Ellen Burstyn
Language
English
Description
In an inspirational debut novel by the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother's ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.
2) 30 days
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two star basketball players, Donnell, a black kid from the inner city, and Jason, a white kid from the affluent suburbs, are sentenced to 30 days' labor in each other's communities following a game that turned into a brawl. Through this experience, they learn valuable lessons about hard work, discrimination and how others cannot be judged by how they look or where they live. When they return to their home turf, both see their new attitudes put to...