Books published by publisher Blue Door

This is the story of my soggy transition from single motherhood to what I guess is the hereafter. I call this change of life Post-Single Motherhood (PSM). It is that time in a single mom’s life when her children are leaving home. I hope this book is a comfort to another mother going through this stage in her life. I also hope the conversation might foster a community of single moms who are looking for or may offer acknowledgement, kindness, support, and maybe even a little humor through it all.One reader said, "Reading The Diary of a Post-Single Mom feels like having an extended cup of coffee with a good friend. A friend who has been there before you and can help put a name to all the mixed feelings of losing your teenagers to their own life. So, put on a pot of coffee and meet your new best friend. This book will make you laugh (out loud), shed a tear, and nod your head in agreement. And, you’ll complete the journey with confidence that you’ll survive…and maybe even thrive."

Pub Date: 2014-04-10 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: Harper Collins UK From the award-winning. bestselling author of Seating Arrangements. comes a novel of astonishing beauty Joan Joyce is a professional ballet dancer who has always believed that she is destined for a life in the shadows. When her love affair with Russian supremo Arslan Rusakov ended. she ran back into the arms of childhood sweetheart. Jacob Bintz. Now pregnant. Joan is fated to leave New York. the corps and the cries of .. Astonish Me behind Under the hazy Californian sun. Joan is unaware of the fascination she invites from others She lacks the abundant sexuality of neighbour. Sandy;. the cocksure nature of Sandys husband and the intellect and dependable nature of Jacob To her mind. all she can offer is ballet. To occupy her days. she opens a small dance studio. Her son Harry demonstrates a natural ...

A rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny-novel set to sizzle in summer 2011. Julian Corkle's got small-screenability. His mother tells him he'll be a star one day. 'Twinkle, twinkle,' she says, giving his hair a ruffle. Not everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom. Television is too much like hairdressing for his father's tastes. A Tasmanian man wants a son for sporting purposes. 'Boys don't like dolls,' he tells Julian, 'They like Dinky Toys.' Not this boy, thinks Julian, who knows better than to tell the truth. Besides, the family already has a sporting hero, Julian's sister Carmel aka 'The Locomotive'. Julian likes his sister, but knows better than to tangle with her bowling arm. It's the same one she uses for punching. Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar is the ultimate feel-good novel, a book that will have the reader laughing out loud on the back of a bus as it follows Julian's bumpy journey through adolescence, fibbing his way through school and a series of dead-end jobs, to find his ultimate calling as creator of 'The Hog'. It's as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla.

A beautiful and poetic story that ties both to nature and the foster care/adoption experience. A non-rhyming children's picture book that is written in such a way that it can be read to any child (not just adoption specific) even though the story lends itself to foster/adoption because of the parallels throughout. This book could also be a great way to begin to expose children to concepts of foster care in a safe way if they have friends or family members who are foster/adopted children. It is a scenic nature book that many children who love nature would enjoy reading. The story follows the life of a young maple Seed who is carried by the Wind from the Mother tree to a new family of trees and then finally a forever set of trees. The seed grows throughout the story, becoming a sprout, and then finally a young tree. The Wind is a constant comforting presence throughout the narrative. The illustrations depict a mother and daughter walking through the woods observing the scenery and the seed throughout its journey. Although it is not explicitly stated that the mother is telling the story as they walk through the scenes, it is implied. The story addresses key elements not often addressed in other adoption focused children's books. 1) There is beauty in the life as it is beginning, as the life travels to a foster home, and as the life finds a forever home because regardless of circumstances any dimension that life exists in is a beautiful one. 2) Unfortunately, not all children have the experience of a birth mother who was healthy and chose to give their child to a family who could care for them appropriately. Children adopted through Foster care are abruptly removed from birth families due to severe neglect and abuse, therefore the concept must be depicted in a fragile yet truthful way for the child to understand it and accept it as true. This book addresses this issue by representing the Mother Tree as sick and no longer healthy enough to care for her seed. Given that addiction is prevalent in abuse and neglect situations this story identifies the beauty of the Mother Tree while representing the truth that her "health" plays a factor in her inability to care for her seed. 3) God didn't just arrive on the scene in the end of the story, in the happy adopted ending. He was there throughout the life, in the beginning, the traveling, and the forever home. This book portrays comfort in His presence and care for life far beyond even the comfort found in a forever home through the character of the Wind. 4) Life can finally grow and thrive in the forever home. It can be hard for a foster child to finally thrive after so much uprooting, but no season or change will take the child from the forever home. Finally, writing this as an allegory for the adopted foster child's circumstances purposefully provides the opportunity for parents, with every year of reading it, to in their own specific way, elaborate and give adopted children more pieces of their foster story as the child grows and begins to ask more questions.