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| orphan sacramento reviews: The Little Sparrows Al Lacy, JoAnna Lacy, 2003 Establishing the Children's Aid Society, Charles Loring Brace rescues children from the streets of nineteenth-century New York City and takes them by train throughout the country in search of loving homes and families. Original. |
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| orphan sacramento reviews: Vagrant Kings R. E. Graswich, 2013-11-01 USA TODAY said it best: Talk about a compelling story that is told by the most unique of authors. Vagrant Kings is an inside account of NBA Commissioner David Stern's obsession with building a home for the Sacramento Kings, a tragically cursed, road-weary basketball team in Northern California. Unmatched in scope, access and reflections on the emotional, political and financial decisions that swirl around major-league sports in America, Vagrant Kings is the first book to provide a deeply personal and detailed look at how David Stern runs the NBA, and how the NBA impacts its host communities. Award-winning journalist R.E. Graswich covered the Kings and NBA during a 35-year career with the Sacramento Bee. He became Special Assistant to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and worked on the city's arena project with the NBA. |
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| orphan sacramento reviews: Kat's Cradle Karen Kijewski, 1992-11-01 She's a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado and in her line of business curiosity can be mre than an occupational hazard -- it can be murder. She said her name was Paige Morrell and she came to Kat Colorado hoping to untangle the twisted mystery of her past. She was a twenty-one-year-old orphan, a poor little rich girl on the verge of inheriting a weathy old river estate -- and some very nasty surprises. But when Kat set out to solve the case, she found herself following a thread of lies, greed and deceit that led straight to the corpse of a key source to Paige's past. Now the Sacramento private eye was about to learn that in the California Delta some family secrets were better left buried . . .because uncovering them could be murder. |
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| orphan sacramento reviews: The Secret Garden , 2021-06-15 Green-growing secrets and powerful magic await you at Misselthwaite Manor, now reimagined in this bewitching graphic novel adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved tale. From Mariah Marsden, author of the critically acclaimed Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, comes the second installment in this series of retold children's classics. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at a secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. First, there’s Martha Sowerby: the too-cheery maid with bothersome questions who seems out of place in the dreary manor. Then there’s the elusive Uncle Craven, Mary’s only remaining family—whom she’s not permitted to see. And finally, there are the mysteries that seem to haunt the run-down place: rumors of a lost garden with a tragic past, and a midnight wail that echoes across the moors at night. As Mary begins to explore this new world alongside her ragtag companions—a cocky robin redbreast, a sour-faced gardener, and a boy who can talk to animals—she learns that even the loneliest of hearts can grow roots in rocky soil. Given new life as a graphic novel in illustrator Hanna Luechtefeld's whimsical style, The Secret Garden is more enchanting and relevant than ever before. At the back of the book, readers can learn about the life of Frances Hodgson Burnett and the history of British colonialism that contextualizes the original novel. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Albion's Seed David Hackett Fischer, 1991-03-14 This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are Albion's Seed, no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations. |
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| orphan sacramento reviews: Hand-Rearing Birds Rebecca S. Duerr, Laurie J. Gage, 2020-03-10 This book presents a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques for raising young birds, providing complete coverage of a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups for all avian care professionals. Chapters are written by expert rehabilitation, aviculture, and zoo professionals, and include useful references and bibliographies for further reading and research. Each chapter provides valuable information on appropriate intervention, housing, feeding, and care. Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition presents 50 chapters, including 12 new chapters on species or groups of species not featured in the previous edition. It also features color photographs that help illustrate many concepts pertinent to birds. This important reference: Offers a detailed guide to hand-rearing techniques including species-specific guides to caring for and raising young birds Covers a wide variety of avian species and taxonomic groups Discusses how to examine a chick to identify problems such as hypothermia, dehydration, injuries, and common diseases, and what to do Combines information on the science and skill needed to successfully hand-rear birds Presents full-color photographs throughout Hand-Rearing Birds, Second Edition is an essential resource for avian rehabilitators, breeders, veterinarians, and zoo staff. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Kissing Comfort Jo Goodman, 2011-09-06 Bode DeLong knows that his playboy brother Bram isn't really in love with Miss Comfort Kennedy, even though it's clear that she's enamored with him. With Bram's motives for the engagement suspect, Bode figures the safest place for Comfort to be is in his arms. Now, Bode just needs to convince Comfort that the childhood fancy she has for his brother is no match for the incredible desire that sparks between them every time they touch. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Bitter Seeds Ian Tregillis, 2010-04-13 From “a major talent,” a WWII alternate military history that pits German soldiers with superpowers against British occult forces (George R. R. Martin, New York Times–bestselling author of Game of Thrones). It’s 1939. The Nazis have supermen, the British have demons, and one perfectly normal man gets caught in between. Raybould Marsh is a British secret agent in the early days of the Second World War, haunted by something strange he saw on a mission during the Spanish Civil War: a German woman with wires going into her head who looked at him as if she knew him. When the Nazis start running missions with people who have unnatural abilities—a woman who can turn invisible, a man who can walk through walls, and the woman Marsh saw in Spain who can use her knowledge of the future to twist the present—Marsh is the man who has to face them. He rallies the secret warlocks of Britain to hold the impending invasion at bay. But magic always exacts a price. Eventually, the sacrifice necessary to defeat the enemy will be as terrible as outright defeat would be. Bitter Seeds is an epic tale of a twentieth century like ours and also profoundly different. “Exciting and intense . . . The clash of magic and (mad) science meshes perfectly with the tumultuous setting.” —Publishers Weekly “A white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters—an unstoppable Vickers of a novel.” —Cory Doctorow, New York Times–bestselling author of The Bezzle “[Bitter Seeds] may rival Naomi Novik’s Tales of Temeraire as a sustained historical fantasy.” —Booklist |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Rise of the Iron Moon Stephen Hunt, 2012-01-03 On the run after killing a guard in the Royal Breeding House, orphan Purity Drake learns from her mysterious rescuer that he is working against terrible monsters that would enslave the entire kingdom to punish its corrupt government. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Gallery Laura Marx Fitzgerald, 2016 In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls. |
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| orphan sacramento reviews: The Secrets of Winterhouse Ben Guterson, 2018-12-31 Bookish puzzles, phantom mysteries, and evil curses await as Elizabeth returns to Winterhouse in Book 2 of this magical series. Back at the Winterhouse hotel for another holiday season, Elizabeth and Freddy dig deeper into the mystery surrounding Riley S. Granger, a hotel guest who left behind odd artifacts—one being a magical book that the evil Gracella Winters once attempted to use to gain destructive power over the entire Falls lineage. The two friends follow a trail of clues, inadvertently attracting the attention of a suspicious new hotel guest: Elana Vesper. The clock is ticking as Elizabeth and Freddy struggle to figure out whether Elana is merely a pawn or a player in the plot to revive the spirit of Gracella. If that wasn’t enough, Elizabeth suspects she is coming into her own special powers—and she’s fearful it might lead her right into Gracella’s vicious web. Mystery, adventure, and a winning friendship combine in this much anticipated sequel. Christy Ottaviano Books |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson, 2004-12-29 Finalist for the National Book Award When Lonnie was seven years old, his parents died in a fire. Now he's eleven, and he still misses them terribly. And he misses his little sister, Lili, who was put into a different foster home because not a lot of people want boys-not foster boys that ain't babies. But Lonnie hasn't given up. His foster mother, Miss Edna, is growing on him. She's already raised two sons and she seems to know what makes them tick. And his teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. Told entirely through Lonnie's poetry, we see his heartbreak over his lost family, his thoughtful perspective on the world around him, and most of all his love for Lili and his determination to one day put at least half of their family back together. Jacqueline Woodson's poignant story of love, loss, and hope is lyrically written and enormously accessible. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh, 2011-09-01 Instantly entrancing Elle I used the same flowers again and again: a bouquet of marigold, grief; a bucket of thistle, misanthropy; a pinch of dried basil; hatred. Only occasionally did my communication vary. The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey what words could not, from declarations of admiration to confessions of betrayal. For Victoria Jones, alone after a childhood in foster care, it is her way of expressing a legacy of grief and guilt. Believing she is damaged beyond hope, she trusts nobody, connecting with the world only through message-laden bouquets. But when a mysterious man at the flower market responds in kind, Victoria is caught between fascination and fear, and must decide whether she can open herself to the possibilities of happiness... and forgiveness. Heartbreaking and uplifting, The Language of Flowers is a redemptive story about the meaning of flowers, the meaning of family, and the meaning of love. PRAISE FOR THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS Compelling . . . immensely engaging . . . unabashedly romantic . . . an emotional arc of almost unbearable poignance. The Boston Globe [An] original and brilliant first novel . . . I would like to hand Vanessa Diffenbaugh a bouquet of bouvardia (enthusiasm), gladiolus (you pierce my heart) and lisianthus (appreciation). . . And there is one more sprig I should add to her bouquet: a single pink carnation (I will never forget you). Brigitte Weeks, The Washington Post A captivating novel in which a single sprig of rosemary speaks louder than words . . . 'The Language of Flowers' deftly weaves the sweetness of newfound love with the heartache of past mistakes . . . [It] will certainly change how you choose your next bouquet. Minneapolis Star Tribune Fascinating . . . Diffenbaugh clearly knows both the human heart and her plants, and she keeps us rooting for the damaged Victoria. The Oprah Magazine (Book of the Week) Diffenbaugh effortlessly spins this enchanting tale, making even her prickly protagonist impossible not to love. Entertainment Weekly |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Siegfried Follies Richard Alther, 2010 Part I 1945-1961 Franz, age 8, blond with dazzling blue eyes, is in a Lebensborn, a Nazi birthing hospital and orphanage, outside Munich. Eager to help, he is increasingly used by the staff for adult responsibilities—janitorial, medical—whereby witnessing horrific atrocities. While running errands he discovers and saves a filthy child and old violin hurled from a passing train. Franz hides the dark, speechless waif from the authorities; as bombs fall and order breaks down, the boys escape and make a home in the ruins of a large cellar. Franz realizes the boy is a Jew and calls him J. Franz gets rich trading cigarette butts for food, finding whores for US soldiers; J, his voice back, delves into the librettos of their opera house cellar. Their puppet shows based upon Wagnerian heroes a hit, they swear allegiance for life. Franz, especially, is thrilled with this calling.Franz and J, age 12, share a room above a bakery where Franz works while J studies Hebrew on the sly from school; they both learn English. Franz deals in porn, the more money the better. At 16, they share an apartment; Franz is a successful runner for a major Munich business. J tries to reconcile being a Jew, a German, and a scholar, the post-war city still rife with anti-Semitism. Franz delights in the secure domestic routine, such a contrast to their beginnings. He perfects his English, earns enough to send J to Heidelberg on scholarship; J rebels against Franz's goal for him, determined to become a true Jew, and departs for Israel leaving Franz bereft. Franz projects his own dream of the good life onto America, and accepts a US mailroom job.A vet of the Israeli army, J at 21 works on a kibbutz, finds the demands to sire a child and make this his ultimate home a misfit. He cashes in his old violin, discovered to be a Stradivarius, and seeks his fate in the US. Franz, meanwhile, fights to blend in at an industrial giant in Indiana, backfires in dating, misses J and their home, and is fueled more than ever to scale the corporate ladder. By 25 J is a junior at Yeshiva University in NY and spends the summer at the home of his Westchester roommate, sleeps with his sister, rejects this version too of unorthodox Jewish life. Franz, a rising corporate star, goes to Munich on a business trip, becomes homesick, grieves at Dachau, now a memorial, for J's unknown whereabouts. There Franz encounters Marcy, also 25, an aspiring American artist, who is grappling with her German ancestry.Part II 1965-1973 J, 29, shares a Westside NYC flat, seldom dates, teaches kids at a Jewish homeless center, and is ever more immersed in bookish research on roots of the Holocaust. He attempts to take in an orphan; his roommate leaves to marry. Franz and Marcy, 29, live in the suburbs with kids 3 and 1. Both adults are gaining weight and frustration at the pace: for him, ladder-climbing; for her, silversmithing. Franz thrives in household orderliness, now compromised by his wife's preoccupation with art. J, 32, living alone in his wreck of a flat, desperate to establish his authenticity as a Jew, pushes the edge of sanity by risking his life in Central Park after dark. Franz is turning flabby, exerts himself more at work and exercise, with his wife in bed; Marcy retreats into heavy metalwork and Eastern ideas. They learn the memorial sculpture at which they met was possibly donated by J from the sale of his Stradivarius. Marcy at 33 is a competent mother, serious artist, occasionally heavy drinker, and detached wife. Franz, on a business trip to NYC, sees J's face on a poster advertising J's puppet show for kids. Franz tracks down J, who finally accepts his invitation to visit Indiana. Within months J is running the home, supposedly writing. Franz at 34, though ridiculing himself and his work, continues achieving success with his capacity for bluster as a promotions exec. Marcy, engrossed in her garage-studio, falls in love with J. J dissects unpleasant aspects to their boyhood with Franz, who is side-stepped at work. Franz, 35, increasingly depressed over his job, justifies it in support of his children and wife, whom he still adores; he accepts his lot and slogs ahead. Marcy plunges now into steelwork. She and J talk and argue religion, his past with Franz; their relationship is intensified, briefly sexual, and Marcy becomes pregnant, Franz assumes by himself. J plans to leave, fights with Marcy, confesses to Franz. Marcy confesses to Franz who remains steadfast in his love for her. J takes Deborah, a Jewish woman, as his girlfriend and is forgiven by Franz. J abruptly leaves the household with Marcy pregnant and drives off in a suicidal daze into a blizzard, his last act as a Jew, but wakes from this nightmare in the arms of Deborah, a school teacher with whom he now spends most of his time. Franz quits his job, starts his own business in a burst of renewed ambition. Marcy frets the fate of her forthcoming child and its dual paternity. They are all 36. J, now a grammar school teacher himself, is about to move in with Deborah. His role as uncle to Franz's children is comfortable for all except Marcy, nursing the swarthy, dark-headed infant boy whom she secrets to a local synagogue for a private ritual. Mourning the loss of J she takes up welding again in her garage, prompts an accidental explosion, and dies. J and Franz with the three kids get a place in the country to raise their family in earnest, J postponing his marriage. Franz works from home to devote fulltime to his three children, a ramshackle spread in place of his dream since boyhood of suburban perfection. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Whispering House Elizabeth Brooks, 2021-03-16 Eerie and addictive. . . . Like Wuthering Heights, The Whispering House is a melancholy novel, its characters filled with dark longings. — The New York Times Book Review From the acclaimed author of The Orphan of Salt Winds It was like holding a couple of jigsaw pieces in my palm, knowing there was a whole picture to be made, if I could only find the rest. Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s death five years ago. Visiting the bewitching Byrne Hall, only a few miles from the scene of the tragedy, she discovers a portrait of Stella—a portrait she had no idea existed, in a house Stella never set foot in. Or so she thought. Driven to find out more about her sister’s secrets, Freya is drawn into the world of Byrne Hall and its owners: charismatic artist Cory and his sinister, watchful mother. But as Freya lingers in this mysterious, centuries-old house, her relationship with Cory crosses the line into obsession and the darkness behind the locked doors of the estate threatens to spill out. In prose as lush and atmospheric as Byrne Hall itself, Elizabeth Brooks weaves a simmering, propulsive tale of art, sisterhood, and all-consuming love: the ways it can lead us toward tenderness, nostalgia, and longing, as well as shocking acts of violence. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: City of the Dead James Patterson, Mindy McGinnis, 2021-11-29 Hawk, the daughter of Maximum Ride, teams up with her mother to help save their beloved but dangerous city in this action-packed thriller. For Hawk, being a hero weighs heavily on her wings. In the City of the Dead, life happens in the shadows. That's why a war is brewing against an enemy no one can see. Hawk and Maximum Ride never back down from a conflict, or from each other, and they argue more than they agree. But as the dead begin to outnumber the living, a mother's experience and a daughter's instinct can make for one powerful arsenal. |
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| orphan sacramento reviews: The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick, 2011 Slavery is back. America, 1962. Having lost a war, America finds itself under Nazi Germany and Japan occupation. A few Jews still live under assumed names. The 'I Ching' is prevalent in San Francisco. Science fiction meets serious ideas in this take on a possible alternate history. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Romeo and Juliet Code Phoebe Stone, 2011 Felicity's glamorous parents don't tell her anything when they drop her off at the Bathburn house in Maine. They don't tell her why Uncle Gideon acts so strangely. They don't tell her why Derek, the only other kid in the house, refuses to come out of his room. Worst of all, Felicity's parents don't tell her where they are going, and won't say when they'll return. And then the letters start coming, in slim blue Air Mail envelopes. Felicity is sure they're from her parents, but if so, why are they in code? Will Felicity discover just what the Bathburns are hiding? Can one person heal an entire family-all while in the throes of her first big crush? It's a tall order for a small girl, but Felicity is determined to crack the Romeo and Juliet code. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Cascadia's Fault Jerry Thompson, 2012-03-10 A thrillingly rendered and level-headed look at the Cascadia Subduction Zone—the cause of over 30 monster earthquakes—and the devastating natural disasters it promises. There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over and over again throughout geologic time—at least 36 major events in the last 10,000 years. This fault generates a monster earthquake about every 500 years. And the monster is due to return at any time. It could happen 200 years from now, or it could be tonight. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is virtually identical to the offshore fault that wrecked Sumatra in 2004. It will generate the same earthquake we saw in Sumatra, at magnitude nine or higher, sending crippling shockwaves across a far wider area than any California quake. Slamming into Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, it will send tidal waves to the shores of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, damaging the economies of the Pacific Rim countries and their trading partners for years to come. In light of recent massive quakes in Haiti, Chile, and Mexico, Cascadia's Fault not only tells the story of this potentially devastating earthquake and the tsunamis it will spawn, it also warns us about an impending crisis almost unprecedented in modern history. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Goblin Secrets William Alexander, 2013-07-23 Hoping to find his lost brother, Rownie escapes the home of the witch Graba and joins a troupe of goblins who perform in Zombay, a city where humans are forbidden to wear masks and act in plays. A National Book Award finalist. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood Varsha Bajaj, 2015-03-01 Finalist 2014 Cybils Award: Middle Grade Fiction 2015 Crystal Kite Winter (Texas/Oklahoma Chapter) Thirteen-year-old Abby discovers that her long-lost father is Bollywood's biggest movie star. She travels to Mumbai to reconnect with the family she never knew. What thirteen-year-old Abby wants most is to meet her father. She just never imagined he would be a huge film star—in Bollywood! Now she's traveling to Mumbai to get to know her famous father. Abby is overwhelmed by the culture clash, the pressures of being the daughter of India's most famous celebrity, and the burden of keeping her identity a secret. But as she learns to navigate her new surroundings, she just might discover where she really belongs. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Covenant's End Ari Marmell, 2018-05-29 The Widdershins Adventures come to a thrilling conclusion in an action-packed fantasy in which the young outlaw with a heart of gold (and the pesky voice of a god in her ear) returns home to face her destiny... After almost a year away from the grand city of Davillon, wandering thief Widdershins has finally come to terms with the pain and grief that drove her to leave. When she returns, all she can hope is that her old friends can forgive her hasty actions. But even that may be too much to ask...because home is not what it used to be. The entire city is on edge, with unrest and rumors of upheaval spreading through the darkened streets, and Shins is shocked to discover that she already knows the person behind the strife all too well—her dreaded nemesis, Lisette Suvagne. Thanks to an unholy bargain with otherworldly powers, the vindictive Lisette is far more dangerous than before—and far too formidable even for Shins and her personal god, Olgun, to confront alone. Now, for the sake of her friends, her city, and her own soul, Shins must gather allies from every corner of Davillon—lawful, unlawful, and seriously unlawful—if she hopes to face the greatest challenge of her life. Because the greatest challenge of Widdershins’ life might also be the end of it... |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Whatnot Stefan Bachmann, 2013-09-24 The Whatnot is the acclaimed international bestseller and sequel to Stefan Bachmann's riveting debut novel, The Peculiar, which Publishers Weekly called an absolute treat for readers of any age, and which the Los Angeles Times compared to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, and more recent classics, such as J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Twelve-year-old Pikey Thomas is missing an eye, a family, and friends of any sort. One day, running from bigger boys set on bullying him, Pikey finds himself in front of a grand, beautiful house. There he meets and helps a black-winged faery who is injured. It's a small gesture of kindness and bravery in steam-powered Victorian London, where faeries, now banned, are on the run or imprisoned; where the human armies are preparing for war; and where the changeling Bartholomew Kettle, aided by Arthur Jelliby, still searches for his missing sister, Hettie. This is the epic, dark, imaginative, unforgettable, and ultimately hopeful sequel to Stefan Bachmann's acclaimed debut novel, The Peculiar. An enthralling read . . . Bachmann combines the pleasures of a Dickensian cast of characters with the eldritch qualities of British faerie lore and adds a touch of steampunk to entice readers into an alternate universe in which the English are on the verge of war with the fay. The breathtaking beauty of his prose is coupled with a plot that also leaves his audience breathless.—School Library Journal |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Down to a Soundless Sea Thomas Steinbeck, 2011-11-09 Here is an unprecedented fiction debut that is cause for celebration. Growing up in a family that valued the art of storytelling and the power of oral history, Thomas Steinbeck now follows in his father’s footsteps with a brilliant story collection. Down to a Soundless Sea resonates with the rich history and culture of California, recalling vivid details of life in Monterey County from the turn of the century through the 1930s. Steinbeck accomplishes an amazing feat: his stories have the feel of classic literature, but his haunting voice, forceful narrative drive, and dazzling imagery are unmistakably his own. In seven stories, Steinbeck traces the fates and dreams of an eccentric cast of characters, from sailors and ranchers, to doctors and immigrants—as each struggles to carve out a living in the often inhospitable environment of rocky cliffs, crashing surf, and rough patches of land along the California coast and the Big Sur. In “Blind Luck,” a wayward orphan finds his calling at sea, only to learn that life must concede to the whims of authority and the ravages of nature. In “Dark Watcher,” with the country at the start of the Great Depression, a professor craves a plausible discovery to boost his academic standing—and encounters the Indian myth of a shadowed horsemen that may ruin his career. “An Unbecoming Grace” tracks the route of a country physician who cares for an ill-tempered cur—but feels more concern for the well-being of the patient’s beleaguered young wife. The collection concludes with “Sing Fat and the Imperial Duchess of Woo,” a novella that follows the tragic love story between a young apothecary and the woman he hopes to marry. Deeply felt and richly imagined, full of compelling drama and historical authenticity, Down to a Soundless Sea heralds the arrival of a bold new voice in fiction. Thomas Steinbeck has written stories as memorable and rugged as the coastline that inspired them. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Written in Stone Rosanne Parry, 2014-06-10 Rosanne Parry, acclaimed author of A Wolf Called Wander and Heart of a Shepherd, shines a light on Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest in the 1920s, a time of critical cultural upheaval. Pearl has always dreamed of hunting whales, just like her father. Of taking to the sea in their eight-man canoe, standing at the prow with a harpoon, and waiting for a whale to lift its barnacle-speckled head as it offers its life for the life of the tribe. But now that can never be. Pearl's father was lost on the last hunt, and the whales hide from the great steam-powered ships carrying harpoon cannons, which harvest not one but dozens of whales from the ocean. With the whales gone, Pearl's people, the Makah, struggle to survive as Pearl searches for ways to preserve their stories and skills. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: The Haunting of Falcon House Eugene Yelchin, 2016-06-14 A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend. When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house. Prince Lev is the only one who can set them free-will he be the hero his family needs? This title has Common Core connections. |
| orphan sacramento reviews: Muzungu Pamela Sisman Bitterman, 2011-02-03 Muzungu, the Swahili word for white folk, translated literally means confused person wandering about. During the author's months working and traveling through Kenya, this description fits her to a tee. Her audacious Kenyan adventure makes for a bucket load of anecdotes and impressions born of heart and hands-on experience-enough to knock your socks off. The devil in Africa is in the details, and Muzungu is there in the trenches - raw, down and dirty, unapologetic. The author witnesses religious elders morphing into villains, political leaders exposed as criminals, tribal chiefs engaging in forbidden rituals, disease obliterating a generation, dedicated missionaries at the ends of their ropes, and a country in violent revolt. Her husband is railroaded and sentenced to prison. Her co-worker, the author's stalwart bellwether for hard fact and unlikely personal guide into the shadowy underbelly of the country, ultimately commits suicide. She is present for a bizarre meeting between doctors and activists from President Bush's AIDS Relief Project. With these topics being ever-present on today's world stage, this is one story that is dying to get out there. The author's white skin and declaration that she is a writer become her free pass through each successive door and ticket to all events, bar none: in the hospital wards, surgery rooms, orphan clinics, homes, schools, villages, churches, government offices, during tribal ceremonies and throughout the commission of heinous crimes. The reader will meet an African mission's peculiar band of residents up close and personal, their unsparing good, bad and ugly. The author herself is not immune to this intense scrutiny. Quite the opposite, in fact. No pious filter softens this writer's lens. A living newsreel of realities informs the narrative. Candid conversations and interviews are recorded verbatim and in their entirety. The real AIDS in Africa will be disclosed. Western definition does not apply. In fact, the reader may come to realize that few concepts familiar to them can be applied in Kenya. The term lost in translation emerges as a gross understatement. Fellow volunteers who find themselves trapped in the foxholes during a horrific national political revolution witness and report from the front lines.Secret tribal rituals are described in graphic detail. Long-established cultural traditions are examined. Western religion's influence is dissected. Foreign intervention is challenged. History is revisited. Kenya is deconstructed. The reader is invited into a tiny school where the students create a children's picture book for the author in the hope that she can get it published for them in America. Vignettes from the Orphan Feeding Program and the Mobile Medical Clinic will break hearts. Tribal chiefs, church bishops, heads of Non-Governmental Organizations, leaders of Faith-Based Operations, representatives of all manner of self-righteous American and European groups desperate to leave their idealistic fingerprints on the continent, hold forth. Those with their fingers truly on the pulse of the people furiously demand to be heard as well. However, it is the locals themselves who provide the most unwaveringly transparent view of the Kenyans and their condition. Muzungu is complete with color photographs that will touch anyone who has ever had a financial, spiritual, anthropological, sociological or humanitarian interest in Africa, or those who are simply adventurers at heart. Unlike other books on the subject of Africa, this one is specific to the author's own uniquely personal experience with Kenya - too fantastic to be believed. Almost. |
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The meaning of ORPHAN is a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents. How to use orphan in a sentence.
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After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems. Find out how and where to watch "Orphan" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and …
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Orphan is a 2009 American psychological thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman. The film centers on a couple who, …
ORPHAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ORPHAN definition: 1. a child whose parents are dead: 2. to make someone an orphan: 3. a child whose parents are…. Learn more.
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Devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl (Isabelle Fuhrman) …
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Kate and John Coleman adopt 9-year-old Esther from an orphanage, but it doesn't take long for Kate to see through Esther's angelic façade. Watch trailers & learn more.
Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained
Oct 12, 2024 · The Orphan true story is the case of Barbora Skrlová. The inspiration for Orphan shot to international infamy in 2008 when 13-year-old “Adam,” an adopted boy in Norway, …
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Jul 24, 2009 · Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga star as a couple who adopt a 9-year-old girl after losing their own baby then slowly discover their new daughter is not nearly as innocent as …
Orphan (2009 film) - Wikipedia
Orphan is a 2009 psychological slasher film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, …
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Orphan: Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder. A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is …
ORPHAN Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ORPHAN is a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents. How to use orphan in a sentence.
Orphan streaming: where to watch movie online? - JustWatch
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems. Find out how and where to watch "Orphan" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and …
Orphan (film) | Orphan Wiki | Fandom
Orphan is a 2009 American psychological thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman. The film centers on a couple who, …
ORPHAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ORPHAN definition: 1. a child whose parents are dead: 2. to make someone an orphan: 3. a child whose parents are…. Learn more.
Watch Orphan (2009) | Prime Video - amazon.com
Devastated by the loss of their unborn baby, Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard) decide to adopt a child. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl (Isabelle Fuhrman) …
Watch Orphan - Netflix
Kate and John Coleman adopt 9-year-old Esther from an orphanage, but it doesn't take long for Kate to see through Esther's angelic façade. Watch trailers & learn more.
Orphan True Story & Real Life Crime Explained
Oct 12, 2024 · The Orphan true story is the case of Barbora Skrlová. The inspiration for Orphan shot to international infamy in 2008 when 13-year-old “Adam,” an adopted boy in Norway, went …
WarnerBros.com | Orphan | Movies
Jul 24, 2009 · Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga star as a couple who adopt a 9-year-old girl after losing their own baby then slowly discover their new daughter is not nearly as innocent as …
