For the Hmong people living in overcrowded refugee camps in Thailand, America is a dream: the land of peace and plenty. In 1995, ten years after their arrival at the camp, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang and her grandmother are about to experience that dream. In America, they will be reunited with their only remaining relatives, Mai’s uncle and his family. They will discover the privileges of their new life: medical care, abundant food, and an apartment all their own. But Mai will also feel the pressures of life as a teenager. Her cousins, now known as Heather and Lisa, try to help Mai look less like a refugee, but following them means disobeying Grandma and Uncle. From showers and smoke alarms to shopping, dating, and her family’s new religion, Mai finds life in America complicated and confusing. Ultimately, she will have to reconcile the old ways with the new, and decide for herself the kind of woman she wants to be. This archetypal immigrant story introduces readers to the fascinating Hmong culture and offers a unique outsider’s perspective on our own.

Book 3 of Bells of Lowell. Timid yet alluring Daughtie Winfield finds herself in a precarious position when the new doctor casts his favor upon her. Though flattered by his attention, she is drawn to Liam Donohue, a local Irish artisan. As Daughtie and Liam work together to help runaway slaves, their friendship blossoms. But her work in the mills is threatened when a downturn in profits causes the Associates to decrease wages--resulting in plans for a strike. With the fate of the textile industry in an upheaval, will her hopes for love be thwarted as dissention infiltrates life in Lowell?

"1788: the bloody revolution in France causes upheaval in the Morland family."--Cover.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Tangled Threads" by Eleanor H. Porter. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you have been buried, but actually you have been planted ~ Christine Caine. "The Tangled Thread” speaks on the theme of pain. It comprises of poetries & microtales which intends to showcase a series of emotions. Pain & suffering is a part of human life. As long as your cute little heart is beating with a sound lub - dub, you have to fight for what you want. Paradise is the only place where you'll be given whatever your heart desires within a fraction of seconds. Be a warrior & work through whatever life throws your way with courage, positivity & continually push forward. I believe the most powerful desires are wrapped in painful experiences & as soon as these painful experiences unfolds, your desires or dreams starts breathing. Just as roses comes with thorns so will every beautiful experience you seek comes with its arsenal of troubles so be prepared. I know sometimes we get emotionally drained & mentally exhausted but hey we are homosapiens. We don't own perfection. Just like a tangled thread our life do get tangled at times. Take a deep breath & pick up yourself. Try again but never quit. Remember giving up is a birth place of regrets. In conclusion, 30 brilliant minds decorated this book with their phenomenal thoughts from around the globe. This book has an ability to bring hope & light to those people who think that they have reached the end of their tether.

The sixth book in the "USA Today"-bestselling Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series featuring Gin Blanco, who by day owns a Tennessee BBQ joint, and by night is a tough female assassin known as the Spider. Original.