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Paperback. Condition: Good. . a forceful story about racial identity (Kirkus Reviews) Now an Amazon top 100 best seller The plot takes some interesting and surprising turns. I was quickly captured by the story and found myself eagerly turning the pages to see where it would lead. (Amazon Customer Review) Where the River Bends: In a turbulent and decisive period of American history, a mother and son fight to save themselves -- and each other -- from the destruction that sex, power and racism can cause. On a rainy day in November 1931, two years after the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Celeste Vandenholm's husband drives his car over a cliff and ends up in a coma. Celeste is left with a teenage son, an autistic daughter, a Park Avenue lifestyle and a negative bank balance. She struggles to hold her family together, but one setback after another sends her life spiraling out of control. But Celeste has a secret. Until the night of his father's car crash, David Vandenholm's life is charmed and his future golden. As his family's finances plummet, he struggles to care for his sister, help support his mother, and maintain his sense of self in an increasingly hostile environment. When David discovers his mother's secret, he reacts with anger and blind emotion, triggering a deadly confrontation that claims victims in more ways than one. Setting: New York City; Charlottesville, Virginia; Sculley's Bend, Virginia.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . a forceful story about racial identity (Kirkus Reviews) Now an Amazon top 100 best seller The plot takes some interesting and surprising turns. I was quickly captured by the story and found myself eagerly turning the pages to see where it would lead. (Amazon Customer Review) Where the River Bends: In a turbulent and decisive period of American history, a mother and son fight to save themselves -- and each other -- from the destruction that sex, power and racism can cause. On a rainy day in November 1931, two years after the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Celeste Vandenholm's husband drives his car over a cliff and ends up in a coma. Celeste is left with a teenage son, an autistic daughter, a Park Avenue lifestyle and a negative bank balance. She struggles to hold her family together, but one setback after another sends her life spiraling out of control. But Celeste has a secret. Until the night of his father's car crash, David Vandenholm's life is charmed and his future golden. As his family's finances plummet, he struggles to care for his sister, help support his mother, and maintain his sense of self in an increasingly hostile environment. When David discovers his mother's secret, he reacts with anger and blind emotion, triggering a deadly confrontation that claims victims in more ways than one. Setting: New York City; Charlottesville, Virginia; Sculley's Bend, Virginia.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. . a forceful story about racial identity (Kirkus Reviews) Now an Amazon top 100 best seller The plot takes some interesting and surprising turns. I was quickly captured by the story and found myself eagerly turning the pages to see where it would lead. (Amazon Customer Review) Where the River Bends: In a turbulent and decisive period of American history, a mother and son fight to save themselves -- and each other -- from the destruction that sex, power and racism can cause. On a rainy day in November 1931, two years after the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Celeste Vandenholm's husband drives his car over a cliff and ends up in a coma. Celeste is left with a teenage son, an autistic daughter, a Park Avenue lifestyle and a negative bank balance. She struggles to hold her family together, but one setback after another sends her life spiraling out of control. But Celeste has a secret. Until the night of his father's car crash, David Vandenholm's life is charmed and his future golden. As his family's finances plummet, he struggles to care for his sister, help support his mother, and maintain his sense of self in an increasingly hostile environment. When David discovers his mother's secret, he reacts with anger and blind emotion, triggering a deadly confrontation that claims victims in more ways than one. Setting: New York City; Charlottesville, Virginia; Sculley's Bend, Virginia.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . a forceful story about racial identity (Kirkus Reviews) Now an Amazon top 100 best seller The plot takes some interesting and surprising turns. I was quickly captured by the story and found myself eagerly turning the pages to see where it would lead. (Amazon Customer Review) Where the River Bends: In a turbulent and decisive period of American history, a mother and son fight to save themselves -- and each other -- from the destruction that sex, power and racism can cause. On a rainy day in November 1931, two years after the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Celeste Vandenholm's husband drives his car over a cliff and ends up in a coma. Celeste is left with a teenage son, an autistic daughter, a Park Avenue lifestyle and a negative bank balance. She struggles to hold her family together, but one setback after another sends her life spiraling out of control. But Celeste has a secret. Until the night of his father's car crash, David Vandenholm's life is charmed and his future golden. As his family's finances plummet, he struggles to care for his sister, help support his mother, and maintain his sense of self in an increasingly hostile environment. When David discovers his mother's secret, he reacts with anger and blind emotion, triggering a deadly confrontation that claims victims in more ways than one. Setting: New York City; Charlottesville, Virginia; Sculley's Bend, Virginia.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - '. a forceful story about racial identity' (Kirkus Reviews) Now an Amazon top 100 best seller!'The plot takes some interesting and surprising turns. I was quickly captured by the story and found myself eagerly turning the pages to see where it would lead.' (Amazon Customer Review)Where the River Bends: In a turbulent and decisive period of American history, a mother and son fight to save themselves -- and each other -- from the destruction that sex, power and racism can cause.On a rainy day in November 1931, two years after the crash of the New York Stock Exchange, Celeste Vandenholm's husband drives his car over a cliff and ends up in a coma. Celeste is left with a teenage son, an autistic daughter, a Park Avenue lifestyle and a negative bank balance. She struggles to hold her family together, but one setback after another sends her life spiraling out of control. But Celeste has a secret.Until the night of his father's car crash, David Vandenholm's life is charmed and his future golden. As his family's finances plummet, he struggles to care for his sister, help support his mother, and maintain his sense of self in an increasingly hostile environment. When David discovers his mother's secret, he reacts with anger and blind emotion, triggering a deadly confrontation that claims victims in more ways than one.Setting: New York City; Charlottesville, Virginia; Sculley's Bend, Virginia. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A collection of short stories.Some stories are bittersweet.Some stories are magical. A Holocaust secret kept for decades.A young teacher learns to be strong.A werewolf. An elf. A genie. A marriage.A Poppa God, a Momma God, a Baby God.The most beautiful woman in the world battles the Devil.Things are not always what they seem.…

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Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. Dust Jacket Condition: nuovo. prima edizione. Tema centrale dei saggi il ruolo delle donne nelle istituzioni ecclesiastiche, nella cultura religiosa e nella santità, dal Medioevo ai nostri giorni. "Credo in un solo Dio, Padre onnipotente"; cosi recita la professione di fede cristiana cattolica, a sottolineare immediatamente il carattere maschile della divinità all'interno di una religione che fin dall'origine si era caratterizzata invece per l'apertura alla presenza femminile. Nascono da questa contraddizione l'importanza e l'ambiguità del rapporto fra le donne e la religione cristiana, ma anche l'intuizione che proprio nel campo religioso vadano ricercate le ragioni più profonde del ruolo della donna nel mondo occidentale. Non bisogna dimenticare infatti che il femminismo ha fatto la sua comparsa solo in Occidente, quale effetto di un allargamento dei diritti a tutti i soggetti sociali, all'interno di una cultura che, se pure secolarizzata, non può non dirsi figlia della religione cristiana. La stessa che, almeno alle origini, presentava enormi potenzialità di emancipazione femminile e che è stata la prima a presupporre una eguale dignità spirituale tra donne e uomini, sia nei ripetuti riconoscimenti a figure femminili presenti nei Vangeli, sia nella successiva elaborazione teorica fatta da san Paolo e dai Padri della Chiesa. A partire da queste suggestioni, alcune tra le migliori storiche italiane e straniere tratteggiano, nei saggi contenuti in questo volume, una sintesi storica generale sul ruolo delle donne nelle istituzioni ecclesiastiche, nella cultura religiosa e nella santità. Informazioni bibliografiche Titolo: Donne e fede: santità e vita religiosa in Italia Collana: Storia e società: storia delle donne in Italia Autori Vari Curatori: Lucetta Scaraffia, Gabriella Zarri Traduzioni: Irene Ranzato, Monica Turi Editore: Bari; Roma: Laterza, 1994 ISBN: 8842045071, 9788842045076 Lunghezza: 552 pagine, 22 cm; ill. Soggetti: Storia di genere sociale Donna Religione Bibliografia Religiosità Misticismo Spiritualità Mistica Concezione cristiana Sante Iconografia Cristianesimo Studi sui generi Monache Rinascimento Medioevo Età moderna Settecento Ottocento Novecento Mistiche Beate Mistero Filosofia Sacrificio Castità Vocazione Voto Teologia Rinuncia Vita terrena Libri vintage Fuori catalogo Saggi Sessualità Monachesimo Donne illustri Ascetismo Clausura Suore Sorelle Preghiera Chiesa Diritti Parità Famiglia Gender history Social history Women Religion Bibliography Mysticism Spirituality Christian conception Saints Christianity Gender studies Nuns Renaissance Middle Ages Modern age Eighteenth century Nineteenth Twentieth century Mystics Blessed Mystery Philosophy Chastity Vocation Vow Theology Renunciation Earthly life Out of print books Essays Sexuality Monasticism Illustrious women Enclosure Sisters Prayer Church Rights Equality Family Biografie Biographies Agiografie Matrimonio mistico Fede Conventi femminili Santità Emancipazione Ribellione Hagiographies Mystical marriage Faith Female convents Sanctity Emancipation Rebellion Badessa Battista da Crema Canonizzazione Cantico dei Cantici Caterina da Siena Cattolicesimo Clausura Comunità Confessore Congregazioni Controriforma Corpo Cristo Culto Cultura Devote Devozione Divina Femminismo Figli Fondazioni San Francesco Gesù Giovanna d'Arco Historia Langobardorum Immagini Istituzioni Italia Laiche Lettere Ludovica Savoia Madonna Madre Maria Maddalena Maschile Medievale Medjugorje Miracoli Monastero Monastica Ordini mendicanti Padre Pratica Rappresentazione Riforma Ruolo Sant'Uffizio Santa Caterina Scrittura Sposa Suor Letizia Teresa Tradizione Uomini Vauchez Vedove Vergine Vescovo Visionaria Walker Bynum XVII secolo Peccato Sin Patriarcato Patriarchate Ascetismo.…

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