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Viola doesn't want to go to boarding school, but somehow she ends up at an all-girls school in South Bend, Indiana, far, far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York. Now Viola is stuck for a whole year in the sherbet-colored sweater capital of the world. Ick. There's no way Viola's going to survive the year - especially since she has to replace her best friend Andrew with three new roommates who, disturbingly, actually seem to like it there. She resorts to viewing the world (and hiding) behind the lens of her video camera.

Adie Lou Kruger’s ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home - complete with its own set of rules for relaxing - that she’s inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she’s facing a broken marriage and empty nest and that middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. But converting the beloved, weather-beaten structure into a bed-and-breakfast isn’t quite the efficient home-reno experience she’s seen on TV.

Devastated by the sudden death of her mother—a quiet, loving and intensely private Southern seamstress called Miss Mabel, who overflowed with pearls of Ozarks wisdom but never spoke of her own family—Sutton Douglas makes the impulsive decision to pack up and head north to the Michigan resort town where she believes she’ll find answers to the lifelong questions she’s had about not only her mother’s past but also her own place in the world.

For most of her eighty years, Mary Jackson has been waiting. As she’s endured the steady invasion of tourists, influencers and real estate developers who have discovered the lakeside charm of Good Hart, Michigan, she’s also patiently anticipated the arrival of a stranger she’s believed since childhood would one day carry on her legacy—the Very Cherry General Store. Like generations of Jackson women before her, Cherry Mary, as she’s known locally, runs the community hub.

Despite losing her parents in a tragic accident just before her fourteenth Christmas, Susan Norcross has had it better than most, with loving grandparents to raise her and a gang of quirky, devoted friends to support her. Now a successful bookstore owner in a tight-knit Michigan lakeside community, Susan is facing down forty—the same age as her mother when she died—and she can’t help but see everything she hasn’t achieved, including finding a love match of her own.

On her birthday each year, Lolly's mother gave her a charm - along with the advice that there is nothing more important than keeping family memories alive, and so Lolly's charm bracelet would be a constant reminder of that love. Now 70 and starting to forget things, Lolly knows time is running out to reconnect with a daughter and granddaughter whose lives have become too busy for Lolly or her family stories.

Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha “Sam” Mullins felt trapped on her family’s orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star’s New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed.

Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass and joined him in a new group that blended R&B, country, and rock 'n' roll with an experimental fervor never before heard.

Best-selling author Frank Viola writes a time-tested field guide to weathering the storms of life. Whether it's the loss of a job, a child who has gotten into serious trouble, a relationship that's in peril, or a loved one with a debilitating illness, at some point, something in our lives will strip us of all control. Life comes apart at the seams, and hope begins to evaporate. Hang On, Let Go was written from the pit of numerous soul-piercing adversities in Frank's own life.

Don Freeman's classic character, Corduroy, is even more popular today then he was when he first came on the scene in 1968. This story of a small teddy bear waiting on a department store shelf for a child's friendship has appealed to young fans generation after generation.

Once the hottest mergers and acquisitions executive in the company, Henrietta Wegner can see the ambitious and impossibly young up-and-comers gunning for her job. When Henri’s boss makes it clear she’ll be starting the New Year unemployed unless she can close a big deal before the holidays, Henri impulsively tells him that she can convince her aging parents to sell Wegner’s—their iconic Frankenmuth, Michigan, Christmas store—to a massive, soulless corporation. It’s the kind of deal cool, corporate Henri has built her career on.

The discovery of one woman's heirloom hope chest unveils precious memories and helps three people who have each lost a part of themselves find joy once again.

Corduroy, the beloved, bear slips out very early one morning to get a birthday present for Lisa. He spies what he thinks is a yellow balloon up in the sky, thinking that would be perfect for her. But when the sun rises, the balloon (really the full moon) disappears. And now Corduroy is lost. Lisa finds him, but not before Corduroy succeeds in getting just the right gift - a lollipop as yellow and round as the moon.

"Who cares about Public Servants? Brenda Viola does. Why? Because she’s walked in your shoes. As a Public Information Officer for a first-ring suburb of Philadelphia, she worked shoulder to shoulder with Municipal Clerks, Librarians, Teachers, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Building and Planning, Police, Firefighters, Administrators, and Elected Officials.

In Aging Wisely, Viola B. Mecke creates a look at the aging process using her firsthand experiences and those of patients from her former psychology practice, among others.

Sicilia, agosto 1978. Alice ha appena sei anni quando una donna elegante e un po' eccentrica si presenta a sorpresa a casa dei suoi genitori a Polizzi. È "zia" Irene, una parente di cui fino a quel momento non ha mai sentito parlare. Rimasta vedova di un uomo molto ricco e non più risposata, vive a Roma, dove fa l'artista e conduce una vita libera e anticonformista. Alice non lo sa, ma questo incontro segnerà in modo radicale il suo destino.

This podcast is for the lost and the found and everyone in between. Wether you were hurt by church people, are on the verge of giving up your faith or burning with a passion for God nobody could put out, this is the place for you. Come as you are, God will do the rest.

Welchen Einfluss haben Partner, Freunde und Familie auf Sie? Befreien Sie sich von ungesunden Beziehungen – schaffen Sie sich Ihr ideales Umfeld. Gaslighting, Toxicity und Manipulation – wirksame Strategien, um dagegen souverän vorzugehen. Echte Beispiele und Anekdoten aus dem Erfahrungsschatz der Kriminologin Viola Möbius. Nach dem Hören dieses Audiobooks weißt du Folgendes ganz genau: Wie du Menschen erkennst, die dir nicht guttun – und wie du dich von diesen befreist. Außerdem: Wie du dir ein ideales Umfeld erschaffst – für mehr Motivation, Flow, Erfolg, Lebensfreude, Zufriedenheit.

Fünf Freundinnen. Vier Liebesgeschichten. Ein gefährliches Geheimnis. Avery, Isabella, Odina, Lee und Josie sind 17, wild und die besten Freundinnen, seit sie sich im Surfcamp auf der kleinen Insel vor der Küste South Carolinas kennenlernten. Es ist der Sommer ihres Lebens – bis Josie plötzlich spurlos verschwindet. Erst zehn Jahre später kommen sie dem Rätsel auf die Spur... Isabella ist die Erbin eines Luxushotels auf Harbour Bridge und wohnt in einer traumhaften Villa mitten in der Natur. Ihr Leben scheint perfekt. Doch was niemand weiß: Sie ist zutiefst unglücklich und einsam.

Ein großer Familien- und Generationenroman über die DDR und wie sie unterging. Regina Scheer spannt in ihrem beeindruckenden Roman den Bogen von den 30er Jahren über den Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zum Fall der Mauer und in die Gegenwart. Sie erzählt von den Anfängen der DDR, als die von Faschismus und Stalinismus geschwächten linken Kräfte hier das bessere Deutschland schaffen wollten, von Erstarrung und Enttäuschung, von dem hoffnungsvollen Aufbruch Ende der 80er Jahre und von zerplatzten Lebensträumen.