendary comics creators Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) and Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) have joined forces for a surreal project unlike anything you've ever read before! When a white orb washes up on the shore of a remote Latin American village, a group of children naturally poke at the strange object to see what it is. The orb explodes, leaving the children completely blind. And when a beautiful young woman who may be an alien is found wandering the seafront, she's taken in by the townspeople, but soon becomes a person of interest to a quirky pair of undercover CIA agents, and the target of affection for a young scientist. Can they come together to prevent an all-out alien invasion and save the souls in this sleepy, seaside town?
