Books with author Elizabeth Fork

[Read by Bernadette Dunne] Elizabeth Ford went through medical school unsure of where she belonged. It wasn't until she did her psychiatry rotation that she found her calling-to care for one of the most vulnerable populations of mentally ill people, the inmates of New York City's jails, including Rikers Island, who are so sick that they are sent to the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward for care.These men were broken, without resources or support, and very ill. They could be violent, unpredictable, but they could also be funny and tender and needy. Mostly, they were human and they awakened in Ford a boundless empathy. Her patients made her a great doctor and a better person. While Ford was a psychiatrist at Bellevue she became a wife and a mother. In her book she shares her struggles to balance her personal and professional lives, to care for her children and her patients, and to maintain the empathy that is essential to her practice-all in the face of a complex institution, an exhausting workload, and the deeply emotionally taxing nature of her work. Ford brings humor, grace, and humanity to the lives of the patients in her care and in beautifully rendered prose illuminates the inner workings (and failings) of our mental health and criminal justice systems.

Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. Almost one hundred forty years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. For generations, love has resulted in death for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect . . . or a curse? With Ezra's help, Hester investigates her family's strange, sad history. The answers she seeks are waiting in the graveyard, the crypt, and at the bottom of the ocean - but powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of so long ago.

Teen counselor Elizabeth Clark created this book for teens as a tool for initiating discussions on sensitive topics. In her research with teens and their world, she became aware of how things have changed for teens in the last 10 years. Internet access to porn, with its emotional disconnection in sexual encounters and distorted depictions of sexuality, has lead to a whole range of disturbing consequences. Elizabeth has devised a unique approach that speaks frankly to the reader without condescension or judgement. A 19-year-old girl is the book’s narrator. She warns and educates in a style teens will read more readily than conventional self-help books. Her narrator discusses privately and openly what she has learned about attraction, feeling sexual, setting limits, abusive situations, respecting yourself, and much more.

She swam up for what seemed like an eternity, with her chest so achingly empty it felt as if it had collapsed, seeing only white bubbles in front of her face until she broke the surface. One moment of rashness, and fourteen-year-old Emily Slake finds herself amid hundreds of panicked and drowning people in the dark ocean waters off Sumatra. Miles from shore without a life vest, she resolves to survive. But in facing the dangers of the ocean, the desperation of her fellow survivors, and her own growing exhaustion, Emily must summon wits and endurance she's not sure she has. Striking out on her own, Emily encounters Isman, a frightened young Muslim boy, floating in a life vest. Together they swim for their lives, relying on Emily's physical strength and Isman's quiet faith. Based on a true story, Overboard is both a riveting tale of survival and a sensitive portrayal of cross-cultural understanding in a time of crisis. “Each moment brings. . . new problems — cold, hunger, sharks, a whirlpool, fear — and actively holds readers’ interest." —School Library Journal Named a 2003 ALA Best Book for Young Readers (one of only eleven books selected unanimously that year).

Kindergarten Memory Book is a book about the first day of school to read on the last day of school. Work on it with your Kindergartener now, and then give it as a special gift on his or her very last day of high school. This is the perfect preschool graduation gift from Moms, Dads, Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, or friends!There are questions for adults:* Tell your Kindergartener about a time when you were really proud of him or her.* What do you think your Kindergartener might be when he or she grows up?* What makes your Kindergartener laugh?And there are questions for kids:* What do you want to be when you grow up?* What was your favorite thing we did this summer?* How do you feel about going back to school tomorrow?The Kindergarten Memory Book is a fun activity to do together before Kindergarten, and a special gift to give your High School Senior.

Surveys of teens say they wish their parents would talk to them moreabout sex. Really! With all their access to everything sexual, why wouldthey care what you had to say? Because most of the stuff they areseeing on movies, TV and porn are fantasies being sold to them astruths. And when they try and emulate these fantasies in real life, theyare terribly disappointed and often injured by the experience.Written from the very-easy-to-read perspective of 19-year-old Hannah,Love, Sex and No Regrets For Today’s Teens investigates how sex reallyis for teens. It outlines how both girls and boys can understand andbegin to enjoy engaging with each other, rather than feeling pressuredto plunge headlong into unsatisfying and often harmful sexualrelationships. Love, Sex and No Regrets for Today’s Teens offers cleardirections in which girls can protect themselves, learn to speak up andfind out what it is they actually want or not want to do. It also offersinsights into boys’ expectations and feelings about sex.Love, Sex and No Regrets For Today’s Teens can be used as aninformation book for parents, and as a way to start discussions aboutsex with their teens. Additionally it can also be given to teens to readwhen parents feel they are ready.

Garden of Light is a compilation of nine inspiring verses drawn from the universal writings of the Bahá’í Faith. These simple and uplifting quotations are interwoven with vibrant images of nature photographed by Fiona Elizabeth. A wonderful resource for families, young children and people of all ages, this heartwarming book offers inspiration through words and colourful imagery. Whether practicing a faith tradition, embracing universal spirituality or simply wishing for connection with the wonder and beauty of the world of nature, these timeless verses and photographs will delight the hearts of many."Ye are the fruits of one treeand the leaves of one branch…So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."~ Bahá’u’lláh"Bestow upon me a heart which like unto a glassmay be illumined by the light of Thy love… and confer upon me thoughtswhich may change this world into a rose gardenthrough the outpourings of heavenly grace."~’Abdu’l-Bahá

Garden of Light is a compilation of nine inspiring verses drawn from the universal writings of the Bahá'í Faith. These simple and uplifting quotations are interwoven with vibrant images of nature photographed by Fiona Elizabeth. A wonderful resource for families, young children and people of all ages, this heartwarming book offers inspiration through words and colourful imagery. Whether practicing a faith tradition, embracing universal spirituality or simply wishing for connection with the wonder and beauty of the world of nature, these timeless verses and photographs will delight the hearts of many."Ye are the fruits of one treeand the leaves of one branch...So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."~ Bahá'u'lláh"Bestow upon me a heart which like unto a glassmay be illumined by the light of Thy love... and confer upon me thoughtswhich may change this world into a rose gardenthrough the outpourings of heavenly grace."~'Abdu'l-Bahá...

Divided by day and night and on the run from authorities, star-crossed young lovers unearth a sinister conspiracy in this compelling romantic thriller.Seventeen-year-old Soleil Le Coeur is a Smudge―a night dweller prohibited by law from going out during the day. When she fakes an injury in order to get access to and kidnap her newborn niece―a day dweller, or Ray―she sets in motion a fast-paced adventure that will bring her into conflict with the powerful lawmakers who order her world, and draw her together with the boy she was destined to fall in love with, but who is also a Ray. Set in a vivid alternate reality and peopled with complex, deeply human characters on both sides of the day-night divide, Elizabeth Fama's Plus One is a brilliantly imagined drama of individual liberty and civil rights, and a fast-paced romantic adventure story.