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Theresa Larsen's son, Matthew, comes to her with a cut on his hand, explaining it away as an accident with a pocket knife. But as she cleans and treats the wound, she discovers dozens of slashes covering both of his arms. Thus begins Larsen's compelling personal memoir about what it's like to be the parent of a mentally ill teenager.

"Cutting the Soul" offers a firsthand look at mental illness, both financially and emotionally. Matthew, fourteen years old when he starts cutting, goes on to face other hardships, including suicide attempts, severe depression, and multiple stays in...

A huggable concept book about the days of the week that doubles as a puppet

Matthew Van Fleet's huggable multiconcept book introduces preschoolers to textures, colors, critters, and the days of the week. When slipped onto a hand, the cuddly bullfrog becomes a beguiling puppet with a mouth that opens wide for every meal. The cleverly textured pages will tickle fingertips and funny bones while revealing clues to what's next on Monday's colorful menu, from a twinkly glow-in-the-dark snack to a...

The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the Papacy marked a series of historic Papal firsts-first Jesuit, first from the Americas and first from the Southern Hemisphere. But most moving was his being the first to take the name of St. Francis. At a time when the Vatican is embroiled in decades-long scandals of the Curia and its clergy around the globe, this act has inspired the world to hope for a church rebuilt in the spirit of his namesake, Francis.

Former Dominican priest Matthew Fox presents a series of heartfelt letters to his brother in Christ about the great challenges facing the...

An American odyssey in miniature, "Pike and Bloom" maps the trajectories of three characters Pike, Bloom, and Clytie as they spiral through "the serious blues of Indianapolis," attempting to construct meaning from the absurd.

Pike, a paranoiac everyman, lays confined in a hospital bed, convinced that the medical staff conspire against him. He flees into the city streets to seek the root of the plot, certain that he is followed. Meanwhile, the romantic, meandering Bloom attempts to make sense of his own conflicting impulses toward both chaos and order. Bloom s wife Clytie, who suspects...