Growing up under the shadow of her mother, Carrie, was like navigating a never-ending storm. For Taylor Ann, childhood was a tumultuous journey through the dark corridors of neglect, chaos, and fear. Carrie, once a fun-loving and childlike presence, soon became a symbol of instability and danger as her mental illness spiraled out of control.In "Scary Carrie," Jacqueline M. Sigrist weaves a powerful and poignant narrative of resilience and survival. Taylor's story is a testament to the strength of the human spirit as she battles through the emotional and physical scars left by her mother's unpredictable and often terrifying behavior. Amidst the chaos, Taylor clings to the hope of a better future, determined to break free from the cycle of dysfunction and create a stable, loving environment for herself and her children.
Ranch foreman Trey fell in love with Carrie almost at first sight. Enough to back off when she told him she couldn't see him anymore.But when Carrie's daughter makes a Christmas wish for her mom to find love, Trey finds himself in a heap more trouble than a cowboy like him should ever find. He's no matchmaker, but he wants the best for Carrie.He wants her to find the belonging he knows she craves.Even if she can't belong to him...
Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels". PLOT: Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline "Sister Carrie" Meeber takes the train to Chicago, where her older sister Minnie, and Minnie's husband, Sven Hanson, have agreed to take her in. On the train, Carrie meets Charles Drouet, a traveling salesman, who is attracted to her because of her simple beauty and unspoiled manner. They exchange contact information, but upon discovering the "steady round of toil" and somber atmosphere at her sister's flat, she writes to Drouet and discourages him from calling on her there. Carrie soon embarks on a quest for work to pay rent to her sister and her husband, and takes a job running a machine in a shoe factory. Before long, however, she is shocked by the coarse manners of both the male and female factory workers, and the physical demands of the job, as well as the squalid factory conditions, begin to take their toll. She also senses Minnie and Sven's disapproval of her interest in Chicago's recreational opportunities, particularly the theater. One day, after an illness that costs her her job, she encounters Drouet on a downtown street. Once again taken by her beauty, and moved by her poverty, he encourages her to dine with him, where, over sirloin and asparagus, he persuades her to leave her sister and move in with him. To press his case, he slips Carrie two ten dollar bills, opening a vista of material possibilities to her. The next day, he rebuffs her feeble attempts to return the money, taking her shopping at a Chicago department store and securing a jacket she covets and some shoes. That night, she writes a good-bye note to Minnie and moves in with Drouet. Drouet installs her in a much larger apartment, and their relationship intensifies as Minnie dreams about her sister's fall from innocence. She acquires a sophisticated wardrobe and, through his offhand comments about attractive women, sheds her provincial mannerisms, even as she struggles with the moral implications of being a kept woman. By the time Drouet introduces Carrie to George Hurstwood, the manager of Fitzgerald and Moy's - a respectable bar that Drouet describes as a "way-up, swell place" - her material appearance has improved considerably. Hurstwood, unhappy with and distant from his social-climbing wife and children, instantly becomes infatuated with Carrie's youth and beauty, and before long they start an affair, communicating and meeting secretly in the expanding, anonymous city....... Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser ( August 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Dreiser's best known novels include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925). In 1930 he was nominated to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Jacob "Dancer" Blake and Carolina Grace. Dancer: Dancer has spent the last few years devoting his life to the things that are most important to him. His club, his daughter, and his woman. Carrie means everything to him. Absolutely everything. Now that old ghosts from the past have finally been laid to rest, he's decided it's time to make Carrie his-legally. She deserves the best. She deserves to have every dream come true. This Valentine's Day he's going to do everything in his power to make sure that happens. This is a NOVELLA at 23k in length. It's a quick read, made for those who want to make sure that Dancer not only heals from the darkness of the past, but embraces his future. It's sweet, happy, and contains zero drama. Its sole purpose lives to either make the reader happy or give them a toothache...maybe a little of both. You might also glimpse all your Savage Brothers favorites. *This is a Novella only. You must have read Saving Dancer to understand this couple. Maybe you could read it without the other, but then why would you want to?
Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress.
Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress.
Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress.
