Bøger af R L George

Not long after Jocelyn Arelis is born in 1963, the depth and breadth of her specialness becomes evident. Gifted with brilliance and blessed with timeless wisdom, she soon becomes an integral part of her cousin Angela's troubled family when Joss's mother and father decide to relocate from Canada to San Francisco, California. Angela's parents also have two sons, Giesi and Felipe. The overall blend of the two families is strong enough that they live together for more than ten years, with individual clashes often mediated by Joss, and she also helps to interpret the general triumphs and turmoil of the 1960s and 70s. Joss's talents are so extraordinary that it crosses more than a few minds: one day, she could become the first female President of the United States! However, the fates often have more intricate plans for certain exceptional people...

Are you normal? That's a hard question to answer until normality is properly defined, and attempted definitions are in a constant state of flux. Societies evolve, and what was normal decades or centuries ago falls out of sync with each new generation. Change happens more quickly than technology upgrades. There's nothing stagnant about laws, politics, ethics, or gender. Do we really have average families, incomes, or personal appearances? No. Is there a common level of sanity, do people have standard dreams? Of course not. The very idea of "normal" is laughable, if one has a sense of humor. Know that in this crazily abnormal world, your uniqueness is your greatest strength.

Who knew there were so many angles to the topic of death? People live, someday they'll die, seems pretty cut and dry. But no, there's a myriad considerations of when and how death comes, whether it's after 90 years of breathing, or during the throes of youth. An accident may take a life, while others are murdered, and some commit suicide. War and fatal diagnoses are precursors of death. No matter how it comes it will arrive, yet countless human beings are terrorized by that inevitability and resist it with every breath. This book is an attempt to reduce that fear-and increase a zest for life-with compassion, common sense, and even humor. Yes, humor. What better way to face the grim reaper than by having the last laugh?