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Zoya's Gift: Building a Bridge to a Global Family | A Memoir
by Gail McCormickStill recovering from the heartbreak of infertility, memoirist Gail McCormick and her husband volunteer to host two Children of Chernobyl for a summer reprieve from radiation exposure. Fate pairs the Seattle couple with eight-year-old Ukrainian twin sisters from Belarus—and rekindles Gail&’s childhood dream to build a bridge of peace between the US and the former Soviet Union.Over four summers of mayhem and magic with the twins, a deep relationship takes root. When the girls age out of the program that brought them to Seattle, Gail confronts her Cold War fears and travels with her husband to reunite with them in Ukraine and Belarus. On this soul-making trip to a land of unspeakable loss, she celebrates life in the homes of an accordion-playing Chernobyl hero and a barefooted babushka who distills her own vodka, and—behind the remnants of the Iron Curtain—finds her place as an honorary mother and babushka in a four-generation family of former Soviets. Poignant and culturally rich, her narrative transports readers to storied cities, villages, and dachas from Kyiv to Minsk.Written with reverence, insight, humor, and hope, Zoya&’s Gift illuminates the complexities, joys, and importance of reaching across political, class, and cultural divides.
Zuleikha: A Novel
by Guzel YakhinaWINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD A sweeping, multi-award winning novel set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, as gangs of marauding soldiers terrorise and plunder the countryside. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. When her husband is executed by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent into exile in Siberia. In the first gruelling winter, hundreds die of hunger, cold and exhaustion. Yet forced to survive in that harsh, desolate wilderness, she begins to build a new life for herself and discovers an inner strength she never knew she had. Exile is the making of Zuleikha.
Zuni and the Memory Jar
by Aisha SaeedA joyful picture book about celebrating everyday moments of fun, beauty, and wonder, from New York Times bestselling author Aisha SaeedMeet Zuni. She's sweet, silly, ever-so-charming, and full of bright ideas. Her family has a memory jar. Anytime someone in the family does something important, they mark those moments through notes and photos stored in the jar and share those memories together at the end of the year.Her parents tell Zuni that when she grows up, she&’ll have important memories to share, too, like graduations, and milestones, and trophies. But Zuni is already making memories! And at the end of the year, her family gets to see the moments that made an impact on little Zuni.A deceptively simple story for young and old alike, Zuni and the Memory Jar is a reminder to celebrate everyday joys in life along with the grand achievements.
Zusammenhalt der Unternehmerfamilie: Verträge, Vermögensmanagement, Kommunikation
by Hermut KormannBietet wertvolle Unterstützung rund um alle Fragen des familiären Zusammenhalts in Familienunternehmen.<P><P> Legt verständlich und profund dar, wie Gesellschafter die Aufgabe meistern können, eine Familie und ihr Unternehmen mit gegenseitigem Respekt erfolgreich fortzuführen.<P> Zeigt Wege auf, wie alle Beteiligten in einen fairen Prozess eingebunden werden können, tragfähige Bindungen der Gesellschafter im Familienunternehmen entstehen und über die Generationen gepflegt werden.<P> „Firma vor Familie“ – dieser klassische Grundsatz wird auch heute noch gerne zitiert, um jungen Familiengesellschaftern die anspruchsvolle Aufgabe ihrer Inhaberverantwortung deutlich zu machen. Allerdings ist die Beziehung zwischen Familie und Firma nicht in erster Linie durch eine Konkurrenz gekennzeichnet, sondern durch eine nachhaltige gegenseitige Bereicherung: Der Rückgriff auf familiäre Ressourcen ermöglicht dem Familienunternehmen einen besonderen Erfolg. Umgekehrt bietet dieses seinen Gesellschaftern einen vielfältigen Nutzen. Damit eine enge und konfliktresistente Bindung entstehen kann, müssen die Bindungsfaktoren – speziell in reifen Mehrgenerationen-Gesellschaften – bewusst gestaltet werden: durch die Pflege einer verantwortungsvollen und Identität stiftenden Familienkultur, durch faire vertragliche Regelungen und durch eine auf Offenheit und Respekt angelegte Kommunikationsarchitektur. In dieser gezielten Stärkung des familiären Zusammenhalts sieht der hier vorgestellte Ansatz in der 2. aktualisierten Auflage zugleich den Schlüssel zur Bewältigung möglicher Konflikte.
The Zuzu Secret
by Miriam ChernickIt&’s summer, and Josie and Abe&’s family just moved to a new town. They each have secrets . . . one of which involves caring for a bearded dragon.For fans of Out of My Mind, comes a heartfelt novel for kids ages 10 and up about sibling relationships, family struggles, disability, and getting what you want.12-year-old Josie Sherman, an animal lover and aspiring vet, rescues a bearded dragon lizard. But her family&’s strict no-pets rule because of her brother's disability forces Josie to hide the lizard, Zuzu, in her bedroom.Abe, Josie's 15-year-old brother, is a huge Orioles fan, and he has plans of his own. Abe lives with Prader-Willi syndrome, which restricts his independence. What secret risks will Abe take to reach his goals?Told in alternating points of view, The Zuzu Secret explores the challenge of balancing independence with deception. Josie and Abe both have things to learn about being truthful with themselves and with the people they love."The Zuzu Secret is much more than a book about a young person with a disability. It is a realistic, warm, beautifully told story of growing love and responsibility between sister and brother."—Francisco X. Stork, author of Marcelo in the Real World