'ORIGINAL AND ENTHRALLING' Guardian'AFFECTING AND TENDER' The Times'COMPLETELY ENCHANTING' Penny VincenziElizabeth Pringle lived all her long life on the Scottish island of Arran. But did anyone really know her? In her will she leaves her beloved house, Holmlea, to a stranger - a young mother she'd seen pushing a pram down the road over thirty years ago. It now falls to Martha, once ...

'ORIGINAL AND ENTHRALLING' Guardian'AFFECTING AND TENDER' The Times'COMPLETELY ENCHANTING' Penny VincenziElizabeth Pringle lived all her long life on the Scottish island of Arran. But did anyone really know her? In her will she leaves her beloved house, Holmlea, to a stranger - a young mother she'd seen pushing a pram down the road over thirty years ago. It now falls to Martha, once ...

Health and social care practitioners are increasingly called upon to provide care to elderly people from a number of different faiths and cultures. This collection of essays examines ageing in the context of the many faiths and cultures that make up Western society, and provides carers with the knowledge they need to deliver sensitive and appropriate care to people of all faiths.Chapters are written by authoritative figures from each of the world's major faith groups about the beli...

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Political Dynamics, Social Inequality, and the Wellbeing of Americans examines the impacts of COVID-19 on political inequality, social inequality, and life changes of Americans. Topics include impacts of COVID-19 on the poor, differences in media responses to previous influenza versus COVID-19 pandemics, the intersection of race, class, and gender specific to this event, gender and changes in occupational loss, specific impacts on college students, and ways in wh...

A Woman Rice Planter offers insights into a broad spectrum of Southern life after the Civil War. As an account of a woman's struggle for survival and dignity in a distinctly male-dominated society, it contributes significantly to women's history. It presents a rich portrait of a distinctive place—the South Carolina Low Country—in a troubled and generally undocumented time, a portrait made all the more vivid by the fine pen-and-ink sketches of Charleston artist Alice R. Huger Smith...

"A charming picture of Southern life both in Charleston and in the country before and after the Civil War." - Library Occurrent, 1923"Pringle writes with great spirit." -Springfield Republican, 1923"Poignantly revealing, the courage and endurance underlying the pleasure loving characteristics of the delicately bred women of the South under stress of conditions spared us of the North stand most fully confessed." -Booklist, 1923

Pringle’s account begins with her childhood memories, detailing family life, the natural beauty of the plantation, and the traditions of Southern society. Through her descriptive storytelling, she conveys the warmth of family gatherings, the challenges of plantation management, and the everyday experiences of the people who lived and worked there.As she reflects on significant historical events, including the Civil War and Reconstruction, Pringle addresses the complexities of life in the S...

While the influences and mechanisms of the present world tend to make all parts of it alike in thought and in costume, the various nooks and corners of our own country are gradually losing their original highly accentuated characteristics, and are merging into a general similarity. Most of what you hear and see any morning in the towns of Massachusetts you will hear and see in Omaha, Denver, Seattle, or anywhere else, because the department stores advertise and sell the same kind of clothe...

**A party girl and a grumpy British CEO fake a dream European honeymoon for a reality TV show that could save their travel agency—and give them both a new lease on life (and love)—if only they’d take the chance.“Smart, sharp, sizzling.”—Elsie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author**Rebecca “Bex” Daniels has just lost her entire family in a freak train accident, leaving her completely alone in the world and responsible for their travel agency. Only a few month...

Death on Rapture Island is a fast-paced romantic-suspense novel, full of action and emotion.  A courageous mother whose daughter has been abducted risks her life to leave the isolated island cult where she was born and hire a private investigator to return with her and help her find her missing child.   When a murder related to the child’s abduction occurs the mother and the P.I. face mounting dangers together, pursued by the murderous island sheriff and the brutal cult enforcers, but they...