Through The Eyes Of Hazel

Whispers: The heart's way of speaking... Madison Ragnar is a high school English teacher determined to connect with her students, to finish the next running race with a respectable time, and to avoid ever falling in love again. But life has other plans for Madison when Michael shows himself in the most unexpected places, raising questions from her best friend, and issues around Madison's last relationship. In the classroom, the sudden death of a student prompts her grieving ninth graders to depend on her for answers. They turn to journal writing as a form of understanding the weight of what's happened in the walls of their teenage existence. When Madison meets Phil, who throws a wrench in her declaration to not fall in love, it seems that her escape through miles of running is the only real footing she has in life. Will fate determine Madison's life? Or will she have a say in its outcome?

Oprah Magazine calls it one of 16 Books by Caribbean Authors to add to your Reading List. Yahoo! and In The Know named it as one of 10 Must-Read books by Caribbean Authors. JAAWP Finalist. Silver Medallist. "A perfect read. 'The Girl with the Hazel Eyes' is well-written and compelling. I give this novel 5/5 stars." - Bekah's Bookshelves. Politics, poverty and puberty combine in this beautifully written coming-of-age tale that examines the bonds of womanhood, feminism and pre-independence life on a small island. Almost fifty years after Susan Taylor was exiled from Barbados for her famous whistle-blowing novel, 'The Unspeakable Truth', she contacts a young writer to pen her biography. Susan is crotchety and unpleasant but Lia Davis is broke so she has no choice but to stay and write Susan's biography. As Lia starts to unravel the reclusive author's life, she realizes that some things just don't add up. Susan has been hiding a massive secret for decades and Lia is determined to find out what it is. The Girl with the Hazel Eyes is an endearing historical fiction that tugs at your heart with its examination of love, lies, and loyalty. This second edition is filled with bonus material that takes the reader even deeper into some characters' backstory and Barbados' colonial history.

Through Hazel Eyes is a journey of life through the eyes of Madison Ragnar, a high school English teacher who is struggling to recover from an emotionally abusive relationship. Madisons speckled view of the world is seen through her troubled students, a fellow teacher, an intriguing man who enters her life, and a haunting past. Yet everything comes into focus when she learns to trust in herself for the first time in thirty years. Madison discovers that the most commanding role played throughout our lives is fate. There are times when we embrace it, times when we curse it, and always times when we are blinded by it. As a result of blinding fate, Madisons past catches up to her, and with the help of her students, she learns why a mockingbird is worthier than a diamond ring. Because the iris is the tunnel to our souls, this is where we look in others to find unspoken answers. It is the whites of our eyes that hold our sacred secrets, and knowing that the iris will divulge all, the white remains pure. Madison Ragnar, Through Hazel Eyes.

Take a journey of LOVE, COURAGE, SURVIVAL and FAITH! The Devil walks the earth following a catastrophic event luring victims under his wings! Jesus returns to earth to battle evil as a battle of Good and Evil commences! This battle is witnessed through a woman's viewpoint. The Devil and Jesus Christ knows this battle is winner takes all!

Take a journey of LOVE, COURAGE, SURVIVAL and FAITH! The Devil walks the earth following a catastrophic event luring victims under his wings! Jesus returns to earth to battle evil as a battle of Good and Evil commences! This battle is witnessed through a woman's viewpoint. The Devil and Jesus Christ knows this battle is winner takes all!

Have you ever looked at a coin and wondered where it has been through its travels? Who might have touched it, the things it may have witnessed with it''s silent eyes? What a story it could tell if only it could! Surely it is a great unanswered question. Then imagine what it would have been like to circulate through a time when the west was still untamed and life was a bit simpler. A time when the marvelous dreams of men were young and in the process of becoming reality. It''s a human journey of inanimate proportions, filled with the challenge of discovery and invention. Fraught with hardship, pain, and suffering, even dangers unforeseen. The kinds of events that has made America and the world what it is today. For Morgan the journey is real and without control of it''s own. It is at the mercy of the hand that possesses it or it possesses. It''s a learning experience not easily understood or excepted, yet always there. The even greater question is what happens when life meets it''s inevitable end?

One of E! News' 13 Books to Read This September | One of Bookish's Debuts to Read in the Second Half of 2021 | One of Medium's Best Releases Out Today “Hazel Hayes writes with such honesty and casual confidence and flowing dialogue, you feel you are overhearing it rather than reading it. The writing sparkles with wit and a poignant emotional reality. I love it.”—Matt Haig, bestselling author of The Midnight Library “A smart, touching, time-bending romance. Funny and affecting.”—David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day and Sweet Sorrow For anyone who has loved and lost, and lived to tell the tale, this gorgeously written debut is a love story told in reverse, a modern novel with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic, and ultimately full of hope. Out of Love begins at the end. A couple call it quits after nearly five years, and while holding a box of her ex-boyfriend’s belongings, the young woman wonders: How could they have spent so long together? When did they fall out of love? Were there good times before the bad? These are the questions we obsess over when a relationship ends, even when obsessing can do no good. But instead of moving forward through the emotional fallout of a break-up, Out of Love moves backward in time, weaving together an already unraveled tapestry, from tragic ending to magical first kiss. Each chapter jumps further into the past, mining their history for the days and details that might help us understand love; how it happens and why it sometimes falls apart. Readers of Normal People; Goodbye, Vitamin; and One Day will adore this bittersweet romance, a sparkling debut that you won’t want to miss.