Bøger af Kathleen L Martens

The Wall of Hope is a captivating, cross-cultural journey to discovering family, love, and purpose in a world of chaos and war. Hope Lê Ketchum-James has struggled to find her place in the world. The daughter of an American soldier and a Vietnamese mother, Hope grew up in Boston as the indulged stepdaughter of a world-famous American singer. After graduating from Harvard Law, Hope's memories of her early traumatizing years in an orphanage and dramatic wartime rescue begin to haunt her when she joins her father's Uplift Children's Foundation as an adoption attorney. Enter Dominique Bellamy Bonchance. Uplifts new French Overseas Operations Manager draws Hope out of her shell. As their romance grows, so does the dangerous and violent nature of Dominique's overseas work. Hope's passion to save children as she'd been saved, and her painful past cause a conflict as Hope and Dominique navigate their budding relationship. Hope finds solace in her art, painting smiling faces of rescued children from war zones. While pursuing a case in San Francisco, she stumbles upon her birth mother's family and begins to uncover who she is and what she's meant to be. Will Hope and Dominique be torn apart by the very thing that brought them together? Can Hope build a bridge to peace and love through her creativity amidst the chaos in her world?

This engaging and evocative anthology of poems, essays and short stories from the pens of the Seaside Scribes -- award-winning women writers from the Delaware and Maryland coasts -- features a broad spectrum of lived experiences, styles, and perspectives to enchant the reader.Authors Included: Ruth Wanberg-Alcorn, Ashley Cuffee aka Ash'iz "Tha Rebirth," Sarah Barnett, Jane O'Rourke Bender, Kimberly Blanch, Christy Walker Briedis, Cynthia Gratz Campbell, Judy Catterton, Terri Clifton, Ellen Collins, Gail Braune Comorat, Ginny Daly, Kelsey Dugan, Mimi S Dupont, Beth Ewell, Linda Federman, Rosa Maria Fernandez, Irene Fick, Stephanie Fowler, Katherine Gekker, Lisa Graff, Crystal Heidel, Jane Hill aka jahill, Margaret Farrell Kirby, Jane Klein, Mary Leach, Faith Lord, Kathleen L. Martens, Rita B. Nelson, Annie Plowman, Carole Schauer, Nancy Powichroski Sherman, Irene Emily Wanberg, Marjorie F. Weber, Katherine Winfield, Judy Wood, and Sherri Wright.

A rich and powerful collection of poems, essays, and short stories by women writers from the Delaware and Maryland coasts that explores the power of the Divine Feminine -- the life passages and experiences that unify all women, and connect us to the humanity in everyone.Authors Included: Gail Braune Comorat, Marjorie F. Weber Sherri Wright Kathleen Martens Ruth Wanberg-Alcorn Mary Leach Margaret Farrell Kirby Jane O'Rourke Bender Ellen Collins Carole Schauer Maeke Ermarth Faith Lord Mimi S. Dupont jahill Judy Wood Irene Emily Wanberg Terri Clifton Ash'iz "Tha Rebirth" Irene Fick Ginny Daly Kimberly Blanch Judy Catterton Christy Walker Briedis Sarah Barnett Nancy Powichroski Sherman Rosa M. Fernandez Marion Winslow.