The Vets Daughter

Author : Barbara Comyns
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590170298
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vet's Daughter written by Barbara Comyns and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vet's Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge. The vet lives with his bedridden wife and shy daughter Alice in a sinister London suburb. He works constantly, captive to a strange private fury, and treats his family with brutality and contempt. After his wife's death, the vet takes up with a crass, needling woman who tries to refashion Alice in her own image. And yet as Alice retreats ever deeper into a dream world, she discovers an extraordinary secret power of her own. Harrowing and haunting, like an unexpected cross between Flannery O'Connor and Stephen King, The Vet's Daughter is a story of outraged innocence that culminates in a scene of appalling triumph.

Author : Barbara Comyns
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590178971
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Spoons Came from Woolworths written by Barbara Comyns and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I told Helen my story and she went home and cried.” So begins Our Spoons Came from Woolworths. But Barbara Comyns’s beguiling novel is far from tragic, despite the harrowing ordeals its heroine endures. Sophia is twenty-one and naïve when she marries fellow artist Charles. She seems hardly fonder of her husband than she is of her pet newt; she can’t keep house (everything she cooks tastes of soap); and she mistakes morning sickness for the aftereffects of a bad batch of strawberries. England is in the middle of the Great Depression, and the money Sophia makes from the occasional modeling gig doesn’t make up for her husband’s indifference to paying the rent. Predictably, the marriage falters; not so predictably, Sophia’s artlessness will be the very thing that turns her life around.

Author : Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101176660
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fight for Life #1 written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie’s grandmother runs an animal clinic, Dr. Mac’s Place, so Maggie knows her way around animals who are in danger. When she learns that the abused and sick puppies flooding the clinic are from an illegal puppy mill, she knows that she has to find out who’s running it, where it is—and save the rest of the dogs!

Author : Susan Evento
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780696239793
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vet Emergencies 24/7 written by Susan Evento and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Animal behavior tips--make your home pet safe--how to become a vet."--Cover.

Author : Seth Kastle
Publisher : Tall Tale Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why is Dad So Mad? written by Seth Kastle and published by Tall Tale Press. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The children's issues picture book Why Is Dad So Mad? is a story for children in military families whose father battles with combat related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). After a decade fighting wars on two fronts, tens of thousands of service members are coming home having trouble adjusting to civilian life; this includes struggling as parents. Why Is Dad So Mad? Is a narrative story told from a family's point of view (mother and children) of a service member who struggles with PTSD and its symptoms. Many service members deal with anger, forgetfulness, sleepless nights, and nightmares.This book explains these and how they affect Dad. The moral of the story is that even though Dad gets angry and yells, he still loves his family more than anything.

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728242606
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book Woman's Daughter written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "A powerful portrait of the courageous women who fought against ignorance, misogyny, and racial prejudice." —William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land and Lightning Strike The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek! Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free. In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollers of Appalachia. Honey is looking to prove that she doesn't need anyone telling her how to survive. But the route can be treacherous, and some folks aren't as keen to let a woman pave her own way. If Honey wants to bring the freedom books provide to the families who need it most, she's going to have to fight for her place, and along the way, learn that the extraordinary women who run the hills and hollers can make all the difference in the world. Praise for The Book Woman's Daughter: "In Kim Michele Richardson's beautifully and authentically rendered The Book Woman's Daughter she once again paints a stunning portrait of the raw, somber beauty of Appalachia, the strong resolve of remarkable women living in a world dominated by men, and the power of books and sisterhood to prevail in the harshest circumstances. A critical and profoundly important read for our time. Badassery womanhood at its best!"—Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants "Fierce, beautiful and inspirational, Kim Michele Richardson has created a powerful tale about brave extraordinary heroines who are downright haunting and unforgettable."—Abbott Kahler, New York Times bestselling author (as Karen Abbott) of The Ghosts of Eden Park

Author : Stephanie Maze
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152019655
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Want to Be a Veterinarian written by Stephanie Maze and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of what is involved in veterinary medicine and related fields.

Author : Bob Drury
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1623361028
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dog's Gift written by Bob Drury and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry joined his precocious young daughter, Kyria, on a trip to a nursing home in order to allow its residents to play with their family dog, a golden retriever named riley. Terry was astounded by the transformations that unfolded before his eyes. Soon after, Terry and Kyria started their service dog organization, paws4people, with the goal of pairing dogs with human beings in need of healing, including traumatized and wounded war veterans and children living with physical, emotional, and intellectual disabilities. In A Dog's Gift, award-winning journalist and author Bob Drury movingly captures the story of a year in the life of paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the organization mends. The book follows the journey of pups bred by the organization from their loving, if rigorous, early training to an emotional event that terry and Kyria have christened "the bump," where each individual service dog chooses its new owner through an almost mystical connection that ignites the healing process. incorporating vivid storytelling, insights into canine wisdom, history, science, and moving tales of personal transformation, A Dog's Gift is a story of miracles bound to be embraced by not only the 60 million Americans who own dogs, but by anyone with a full heart and a loving soul.

Author : Melody Lockhart
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1398800554
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magical Rescue Vets: Oona the Unicorn written by Melody Lockhart and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people think that dragons and unicorns don't exist outside of story books - but Kat and Rosie know better! The best friends have been helping out at Calico Comfrey's Veterinary Surgery ever since they stumbled across its secret door one summer holiday. Join them as they rescue and care for the incredible, enchanted creatures of Starfall Forest. Along the way, they might learn some valuable lessons about bravery, friendship, and loyalty! When Kat and Rosie join Doctor Clarice on a rescue mission to a mysterious part of Starfall Forest, they catch a glimpse of a unicorn - and set off after it! However, they soon become lost in the mystical Mazewood. Can they win the trust of the unicorn, who has injured her leg? How will they ever find their way back to Calico Comfrey's Veterinary Surgery? The first in the brand-new Magical Rescue Vets series, Oona the Unicorn features beautiful illustrations by Morgan Huff and is ideal for readers aged 7+.

Author : Donna M. Jackson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547531117
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Er Vets written by Donna M. Jackson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With dramatic full-color photos throughout, award-winning author Donna Jackson brings to life the inner workings of an animal emergency room, profiling the important work ER veterinarians do behind closed doors. Animals survive traumas with the help of high-tech X-rays, ventilators, endoscopes, and more importantly, the expert care of veterinarians and veterinary nurses who love animals, science, and a daily dose of adrenaline! It takes loads of courage and compassion to be an ER vet!