Uncle Daddy

Does Rivers have room in his life for two very different fathers? "The truth is Uncle Daddy isn't either my father or my uncle. He's actually Mom's uncle. I was three years old when he came to live with us." Since Rivers's real father left him and his mom six years ago, Uncle Daddy has been taking care of Rivers in all the ways a dad cares for a son -- even teaching him how to play baseball. Then his real father returns. Rivers is confused and angry. He had always thought that he'd express his anger at his father by socking him in the stomach. Now, face to face with him, Rivers' feelings are more complicated than he'd imagined. Will the reappearance of his dad affect his relationship with Uncle Daddy? This heart-felt story, told from the point of view of a nine-and-a-half-year-old boy, is filled with insight and touches of humor. "Beneath the wild humor, there are surprisingly subtle messages about responsibility and courage." - School Library Journal

This eBook edition of "The Complete Works of O. Douglas" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents. Novels: Olivia in India The Setons Penny Plain Ann and Her Mother Pink Sugar The Proper Place The Day of Small Things Priorsford Taken by the Hand Jane's Parlour The House That Is Our Own Unforgettable, Unforgotten – A Memoir

Lady Bidsborough, formerly Jean Jardine of Priorsford, is now the mistress of Mintern Abbas, a grand home in England. She is also the mother of three children. When her husband Biddy feels a moral obligation to accompany a friend, who saved his life during the Great War, on a long trip, Jean decides to spend the winter in her beloved Priorsford. With a menagerie of children, pets, maids and a secretary, she returns to The Rigs, where she once lived in poverty, about 10 years ago, taking care of her three younger brothers.

Carl Haikal meninggalkan Kota London dan datang ke Malaysia setelah menjadi yatim piatu. Di Malaysia, Carl menempuh pelbagai cabaran yang tidak pernah terduga olehnya, selain terpaksa berdepan dengan kebencian berpanjangan neneknya terhadap ibu bapanya. Keadaan menjadi semakin sukar apabila dia dikatakan pembawa malang dan penyebab kematian sepupunya, Johari. Pelbagai tekanan yang dihadapi menyebabkan Carl kehilangan arah dan terkapai-kapai mencari tujuan hidup. Ketika dia bergelut dengan cabaran, muncul Batrisya Nur menjadi sumber inspirasi untuknya berhijrah. Siapakah Batrisya Nur? Ke manakah Hijrah Carl? Berjayakah dia?

It was apparent that her father did not want to see her. She went back to her room, her disappointment draining the pleasure she had derived from her payback of Gruen. When the father you'd searched for such a long time refused to even speak to you no revenge could be all that sweet. Irma Latrope, a beautiful and feisty temptress, is a self-made survivor. Overcoming an uncle's abuse and her father's abandonment, she learns to trust no one. She calls upon her seductiveness, cunningness and innate intelligence to reach the pinnacle of her profession and ultimately becomes a millionaire porn queen. But her seemingly successful life-haunted by the shadows of her lurid past-is suddenly shattered by the pursuit of a killer. The embrace of countless men can never fulfill the void in her life left by the absent father she loves. Will reuniting with her father be the salvation that Irma has sought for thirty years?

By the time they reach eighteen, Joni and Caycee have been best friends their entire lives—growing up at each other’s houses, as close as sisters. But everything changes when Joni’s grandmother, who raised her, dies, and Lewis comes to town. Within a few months, Joni has left to go to college hundreds of miles away without even saying goodbye to Caycee, who is left behind, bewildered, hurt, and aching with loneliness. Not even being married to Lewis and carrying his child can fill the hole left by Joni’s mysterious departure and subsequent silence. When their premature baby dies, Lewis’s lack of love for Caycee and their very different reactions become clear—and finding an infant girl named Madisin left on their doorstep only complicates matters further. In the same marriage and under the same roof, they live vastly different emotional lives. Only years later, when tragedy strikes Caycee and Lewis again and Joni is persuaded to return, is the truth about Joni’s disappearance brought to light. She and Caycee are finally reconciled, but with consequences far greater than anyone could have imagined. This novel, woven together in the voices of its five main characters, reveals the complexity of human nature in its portrayal of fierce love, searing grief, self-hatred, surprising tenderness, and attraction that survives even while it destroys. In the end, one question remains: in a world where intentions don’t always have the expected outcomes, should the truth prevail in every situation, regardless of the cost?