For readers of Girl Interrupted and Tweak, Cyndy Etler's gripping memoir gives readers a glimpse into the harrowing reality of her sixteen months in the notorious "tough love" program the ACLU called "a concentration camp for throwaway kids."I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the professionals at Straight.From the outside, Straight Inc. was a drug rehab. But on the inside it was...well, it was something else.All Cyndy wanted was to be loved and accepted. By age fourteen, she had escaped from her violent home, only to be reported as a runaway and sent to a "drug rehabilitation" facility that changed her world.To the public, Straight Inc. was a place of recovery. But behind closed doors, the program used bizarre and intimidating... Views: 26
Kayn survived the Testing along with Zach and Melody. She is now Clan Ankh’s second Dragon. She’s been emotionally stunted by the violence she’s endured. Zach has become her Handler. He is her voice of reason in the emotionless void. Frost and Kayn are now together but the pull to her past is confusingly strong. Views: 26
What secrets would you kill to keep? After her husband's big promotion, Cece Solarin arrives in Brighton with their three children, ready to start afresh. But their new neighbourhood has a deadly secret. Three weeks earlier, Yvonne, a very popular parent, was almost murdered in the grounds of the local school – the same school where Cece has unwittingly enrolled her children. Already anxious about making friends when the parents seem so cliquey, Cece is now also worried about her children's safety. By chance she meets Maxie, Anaya and Hazel, three very different school mothers who make her feel welcome and reassure her about her new life. That is until Cece discovers the police believe one of her new friends tried to kill Yvonne. Reluctant to spy on her friends but determined to discover the truth, Cece must uncover the potential murderer before they strike again . . .From the bestselling author of That Girl from Nowhere... Views: 26
"Alana Massey's prose is to brutal honesty what a mandolin is to a butter knife: she's sharper; she slices thinner; she shows the cross-section of a truth so deftly—so powerfully and cannily—it's hard to look away, and hard not to feel that something has shifted in you for having read her."—Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy ExamsFrom columnist and critic Alana Massey, a collection of essays examining the intersection of the personal with pop culture through the lives of pivotal female figures—from Sylvia Plath to Britney Spears—in the spirit of Chuck Klosterman, with the heart of a true fan. Mixing Didion's affected cool with moments of giddy celebrity worship, Massey examines the lives of the women who reflect our greatest aspirations and darkest fears back onto us. These essays are personal without being confessional and clever in a way that invites readers into the... Views: 26
A story about a former Marine Force Recon, combat that becomes an NYFD firefighter. A survivor of 9/11, he was deeply affected by the 343 fire and rescue, and civilians who died that day.
Described as an adrenaline junkie by his fire department psychologists, he became obsessed with defying death to save lives. His Post traumatic stress disorder, developed in the military and progressed by 9/11 is a combination that pushes him over the edge.
In an attempt to try to prevent his flashbacks he leaves New York for New Jersey to get away from the site of 9/11. Against safety procedures he begins adapting his elite military skills and philosophies, for fire and rescue. Everything from commando crawling and repelling, zip lining, spy rigging, and parachuting are used by him in the line of duty. This leaves him consistently at odds with his peers.
Feeling the need to prevent another 9/11 he reaches out for state funding to develop an elite fire and rescue unit. Eventually (A.R.T.T.) – Advanced Rescue Tactics Team is creating. A small sate of the art, highly trained unit that deploys by helicopter to augment any fire department within the state that calls for their assistance.
His heart brings him back to New York with his A.R.T.T. unit to deal with a new crisis. Views: 26
