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Things are so bad for recently widowed farmer Mary Bassett and her three children that this Thanksgiving they may not even be able to afford a turkey for their dinner. Suddenly, Mary's wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes for a visit. Although Isabella finds a kindred spirit in Mary's eldest daughter and budding writer Tilly, Mary resents her mother's attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. It will take more than money to...
22) Finding forever
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Two fan-favorite stories about finding love, and never letting go... Rules of the Game: Professional baseball player Parks Jones is insufferable, with an inflated ego Brooke Gordon is dying to pop. Unfortunately, he's also her client's spokesman for a clothing commercial. Brooke knows she can handle Parks as long as she keeps her distance. The captivating man might make her pulse race, but Brooke can't risk getting her heart broken again. Yet Parks...
23) Blue: :A Novel
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Traveling alone from Miami to Port-au-Prince, our narrator finds comfort at the airport. She feels free to ponder the silence that surrounds her homeland, her mother, her aunts, and her own inner thoughts. Between two places, she sees how living in poverty keeps women silent, forging their identities around practicality and resilience. From a distance, she is drawn inevitably homeward toward her family and the glittering blue Caribbean Sea. Blue comes...
24) Salvage
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A documentary that takes a look at the stories of women on Skid Row, and their struggles with homelessness, abuse, and addiction. Filmed at and with the help of the Union Rescue Mission, the film takes a special glimpse into the Mission and the transitional housing facility Hope Gardens. The stories of the women are as varied as the way that they got to Skid Row, and each is salvaging their life in a different way.
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On Christmas Eve, a poor Gypsy woman plays her accordian on the street for money. Most passers-by ignore her. At the end of the day, in desperation, she sells her accordian to buy some food. On her way home she is robbed and discovers that the thief has alos vandalized the church. After she restores the nativity scene and donates her last pennies, the nativity figures come to life and reward her with a feast.
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"Business Doing Good outlines six principles businesses can implement to effectively hire women who have experienced incarceration, poverty, addiction, and/or engagement in the sex trade. While making a difference to both women and communities, businesses will benefit from the many unique skills and perspectives these resilient women bring to work"--
28) Dải Sam
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"M₎t ngư¿i ph̄ n̐ thu₎c tʹng l₋p bʹn cùng và b⁾ khinh r¿ nhÆt trong xã h₎i Þn Đ₎, ngư¿i phĐi đi nhʺt phân s₃ng ċa dân làng błng đôi bàn tay trʹn. M₎t cô gái tr¿ đang s₃ng bình yên tŁi m₎t miℓn bi©n nư₋c Ý, ngày ngày cʹn m±n làm vißc trong xư¿ng sĐn xuÆt ċa gia đình. Và m₎t n̐ luƯt sư danh ti¿ng tŁi vùng bi©n Canada, v₋i hai đ¿i ch₅ng, ba đ̌a con cùng m₎t...
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The Heart's Victory: "Once, Cynthia 'Foxy' Fox pursued racecar driver Lance Matthews, who dismissed her teenage attentions as a simple crush. Now a professional photographer, she is assigned to cover the racing circuit--and seeing him again thrills her even as she finds his dangerous career unnerving. Lance cannot believe the awkward girl he once knew has become a confident and desirable woman. And fate has given him the opportunity to discover who...
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This book studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, it tells the story of their struggle to balance child care and wage-earning in poorly paying and often state-funded jobs with inflexible schedules and the moments when these jobs failed them and they turned...
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"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women-women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things fall apart. In this tour de force, acclaimed Sociologist Jessica Calarco lays bare the devastating consequences of our status quo. Holding It Together draws on five years of research in which Calarco surveyed over...
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