The Stone Sister

Spanning the mid to late 20th century and set in the Elkhorn Valley of southwestern Montana, The Stone Sister is told from three points of view -- a father's, a nurse's, and a sister's. Together they tell the unforgettable story of a child's birth, disappearance, and finally discovery in a home for "backward children." Robert Carter, a newly married man just back from World War II, struggles with his and his wife's decision to entrust the care of their disabled child to an institution and "move on" with family life. Louise Gustafson, a Midwestern nurse who starts over with a new life in the West, finds herself caring for a child everyone else has abandoned. And Elizabeth Carter, a young journalist, uncovers the family secret of her lost sister as she struggles with starting a family of her own. The Stone Sister explores the power of family secrets and society's evolving definitions of "normal"--as it pertains to family, medicine, and social structure. The novel sheds light on the beginnings of the disability justice movement as it follows one family's journey to reckon with a painful past. Incredibly, the novel is based on Caroline Patterson's personal story. As an adult, she discovered she had an older sister with Down syndrome who had been written out of her family history. In fact, that sister's name was also Caroline Patterson.

All Lexa wants is to live her life like a typical teenager. All Lyssa wants is to keep her sister safe from the Hunters. Lyssa and Lexa move every year and start a new school. This year they move to Bedford, MA. Lexa wants to blend in, make friends and try to live as normally as possible. Lyssa on the other hand doesn't care about making friends. Her only purpose is to hide her sister and herself amongst a group of teenagers. That is, until she meets Kyle. Kyle isn't put off by her cold exterior or the fact that she has her hand up to answer every question the teacher asks. In fact, none of the tricks she uses to keep people away put him off. What's worse is she finds him attractive. Kyle has never met a girl quite like Lyssa and this draws him to her. As he manages to get closer to her, there are things about her that are a bit odd. It just makes him more curious to learn about this quirky girl. But, when the Hunters come, can any of them survive?

As a sister witch, it is not always an easy job being the youngest. With cauldrons to stir and spells galore, Stone sister witch Savannah longs to help out more. Falling tired of being unable to cast spells, she decides to take matters into her own hands as she travels into the unknown and unforbidden...the spell room. Follow Savannah as she finds out that being a witch is about much more than casting spells

Cover title: Friends & sisters.

Elsie Stone misses her little sister Hannah who died nine years ago while the family vacationed in Maine. Now at fifteen Elsie wants to stand up to her father and take her mother away from the violence that rules their lives. She must take a chance on Skylar, a boy that wants to be her friend. Together they need to find a way for Elsie and her mom to escape and return to Maine to uncover the truth behind Hannah's death. Was her father responsible for her sister's death? How can they find a safe place to go where he won't find them?

Sierra Stone remains as the last patient at Cladcliffe Psychiatric Hospital. Her twin sister has escaped. The hospital staff is on high alert. To prevent another break out, staff put Sierra on lockdown, which she hates. Feeling bored and lonely, she decides to find a way out. Sierra's determined to reunite with Savannah, and she might get some assistance from powers she didn't even know she had.

When we look in detail at the various peripheral groups of disenfranchised people emerging from the aftermath of the Asia–Pacific War the list is startling: Koreans in Japan (migrants or forced labourers), Burakumin, Hibakusha, Okinawans, Asian minorities, comfort women and many others. Many of these groups have been discussed in a large corpus of what we may call ‘disenfranchised literature’, and the research presented in this book intends to add an additional and particularly controversial example to the long list of the voice- and powerless. The presence of members of what is known as the yakeato sedai or the generation of people who experienced the fire-bombings of the Asia–Pacific War is conspicuous in all areas of contemporary Japan. From literature to the visual arts, from music to theatre, from architecture to politics, their influence and in many cases guiding principles is evident everywhere and in many cases forms the keystone of modern Japanese society and culture. The contributors to this book explore the impact of the yakeato generation - and their literary, creative and cultural and works - on the postwar period by drawing out the importance of the legacy of those people who truly survived the darkest hour of the twentieth century and re-evaluate the ramifications of their experiences in contemporary Japanese society and culture. As such this book will be of huge interest to those studying Japanese history, literature, poetry and cultural studies.