Böcker av Sheri Keyes

Her cat has died, her prospectus committee has asked for major revisions, and she is living in Texas. To earn extra money until she has fulfilled all the PhD requirements, Miss Thorpe has accepted an instructor position at a local community college. She has been assigned a developmental literature class, and the students--in her opinion--are ill-prepared for any level. She begins with twenty-three students, but the number quickly drops to fourteen.After two days of class, one student commented, "Professors like that make me want to give up.""I can see why she's a 'Miss'," said another.But Nita Garcia is determined to make a better life for herself and her children. She is not going to let one rude teacher spoil her dreams. Neither is Jeremy, who has promised his mother that he will go to college. And LaKeisha will simply not tolerate the haughty Miss Thorpe.Read how the students become the teachers to the professor as they share details of the harsh realities of their lives. Learn how their stories impact Miss Thorpe and her teaching methods. And see how respect and understanding can truly change lives.

As I wrote some of the stories for this book, I shared them with my brother, requesting that he fill in my memory blanks and verify some of the details. Recently, I sent an email to him with the latest tale attached and asked, "Do strange things happen to me, or am I just strange?""You are strange, definitely strange," he returned.Read these accounts and decide for yourself if life has handed me a unique set of experiences, if I am indeed strange, or if maybe both are true!*****These narratives will prompt you to remember your childhood, remind you of simpler times, and perhaps--probably--make you chuckle.

Sean, a vacationing helicopter pilot from Scotland, takes a wrong turn and roars into a small New Mexico town wearing a kilt and riding a Harley. At the local diner, he meets the girl of his dreams. An impossible romantic, he relentlessly woos Jenny by doing ordinary things in extraordinary ways throughout their life together.