Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The powerful, unforgettable ... memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents. A National Book Award Finalist! In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father...
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This moving memoir-in-verse tells about what it means to be an everyday activist and foot solider for racial justice, as Kathlyn recounts how she went from attending protests as a teenager to fighting as an adult for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday to become a national holiday."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A compelling graphic novel-memoir of the author's decade or so experiences as a gringa teenager brought to Cuba by parents supportive of the revolution and ultimately forced to flee during the political crackdowns that consolidated Castro's power and that, for lesbians and homosexuals, were harrowing in a particular kind of way"--
"An eyewitness account of idealism, self-discovery, and loss under one of the twentieth-century's most repressive political...
5074) No news at Throat Lake
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Lawrence Donegan longs for the quiet life, far from the crowds, filth, and all-around dreariness of big-city life." "Once he has carefully selected a wardrobe to suit such an ambitious urban exodus (boxer shorts or Y-fronts?), anguished over the perfect soundtrack for his sabbatical (Duran Duran or Blonde on Blonde?), and bidden extended farewells to fond friends (total time elapsed: six minutes), our hero is unmoored at last, faced with a seemingly...
5076) Morning and noon
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1965.
Language
English
Description
Dean Acheson was Harry Truman's Secretary of State and played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. This account of his youth and early career includes his time as a law clerk to Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis.
5078) Room for one more
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1950.
Language
English
Description
"A mother relates her experience in bringing up three foster children two boys and a girl, along with her own three children. The adopted children were underprivileged, and through the family was not well off, their need made Mrs. Rose decide there was 'room for one more'"
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request
