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Growing up can break your heart...Seventeen-year-old Livvy is determined that the summer of 1978 will be different. This is the summer that she will prove her independence, not only to her family and her elusive boyfriend, Kane-but to herself.Escaping Ontario for the wild, rugged landscape of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Livvy discovers that not even the loving closeness of her eccentric Aunt Donna can hide the fact that she has journeyed to a different world.While she yearns for Kane's affections, and sends heartfelt letters to entice him to follow her to the island, a deeper, more bewildering longing surfaces within Livvy.Swept away on a breathtaking journey of self-discovery, Livvy leans into the tight-knit community to help navigate the unfamiliar territory and her inner turmoil.Before summer ends, she must find the strength to confront her worst fears and insecurities. But will her newfound independence mean she's still worthy of love? Head On Backwards, Chest Full of Sand is a nostalgic and empowering coming-of-age story about the messy, beautiful process of growing up and the importance of finding your own voice.

A vulnerable woman falls for an online sweet-talker and poetry ensues.Chatterbox is a collection of 110 poems - tiny tellings written during a year of marriage disintegration.A creative force, exploding from decades of silence, inspires the Chatterbox poems. The poet struggles to attend to a Muse that wakes her each morning, urging her to capture the spirit igniting inside her. The poems explore a world of bewildering emotions ranging from sadness and terror to anger and enlightenment. Enter a world conjured from fairytales and dolls, the Garden of Eden, and The Wizard of Oz. Poems abound with moths and mice, dogs and horses, roosters and crows, oranges and apples, the moon and the sun. The poet observes her life as it falls apart, then miraculously turns herself outward toward others. If you love the poetry of Rupi Kaur, Maya Angelou, or Amanda Lovelace you will not want to miss the fresh new voice in Chatterbox: Poems by Sandy Day..Purchase your copy today.

She didn't expect to miss them......but with a cat the kids left behind as her only companion, a divorced woman is blindsided and overwhelmed by empty nest syndrome.That's why escaping from her cramped, messy apartment in the city sounds like a welcome change.But can moving to the family cottage with her middle-aged sisters really be a good idea?As she battles encroaching woodland creatures and noisy vacationers, her resilience wobbles. Can she grapple with the ghosts of her messed-up past? Will she drown in a sea of old relationships? Can she find tranquility in this season of turbulence?This fearless portrayal of life beyond the empty nest will make you laugh in recognition. Poignant and mesmerizing prose, for lovers of short fiction for women, An Empty Nest: A Summer of Stories is an ideal read for a summer's afternoon.Be transported to a summery lakeside cottage. Click buy now and start reading today.

Life just got life-y...On the night that Trudy Asp discovers her ex is engaged to the same dental hygienist who's been picking at her teeth for ten years, her daughter, Madison, suddenly announces that she too is getting married, in Europe.Frumpy, floundering, and forced to live with her martini-swilling mother, Trudy is swamped by these revelations. And on top of it all, she'll be wearing the second most scrutinized gown at the wedding.Having packed on the pounds during the demise of her marriage, the idea of being eyeballed by her ex and his scrawny fianc e Zelda, is truly horrifying. To make matters worse, there's the paralyzing fear of a transatlantic flight - something Trudy has avoided for decades.When Zelda offers to stand in for her, Trudy is forced to confront the forces that stole her marriage and threaten to steal her daughter's wedding too. With three months until the ceremony, Trudy must get to Europe, squeeze herself into a gown, and claim the role she wants more than anything: Mother-of-the-Bride.Will this Odd Mom Out sink or swim? Or will she drown in a sea of humiliation?Travel with Trudy, SCROLL UP AND GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY

What Will They Say at Your Funeral? Fred Sadler wasn't too happy with what he heard at his. After four years on the battlefields of France, all he wanted was to take his rightful place as eldest brother and favored son. He was destined, he supposed, to lead an educated life followed by a rewarding career, a wife, possibly children, and most assuredly blissful Ontario summers at his family's summer resort. He'd served his country - now it was time to reap his reward But Fred's darn head kept getting in the way. Anxious and uncertain, every sound scaring the hell out of him, this WWI veteran struggled to fit in to a society that had left him behind. People were the worst. Disagreeable, intolerable, and downright rude. Even Fred's family was conspiring against him. It wasn't fair. He deserved a good life. Why didn't they mind their own damn business and leave him the hell alone? 1986. Fred Sadler is dead. In a peculiar, unsettled state his being travels - tethered, somehow, to his loathed sister-in-law, Viola, as she goes about arranging his funeral. He can't be alone in wondering what people will say at the funeral. Don't we all wonder that? And he needs to know what his father was thinking when he locked Fred up in that insane asylum The ghost of Fred Sadler thrashes with fury as Viola relates her misleading version of events. This is not the story he would tell if anyone would listen. Is it too late? Can he impart the truth even as he's fading behind the veil of death? Will the tortuous resentments that clouded Fred's life follow him into eternity? A stirring family drama. Fred's Funeral reminds us of ancestors we've almost forgotten and may have left behind. It's never too late to remember. Click "Look Inside" and start reading this sad story that will make you cry today.

Fred Sadler is as unsettled in death as he was in life. Is there hope for a man no one has ever really known? Or will the tortuous resentments that clouded his living follow him into eternity? 1919. After surviving the battlefields of WWI, all Fred Sadler wants is to return to Canada and take his rightful place as eldest brother; destined he supposes to life as an engineer, with a wife, possibly children, and most assuredly blissful summers at his father's lakeside resort. Fred has served his country, now it's time to reap his reward. But Fred's darn head keeps getting in the way. Anxious and uncertain, every sound scares the life out of him. And people, they're the worst-people are downright rude, disagreeable, and intolerable. Even Fred's family seems to be conspiring against him. It's not fair. He deserves a good life. Why won't they mind their own damn business and leave him alone? 1986. Fred Sadler is dead but in a peculiar, unsettled state his being travels- tethered somehow to his loathed sister-in-law, Viola, as she goes about arranging his funeral. Fred can't be alone in wondering what people will say about him at his funeral. Don't we all wonder that?Fred needs to know what his family was thinking when they locked him away in Whitby Hospital for the Insane. And as Viola relates her infuriating version of events, the ghost of Fred Sadler despairs. This is not the story he would tell. Is it too late? How does a man impart the truth about his life as he's fading behind the veil of death?This stirring family drama will remind you of the ancestors you may have forgotten.