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Martin and Asta came to America in 1913 to homestead and create a better life for themselves and a hoped-for family. Nineteen years later during the difficult years of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, they intend to improve the lives of three of their nine children by sending their 18-year-old daughter with her two younger sisters to Norway to live with relatives for two years. But things do not go according to plan. The oldest sister falls in love with and marries a young Norwegian man, leaving the two younger sisters with no one to take them home.

A powerful and unique book filled with inspirational stories and strategies from the author and 13 other professionals who have successfully bounced back after a career threatening setback. Listen to this book to learn how to: Develop your personal brand, tell your career story and position yourself to hiring managers. Build credibility in the job market and inside a new organization. Bounce back from a setback including a layoff, reorg, working for a bad manager or suffering from career burnout.

This audiobook is a compilation of humorous short story poems that will keep the entire family laughing with each delightful tale set in easy to follow rhyme and verse. The inventive and creative wordplay will leave both adults and youngins in anxious anticipation of what's in store as they listen for more. Although these poems will help early listeners, they have already been enjoyed by thousands of adults. From toddlers to grandparents, from the listener to the teller of these tales, you will want to visit these stories again and again.

I know what you’re thinking. How could I stay in a dysfunctional, abusive relationship for 12 years with a man who despises me? We now have an 11-year-old son together, Lewis. For the first time, my son has shoved me like all the times he has seen his father, Ray, do. It only takes one time for my own son to abuse me when we end up leaving Ray to go to my parent’s house. They happily take us in, and soon I have a seasonal job at Farmer’s Market. Lewis and I have made new friends. We're happier than we’ve ever been.