Books tagged: childhood memories

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The Ashes of Her Shelter    by Deirdre Maultsaid
Price: $1.35 USD. 66440 words. Published on July 3, 2011. .

The Ashes of Her Shelter is a lyrical novel, with "home" as a strong motif, about the bond between sisters, told from the unreliable viewpoint of an activist, Christine, who loves with a twisted loyalty her conventional sister Leigh-Anne. Christine by accident leads Leigh-Anne into danger and fails to protect her from bad relationships with men. The novel shows the West Coast in the 70s and 80s.
The Christmas Challenge    by Linda Boltman
Price: Free! 2070 words. Published on December 11, 2011. .

Trying to recreate a family tradition when my Grandfather took me with him to cut down and carry home the family Christmas tree, my children and I would traipse out to our local tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree. Our tradition culminated in the Christmas my friends and family still refer to as the year of "The Mother Lode" tree. Laugh and cry at an attempt to preserve childhood memories.
Sleezy the Fox: Story Four - Gilbert is Reformed    by William Forde
Price: $1.00 USD. 7840 words. Published on January 18, 2012. .

Gilbert Grim, the village bully and sheep rustler, is released from prison and faces life as an ex-con. He is evicted by his old neighbours and decides to steal to survive. Farmer Hans tracks him down and 'reforms' Gilbert.
Sleezy the Fox: Omnibus Edition    by William Forde
Price: $2.00 USD. 21430 words. Published on January 24, 2012. .

‘Sleezy the Fox’ is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of ‘second chances’. On the surface it deals with the immigration of a married couple and their seven children into a strange country, the bullying of neighbours, the ostracizing of offenders from the community as a whole and the alienation that often exists between man and wild beast and beast and wild man!
Memorabilia    by Russell H. Greenan
Price: $2.99 USD. 9060 words. Published on February 16, 2012. .

At the age of eleven, the author of It Happened in Boston?, Russell H. Greenan began haunting Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds - collecting autographs at first, later selling baseball books and newspapers. Here he gives a lively account of that pre-World War II sporting scene, a tableau replete with colorful characters and legendary ball players.
Beautify, Oh : fifty-one poems    by Mark R. Turner
Price: $2.00 USD. 7910 words. Published on April 3, 2012. .

Fifty-one poems sifted from 14 years of art, theater, filmmaking and contemplation. Childhood memories, deep space, history, theology, and life in the forest are capsulated under 8 headings. Links are included to view films featuring some in the sound tracks. Background is offered for each by date and place of writing and, for many, scripture references which were formative in their composition.
The Early Years    by William T. Moyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 3620 words. Published on May 17, 2012. .

Back then the big old house was heated with an old coal furnace. One of my winter chores each morning before walking to school, which was only one block away, was to go down to the basement and shovel coal into the furnace fire box from the coal bin. It was a big responsibility for a six year old boy.
The Mummy Dick    by William T. Moyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 4650 words. Published on May 18, 2012. .

Mom decided that the best way to get my mind off of being abandoned for the year was to have me circumcised the first day that I arrived at Granny and Papa’s house. Why this procedure was not done right when I was born is still a mystery to me. Evidently the whole family just wanted to have a good laugh at my expense.
First Flight    by William T. Moyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 1490 words. Published on May 19, 2012. .

We boarded the big twin propeller airplane and took our seats. Mom let me sit by the window so I could witness the wonders of flight for the first time. I was a little nervous as the pilot gave the plane full throttle and we started the take off run. I tightly gripped the arm rests; mom noticed and said, “There is nothing to worry about darling, airplanes are very safe.” I thought, “Yeah, right”
Imagination Roams Wild    by Marissa Steidl
Price: Free! 6510 words. Published on June 30, 2012. .

A collection of original poems wrote by me during my freshman and sophomore years of high school.