First there is a lady chained to a birch tree, and then Perdita sees a huge White Horse where there isn't one, and then there is a farmer ploughing dangerously close to a fairy ring ... And the wild Midsummer festivals are coming closer and closer ... This is the second of the Perdita novels, and the book includes a long short story 'What Didn't Happen at Samhain'.
Автор: Felicien Perdita Название: My Mother`s Daughter: A Memoir of Struggle and Triumph ISBN: 0385689969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385689960 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 24780.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A phenomenal, human story. . . . I could not put this book down. --CLARA HUGHES An instant national bestseller, this raw and affecting memoir is the story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Decades before Perdita Felicien became a World Champion hurdler running the biggest race of her life at the 2004 Olympics, she carried more than a nation's hopes--she carried her mother Catherine's dreams. In 1974, Catherine is determined and tenacious, but she's also pregnant with her second child and just scraping by in St. Lucia. When she meets a wealthy white Canadian family vacationing on the island, she knows it's her chance. They ask her to come to Canada to be their nanny--and she accepts. This was the beginning of Catherine's new life: a life of opportunity, but also suffering. Within a few years, she would find herself pregnant a third time--this time in her new country with no family to support her, and this time, with Perdita. Together, in the years to come, mother and daughter would experience racism, domestic abuse, and even homelessness, but Catherine's will would always pull them through. As Perdita grew and began to discover her preternatural athletic gifts, she was edged onward by her mother's love, grit, and faith. Facing literal and figurative hurdles, she learned to leap and pick herself back up when she stumbled. This book is a daughter's memoir--a book about the power of a parent's love to transform their child's life.
Автор: Hunt Peter Название: Perdita and the May People ISBN: 1838304134 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838304133 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13090.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
Perdita lives in a world full of books and stories, but real life is just as full of strange things: dancing archaeologists, paragliding grannies, maypoles and ancient wells and strange music ... and two more people called Perdita. And they all seem to be connected... This is the first of the Perdita novels
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