Fall Daze Meryl McQueen http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6857 en 2004 New school, new town, new life: sixteen-year-old Nicole is about to find out the hard way that home can be a four-letter word. Young Adult family drama short story teenage high school adolescent senior year moving http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6857.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6857.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6857.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6857.mobi A Month of Sundays Meryl McQueen http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6852 en 2004 Four best friends. One deadly secret. A family's tragedy. This is a story of understanding too little, too late. Don't waste a minute of this one precious life. Young Adult YA family suicide friendship commercial fiction high school adolescent teenager bulimia http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6852.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6852.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6852.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6852.mobi Swimming Lessons Meryl McQueen http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6851 en 2005 A parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. A parent's only hope: a child's joy. What happens when all you have to give is not enough? A story about love, dreams, family, unexpected connections, and learning to swim. family death suicide loss grief commercial fiction womens fiction autism water communication http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6851.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6851.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6851.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/6851.mobi Knots Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166 en 2008 In the course of my job I’ve given a lot of baths to little girls. There aren’t a lot of jobs where this can be considered a normal thing, but as a nanny that’s how it goes. Over the past few years there are few things I’ve come to dread more than having to comb out my girls’ hair once bath time is done. I put myself in their shoes one day and the idea for this story came about. Simple and touching. fiction Creative Commons family relationships kids short story mother baths hair nanny manny daughter mother daughter http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.mobi You’re Allowed to Order Takeout Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164 en 2008 This was a strange story in a lot of ways. I had to carve this out of very little. It’s short and it’s minimal, but for some reason I can’t stop thinking about it. Basically we visit with Neil, who has just welcomed his second child into the world, and watch as he tries to find his emotional footing again. fiction Creative Commons family Emotional children short story birth baby http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.mobi