Books with title The View from My Heels

Win Charles has Cerebral Palsy—she also has a thriving jewelry design company, enough metal in her feet to set off any airport’s metal detector, and a love of snowboarding. How do all of these things fit together?Don’t be fooled. This isn’t a novel about hardships or all of the things a young woman with a disability can’t do. This is a story about LIVING, about doing it anyway, and about passion.The View from My Heels is a novel about a young lady with Cerebral Palsy who has a driving ambition to become a well-known jewelry designer. And she’s well on her way. In fact, she might even be better at accessorizing than you!A View From My Heels gives hope and inspiration to the disabled community. Win Charles is an example of triumph that will leave its mark on your heart long after you’ve finished the book and set it down.

Win Charles has Cerebral Palsy—she also has a thriving jewelry design company, enough metal in her feet to set off any airport’s metal detector, and a love of snowboarding. How do all of these things fit together?Don’t be fooled. This isn’t a novel about hardships or all of the things a young woman with a disability can’t do. This is a story about LIVING, about doing it anyway, and about passion.The View from My Heels is a novel about a young lady with Cerebral Palsy who has a driving ambition to become a well-known jewelry designer. And she’s well on her way. In fact, she might even be better at accessorizing than you!A View From My Heels gives hope and inspiration to the disabled community. Win Charles is an example of triumph that will leave its mark on your heart long after you’ve finished the book and set it down.

Alan Stein is a young man down on his luck, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to catch a break for very long. He spends his days working with a father who is completely dismissive of him for reasons he can't quite understand; and spends his nights studying for his GED so he might make a better future for himself. His life takes a turn for the worse when a woman from his past comes back and tries to strong arm him into taking care of her and a baby she claims is his.Threatened and feeling cornered, Alan decides to take his life into his own hands and follows a very different path that is plagued with those who want to kick him when he's down as well as blessed by those who would support him on his way up.Follow eight years of Alan's life where he discovers the world may not be as against him as he once believed. A compelling drama set in the first have of the 20th century that highlights the travails of young men of that period.

12 year-old Mars has always been an outsider, still hung up on things like delivering the perfect comeback to a kid who made fun of him—two years ago. Saddled with crippling anxiety about everything from marshmallows to his lack of athleticism, he has difficulty finding the courage to do anything…and things are about to get worse. His mom has announced they are moving cross-country to Los Angeles, where he doesn’t know a soul. Mars is resolved to one mission: facing his fears to rally both his bookish sister Barrie and selfish brother Sumo to get his parents back together again. But how? Written from the heart—not literally, because that’s scientifically impossible—THE VIEW FROM MARS is a comedically insightful coming-of-age story told from the perspective of a boy struggling to become a young man. And who would know that experience more than the co-authoring team of Daylen and Kai Larsen (age 12) and their socially awkward dad?

12 year-old Mars has always been an outsider, still hung up on things like delivering the perfect comeback to a kid who made fun of him—two years ago. Saddled with crippling anxiety about everything from marshmallows to his lack of athleticism, he has difficulty finding the courage to do anything…and things are about to get worse. His mom has announced they are moving cross-country to Los Angeles, where he doesn’t know a soul. Mars is resolved to one mission: facing his fears to rally both his bookish sister Barrie and selfish brother Sumo to get his parents back together again. But how? Written from the heart—not literally, because that’s scientifically impossible—THE VIEW FROM MARS is a comedically insightful coming-of-age story told from the perspective of a boy struggling to become a young man. And who would know that experience more than the co-authoring team of Daylen and Kai Larsen (age 12) and their socially awkward dad?

12 year-old Mars has always been an outsider, still hung up on things like delivering the perfect comeback to a kid who made fun of him—two years ago. Saddled with crippling anxiety about everything from marshmallows to his lack of athleticism, he has difficulty finding the courage to do anything…and things are about to get worse. His mom has announced they are moving cross-country to Los Angeles, where he doesn’t know a soul. Mars is resolved to one mission: facing his fears to rally both his bookish sister Barrie and selfish brother Sumo to get his parents back together again. But how? Written from the heart—not literally, because that’s scientifically impossible—THE VIEW FROM MARS is a comedically insightful coming-of-age story told from the perspective of a boy struggling to become a young man. And who would know that experience more than the co-authoring team of Daylen and Kai Larsen (age 12) and their socially awkward dad?

A view of 1950's Chicago through the eyes of five year old Belle, the granddaughter of Italian Immigrants. Share in the everyday activities of this little girl that approaches life with an inquisitive joy that makes the most of her huge imagination. Learn the daily life lessons from a time when families lived and worked so closely together. Belle and her extended family not only made this arrangement work, they would not have had it any other way.

Win Charles has Cerebral Palsy—she also has a thriving jewelry design company, enough metal in her feet to set off any airport’s metal detector, and a love of snowboarding. How do all of these things fit together? Don’t be fooled. This isn’t a novel about hardships or all of the things a young woman with a disability can’t do. This is a story about LIVING, about doing it anyway, and about passion. The View from My Heels is a novel about a young lady with Cerebral Palsy who has a driving ambition to become a well-known jewelry designer. And she’s well on her way. In fact, she might even be better at accessorizing than you! A View From My Heels gives hope and inspiration to the disabled community. Win Charles is an example of triumph that will leave its mark on your heart long after you’ve finished the book and set it down.