|
|
|  | | Belle: Rebel In Red Silk
Belle was our family black sheep, thus no one would speak about her. My one meeting with her so impressed me that I felt compelled to 'create' her life
Belle was raised on a small Nebraska farm in the early 1900's, but from an early age was determined to find another life. Her creative, but unorthodox way of leaving the farm created tension and discord in her family. Her attempts to reconcile with her family over the years was unsucessful, and left her with many questions, but few regrets about her choice to leave.
Her life became a series of adventures including foreign travel, and operating her own busines. | |  | | Belle:Rebel In Red Silk
Belle is the family rebel, trying to make her own way in the world.
Belle dared to be flamboyant and outspoken long before it was fashionable. Belle: Rebel In Red Silk is an entrancing look into the life of an ambitious woman in the early 1900's.
| |  | | Fate, Chance or Divine Design
And so began the next and probably most important phase of both my nursing education and life education.
This is a must-read book for anyone who has ever been affected by alcoholism or chemical dependency, as well as for those who battle their own personal demons. Joyce takes you on a journey through an alcoohol treatment center. With stories that are by turns funny, sad or touching she introduces you to some of the people she worked with, both patients and staff. If you have ever wondered how treatment for alcoholism or chemical dependency works, and why it sometimes doesn't, this is a book for you. It is also a tale of personal growth and how everyone uses some form of denial to keep their o |
|
|
|
