Ergebnis für "Only Child" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

In this highly personal memoir, Christopher Meyer tells the story of his father, Flight Lieutenant Reggie Meyer, an RAF pilot, who was shot down and killed over the Greek island of Ikaria. Through his mother’s diary and family papers Christopher Meyer pieces together a wartime story of love, tragedy and sacrifice.

You can become the change driver of your own life. The celebrated poet, educator, and author of Welcome Home shows you how in this practical, wise, and tender guide to all of life’s changes. “Change is hard—but Najwa shows you what’s on the other side, and she’s the one you want to...

Casey and her little sister, Christine, started off with what looked like a good beginning. But looks can be deceiving. Their mother, Eve Whitney, a stunning Hollywood beauty, didn't much care for children. Their father, Eddie Maxwell, was a successful songwriter and gag man; he was a brilliant, handsome, hugely charismatic man, but he had a secret drug habit that sent him careening between warm and loving parent one day, to hair-trigger monster the next.

When 16-year-old Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son, Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital, having just given birth, Jess is like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Scared, alone, and practically a child herself, she is overwhelmed with the responsibility of caring for a newborn without the support of a loving family or her beloved boyfriend. With social services threatening to take baby Jimmy into care, Jess knows that Maggie is her only chance.

When Rich Boerner flew across the country to clean out his late mother’s New York apartment, he expected grief—not a total rewrite of his personal history. In the middle of boxes, photos, and fading memories, he finds something shocking: evidence that his life as an only child was a myth, and the identity of the man who was actually his father.

Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles...

This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential. Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned...

The day after Luna Jaffe’s only child died from a miscalculation of codeine cough syrup she began to write letters to him. One day, he began to write back. Together they explore who they are now, in this rearranged world. Told through a raw, unflinching narrative that weaves poetry, art, and spiritual experiences, the book is an exploration of unbearable sorrow but also a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the mysterious ways in which love transcends death.

Not just for only children! Info, stories and life experiences for anyone who feels like they didn't get the How-To brochure on life! Host Tracy Wallace, who has been a business owner, a successful fundraiser, a stand-up comedian, a caregiver and an animal lover, shares stories from the front lines of adulting to help others in this journey called life. She does this while finding the humor in the all situations.

One brother. Three sisters. A lifetime of laughter, chaos, and love. In I Am an Only Child: Ask My 3 Sisters, author David M. Hyman delivers a heartwarming and hilariously honest memoir about family, identity, and the unbreakable bonds between siblings. With dynamic narration by Phillip Nathaniel Freeman, this audiobook brings to life the laughter, rivalries, and unforgettable moments that shape one man’s journey through childhood and beyond. Growing up in a middle-class Jewish household, David often felt like an only child — despite having three spirited sisters.

For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman's rise above an unimaginable childhood. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor -- raising her in isolation, tyrannizing her childhood and...

For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman's rise above an unimaginable childhood. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor--raising her in isolation, tyrannizing her childhood and...