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|  | | A Stirred Pot
A Collection of Short Stories
Author Gay Ingram has gathered stories about ordinary people experiencing extraordinary circumstances. From a woman's chance encounter with her birth mother to the tale of a town divided by a cow's death, the reader can expect to be entertained by these stories. | |  | | George Washington From Boy Surveyor To Soldier
George's hopes of a proper English education are dashed by his father's death. When he discovers the surveying tool left behind, George embarks on an education that will influence the rest of his life.
The death of his father when he was only eleven dashes George Washington's hopes for a proper English education. Then, his mother refuses to allow him to fulfill his dream of a Naval career. It is only with the discovery of his father's surveying tools that the young George finds an 'open door' to experiences that will prepare him for the greatest adventure of his life...our country's first president. | |  | | Living With A Depressed Spouse
How does a wife respond with love to a depressed husband? How do you maintain your own mental health? Drawing from the author's own experience, Living With A Depressed Spouse offers hope and solid help for others.
Like a voice crying in the wilderness, the author shares her hard-earned knowledge about living with a depressed husband. She gives the reader insight into this debilitating disease that affects an estimated 18.8 million people who struggle with it in any given one-year period.
Mental illness is the second leading cause of disability in the U.S. But mental illness affects not only the individual but everyone striving for a relationship with that individual.
In an effort to assist others who find themselves in a similar situation, i>Living With A Depressed Spouse/i> brings | |  | | Mai Lin; Another New Beginning
Sold into slavery, Mai Lin comes to San Francisco and barely escapes the Great Fire of 1904. Rescued by a Scottish fisherman, she joins other displaced chinese to form a family. Agreeing to a marraige to save her rescuer, Mai Lin learns her new husband is not who he appeared to be.
Mai Lin, a young Chinese girl, reaches the shores of San Francisco in time to experience the great Earthquake of 1904. Almost drowning in her attempt to escape the devastating fire, she is rescued by Rob McDuff. Together with Ah Soo and Sing Ho, who have also become homeless by the earthquate and fire, Mai Lin finds a family.
When Rob McDuff's gambling debts puts the family in jeopardy, Mai Lin agrees to marry Duck Choy who has become enamored with her, unknowing that the man is part of a Chinese Tong. Mai Lin anticipates a loving marraige, especially when she becomes pregnant | |  | | Morgana's Revenge
Determined to learn the reason for her parents' death in a fire that destroyed their home, Morgana Grant agrees to go undercover.
As a private tutor to the three children of Lillian Marchand, Morgana finds herself mystified by the woman's brother. An overheard phone conversation and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, one of which describes her parents' deaths, cause Morgana to question exactly why she is at Manor Oaks.
A domestic fire...both parents dead...years of hospital recovery and now Morgana Grant is looking for answers.
Recruited by a special investigative unit, Morgana commits to doing whatever it takes to find her parents' killers. Posing as a private tutor, she infiltrates Manor Oaks, not really knowing what her assignment will include.
Two men--ill-mannered Gregory Walker and cheeky Shawn Hennessey--create distractions for Morgana but fail to divert her from her objective.
When she's shown a scrpbook of sorts containing clippings about her parents' demise, Morgana | |  | | Not Bound By Blood
Miriam Meyer won Olympic Gold and wants a repeat achievement. Blanche LaRue plans to be an internationally-recognized actress. What's the glue that makes this friendship work?
In a friendship forged in high school days, solemn athletic Miriam Meyer and flamboyant actress Blanche LaRue seem as different as apples and kumquats.
After winning an Olympic Gold Medal while still a teenager, a plane crash forces Miriam to give up her dream of a repeat performance. She marries and settles for small-time life as the wife of banker, Brad Hammond.
Blanche disposes of anything that will come in the way of achieving her goal, even husband and child. Her career carries her into the European war scene where an enamored Count Romano Vicente comes to her res | |  | | Second Time Around
Recently widowed, Dolly Summers steps in to take her husband's position in the family business.
An accident connects her with a stranger who could possibly be her first love. But didn't he die twenty-eight years ago in a train wreck?
After the death of her husband of twenty-five years, Dolly enters a new phase of her life. When her best friend is killed, she assumes custody of a rebellious teenage all the while investigating the take-over of her family's business.
When an accident connects Dolly with Douglas Martin, her world goes topsy-turvy. Everything about the man shouts he's her first love who was supposed to have died when on his way to propose marraige.
When the teenage Amanda is kidnapped, it is to Doug that Dolly turns for support and help. As their attraction grows, Dolly's confusion incr | |  | | Til Death Do Us Part
Raised by a single mom, Emily, Deborah and Victoria, all chose different lives. Now that their father’s secret is revealed, they find themselves struggling with truth and forgiveness.
Robert Forester, an embezzler, leaves his wife Marion and their three daughters to avoid imprisonment. Never revealing the reason behind his disappearance, Marion refuses to acknowledge that he is still alive and raises her family alone.
Emily, the eldest, marries a missionary pilot and must adjust to the difficulties of living and raising her daughter, Shannon, in a Kenyan village.
Deborah impulsively marries Johan Lootevik and soon finds herself helping to run a hunting lodge in Alaskan wilds.
Since childhood, Victoria has experienced bouts of depression. When a ru | |  | | Troubled Times
Their country is on the brink of Civil War; George Morgan and friends seek to escape harassment. But each must ask himself what price he's willing to pay for freedom.
span style="font-size: larger;">span style="font-family: Tahoma;">It's 1856 and the states are on the verge of a civil war, borther against brother, father against son. George Morgan and his friends just want to be left alone. Tired of being harassed because of the color of thier skin, this determined group migrates from Kentucky to the free state of Indiana. There they hope to find a place where they can live free from persecution./span>/span>
span style="font-size: larger;">span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The way is hard--a river takes a child, they're threatened by a slav | |  | | Twist of Fate
Kidnapped by Indians, then rescued as an adult, Audelia Simms must learn how to live in the white world all over again
Set in the late 1700s on the western plains of Illinois, Audelia Simms is captured by Indians and adopted by the chief's wife.
Rescued years later, Audelia must now re-learn the white man's ways. She discovers she has siblings and assumes care of her childhood friend, Jason Badwell's children when his wife dies in childbirth.
When Audelia comes face-to-face with Loko, a former kidnapper and now recaptured renegade Indian, she realizes she must accept the twists in her life.
| |  | | Walking In His Shoes
A collection of reminiscences where I came face-to-face with my father's deteriorating Alzheimer's condition.
How does a daughter react when she witnesses the slow deterioration of a father she adores by Alzheimer's Disease?
In Walking In His Shoes, Gay Ingram shares poignant incidents in his decline.
Her stories are not meant to discourage but to convey a message of hope to others who find themselves in the same situation. | |  | | Walking In His Shoes
The author shares poignant incidents in her father's decline into Alzheimer's Disease.
How does a daughter react when she witnesses the slow deterioration of a father she adores by Alzheimer's Disease?
Her stories are not meant to discourage but to convey a message of hope to others who find themselves in the same situation, |
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