What would you do if your "mostly fine" life suddenly flipped upside down, leaving you at a crossroad you never saw coming?Enter Maddie Brown: slightly frazzled empty nester, and, thanks to a class reunion, now smack-dab in the middle of a swirling mess of old flames, family drama, and one impossible-to-ignore second chance.Between dodging the ghosts of University Past and navigating her husband's secrets, flying off to Bali in search of her missing son Ed and saving her fa...

Katie and Tom's marriage is in trouble. So is their bank account.So, when Tom blindsides her by saying that his boss is sending him to Australia – permanently – Katie realises it might just be what they need to save their marriage.Trouble is, she doesn't like the heat, can't swim and hates spiders.Thrown into Sydney's sun, surf and school-gate politics, Katie finds unexpected friendship in glamorous, wealthy Naomi and bohemian Ann. But as the wine flows and the secr...

Three women. One life-changing secret. Will honesty bind them together or tear them apart?Single mother Charlie can barely pay the rent, never mind give her son the chances he deserves. Desperate to escape mounting debt, she enters into a surrogacy deal with a stranger. It will solve all her problems, won't it?High-flying Suzie is used to getting what she wants. Yet her biggest dream of being a mother is beyond her grasp. So when a chance for happiness comes her way in the ...

Three women. One life-changing secret. Will honesty bind them together or tear them apart?Single mother Charlie can barely pay the rent, never mind give her son the chances he deserves. Desperate to escape mounting debt, she enters into a surrogacy deal with a stranger. It will solve all her problems, won't it?High-flying Suzie is used to getting what she wants. Yet her biggest dream of being a mother is beyond her grasp. So when a chance for happiness comes her way in the ...

A little girl has two families: her birth family and the family that adopted her. She has many questions and feelings about her adoption. Together with her two families, she shares her story with other adopted kids.A little girl shares her unique adoption story with other kids who may be adopted or about to be adopted. She grew in her birth mom's belly and looks like her birth dad, but she grew in the hearts of her adopted family and lives with them. She often has questions about h...

More Pocket Thoughts: Another Collection of Poems and Ideas is a dynamic work of words and illustrations spun together to make one think. Second in its series, More Pocket Thoughts is another collection of poetry written with the hopes of inspiring others to ponder and enjoy the wonders of life.About the AuthorKendra Smith is driven by a mission to inspire others to greatness through art, writing, and speech. She earned a BA in psychology from Western Washington Un...

Americans have never been more concerned about their food's purity. The organic trade association claims that three-quarters of all consumers buy organic foods each year, spending billions of dollars "Dairy farm families, health officials, and food manufacturers have simultaneously stoked human desires for an all-natural product and intervened to ensure milk's safety and profitability," writes Kendra Smith-Howard. In Pure and Modern Milk, she tells the history of a nearly universa...

What would you do if your "mostly fine" life suddenly flipped upside down, leaving you at a crossroad you never saw coming?Enter Maddie Brown: slightly frazzled empty nester, and, thanks to a class reunion, now smack-dab in the middle of a swirling mess of old flames, family drama, and one impossible-to-ignore second chance.Between dodging the ghosts of University Past and navigating her husband's secrets, flying off to Bali in search of her missing son Ed and saving her fa...

Pocket Thoughts is a book of poetry that tickles the mind. Each poem or idea challenges the perspective of those who see past the words and taste the meaning. Kendra is a talented young woman with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She battles her challenges of Mental Illness by writing what is on her mind. Over the years her work has entertained and inspired others. With the support of her loving family and friends, Kendra continues to write. Her hope is to publish work that will help oth...

Katie and Tom's marriage is in trouble. So is their bank account.So, when Tom blindsides her by saying that his boss is sending him to Australia – permanently – Katie realises it might just be what they need to save their marriage.Trouble is, she doesn't like the heat, can't swim and hates spiders.Thrown into Sydney's sun, surf and school-gate politics, Katie finds unexpected friendship in glamorous, wealthy Naomi and bohemian Ann. But as the wine flows and the secr...

Three women. One life-changing secret. Will honesty bind them together or tear them apart?Single mother Charlie can barely pay the rent, never mind give her son the chances he deserves. Desperate to escape mounting debt, she enters into a surrogacy deal with a stranger. It will solve all her problems, won't it?High-flying Suzie is used to getting what she wants. Yet her biggest dream of being a mother is beyond her grasp. So when a chance for happiness comes her way in the ...

We’ve been told that a vegetarian diet can feed the hungry, honor the animals, and save the planet. Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But in The Vegetarian Myth, she argues that we’ve been led astray--not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance.The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won’t save us. In service to annual grains, humans have de...