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A man lies dead on the floor. How did he get that way? In 1920s Chicago, where crime stories fill the newspapers daily, Carola's abusive stepfather is murdered-and the case makes celebrities of the shy fifteen-year-old and her mother. a famous and quirky attorney, a sleuthing newspaper woman, the Gypsy boy she loves, all make demands. . .but can Carola overcome her shyness and take charge of the media circus surrounding her? Can she turn herself into an assertive young woman who stands up for herself and her mother? And who committed the crime anyway? all of Chicago thinks they know the...

Can a mother who vanished mysteriously ever be found? Can a daughter ever be whole if she doesn't know the truth? For fifty-five years, the author of this book denied all memories of her mother, who died when she was nine-until she was compelled to hunt for her, inch by inch, lead by lead, through the precarious precincts of the past, confronting not only the remnants of her mother's life but her own troubled childhood and the year 1946, one mired in unfeeling attitudes toward mental illness, rape, abortion, and the victimization of women. Combining fact, fantasy, and love, the author brings...

If you are one of the 50 million Americans who suffer from pain and have searched to no avail for a smart, safe, and, most of all, effective solution, you may find relief in Dr. Norman Marcus's Freedom from Pain. Adapted from Dr. Marcus's remarkable narcotics-free New York Pain Treatment Program at Lenox Hill Hospital, this book will teach you, in carefully graduated steps, how to surrender the attitudes that are holding you prisoner to pain and how to master the physical and mental techniques that can set you free -- techniques that have had an unprecedented success rate and will work...