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Ashley Chan leads a double life: university student by day, escort by night. The proposition is deceptively simple: people pay Ashley to act out their sexual gratifications. The variations are endless, but the work is not easy. In an eye-opening, intimate memoir, Ashley Chan, 24, reveals the inside world of Singapore's high-end escorts and the inner turmoil that comes with it. One lesson she has learned: bad things happen if you stay in the game for too long.

With raw honesty, piercing insight and deep love, Slow Loss chronicles a woman's emotional journey as her husband succumbs to Parkinson's and dementia, and she evolves from wife to caregiver to widow. Heartbreaking and laced with dark humor, Kelly's poignant memoir unveils the realities of caregiving, from being crushed by anger and fear to making hard decisions with surprising outcomes. It is brave, fresh, inspirational, and encouraging with no toxic positivity.

AN AWE-INSPIRING TRUE STORY of Angela Lenhardt and Trigger the Wonder Horse is a testament of faith and how the power of prayer can change your life. This book is for anyone in need of a reminder that when life gets you down and you’re faced with uncertainty and fear, God is omnipresent. Within your own heart, exists a superpower called love, that will open up a world of possibilities once you connect and believe in it.

Based on her popular class at Yale, this masterful, intimate essay collection from one of our greatest living playwrights and teachers, Sarah Ruhl, is a testament to the singular impact of teachers across every stage of our lives. Anchored in stories both personal and universal, drawing on Sarah’s experiences with her parents and children, with schoolteachers, creative influences, and beyond, Lessons from My Teachers offers an uplifting perspective on our basic human need to teach and learn from each other as we navigate the surprising paths that shape our lives.

There had been worse times before, moments when life had thrown her curveballs that felt impossible to overcome. Yet, nothing could prepare Teresa for the day she discovers her husband’s lifeless body— a haunting image that sears itself into her memory, forever. In the days that follow, she struggles to comprehend the depths of his pain and the silence that now fills their home. Alone and reeling from disbelief, Teressa must confront the unbearable weight of her grief while facing a future she never envisioned.

Legendary outlaw Belle Starr has been written about and portrayed in various media for well over one hundred years. Born Myra Maybelle Shirley in Missouri in 1848, Belle lived most of her life in Texas. She became notorious after living with and hanging out with members of the James and Younger gangs. Belle was a crack shot who rode side saddle while engaging in horse thievery, cattle rustling, and holdups. In between these activities, Belle bore two children and was involved with (though not necessarily married to) several men, including Sam Starr.

La historia tiene una memoria muy corta. Todo se nos queda antiguo demasiado rápido. O rescatamos hoy a las mujeres pioneras del periodismo español o las perdemos para siempre. Rosario de Acuña, librepensadora decimonónica y azote de todas las esclavitudes; Carmen de Burgos, la primera corresponsal de guerra y feroz luchadora por la conquista del derecho al divorcio y al sufragio femenino; Sofía Casanova, poeta, cronista de la Primera Guerra Mundial, y franquista tardía.

¿Qué pensaba Elena Garro de la política, de la vida, de la literatura? Carlos Landeros plasma en este libro las siempre atinada opinión de esta extraordinaria escritora, casada por más de 20 años con Octavio Paz. Resultado de la entrañable amistad entre Carlos Landeros y la escritora Elena Garro, nace este libro lleno de anécdotas y comunicaciones que mantuvieron desde el día en que Carlos Landeros entró con las manos vacías a casa de Elena para entrevistarla, y salió con un libro autografiado y una amistad que duraría hasta el final de los días de la célebre Garro.

Open up this memory box to reveal one woman's memoir of forced adoption, loss and self-loathing. Locked away for years, these memories have now found their voice as Yvonne Tomlinson bravely shares Memory Boxes with the world. Through raw honesty and unwavering courage, Yvonne invites readers to explore the contents of her memory boxes, revealing the resilience and strength that have carried her through the darkest of times.

Venecia, 1957. A los treinta y cuatro años, Maria Callas ha llegado a la cúspide de su carrera como soprano, pero la perfección artística que representa en el escenario está empezando a pasarle factura. Llega exhausta a la mansión de su amiga Elsa Maxwell, donde conoce al magnate griego Aristóteles Onassis en una fiesta. Contra todo pronóstico, se enamoran e inician un romance apasionado y tormentoso que durará diez años. Una novela mágica sobre la gran cantante, una artista extraordinaria con todas sus contradicciones.

Edith Wharton fue la gran cronista de un mundo que dejaba de existir. Las jerarquías del viejo Nueva York se tambaleaban frente a la opulenta prodigalidad de los nuevos ricos, procedentes de la industria y la banca, que erigían palacetes en la Quinta Avenida, celebraban las más lujosas fiestas y se infiltraban por las grietas de una alta sociedad que, pocos años antes, los habría excluido sin miramientos.

Sonia Orchard was in her forties when she told a therapist about the boyfriend she had when she was fifteen. Sure, he had been a decade older than her, but it was consensual ... wasn't it? To her surprise, Sonia broke down in tears, then began to shake uncontrollably–an unmistakable expression of trauma that lasted for days. She was clearly not okay, but could the relationship she'd thought was love really have been abuse? Had she been groomed?

Osada, valiente, libre, divertida, cosmopolita, popular, amante de los placeres de la vida pero también capaz de grandes sacrificios pocos reconocerán en este retrato a esa gran desconocida que fue la madre del rey, un ser humano excepcional a quien no en vano Alfonso XIII apodó María la Brava. Porque sí, María fue todo esto, y también conoció profundas desgracias -exilio, la muerte accidental de un hijo, infidelidades matrimoniales, soledad y sanatorios- que la arrastraron a un abismo del que surgió más vital, más interesante y más cercana.

One day, Johanna's boyfriend doesn't come home. Suddenly five undercover cops are standing outside their residence. In a matter of minutes, her life is turned upside-down when she realises that she's a suspect of a serious crime. She, who had just left a glamorous life in Dubai for the sake of love, falls helplessly into the dark.

En estas cartas, Velia Vidal relata sus andanzas desde que regresó al Chocó, al mar Pacífico, y se dedicó a la promoción de lectura y a la gestión cultural. Con elementos de su entorno, elabora metáforas que dan cuenta de su marea interna y de las tensiones entre el centro y la periferia. A través de su escritura, la autora construye una historia y una geografía personales.

in her exquisitely rendered, transformative memoir, Price describes how she broke free of that which had defined her childhood, to go on to create a purpose-driven life and family, on her own terms. From victim to advocate, from fearful child to empowered adult, and from despair to triumph, This Happened to Me is a story of astonishing resilience and breathtaking determination.

Amanda Greaves fearlessly unravels the threads of her own dynamic journey as she weaves narrative transcending a mere memoir. Sharing her highs and lows, victories and setbacks, she offers an intimate glimpse of her transformative path and curates a guide for those on their own course of self-discovery. This book is an invitation to embrace imperfection and purposefully design a life that is authentically yours.

Se fin da adolescente senti che le condizioni da cui parti e le aspettative degli altri hanno già deciso chi diventerai, continuare a sognare è il primo passo per porti obiettivi fuori dagli schemi e avvicinarti a realizzare chi sei. In un contesto in cui per i giovani, le donne, le persone che non nascono con le spalle coperte è sempre più difficile arrivare a posizioni apicali, quale percorso ha permesso a Cristina Scocchia di diventare amministratore delegato a quarant'anni e di ricoprire poi questo ruolo per ben tre volte?

Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades, Tony Horwitz - just sixty years old and, to her knowledge, vigorous and healthy - collapsed and died on a Washington, D. C. sidewalk.

Uratowana z warszawskiego getta – najmłodsze dziecko ocalone dzięki Irenie Sendlerowej. Córka dwóch matek, żydowskiej i polskiej. Z wykształcenia – pedagog, z wyboru – dusza rogata. Żona poety, Jerzego Ficowskiego. Działaczka antykomunistycznej opozycji. W wolnej Polsce doradczyni i rzeczniczka prasowa ministra Jacka Kuronia. Oto niepokorna Elżbieta Ficowska (ur. 1942), sportretowana w książce Cezarego Harasimowicza, który ze swoją bohaterką odbył wiele pasjonujących rozmów. „Bieta” nie jest jednak biografią. „Bieta” jest powieścią. Powieścią czułą, choć nieckliwą; dramatyczną, ale i dowcipną.