Author's e-books - family. Page - 14
This book is about me
The thoughts of a teenage boy before he takes the thrill of his life.
Bonnie, age four, along with four of her siblings, was taken by force from her home in rural Canada and placed in the care of the Children's Aid Society. Over the next fourteen years, the children are split up and reunited multiple times, moving from foster home to foster home, always hoping to find one another again.
By luck or providence, the four sisters spend the majority of their young lives together working on a tobacco farm and living in an attic, where the stovepipe offers warmth, comfort, and news from the outside that they do not receive from their foster parents. Surviving some of the worst torments a child can know, Bonnie and her sisters depend on each other to meet even their basic needs, forming an unbreakable bond.
Bonnie Virag's heartrending yet triumphant memoir, The Stovepipe, recounts the author's experience growing up as a foster child in the 1940s and 1950s. In an honest, unflinching voice, Virag engrosses readers with not only the darkness that she and her siblings endured but, more important, their ability to join together to create a sense of light.
This unforgettable story is informed by Bonnie's recollections, remembrances from her sisters, and the official records received from the Children's Aid Society in Canada. This book is not an indictment of the foster care system and its many missteps. Rather, it is a testament to the resilience of the soul and the importance of family, friendship and fortitude.
This short story is about a girl named clair and a christmas that she will never forget.
A Story of a Mother, Sister, and Grandmother
God is so good to me, He has blessed us all so much..His love is faithful. He has answered so many prayers for me and my prayer warriors....
Five years ago Emily, her brother Nick, and their best friend Matt were sent to live in Monroe, Connecticut for their own safety. Their parents worked in rival government agencies and when their mother found out that their fathers were spying on her she warned her agency and they wanted all of them dead. She refused to help and walked away from them. That's when they sent Greg, the assassin, after all of them, but the three of them escaped just in time.
That's when it all began...Emily, Nick, and Matt thought it was all over but when Greg tracks them down after a long five years he's ready to finish the job he started. Its up to them, their family friend, Paul, and the last person they'd expect, to help them get kill Greg before he kills them first. Throughout the story they endure heartaches, dilemmas, and a lot of pain, but in the end it’s a race to the finish line and whoever gets their first...gets to live.
David was a preacher, who was engaged, but then he met Adrian. They were stranded on top of a mountain and things began to change. Although he fought it and prayed about it,in the end they both got what the really wanted out of life.
Short, short story about what happens one night when the monster decides to finally come out from under the bed. The boy and his family will never be the same...
This book is about me
The thoughts of a teenage boy before he takes the thrill of his life.
Bonnie, age four, along with four of her siblings, was taken by force from her home in rural Canada and placed in the care of the Children's Aid Society. Over the next fourteen years, the children are split up and reunited multiple times, moving from foster home to foster home, always hoping to find one another again.
By luck or providence, the four sisters spend the majority of their young lives together working on a tobacco farm and living in an attic, where the stovepipe offers warmth, comfort, and news from the outside that they do not receive from their foster parents. Surviving some of the worst torments a child can know, Bonnie and her sisters depend on each other to meet even their basic needs, forming an unbreakable bond.
Bonnie Virag's heartrending yet triumphant memoir, The Stovepipe, recounts the author's experience growing up as a foster child in the 1940s and 1950s. In an honest, unflinching voice, Virag engrosses readers with not only the darkness that she and her siblings endured but, more important, their ability to join together to create a sense of light.
This unforgettable story is informed by Bonnie's recollections, remembrances from her sisters, and the official records received from the Children's Aid Society in Canada. This book is not an indictment of the foster care system and its many missteps. Rather, it is a testament to the resilience of the soul and the importance of family, friendship and fortitude.
This short story is about a girl named clair and a christmas that she will never forget.
A Story of a Mother, Sister, and Grandmother
God is so good to me, He has blessed us all so much..His love is faithful. He has answered so many prayers for me and my prayer warriors....
Five years ago Emily, her brother Nick, and their best friend Matt were sent to live in Monroe, Connecticut for their own safety. Their parents worked in rival government agencies and when their mother found out that their fathers were spying on her she warned her agency and they wanted all of them dead. She refused to help and walked away from them. That's when they sent Greg, the assassin, after all of them, but the three of them escaped just in time.
That's when it all began...Emily, Nick, and Matt thought it was all over but when Greg tracks them down after a long five years he's ready to finish the job he started. Its up to them, their family friend, Paul, and the last person they'd expect, to help them get kill Greg before he kills them first. Throughout the story they endure heartaches, dilemmas, and a lot of pain, but in the end it’s a race to the finish line and whoever gets their first...gets to live.
David was a preacher, who was engaged, but then he met Adrian. They were stranded on top of a mountain and things began to change. Although he fought it and prayed about it,in the end they both got what the really wanted out of life.
Short, short story about what happens one night when the monster decides to finally come out from under the bed. The boy and his family will never be the same...