[PDF] The Lost Child And Two Lyrical Stories eBook

Author : Julie Myerson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1408830248

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'The most controversial book in Britain' 'Urgent and vivid ... A serious, writerly, self-critical account of what it means to feel that, despite love and hope and good intentions, you have failed as a parent, and that the child you bore (while still eerily, painfully familiar) is lost to you.' Daily Telegraph 'An aching, empty-nest memoir: a mother mourning for her uncomplicated little children, now grown, whom she could care for, write about without comeback, love - and control' The Times One bleak, late winter's day, Julie Myerson finds herself in a graveyard, looking for traces of a young woman who died nearly two centuries before. As a child in Regency England, Mary Yelloly painted an exquisite album of watercolours that uniquely reflected the world she lived in. But Mary died at the age of twenty-one, and when Julie comes across this album, she is haunted by the potential never realised, the barely-lived life cut short. And most of all, she is reminded of her own child. Because only days earlier, Julie and her husband locked their eldest son out of the family home. He was just seventeen. How could it have come to this? After a happy growing-up, it had taken only a matter of months for this bright, sweet, good-humoured boy to completely lose his way and propel his family into daily chaos. He had discovered cannabis and was now smoking it everyday - and nothing they could say or do, no help they could offer, seemed to reach him. And Julie - whose emotionally fragile relationship with her own father had left her determined to love her children better - had to accept that she was, for the moment at least, powerless to bring back the boy she had known. Honest, warm and often profoundly upsetting, this is the parallel story of a girl and a boy separated by centuries. The circumstances are very different, but the questions remain terrifyingly the same. What happens when a child disappears from a family? What will survive of any of us in memory or in history? And how is a mother to cope when love - however absolute, however unconditional - is not enough to save her child?

Author : Catherine Pain
Publisher : Lulu Enterprises Uk Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 33,2 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409214991

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The Lost Child is a book which tells two stories in one. It describes the struggles of a classroom assistant as she works with the children. The other story is about Everyman as he wanders through a faerie land. On the way we meet characters such as Blame, Responsibility and the Self-pity Monster. We learn about how Guy Fawkes died, what Geno does to try to get out of geography and why the teacher won't let Tome sit next to Alf. In short, it is a tale about hope, despair and 'Shortcake Easter Biscuits - easy recipe'. ISBN 978-1-4092-1499-1

Author : Anita Mercado
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 23,17 MB
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1493111159

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Childhood suffering can inflict a tidal wave of destruction and trauma on those who have endured its fury, and many turn on themselves to fill their void. Loving your inner child enables the innermost turmoil to gradually dissipate and promote recovery. Through meditation and spiritual awakening, this little girl found herself on a journey of self-exploration. Do not abandon the lost child within you; mend their broken hearts and let their words be spoken. This assortment shares the voice of one little girls pain and rediscovery. Read her misery, hear her cries, and watch as this little girl, who was once lost, is finally found.