Bøger af Shannon Stewart

(Number Three in the "Tangled Minds" series) Westview, North Carolina is a charming small Southern town. It's kind of like Mayberry, except with secrets, lies, and crime...lots of crime. While some of its residents deal with mundane issues like traumatic brain injury, paralysis, adultery, and getting to Krispy Kreme while the "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign is still on, others have actual problems. Westview Gazette editor Matt Andrews has snapped out of a monstrous stupor to not only discover that he is locked up in the state mental hospital, but also that he's just murdered someone. And while Matt's away, his wife Joanna will play...around. Hudson Winnock, along with several unfortunate others, discover that hell hath no fury like Ruth Branch scorned. Richard Devonshire reluctantly turns to a psychiatrist to help with his recurring nightmares, with unexpected results. Plus, we learn the outcome of mobster Bo Novak's latest (final?) rampage. Author's note: "Tangled Minds" is a series patterned after the daytime and nighttime soap operas of my youth. The books are presented in a modified script format, with searing, "what-will-happen-next" questions at the conclusion of each chapter, and each book culminates in a nail-biting cliffhanger.

(Number Two in the "Tangled Minds" series) Westview, North Carolina, is a typical, sleepy small town, full of charm, sweet-smelling peony-and off-kilter people. And no one is more off his kilter than the fearsome Bo Novak, Number Two man of the entire mid-Atlantic mafia.A darkness has descended upon the usually lighthearted and quirky Westview, and it has nothing to do with the icy weather of autumn, 1991. A series of tragedies, most of which can be traced back to Bo and his mob associates, befall the town's beloved residents. Shootings, explosions, and horrific assaults occur with alarming frequency, and Friendship Hospital (where the staff is anything but friendly) is kept busy as the injuries and bodies pile up. Hearty southerners that they are, though, Westview Gazette editor Matt Andrews and his friends know how to keep their chins raised and their upper lips stiff. Humor can be found even in the direst of circumstances.Author's note: "Tangled Minds" is a series patterned after the daytime and nighttime soap operas of my formative years. The books are presented in a modified script format, with searing, "what-will-happen-next" questions at the conclusion of each chapter, and each book culminates in a nail-biting cliffhanger.

(Number One in the "Tangled Minds" series) Westview, North Carolina, is a typical, sleepy southern town, full of charm, sweet-smelling peony-and crazy people. And, since there are only so many public offices to fill, most (but not all) of them end up in the notorious Loony Bin asylum, where it's often difficult to tell who's crazier-the inmates or the staff. Intrepid Westview Gazette editor Matt Andrews goes there looking for a readership-boosting human interest story for his small newspaper, but instead is taken hostage by an unhinged Loony Bin resident. Matt's graphic artist, Sterling Smullen, has meanwhile volunteered at the asylum to teach finger-painting. His noble effort, however, is hampered when he becomes the object of a delusional Swedish sex therapist's infatuation. Matt's TV-obsessed wife, Joanna, hires a Sherlock Holmes-worshipping detective to locate her missing husband. Throw in a couple of not-so-competent psychiatrists, their lovers, would-be lovers, and assorted off-balance patients, and you have a fast-paced melodramatic farce that will have you bouncing off your padded walls. Author's note: "Tangled Minds" is a series patterned after the daytime and nighttime soap operas of my formative years. The books are presented in a modified script format, with searing, "what-will-happen-next" questions at the conclusion of each chapter, and each book culminates in a nail-biting cliffhanger.

There is one thing in life you can be certain ofIf you don't truly understand GRIEF, it will take you down. 5 Lives. 5 Stories. 1 Desire...Acceptance. They won't all make it.

It's Ramadan, a time to focus on good deeds and to fast, and Badir and his brother, Anis, are out for a walk one evening while they wait for their iftar meal. In the park Badir sees a rat. A very, very large rat. He soon learns it's actually a beaver, an animal that doesn't live in Tunisia, the country Badir and his family have emigrated from. It turns out that some of the neighbors who enjoy the park think this beaver is a bit of a pest, but Badir thinks it's wonderful and learns everything he can about the iconic Canadian animal. When a petition is started to remove the beaver, Badir, who knows firsthand how difficult it is to leave your home behind, rallies his classmates to save it. And with a little help from new friends, the kids learn that collaboration and faith can change the way we think about the world.

A finalist for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Book of Poetry in 1999, "The Canadian Girl" is a stunning debut.