"Aku merasa menjalani hidup menggunakan topeng." Entah sudah berapa kali ucapan seperti itu terlontar dari bibir pasien yang datang ke ruang konsultasi. Kemungkinan, kamu pun pernah mengucapkan hal seperti itu, bukan? Beberapa orang akan mengatakan, "Kita harus tampil apa adanya, jangan menggunakan topeng!" Tapi, menit yang sama ketika topeng itu dilepas, dunia tidak siap melihat wajah as…
Air mata punya kebijaksanaannya sendiri. Ia hadir ketika beban terlalu berat untuk diungkapkan dengan kata-kata. Ia menjadi ruang bagi luka untuk bernapas. Dan air mata adalah bahasa tubuh yang paling jujur. Sejak tragedi keji merenggut rahimnya, Tara kehilangan bukan hanya mimpinya, tapi juga air matanya. Dia mencoba segala cara untuk bertahan, tapi tak ada harapan yang tersisa setelah impiann…
When the tide goes out, the curtain goes up on this clever tale of a sunset seaside show starring the dancing crab divas and their aquatic corps de ballet. A fantastical rhyming text ushers readers through one sea-foam-dreamy act after another, from a gentle seahorse pas de deux to dramatic dolphin leaps beyond the spray. Welcome. Enter. Sit right there. upon our finest driftwood chair. …
Felix’s grandma used to tell him that after the rain, comes the sunshine. Felix is tired of carrying around his heavy, black suitcase filled with all his worries and woes, but he can’t seem to let go of it. Until one day a young boy opens up the suitcase and lets all the feelings escape! Felix learns that his grandma was right: sad feelings can’t last forever. Felix After the Rain is a…
Have you ever wondered why there are so many books about bears? No? Well consider this… every time you pick up a book about a bear, some poor grizzler has to jump up and perform the story for you – even if they were in the middle of something really good – like sleeping, snoozing, or napping. And because there are so many books about bears, the bears are pooped! They’re always on …
Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop. Forced to move to a new city, with her strict African American grandmother as her guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time into a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring a constant stream of attenti…
On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader. Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate …
Unfolding over 24 hours, this novel explores the ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion and the line between love and hate.
A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab world's leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
The exciting series for teens that explores life and love around the world. Studying abroad isn't at all like Kelly thought it would be. Instead of shopping for fine Italian leather and living in an apartment with a view of the Colosseum, she is stuck in a stuffy dorm room with three other girls, and is sharing one shower with the entire floor! This is not the bella Roma that she'd dreamed o…