Patti Davis
Author
Language
English
Description
A racially fueled incident exposes the fissures that sit beneath the surface of friendships and families, causing even more damage than the massive earthquake that separates them, The Earth Breaks in Colors is a powerful story of race and redemption. Whisper and Odelia are eleven-year-old girls who find refuge in the quiet corner of innocent friendship. Their Southern California homes each play host to an undercurrent of secrets. For Whisper that...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"With the searching, exquisite prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. "For the decade of my father's illness, I felt as if I was floating in the deep end, tossed by waves, carried by currents, but not drowning. "In a singular account of battling Alzheimer's, Patti Davis eloquently weaves personal anecdotes with practical advice tailored specifically for the overlooked caregiver. After...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Eager to retell the narrative of her own family and her coming-of-age, Patti Davis casts aside misperceptions that defined her in the past. Far from being the enfant terrible, Dear Mom and Dad reveals young Patti as a sensitive child, who was not able to be the public person her family demanded. Just as she re-examines her own role in an increasingly dysfunctional family drama, Davis casts an empathetic yet honest eye on her parents—on her father,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Isabelle Berendon dove into blue water to save her son. She was too late. Again and again in her dreams she dives in, hoping this time it will be different. He will breathe and live. But again and again he dies. In the empty days following his death, abandoned by her husband, drowning in her grief, she falls in love with the one person who keeps reaching out to save her -- her sister-in-law."--Page 4 of cover.
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