If you are interested in stories about women who find themselves torn between two worlds you will enjoy this this story of an Amish woman who returns to her home after twenty years and must navigate life upon her return, and her memories of her life in the English world.
Ten years gone, Cora Pooler returns, a second time, to the Amish community where she was raised. She continues to be under the ban, shunned for abandoning a child thirty years before. Arriving in Wander Lane, she discovers her sister, Lily, has been buried in unsanctiffed ground; her sister, Violet, has married Cora's former lover, Aaron; and unbeknownst to her Amish family, the abandoned child is living within the Amish community.With Sheriff Parker's help, and though thwarted by the Amish community's reluctance to accept Cora's presence in their fellowship, Cora attempts to discover the reason for Lily's unseemly burial place, and the reason the abandoned baby, her placement whereabouts supposedly unknown, is now an adult woman living in Wander Lane.
By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past‘Gurnah writes with wonderful insight about family relationships and he folds in the layers of history with elegance and warmth’ The Times_________________________________Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace amidst the squalor of her childhood by spinning warm tales of affection about her beautiful names. But she knows nothing of their origins, and little of her family history – or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain.At seventeen, she takes on the burden of responsibility for her brother and sister and is obsessed with keeping the family together. However, as Sophie, lumpen yet voluptuous, drifts away, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into the world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Building on her fragmented, tantalising memories, she begins to clear a path through life, gradually gathering the confidence to take risks, to forge friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her.
Dottie is a regular girl who likes to hang out with her friends both in person and on the computer using social networks. She knows that in order to stay safe online there are certain rules that must be followed. But, there are also plenty of fun things to do online while staying safe. Come meet Dottie and find out how you too can explore the online world safely. Recommended for kids ages 3-7. Also recommended for preschool and elementary school educators to use in their classrooms.
"Guess what happened last night while you rested your head? A little girl named Dottie did not want to go to bed." So begins this whimsical story by Lula Mae Richmond. Beginning with a baby fighting sleep in her nursery and traveling all the way to the moon, DOTTIE celebrates the power of imagination. From the stars made of cookies to a unicorn's boat made for clouds, DOTTIE's silly rhymes and illustrations create a picture book sure to give the bedtime giggles to parents and kids alike.
As World War II depleted the available manpower available to the major and minor leagues, Chicago Cubs owner Phillip Wrigley came up with a plan to ensure baseball would continue in the war years: the creation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The inaugural season in 1943 was so successful that two additional teams were added for 1944. One of the players brought in to fill the rosters of the new teams was Dottie Wiltse, a star softball player from Southern California. Assigned to the newly formed Minneapolis Millerettes, Wiltse went on to become one of the dominant players in the AAGPBL. During her six-year career with the Millerettes and the Fort Wayne Daisies, Dottie Wiltse Collins (married to Harvey Collins in 1946) pitched in 223 games, with a 117-76 record, 1205 strikeouts, and an earned run average of 1.83. Based on extensive research and interviews with Collins and other principals, this work covers the pitcher's early career as a softball player, her triumphs in professional baseball, and her part in the renewed interest in the women's league in the late 1980s.
