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Holding Pattern: A Novel
by Jenny XieA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE&“There is so much heart in these pages, so much wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit, from beginning to end.&” – Weike Wang, author of Joan is OkayHolding Pattern. Noun.1. A state of suspended progress.2. The awkward way your mother tries to hug you now that you live with her. Again.Kathleen Cheng has blown up her life. She&’s gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now she&’s back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering what&’s next.To her surprise, her mother isn&’t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought she&’d be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hers—to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.Grasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships—especially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult?As they peel back the layers of their history—the old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affection—they must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they&’ve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, Holding Pattern is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other.
Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens
by Ryan PflugerFeaturing 100 stunning color photographs of queer, interracial couples taken by a renowned photographer for the New York Times Magazine, Time, Rolling Stone, and more, this incredible photo and story collection depicts modern love and relationships in all their joy, vulnerability, and affection. Throughout 2020 and 2021, during a time of intense personal and political upheaval, artist, advocate, and photographer Ryan Pfluger set out to capture intimate images of queer, interracial couples, along with personal insight into their relationships in today's world. Featured together for the first time in Holding Space, this unique collection of modern love in its many forms across the spectrum of race, sexuality, and gender identity and gives space to these couples to share short, revealing stories about their relationships. The photos in this collection, and the people in them, can be startling in their openness, playful in their poses, and tender to their core. Pfluger has captured the magic, honesty, and beauty of love in today's queer culture. With a Foreword by Janicza Bravo and an essay by Brandon Kyle Goodman
Holding Time
by Martha G. WelchHolding Time is a breakthrough parenting strategy--a revolutionary approach to mother-child bonding that can make all children happier, more cooperative and more self-reliant. This simple, scientific program is based on the nurturing bondhat forms when you hold your child. With regular holding time sessions, you'll see your children become more loving and less demanding as your own self-esteem grows. Dr. Welch has already enjoyed remarkable success in solving everything from bed-wetting and hyperactivity to sibling rivalry in patients ranging from infancy to their preteen years.
Holding Up the Earth
by Dianne GrayIt has been eight years since Hope's mom died in a car accident. Eight years of shuffling from foster home to foster home. Eight years of trying to hold on to the memories that tether her to her mother. Now Sarah, Hope's newest foster mom, has taken her from Minneapolis to spend the summer on the Nebraska farm where Sarah grew up. Hope is set adrift, anchored only by her ever-present and memory-heavy backpack. Accustomed to the clamor of city life, Hope is at first unsettled by the silence that descends over the farm each night. But listening deeply, she begins to hear the quiet: the crickets' chirp, the windsong, the steady in and out of her own breath. Soon the silence is replaced by voices, like echoes sounding across time - the voices of girls who inhabited the old farmhouse before her. Reluctantly, Hope begins to stretch down roots in the earth and accept this new family as her own.
Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages® for Grieving Parents
by Gary Chapman Candy McVicarA Powerful Resource for Grieving CouplesLosing a child is among the most tragic experiences one can face. The crushing grief puts immense strain on the marriage, family relationships, and friendships that few can understand. That&’s why this book was written. In it Candy McVicar, a grieving mom who leads a ministry for grieving parents, and Dr. Gary Chapman, relationship expert and author of The 5 Love Languages®, team up to help couples who are facing the unimaginable. They&’ll teach you how to:Cope with the complex feelings that come with the grief processUnderstand your spouse&’s unique grieving needs and support him/herUse the five love languages through griefThere is nothing that can make the pain of losing a child go away, but healing is possible with intentional hearts and the right resources.
Holding on to Love After You've Lost a Baby: The 5 Love Languages® for Grieving Parents
by Gary Chapman Candy McVicarA Powerful Resource for Grieving CouplesLosing a child is among the most tragic experiences one can face. The crushing grief puts immense strain on the marriage, family relationships, and friendships that few can understand. That&’s why this book was written. In it Candy McVicar, a grieving mom who leads a ministry for grieving parents, and Dr. Gary Chapman, relationship expert and author of The 5 Love Languages®, team up to help couples who are facing the unimaginable. They&’ll teach you how to:Cope with the complex feelings that come with the grief processUnderstand your spouse&’s unique grieving needs and support him/herUse the five love languages through griefThere is nothing that can make the pain of losing a child go away, but healing is possible with intentional hearts and the right resources.
Holding the World by the Hand
by Gigi SchweikertIt's not through well-rehearsed speeches that children are shaped but through the little interactions in everyday life where mothers make an impact. Gigi Schweikert's candid story-telling and tender instructions provide a look at Affection, Love, Contentment, Compassion, Comfort, Forgiveness, and much more. These easy-to-read sections are ideal for the mom who needs encouragement but has little time to spend on herself.
Holding: A Memoir About Mothers, Drugs, and Other Comforts
by Karleigh Frisbie BroganA stunning debut memoir about addiction, self-discovery, and the relationships between mothers and daughters, from an exciting new literary talentBrogan &“[spins] the world&’s harshest truths into golden, beautiful sentences&” reminiscent of the powerful writing in Wild and In the Dream House (Chelsea Bieker, author of Madwoman)Featuring electric, immersive prose and universal insights about human relationships—especially between adult daughters and mothers—this unflinching and deeply moving excavation of her own history and addiction recovery is equally revealing about the American experience in our time.At age 20, Karleigh Brogan and her boyfriend, Dale, moved into his parents' home. The young couple hid their heroin addiction and promised they would only be there temporarily. What started as a two-week stopgap became two years of habitation. Karleigh and Dale's mother, Glorianne, developed a complex relationship that was both toxic and tender. Glorianne became a stand-in for Karleigh's mother, whose affection and trust Karleigh had always longed for. Simultaneously, Glorianne, an adoptee, searched for the birth mother she never knew.In Holding, Karleigh Brogan brings the reader into her life before, during, and after her time with Dale and his parents, following the road that led from her endless lies to her family and herself, along the long, crooked, path to breaking the chains of her addiction so she could dream again of achieving the life—and the relationship with her own mother—she longed for.
Hole in the Middle: Katie And The Cupcake Cure; Sunday Sundaes; Hole In The Middle (Donut Dreams #1)
by Coco SimonHere's the latest fun, sweet series from the author of the Cupcake Diaries and Sprinkle Sundays series!Everything&’s better with a donut. Lindsay Cooper is about to start middle school. In her free time, she works at her family&’s restaurant, The Park View, handing out the world&’s most delicious donuts at the Donut Dreams counter. Her grandmother started the counter as a way to send Lindsay&’s dad to college, and Lindsay wants to use her job the same way—to make her dream of going to school far away from her small town a reality. Home feels different ever since Lindsay&’s mom passed away two years ago. And not having her mom around to help her get through the start of middle school doesn&’t help her &“first day of school&” angst. But with her cousins Kelsey and Molly by her side, not to mention her BFF Casey, Lindsay soon discovers family and friends go a long way towards filling any hole in your heart. And life can still be as fun as a pink donut with rainbow sprinkles!
Holes in the Sky
by Patricia PolaccoMiss Eula is back! In this heartwarming companion to Chicken Sunday, young Trisha is devastated when her grandmother passes away, but finds joy in bonds with a new friend, her new California neighborhood—and the invincible Miss Eula.There will never be anyone like her grandmother, Patricia Polacco thinks, when her grandmother passes away. But when she and her family move to California—in the middle of a drought—she meets a new friend, the irrepressible Stewart, and his amazing grandmother, Miss Eula, who not only takes Trisha under her wing, but, with Trisha and Stewart, steps up to lead their entire extraordinarily diverse neighborhood to help a hurting neighbor—and her once lush garden—survive the drought. Trisha's grandmother's old saying about the stars being Holes in the Sky turns out to be Miss Eula's, too, convincing Trisha that she has miraculously discovered another unforgettable grandmother.
Holiday Baby Scandal: One Heir... Or Two? Holiday Baby Scandal Back In The Enemy's Bed (Mafia Moguls #3)
by Jules BennettA Christmas surprise is on the way for one Boston woman after a fling with a sexy mob enforcer in this contemporary romance.Taken in at a young age, Ryker Barrett owes the O’Shea family everything. Which means his “little sister” Laney is way off-limits . . . no matter how seductive the brunette beauty is! She’s the one woman he can’t have a casual fling with . . . so how in the hell did he end up in her bed?Laney knows the dangerous Ryker is the perfect man for her no matter how hard he resists. But when one night of unbridled passion leaves Laney pregnant with his child, she’ll need a Christmas miracle to convince him that loving her won’t destroy his place in her overprotective family.“Jules Bennett writes wonderfully romantic, emotional stories . . . guaranteed to grip your heart.” —New York Times–bestselling author Lori Foster
Holiday Baking: New and Traditional Recipes for Wintertime Holidays
by Sara PerryBake something special for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa, or New Year’s with one of these eighty-seven simple recipes.The Wintertime holidays are alive with tradition, especially in the kitchen. And nothing is more festive than baked goods fresh from the oven. Holiday Baking celebrates the six major events of the season—Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s—with irresistible treats you’ll want to add to your culinary repertoire right away.These easy-to-follow recipes are ready to mix-and—match, whatever your plans may be. Vida Lee’s Maple Pumpkin Pie is equally welcome at Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. The three different rugelach cookie variations are great for Hanukkah or a cookie swap party. Buttery Buckingham Palace Shortbread or Sweet Onion, Apple, And Cheese Tart are just right for a midday Boxing Day brunch. Brown Sugar Benne Cookies and Mama’s Yummy Sweet Spoonbread Soufflé are sure to become classic favorites for Kwanzaa. For New Year’s, the Bloody Mary And Baked Mushroom Omelet will soothe those who indulged a little too much the night before.With simple tips for baking with kids, these recipes are as fun to make as they are easy to eat. Whether you are looking for the old-fashioned recipes you loved as a child or for some new inspiration, Holiday Baking is tasty enough to please the child in all of us.
Holiday Baking: Seasonal Recipes for Cakes, Cookies & More (American Girl)
by American GirlMake the holiday season extra cozy with baked treats from Thanksgiving pies to Christmas cookies and more in this cookbook for creative young chefs! American Girl Holiday Baking features more than fifty delicious holiday recipes. From winter-themed cupcakes to chocolate candies and nut brittles, there&’s a special treat to celebrate every occasion during the winter season. Readers will find fantastic ideas for home-baked gifts that are perfect for sharing, plus party planning and decorating tips, packaging ideas, and other fun ways to be creative while filling the home with the aromas of holiday baking. Whether you want to make spectacular cookies for a cookie exchange party, seasonal cakes and tarts for a special dessert, or homemade candies and confections for gifts, this beautifully photographed collection of recipes will become a new holiday treasure and tradition. In addition to essential baking tips and safety knowhow, discover fun skills like piping and flooding icing, transforming sugar cookies into ornaments, frosting cakes, and rolling dough like a pro.
Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids: Gifts, Sweets, and Treats for the Whole Family!
by Jessica StrandKid-friendly crafts and recipes for traditional holiday festivities—from an autumn wreath to paper snowflakes, matzo bark to a popcorn Kwanzaa collage. Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids will bring the whole family together for some good holiday fun. Children ages four and up will love selecting their own materials and digging into these cheerful projects. There is something here for everyone and every winter occasion Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, New Year’s, and Boxing Day! Step-by-step instructions, helpful templates, and color photos make it a cinch for little ones to follow along. Best of all, the materials and ingredients for these projects are inexpensive, easy to find, and even easier to turn into amazing gifts, decorations, and treats.“Such a wonderful holiday catch-all.” —In the Know Mom“Enjoy some family bonding time with the young ones, using these easy to follow and inexpensive suggestions for holiday treats.” —Kirkland Reporter
Holiday Games: A Play-By-Play Novella 6.5 (Play-By-Play #6)
by Jaci BurtonHoliday Games is a sexy holiday novella in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.All Elizabeth and Gavin Riley want for Christmas is a baby. Despite over a year of trying, conception hasn't been successful. But for a high-achiever like Elizabeth, she must succeed at everything. That means making the very most of every opportunity with her husband. And when it comes to nonstop sex Gavin's not really complaining. Exhausted, maybe... Unfortunately, this holiday season they're not exactly given a lot of private time. Elizabeth is hosting the holiday, Gavin's sister is getting married, and the house is wall-to-wall with family. For Elizabeth and Gavin the nights may be chilly, but the urge is still hot. And they're not about to let any distraction get in the way of their necessary pleasures during a holiday game that yields so many unexpected surprises.Includes a preview of Jaci Burton's novels Melting the Ice and Hope Flames. Want more sexy sporting romance? Don't miss the rest of this steamy series which began with The Perfect Play. And check out Jaci's gorgeously romantic Hope series beginning with Hope Flames.
Holiday Gifts Kids Can Make: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-165 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Ser.)
by Editors of Storey PublishingSince 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Holiday Magic (Mary-Kate and Ashley, Two of a Kind Diaries)
by Diana G. Gallagher Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley OlsenIt's the White Oak Holiday Food Festival, and Mary-Kate and Ashley are creating their own restaurant called Sugar and Spice as part of a school competition.
Holiday Miracles: A Christmas / Hannukah Story
by Ellyn BacheThe heartwarming story of a family where Dad is Christian and Mom is Jewish. During the December holidays, their son becomes seriously ill and their faith is tested.
Holiday Mischief (Sweet Valley Twins Super Edition #2)
by Jamie SuzanneThe Sweet Valley Middle School Choral Group is off to Washington, D.C., to compete in the national choral championship. Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield and their friend Anna can't wait to go. For the twins, it's their first big trip away from home. For Anna, it's her chance to find her long- lost sister Leslie, who she has just discovered is living in Washington, D.C. Jessica comes up with a brilliant plan to bring Anna and Leslie back together again. But it will mean sneaking out after dark from their hotel to a foreign embassy. If the girls get caught, the whole choral group might be sent home. They know it's dangerous but they don't realize that their escapade is about to become an international news event! And the biggest, most wonderful surprise is that Anna's long- lost sister is not at all what-or who-anyone expected.
Holiday On Ice: A Play-By-Play Novella 8.5 (Play-By-Play #8)
by Jaci BurtonHoliday On Ice is a sexy holiday enovella in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.Superstar hockey player Patrick 'Trick' Niemeyer and dancer Stella Slovinski have picked up where they left off a year ago, resuming their hot, uncomplicated affair. Stella refuses to call it dating, or a relationship. But lately, Trick is looking for more... Stella's been burned before - in a relationship she never talks about - not with her family, not with her friends, and definitely not with Trick. But now it's the holiday season and Trick is determined to give Stella his heart wrapped up in a bow. He knows Stella is the right woman for him, but he'll have to melt the ice surrounding her heart to keep her from walking away.Includes a preview of Quarterback Draw and Love After All.Want more sexy sporting romance? Don't miss the rest of this steamy series which began with The Perfect Play. And check out Jaci's gorgeously romantic Hope series beginning with Hope Flames.
Holiday Wishes: A Heartbreaker Bay Christmas Novella (Heartbreaker Bay)
by Jill ShalvisA novella in New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis's Heartbreaker Bay series, featuring her trademark gift for humour, warmth and romance. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts and Marie Force. It's Christmastime again in Heartbreaker Bay!When Sean O'Riley shows up at the Hartford Bed & Breakfast for his older brother's bachelor weekend, he's planning to get through this weekend as well as he can and fulfill his duties as best man. What he's not expecting is to come face to face with the woman he lost his virginity to a decade ago - a woman he's never really forgotten.The last time Lotti Hartford saw Sean, she told him she loved him while he said nothing. Now, ten years later, she's just looking for a good time. For once, she wants to be wild and free, and when she sees how good Sean grew up, she thinks he might actually be the perfect candidate. As the weekend continues, Sean realizes that after a lifetime of being the hook-up king, he's ready to find happily-ever-after with Lotti. But is she ready to open her heart once again? As Christmas sweeps through the little B&B, love and magic are in the air. Want more warm, funny romance? Check out Lost And Found Sisters, the Heartbreaker Bay novels, Sweet Little Lies, The Trouble With Mistletoe and Accidentally On Purpose, visit gorgeous Cedar Ridge, spellbinding Lucky Harbor or experience some Animal Magnetism in Sunshine, Idaho in Jill's other unforgettable series.
Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn
by Eve GarnettMore endearing adventures of the Ruggles family from One End Street.Kate loves the country so much that kind Mr and Mrs Wildgoose invite her to spend the whole of the summer holidays with them at The Dew Drop Inn, so she says good-bye to her mother and father and her six brothers and sisters, and sets off by train with a shiny black mackintosh and some brand-new gum-boots. The Wildgooses are just as kind as she remembered them, and there is a big excitement for her when The Dew Drop Inn is to take part in the concert and flower show. Kate is kept busy learning how to make cakes and jam, discovering where all sorts of wild flowers grow, and writing an essay. But the most difficult thing of all is deciding which of her poems to recite at the concert.
Holiday in the Sun (Mary Kate and Ashley, Sweet #16)
by Eliza Willard Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley OlsenHOT, HOT, HOT. Alex and Madison Stewart really want to go to Hawaii with their classmates this winter break. Their parents have a different idea - another family vacation. But this family vacation turns out to be anything but dull when Alex and Madison meet two cute boys and stumble onto one hot secret!
Holidays
by Kurt BrunerThis book contains complete plans for helping kids learn spiritual truths from eight traditional holidays, plus it helps them appreciate the sanctity of Human Life.
Holidays on the Ranch: Three Cozy Christmas Romance Novels
by Melissa Senate Michelle Major RaeAnne ThayneThree festive holiday stories in one volume!The Rancher's Christmas SongWhen Beckett McKinley&’s twin boys need help preparing a Christmas song for their father, music teacher Ella Baker agrees on one condition: They teach her to ride a horse. Her decision certainly has nothing to do with the crush she has on sexy single dad Beck…Triplets Under the TreeRancher Hutch Dawson is desperate for a nanny for his six-month-old triplets. Then, Savannah Walsh comes knocking—with a proposal! His longtime rival, Savannah has secretly always loved Hutch, and offers to be his nanny in exchange for the chance to experience life with a family. It&’s a Christmas miracle Hutch can&’t refuse. Juggling diapers, feedings and story time, Hutch and Savannah prove they&’re better partners than rivals. And maybe, the five of them can be a forever family for Christmas…A Very Crimson ChristmasFor years there'd been only one woman in Liam Donovan's life—his beloved nanny, who'd raised him as her own. But someone is clearly taking advantage of Ruth, which brings the studly CEO back to Crimson, the place he was all too happy to have left behind. And there Liam finds Ruth has live-in help—in the form of his high school love, Natalie Holt, and her adorable son… He better not fall for Nat a second time—because what if she is the cause of his nanny's missing money? Previously published