In Sunshine Or In Shadow

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 'One of the most captivating boxing writers on the planet' Barry McGuigan 'A superb tale...His inspirational story celebrates peace and reconciliation' Daily Telegraph Multi-award-winning author Donald McRae's stunning new book is a powerful tale of hope and redemption across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland - thanks to boxing. At the height of the Troubles, Gerry Storey ran the Holy Family gym from the IRA's heartland territory of New Lodge in Belfast. Despite coming from a family steeped in the Republican movement, he insisted that it would be open to all. He ensured that his boxers were given a free pass by paramilitary forces on both Republican and Loyalist sides, so they could find a way out of the province's desperate situation. In the immediate aftermath of the 1981 Hunger Strikes, Storey would also visit the Maze prison twice a week to train the inmates from each community, separately. In itself, this would be a heroic story, but Storey went further than that: he became the trainer for world champion Barry McGuigan and Olympian Hugh Russell, who became one of the most famous photographers to document the Troubles. Even with all his success and the support of both sides, Storey still found himself subjected to three bomb attacks from those who were implacably hostile to any form of reconciliation. He also worked with the Protestant boxer Davy Larmour, who fought two bloody battles in the ring against Russell, his Catholic friend. At the same time, in Derry, the British and European lightweight champion Charlie Nash fought without bitterness after his brother was killed and his father was shot on Bloody Sunday - the most infamous day of the conflict. Now, Donald McRae reveals the extraordinary tale of those troubled times. After years of research and intimate interviews with the key characters in this story, he shows us how the violent business of boxing became a haven of peace and hope for these remarkable and compassionate men. In Sunshine or in Shadow is an inspirational story of triumph over adversity and celebrates the reconciliation that can take place when two fighters meet each other in the ring, rather than outside it. '[An] outstanding and important book, Don McRae's powerful storytelling shows the courage of the people of the North' Andy Lee

The Ontario Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) quickly evolved from an organization established to eradicate the consumption of alcohol to become concerned with broader social problems. Sharon Cook shows that the WCTU nurtured a distinct feminist culture that promoted the family, children, and an important public role for women.

Rob didn't merely stab the man because of that day's pain...He stabbed what that man represented: someone bigger and badder; someone who didn't play fair, who sexually violated his body and innocence, someone who had repeatedly robbed him ...and twice left him for dead from stab wounds and who countless times mocked and humiliated him in public. He finally stabbed those men back.In 2003, Robert Bowers waived trial and pled guilty to murder in the second degree. He is serving seventeen years to life in a California State Prison. InIn Sunshine and In Shadow, his mother tells his heartbreaking story. Autism, addiction, and abuse made life an incredible struggle for Rob. Although his mother was used to getting calls asking 'Are you the mother of Robert Bowers?', nothing could have prepared her for the call letting her know her son had stabbed a man. Dixie Miller Stewart gives a voice to frightened parents, a heart to a society hardened by behaviors they don't understand, and a conscience to anyone who rejects the different child. She challenges readers to look past their misconceptions. The disheveled, young man you see retrieving aluminum cans you've discarded or the young woman sweeping the parking lot of a restaurant in exchange for a meal are not homeless. They live in the hearts of their families. Experience how the love of a mother and son enduresIn Sunshine and In Shadow.

While filming in rural Wisconsin, successful Hollywood director Alan Wilde finds himself drawn to a lovely, intriguing Amish schoolteacher, Susan Peachey, but their love is threatened by the dramatic difference between their worlds

This autobiography of country singer Jan Howard, a regular on Grand Ole Opry, reveals how a woman, born into poverty in Birch Tree, Missouri, and whose early childhood memories included being hungry and without clothes, could succeed.

On February 10th, 1906, Alice Ruth Moore, estranged wife of renowned poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, opened her newspaper to learn of her husband's death the day before. This work traces the tempestuous romance of America's most noted African American literary couple, drawing on a variety of resources.

An epic love story set in post-war New York, by the best-selling author of Winter's Tale. In the summer of 1946, New York City pulses with energy. Harry Copeland, a World War II veteran, has returned home to run the family business. Yet his life is upended by a single encounter with the young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale, as each falls for the other in an instant. They pursue one another in a romance played out in Broadway theaters, Long Island mansions, the offices of financiers, and the haunts of gangsters. Catherine’s choice of Harry over her longtime fiancé endangers Harry’s livelihood and threatens his life. In the end, Harry must summon the strength of his wartime experience to fight for Catherine, and risk everything. “In its storytelling heft, its moral rectitude, the solemn magnificence of its writing and the splendor of its hymns to New York City, [In Sunlight and in Shadow] is a spiritual pendant to Winter’s Tale and every bit as extraordinary...Even the most stubbornly resistant readers will soon be disarmed by the nobility of the novel’s sentiments and seduced by the pure music of its prose.”—Wall Street Journal