Faulkner portrayed Emily Grierson, not as a murderous madwoman, but as a desperate woman who lost everything. Her father, the only man in her life, kept her from marriage and happiness. Abandoned by her sweetheart and ostracized society after the family fortune was gone and her father died, she spen...

After years of abuse, both physically and emotionally, Celie discovers herself searching for some self-respect. Fonso, Celie's abusive father, forces her to marry Albert, also abusive by nature. Celie finds a degree of hope through Albert's mistress, Shug. Shug serves as a tremendous force...

On a spring morning in 1932, young children Mary and Karl Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. Having parted and going separate ways Mary having gone to live with her aunt, while Karl goes on to explore and live on the wilder side. These children were orphaned in a most peculiar way; t...

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story of two young lovers who are torn between tennage passsion and drama. In this story romeo and Juliet's parents do not get along. Romeo's parents are montagues and juliets parents are capulets. Since they are forbidden to see each other they end up snaeking ...

Being a single mom in colllege is stressful. Making time for my son, studying and social life is a challenge. Charlie always demands my undivided attention. The other night, trying to finalize my speech, he continually asked, " Mommy will you play with me" or Can we go bowling?" I was getting ...

The setting of this book is sometime in the future when a married couple could only have 2 children. The couple in question had 3 children had a great ability were above genious. The government tested the 3 but the only one was superior to his siblings. Ender was the third child in a family w...

Dianne Day isn't as famous as Mary Higgins Clark but she had a childhood similar to her. When she was a baby in Mississippi her father died. Dianne went on to live with her grandparents and they also were not a well-financed family. When Dianne was seven she rejoined her mother was now remarri...