Books with title Cousins

Cousins is author Cynthia Helton's first novel and she wants the reader to become involved with the vampire world that it depicts inside the human world. Helton's original intent was to show what kind of reaction formally immortal beings would have when they suddenly have to come to terms with a mysterious disease that could kill them. She wanted to show that no one is okay with dying, not even a being who regularly brings death. It became a way for Helton to deal with the deaths of her grandfather, who passed at ninety-two, and her grandmother, who died with advanced dementia. Both of their end-of-life journeys found their way into the novel. Helton hopes readers can feel the pull of family ties within this vampire community and see their own family ties in the depictions. She also wants readers to travel with Doneele into her past and her future, as this will become Book One of a series Helton plans to continue, following the lives of other characters here.About the AuthorAuthor Cynthia Helton has been writing short stories and poetry since junior high school, although she never considered herself a novelist. Helton wrote Cousins during sessions offered by NaNoWriMo and found the writers and community there very helpful in the process, helping her to focus her energies. She is an alumni of Murray State University and now resides in a very small town in Western Kentucky. Helton was raised in Winchester, Kentucky, right outside of Lexington. She has a theatre arts degree with a minor in journalism and television. Helton recently wed her husband and they live with their four cats. The couple loves being on the lakes and spending time with friends and family. Helton has always been a fan of vampires and the horror genre in general. Anyone on her Facebook page knows that Halloween is a special time for her and she reviews horror movies every day for the entire month. Helton is also an avid reader and theatre patron.

Eight Cousins is a charming novel by Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women. When Rose Cambell is orphaned, she is forced to live with her wealthy great-aunts. Her legal guardian returns from living abroad and she goes to live with her Uncle Alec and finds health and joy in a family of 7 boy cousins and numerous aunts and uncles. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This ebook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes Get your next Xist Classic title for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1A7cKKl Find all our our books for Kindle here: http://amzn.to/1PooxLl Sign up for the Xist Publishing Newsletter here. Find more great titles on our website.

When four cousins meet at their grandma and grandpa's house for a couple of weeks in the country, the highlight of their stay comes when they decide to go camping in the woods. Bags packed, they set off. But what should they come up against in the middle of the night, when all is dark, but a great big bear! What do you think you would do?Cousins, by children's author Mary Ellen Brown Carlson, recounts the story of these adventuresome boys and what awaits them in the woods behind their grandparent's home. Charmingly illustrated by Wes Bossman, Cousins evokes all those fond memories we all share of monsters under the bed and big, hairy things waiting to jump out at us in the dark.

When four cousins meet at their grandma and grandpa's house for a couple of weeks in the country, the highlight of their stay comes when they decide to go camping in the woods. Bags packed, they set off. But what should they come up against in the middle of the night, when all is dark, but a great big bear! What do you think you would do?Cousins, by children's author Mary Ellen Brown Carlson, recounts the story of these adventuresome boys and what awaits them in the woods behind their grandparent's home. Charmingly illustrated by Wes Bossman, Cousins evokes all those fond memories we all share of monsters under the bed and big, hairy things waiting to jump out at us in the dark.

“Eight Cousins” is Louisa May Alcott’s classic children’s tale first published in 1875. It is the story of Rose Campbell, who is thirteen when her wealthy father dies. Rose has been motherless from a young age and has had very little contact with her extended family when she finds herself orphaned. A pretty and sweet girl she is suddenly in the care of her great-aunts, her father’s six brothers, their wives, and her seven male cousins. Rose must learn to find her place as a young lady and heiress in this new and often overwhelming world. “Eight Cousins” is full of the practical, healthy, and wholesome advice and wisdom that readers expect from Alcott and her timeless novels of young girls growing into independent, thoughtful, and respectable ladies. Rose’s story is also a touching and heartwarming glimpse of her struggle to overcome the sadness of the loss of her father and the hardship of adapting to a new environment following that loss. “Eight Cousins” is one of Alcott’s most loved tales which can be enjoyed by readers both young and old alike. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

When the matriarch of the least successful Jewish family in America gets tired of their misfortune, she consults mystical texts for help.Determined that their next grandchild will be a genius who changes their fortunes, and convinced that no one in her clan is smart enough to raise a genius by themselves, she decides that the child will be passed from household to household to gain their collective wisdom.A picaresque romp set in 1950's Brooklyn, Cousins' Club is a delightful escape filled with unusual events, radical rogues, cockeyed intellectuals and pie-eyed strivers.SEMI-FINALIST - 2017 Booklife Prize (Fiction)Praise:★★★★★ - "Written with a sharp, satiric blade, Cousins' Club reminded me strongly of Tristram Shandy."★★★★★ - "Mix a little Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, some history of lower Manhattan circa 50’s & 60’s and throw it all into a pot of hysterical Jewish humor. Cousins’ Club is a delightful read."