genre.crack

Cracks in the Fabric: Beyond the Extraordinary
$21.24
This is an unusual novel, quite unlike anything I have read before, and even more difficult to classify. It's not so much science fiction as thriller, and even then the driving force of a mother's love makes it something else again. It is this absence of an obvious genre that makes it a compelling read.

I won't revisit the plot, as this has been done quite well here, but suffice to say that it is really thought provoking. Is this current time or the very near future? It is certainly a world we recognise, and yet when we move forward in the story we encounter technology that we have never seen or even imagined.

For those readers who are looking for something a little different and challenging to your way of thinking, this is an enjoyable read. For a debut it is sensational.

William the Crack Shot Kid (Book & CD) (The Music Literacy Art)
$11.95
The books in this series are designed to combine music, text, and illustrations as a way of telling stories written specifically for young children. Works by Ralph Vaughn Williams. Camille Saint-Sa���?ns, and others are used as a backdrop for each story.

The destruction of the apple tree had brought a time of great sadness and despondency to those living nearby. However, one day the signs of new life on the tree cause a real stir. Discover how William turns this new hope to everyones advantage. This story introduces The William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini.

Year of The Crack Mom (The Cartel Publications Presents)
$15.00
Kaneesha and her boyfriend Jarvis find themselves struggling to care for themselves and their eight year old son. But after being forced out of a their home due to a foreclosure that their slumlord failed to tell them about, they end up in a small project called The Heights .

Trying to fit in, they accept an offer from their first floor neighbors to go to their home. Once they enter the filthy, funky apartment, they want to leave but to avoid being rude decide to stay. That is until Kaneesha mistakenly ingests a roach after being offered a drink from a dirty cup. The couple flees immediately and it doesn t take long before they discover that trifling neighbors are the least of their concerns.

After a few puff...puff...pulls, they lose their jobs, possessions and self respect. Their relationship crumbles when Jarvis leaves Kaneesha and his son all alone. In the hood, misery Loves Company so Kaneesha befriends Reds, a neighbor hood pregnant crack queen. Now she learns the ropes on how to use her body to feed her habit. Things go terribly wrong when Red leads Kaneesha to a hotel party to score drugs in exchange for sex, a decision she ll regret. Will the dangerous move cause Kaneesha to trade a life of peril to be the mother she always knew she could be? Or will she surrender to its power and seduction?

Year of the Crack Mom is a brilliant debut novel, based on true events, that deals with the power of the human spirit to live against all odds.