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Dominic's Pride (Virtues & Vices #3)
by J. L. Campbell"Women. Money. Parties. Dominic Whitehorn’s life revolves around these staples until he wakes up to the reality that he’s broke, and living in a foreign land. He hates his overbearing brother, and can’t stand his mother’s lectures. The only other source of help is his father, who suffers a heart attack. With tighter reins on the family business, and his loan called in, Dominic’s problems multiply. To make matters worse, the woman he’s interested in believes he’s a lightweight, and another claims he’s the father of her baby. Ashley Dennis knows Nick is a troubled soul because she’s been there. They make an unlikely couple, but will her example and conviction be the catalyst he needs to turn his life around? ***Dominic’s Pride is inspirational fiction with a focus on family and relationships. "
DNA (Virtues & Vices #1)
by J. L. CampbellWhen the past impacts the future, life takes a chaotic turn. Russell and Amoy Majors have thriving careers, a comfortable home, and two healthy sons. A new chapter opens in their lives when Russ accepts a promotion overseas without consulting Amoy. A move abroad means physical exams, biometric screenings, and embassy interviews. All normal requirements, or they would be, if Amoy didn't believe they might stir a hornet's nest. When an unauthorized test yields unexpected results, the pillars on which Amoy's life is built are shaken. Whether her marriage will survive a shocking revelation and her faith withstand a trial by fire, is anyone's guess. ***DNA is inspirational fiction with a focus on marriage.
The Heart of Things (In Medias Res #2)
by J. L. CampbellAfter a year-long, Jamaica-Miami romance, Douglas Blythe succeeds in putting a ring on Khalila Skyers's finger.
Learning Bodies
by Julia Coffey Shelley Budgeon Helen Cahill'Learning Bodies' addresses the lack of attention paid to the body in youth and childhood studies. Whilst a significant range of work on this area has explored gender, class, race and ethnicity, and sexualities - all of which have bodily dimensions - the body is generally studied indirectly, rather than being the central focus. This collection of papers brings together a scholarly range of international, interdisciplinary work on youth, with a specific focus on the body. The authors engage with conceptual, empirical and pedagogical approaches which counteract perspectives that view young people's bodies primarily as 'problems' to be managed, or as sites of risk or deviance. The authors demonstrate that a focus on the body allows us to explore a range of additional dimensions in seeking to understand the experiences of young people. The research is situated across a range of sites in Australia, North America, Britain, Canada, Asia and Africa, drawing on a range of disciplines including sociology, education and cultural studies in the process. This collection aims to demonstrate - theoretically, empirically and pedagogically - the implications that emerge from a reframed approach to understanding children and youth by focusing on the body and embodiment.
Empowering Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Amanda Webster Joy Cumming Susannah RowlandThis book presents an international research-based framework that has empowered parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to become critical decision makers to actively guide their child's learning and self-advocacy. Parents can use this framework to identify their child's vision and dreams, and to work with educators and service providers to establish specific learning goals and to implement effective interventions and programs that enable their child to achieve those goals and realise their vision for the future. The book begins by reviewing available research on evidence-based practice for children with ASD and outlining the Cycle of Learning decision-making framework for parents and professionals. Throughout the remainder of the book, case studies are presented to illustrate the ways in which different parents have successfully utilised this framework to develop effective plans for their child and to advocate for learning and education programs for both their child and other children with ASD in school and community settings. In addition, it highlights concrete examples of how parents have used the framework to empower their children with ASD to develop their self-awareness and self-determination, and to be able to self-advocate as they move through adolescence and into adult life.
Introduction to Rights-based Direct Practice with Children
by Murli DesaiThe Sourcebook introduces the theoretical and ideological foundation and methodological basis of Rights-based Direct Practice with Children. It starts with the methodology of participatory group workshops to facilitate learning of the content. The content draws linkages among the foundation of life skills; psychosocial, sociological and critical theories of childhood; and child rights values, categories and principles; with the approaches, methods and skills of direct practice with children. The book takes examples from India but makes significant contribution to training and reference material for child rights teachers, trainers, facilitators and field workers, across the world, especially in the developing countries.
Reproductive Dilemmas in Metro Manila
by Christianne F. CollantesThis text addresses the Philippines' historical and contemporary reproductive politics, offering a timely insight into the rich reproductive lives of Filipinos. It critically explores stories of sexuality, religiosity, and reproductive livelihoods during the immediate aftermath of the passing of the 'Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act' of 2012 after more than fifteen years of opposition by the Philippine Catholic Church. Commonly called the "RH Law", it aims to provide public access to reproductive and family planning services for Filipino women and men, especially those from poorer communities who often experience unwanted pregnancies, complications from illegal abortions, and exacerbated economic hardship. This book explores the intimate and urban after-effects of globalization, and how they shape the "reproductive dilemmas" of Filipinos in Metropolitan "Metro" Manila. It constructs a balanced portrait of the country's reproductive politics within Metro Manila's rapidly changing terrains, showing how "reproductive dilemmas" are produced within a context that is at once fraught by conservative religious discourse and also rapidly globalizing, and where aspects of intimate lives have become both transnational and fragmented.
Criminalising Coercive Control: Family Violence and the Criminal Law
by Marilyn McMahon Paul McGorreryThis book considers whether coercive control (particularly non-physical forms of family violence) should be prohibited by the criminal law. Based on the premise that traditional understandings of family violence are severely limited, it considers whether the core of family violence is power-based controlling or coercive behavior: attempts by men to psychologically dominate their partners. Such behavior can cause significant psychological, physical and economic harms to victims and is increasingly recognized as a form of human rights abuse.The book considers the new offences that have been introduced in England and Wales (controlling or coercive behavior), Ireland (controlling behavior) and Scotland (domestic abuse). It invites consideration of three key questions: Do conventional criminal laws adequately regulate non-physical abuse? Is the criminal law an appropriate mechanism for responding to the coercive control of family members? And if a new and distinctive offence is warranted, what is the optimal form of that offence?This ground-breaking work is essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in coercive control and the proper role of the criminal law as a mechanism for regulating family violence.
Chinese Marriage and Social Change: The Legal Abolition of Concubinage in Hong Kong
by Max WL WongThis book provides a comparative account of the abolition of concubinage in East Asia, offering a new perspective and revised analysis of the factors leading to – and the debates surrounding – the introduction of a new Marriage Reform Ordinance in Hong Kong in 1971. It uses this law as a platform to examine how the existence of concubinage – long preserved in the name of protecting Chinese traditions and customs — crucially influenced family law reforms, which were in response to a perceived need to create a ‘modern’ marriage system within Hong Kong’s Chinese community after the Second World War. This was, by and large, the result of continued pressure from within Hong Kong and from Britain to bring Hong Kong’s marriage system in line with international marriage treaties. It represented one of the last significant intrusions of colonial law into the private sphere of Hong Kong social life, eliminating Chinese customs which had been previously recognised by the colonial legal system’s family law. This book contextualizes the Hong Kong situation by examining judicial cases interpreting Chinese customs and the Great Qing Code, offering a comprehensive understanding of the Hong Kong situation in relation to the status of concubines in Republican China and other East Asian jurisdictions. It will be of particular interest to teachers and students of law, as well as researchers in gender studies, post-colonialism, sociology and cultural studies.
Women, Matrimonial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Transforming Indian Justice Delivery System for Achieving Gender Justice
by Neelam TyagiThis book examines the practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as it stands today in the context of matrimonial disputes and for providing gender justice for women undergoing matrimonial litigation. ADR is a fairly recent but increasingly prevalent phenomenon that has significantly evolved due to the failure of the adversarial process of litigation to provide timely resolution of disputes. The book explores the merit and demerit of traditional litigation process and emergence, socio-legal framework, work environment and success rate of various ADR processes in general and for resolving matrimonial disputes in particular. It comprehensively discusses the role of various institutions and attitudes and perceptions of ADR practitioners. It analyzes the influence of patriarchal cultural assumptions of appropriate feminine behaviour and its effect on ADR practitioners like mediators and counsellors that leads to the marginalization of aggrieved woman’s issues.With a brief analysis of the experience and challenges faced with the way the ADR process is conducted, the focus is on probing the vulnerability of aggrieved women. The book critiques the practice of ADR as it is today and offers constructive ways forward by providing suggestions, insights, and analysis that could bring about a transformation in the way justice is delivered to women. This in-depth study is an attempt to guide decision making by bringing forth and legitimizing the battered women’s voice which often goes unrepresented, in the debate about the efficacy of ADR mechanism in resolving matrimonial disputes.The book is of interest to those working for justice for women, particularly in the context of matrimonial disputes -- legal professionals, mediators, counsellors, judges, academicians, women rights activists, researchers in the field of gender and women studies, social work and law, ADR educators, policymakers and general readers who are inclined and interested in bringing a gender perspective to their area of work.
Young People Using Family Violence: International Perspectives on Research, Responses and Reforms
by Kate Fitz-Gibbon Heather Douglas JaneMaree MaherThis book examines the use of violence by children and young people in family settings and proposes specialised and age-appropriate responses to these children and young people It interrogates the adequacy and effectiveness of current service and justice system responses, including analysis of police, court and specialist service responses. It proposes new approaches to children and young people who use violence that are evidence based, non-punitive, and informed by an understanding of the complexity of needs and the importance of age appropriate service responses.Bringing together a range of Australian and International experts, it sheds new light on questions such as: How can we best understand and respond to the use of family violence by young people? To what extent do traditional family violence responses address the experiences of adolescents who use violence in family settings? What barriers to help seeking exist for parental and sibling victims of adolescent family violence? To what degree do existing support and justice services provide adequate responses to those using adolescent family violence and their families? In what circumstances do children kill their biological and adopted parents?The explicit focus on child and adolescent family violence produces new knowledge in the area of family violence, which will be of relevance to academics, policy makers and family violence practitioners in Australia and internationally.
Nationality of Foundlings: Avoiding Statelessness Among Children of Unknown Parents Under International Nationality Law (Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies #5)
by Mai Kaneko-IwaseThis is the first book dedicated to clarifying the concept of “foundlings” and how to best prevent their statelessness in light of the object and purpose of Article 2 of the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and equivalent nationality law provisions. Among other features, the book defines the terms “foundling,” including the maximum age limit of the child to be considered a “foundling”; “unknown parents”; being “found” in a territory; and “proof to the contrary”; as well as the procedural issues such as the appropriate burden and standard of proof. In doing so, the book draws upon a comparative analysis of national legislation on “foundlings” covering 193 states, case law, and precedents in some states as well as international human rights law norms including the best interests of the child. As its conclusion, the book proposes an inclusive model “foundling provision” and a commentary to inform legislative efforts and interpretation of the existing provisions. Its findings are useful not only to state parties to the 1961 Convention but also to non-state parties, particularly in countries lacking systematic civil documentation or experiencing the effects of armed conflicts, migration, trafficking, and displacement.
Laws and Policies on Surrogacy: Comparative Insights from India
by Harleen KaurThis book is an essential guide on surrogacy, discussing various legal issues that arise in surrogacy cases. It provides a comprehensive coverage to various issues pertaining to surrogacy arrangements due to failure to meet the needs of those involved in surrogacy, be it the intended parents or the surrogate mother, with special emphasis on the most vulnerable party -- the surrogate child. In the wake of this existing imbalance, the call to reform the practice of surrogacy has also increased. The book provides a comprehensive coverage to various laws and policy regulations in existence dealing with surrogacy, and unravels the latest trends and developments happening around the world as surrogacy gains importance. The international perspectives highlight policies and practices being adopted and followed by various nations with regard to surrogacy regulation and associated parenthood rules. This book also analyses some of the significant cross-border disputes revolving around surrogacy, and explores briefly the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on matters of parentage and citizenship for children born of trans-national surrogacy with special reference to the prospects of a convention on international surrogacy currently being studied by The Hague Conference on Private International Law. Further, it highlights the issues and questions relating to surrogacy arrangements that are so far unresolved and unanswered and suggests measures for improvements to the existing proposed surrogacy legislation in India and need for uniform international regulation. The book is a great resource for legal practitioners, academics, students, policy-makers, infertility clinics, and charitable organizations working on this issue.
Child Rights to Guardianship: A Comparative Study in International, Islamic and Libyan Laws
by Ali Omar MesratiThis book examines how local cultures affect the interpretation of international human rights law. This book explores the Islamic legal system in its approach to the concept of guardianship and, more specifically, the approach of the Libyan legal system through a study of existing legislation and Libyan High Court (LHC) interpretation as revealed in its decisions. This book aims to show how the cultural background affects the interpretation of international human rights in domestic legal systems. This book makes a worthy contribution to promoting greater understanding of the cultural dimensions in operation in both the formulation and particularly the application of international law in Libya as elsewhere. This is an area of research which is, as a whole, one worthy of further development and examination. The book includes case analysis of important Libyan High Court rulings which have been gathered by the author and officially translated, analysed, and discussed from the three lenses namely; Libyan Law, Islamic Law, and International Law. In turn, this book is the first of its kind and unique in the field of Islamic and International Law. This book also includes detailed analysis of the correspondence between the Libyan High Court and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Further, this book provides solutions and comprehensive and practical recommendations that satisfy both International standards and local Islamic and Libyan culture. This is an ever evolving and a current area of interest internationally, this unique book enriches the field and continues the conversation and provides practical sustainable solutions.
Islamic Law in Malaysia: The Challenges of Implementation
by Adnan Trakic Hanifah Haydar Ali TajuddinThis book examines the challenges of the implementation of Islamic law in Malaysia. Malaysia is a pertinent jurisdiction to explore such challenges given its global focus, colonial history and institutions, and the intersection of the Shari’ah and secularism/multiculturalism. The resultant implementation challenges are underpinned by three factors that make Malaysia an important jurisdiction for those interested in understanding the place of Islamic law in the global context. First, Malaysia is often considered as a model Islamic country. Islamic law is a source of law in Malaysia. The Islamic law legal system in Malaysia operates in parallel with a common law legal system. The two systems of law generally are in harmony with one another. Nevertheless, occasional cross-jurisdictional issues do arise, and when they do, the Malaysian judiciary has been quite efficient in solving them. The Malaysian experience in maintaining such harmony between the two legal systems provides lessons for a number of countries facing such challenges. Second, Malaysia has a developed Shari’ah court system that interprets and applies Islamic law predominantly based on the Shafi’i school of thought. While, for the most part, the approach has been successful, there have been times when the implementation of the law has raised concerns as to the compatibility of Islamic law with modern principles of human rights and common law-based values. Third, there have been cases where Islamic law implementation in Malaysia has gained global attention due to the potential for wider international implications. To do justice to this complex area, the book calls on scholars and practitioners who have the necessary expertise in Islamic law and its implementation. As such, this book provides lessons and direction for other countries that operate a dual system of secular and Islamic laws.
Play and Recreation, Health and Wellbeing
by Bethan Evans John Horton Tracey SkeltonGeographies of children and young people is a rapidly emerging sub-discipline within human geography. There is now a critical mass of established academic work, key names within academia, growing numbers of graduate students and expanding numbers of university level taught courses. There are also professional training programmes at national scales and in international contexts that work specifically with children and young people. In addition to a productive journal of Children's Geographies, there's a range of monographs, textbooks and edited collections focusing on children and young people published by all the major academic presses then there is a substantive body of work on younger people within human geography and active authors and researchers working within international contexts to warrant a specific Major Reference Work on children's and young people's geographies. The volumes and sections are structured by themes, which then reflect the broader geographical locations of the research.
Human Rights and Legal Services for Children and Youth: Global Perspectives
by Asha Bajpai David W. Tushaus Mandava Rama Krishna PrasadThis book discusses legal services clinics and various other access-to-justice initiatives that are established to protect and represent the rights and interests of children and youth in several countries across the globe. These could include legal services or access-to-justice clinics run by government or universities or community. The book has contributions from academicians, lawyers, researchers and legal professionals from several counties including India, UK, USA, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Poland, and Spain, which discuss how they represent children and youth in their countries. The book looks at how these access-to-justice initiatives currently provide assistance, what are the child friendly justice procedures they use, and best practices that can be replicable in other jurisdictions. The chapters contain findings of field research studies, some case studies, and models related to these topics. There are recommendations on ways to strengthen access-to-justice and legal services for empowering children and youth. The main goal is to create a resource for readers who want to expand child advocacy opportunities in their own universities and communities. The reader may also learn how to conduct legislative advocacy and case law advocacy to improve laws in other jurisdictions; and take-away best and replicable initiatives. The practices could be adaptable by other clinics and countries. The book will be useful to child rights advocates and defenders, students of law, legal researchers, civil society organizations, legal services authorities, legal aid institutions, educational institutions, school authorities, juvenile justice authorities, clinical legal educators, justice educators, justice practitioners and law and policy makers.
Criar sin miedo
by Miguel EspecheUn libro para recuperar la esencia de esa difícil y a la vez maravillosa tarea de ser padres. Hay una sabiduría oculta en todos los padres, y un objetivo de este libro es ayudar a que tomen conciencia de ella. Esta sabiduría sólo es accesible cuando el miedo no avanza sobre la vida familiar de manera avasallante, como lo está haciendo en estos tiempos. Si el miedo guarda el lugar que le corresponde, el amor (y, por ello, la inteligencia) puede expresarse de la mejor manera. Miguel Espeche, licenciado en psicología y terapeuta clínico, nos invita a entrar en un espacio de encuentro, donde es posible compartir las experiencias y descubrir recursos para acompañar a los hijos sin culpas, sin miedos, disfrutando de los roles de madres y de padres. La confianza en los hijos, la autoridad como instrumento del amor, el desarrollo de la intuición, la comprensión de las emociones propias y de la familia, son algunas de las ideas que recorren Criar sin miedo, una obra nacida de las charlas, talleres y conferencias que Miguel Espeche viene compartiendo con madres y padres desde hace más de diez años.
Criando hijos, creando personas
by Alejandra LibensonCriar niños es crear personas, es creer en ellos y crecer con ellos. ¿Cómo lograr que nuestros hijos coman bien? ¿Cuándo es el momento de sacarles los pañales? ¿A dormir se aprende? ¿Cuándo y cómo destetar al bebé? ¿Cuál es la mejor manera de estimular? ¿Qué significa "poner límites"? ¿Qué jardín de infantes elegir y cómo lograr una buena adaptación? ¿Los celos son "normales"? ¿Cómo manejar los miedos de los niños y los nuestros? ¿Cómo los preparamos para los cambios? ¿Cómo superar la culpa por volver a trabajar? Durante tres años, Alejandra Libenson respondió, a través de la web, a estas y a muchas otras inquietudes que le transmitían padres de diversos lugares del mundo. Sobre esta base, de preguntas y respuestas reales, comenzó a gestarse este libro, con el objetivo de que esta rica experiencia sirviera a muchos otros padres. Ningún niño es igual a otro; ningún padre reacciona de idéntica manera ante sus hijos. En consecuencia, no existen "recetas" mágicas para criarlos, sino caminos posibles, que se van descubriendo en la prolongada, ardua y maravillosa tarea de ser padres. Respondiendo el interrogante individual, personal y propio de cada mamá, papá o adulto a cargo de niños, la autora nos va abriendo la puerta a diferentes formas de pensar la crianza de nuestros hijos, nos acerca soluciones insospechadas y nos ayuda a encontrar nuevos enfoques. Un libro diferente que parte de la convicción de que criar niños no es un adiestramiento ni un camino que se transita siguiendo recetas.
Los nuevos padres: Un libro para comprender y acompañar a los padres en el crecimiento y educación
by Alejandra LibensonCriar hijos es un tránsito permanente entre la pasión y la calma. Este libro aspira a servir de acompañamiento para aligerar esos trayectos y hacer posible su disfrute. Hay tantas maneras de criar, como padres e hijos hay. Por eso las recetas no sirven. Las fórmulas impiden que se manifieste lo más profundo y personal de cada uno. Bienvenidas las dudas, bienvenidas las preguntas. Bienvenida la responsabilidad de conocerse cada uno para poder conocer al hijo. Para acompañarlo y ejercer una crianza con sentido, desde el amor, el respetoy el deseo de que encuentre su propio camino y descubra quién quiere ser y quién puede ser.
Más que suficiente
by The SistarsThe Sistars tienen miles de seguidores en You Tube, Tik Tok, Instagram y Spotify. Esta es su primera novela. Las protagonistas se topan por casualidad pero, tal como The Sistars, terminan enlazadas por una misma pasión. Valen y Maxi están pasando por momentos difíciles en sus vidas. Cuando se cruzan en un avión rumbo a Tokio, sienten que son totalmente opuestas, que no tienen nada en común y cada una carga con sus propios fastidios. Pero ¿qué pasa cuando la vida les da un comodín y les pide que lo jueguen? ¿Cómo viven sus sueños? ¿Cuáles son las decisiones correctas? Más que suficiente es una historia sobre la pasión por la música, los sueños y la importancia de la amistad.
Nuevas familias: Cómo la ciencia nos cumple el deseo de ser padres
by Dr. R. Sergio Pasqualini Dr. R. Agustín PasqualiniLos doctores Sergio y Agustin Pasqualini, referentes de reconocimiento internacional en Medicina Reproductiva, junto a un equipo interdisciplinario, presentan historias en las que diferentes personas dan cuenta del camino y las decisiones que tomaron a medida que avanzaban en las distintas maneras de concebir un hijo. Durante muchos años consideramos que una familia estaba conformada por una mamá, un papá e hijos. Pero ese modelo ya no es el único. A lo largo de los años, los avances de la ciencia permitieron a diferentes personas concretar su deseo de tener un hijo: mujeres solas, hombres solos, parejas de varones, parejas de mujeres, parejas con problemas de fertilidad, mujeres que ya dejaron de ovular por edad o por una enfermedad preexistente y cualquier persona con alguna dificultad para concebir. También se abrieron puertas que generan debates, como la gestación por sustitución o la adopción de embriones. Los doctores Sergio y Agustin Pasqualini, referentes de reconocimiento internacional en Medicina Reproductiva, junto al equipo interdisciplinario de Halitus Instituto Médico, presentan historias en las que diferentes personas dan cuenta del camino y las decisiones que tomaron a medida que avanzaban en las distintas maneras de concebir un hijo. "Porque en verdad -dicen los autores- este libro se trata de un deseo. Uno solo. Y vital. Es lo que nosotros llamamos deseo procreacional, que es la base, el primer paso, el primer ladrillo, el indispensable para ser mamás y/o ser papás".
Un kilómetro más: Correr en la ciudad. En la montaña. En la vida.
by Sofi CantiloUn libro de running único que alterna el intenso relato en primera persona de las ultramaratones de 200 millas que Sofía Cantilo corrió en la Argentina y el mundo con su experiencia como madre sola; una historia plagada de desafíos narrada en un estilo confesional, honesto y con una contundente perspectiva de género. Sofi Cantilo, madre y corredora, la chica que no trotaba ni una cuadra y hoy es el mayor referente de ultra trail running del país, cuenta su historia. Un libro de running único: entre los intensos y absorbentes relatos de las ultramaratones de 200 millas en las que compitió en la Argentina y el mundo, Sofía Cantilo, una de las corredoras porteñas más reconocidas de la última década, narra en un estilo confesional, honesto y valiente los obstáculos personales que aprendió a afrontar y superar por sus propios medios. Entre ellos, la pérdida de una de las personas más importantes de su vida, la dificultad de asumir su maternidad a solas (y algún episodio de lo que hoy se conoce como violencia obstétrica) y los resabios de machismo que aún quedan en el ambiente del running. Siempre con la misma consigna con la que gana sus carreras, y que ha convertido ya en un estilo de vida: cuando el camino parece imposible, proponerse una meta posible, hacer tan solo un kilómetro más. ¿QUÉ ES 1 KM MÁS? Cuando me paro en el arco de largada de una carrera y veo que tengo 331 kilómetros por delante, el número me resulta imposible. Entonces pienso en las experiencias y en las aventuras que me deparará el camino. En algún momento empieza a doler, te cansás, el recorrido se torna complejo y la cabeza patea para el otro lado. Y empieza el gran tema: me quedan 250 kilómetros, me quedan 200 kilómetros. ¿Cómo voy a correr 200 kilómetros más si ahora estoy hecha bolsa? ¡No puedo correr 200 kilómetros más! Pero un kilómetro más, sí, puedo. Uno siempre puede correr UN kilómetro más. Y así, de a UN kilómetro por vez, nos damos cuenta de que cubrimos esos 200 kilómetros que hace un rato se nos hacían imposibles. La vida es igual. ¿Cuántas veces nos encontramos con algo que nos resulta imposible? ¿Con una situación que no sabemos cómo encarar, que creemos que no vamos a poder superar? ¿Cuántas veces sentimos que no damos más, que no estamos listos para este desafío, que el problema es demasiado grande? Cada vez que esto ocurre, debemos abordar el problema en pasos más pequeños. Ir por partes. ¿Puedo enfrentar este problema particular el día de hoy? Sí.Así.De a poquito.Como cuando corremos. Un kilómetro más es una forma de vida.
La nueva vida de Valdi Bonetti
by Mori PonsowyUn personaje excepcional, Valdi Bonetti. Un hombre más grande que la vida. «Es un emperador exiliado y olvidado. No pertenece a ningún lugar, se siente extraño entre la gente. Su época de gloria parece tan lejana que es como si no le perteneciera. [...] Mi nombre ya no dice nada. Soy un minotauro al que le pesa la cabeza de toro.» Valdi es un hombre multifacético. Histriónico, seductor y carismático, empieza a trabajar siendo muy joven, en la Caracas de los años 90, en una agencia de publicidad. Brilla con luz propia y quienes lo rodean caen bajo el influjo de su encanto. De redactor pasa a director creativo y después empieza a actuar en teatro hasta volverse tan famoso que se permite modificar los textos de la obra porque sabe que los espectadores van a verlo a él, a Valdi Bonetti. Mientras tanto, su vida amorosa y social es un desorden permanente: cambia de amantes, tiene un hijo del cual se ocupa poco, descuida a sus padres. Su guía, mentor y amigo, un italiano llamado Catello, con quien convive durante tres años, es un inventor genial con una obsesión: construir una máquina que no deje de moverse nunca, el perpetuum mobili. Un mecanismo que pueda alimentarse de su propio movimiento, como Valdi, que vive cada día con la pretensión de crear sin detenerse jamás. La nueva novela de Mori Ponsowy nos ofrece una historia, potente y profunda, sobre un hombre más grande que la vida, así como un apasionante relato sobre lo fugacidad de la dicha, la plenitud, el amor entre las personas y la muerte inevitable. La crítica dijo... Sobre Okasan: «Okasan es un libro precioso que habla sobre el misterio que son los hijos. Uno de los libros más verdaderos, más sabios y más sinceros que he leído.»Pedro Mairal «Un viaje a la belleza de un país lejano y a la belleza de nuestros lazos; tan misteriosos como los territorios desconocidos.»Inés Garland «Mori Ponsowy insiste en merodear la intimidad a través de una bella escritura. Explora la fragilidad humana de una madre-niña como si ella misma fuera una escritora oriental.»Silvina Friera, Página/12 «Mori Ponsowy es una poeta exquisita. Y esta crónica confirma que ha logrado llevar la poesía a otra dimensión formal. Con Ok?san no solo viajé a Japón: viajé, principalmente, al abismo personal, melancólico y bello de una madre que mira a su hijo.»Josefina Licitra Sobre Abundancia: «Llena de escenas memorables, escrita con una prosa impecable, se luce aquello que uno le pide a una gran novela: la composición de personajes entrañables por sus claroscuros, a los que se accede a través del armado literario de sus conciencias.»Claudia Piñeiro «Mori Ponsowy ha sabido escribir una novela chispeante y explosiva narrada como quien enciende un reguero de petardos, con media docena de escenas patéticas, audaces, nunca sórdidas, siempre memorables.»Juan Sasturain
Playa de barro
by Silvia LópezUn policial novedoso cuyo enigma es la desaparición del hijo de una pareja que acaba de separarse. Los veinte años de matrimonio de Luciana se derrumban cuando Juan se enamora de Dominica, una chica de veinticinco. Unos días más tarde desaparece Matías, su hijo autista, y, como si todo eso fuera poco, tiempo después muere su madre. ¿Qué hacer cuando la rueda de la tragedia emocional sigue girando? Bajo el estímulo agudo del dolor y con algunas pocas convicciones que, no obstante, la van guiando a tientas en un verdadero mar de confusión, Luciana pretende reponerse y cambiar radicalmente de vida en una isla del delta. Ajena a los sucesos que intentó dejar atrás, ignora que Dominica la idealiza y se obsesiona en conocerla porque necesita una respuesta para su mayor intriga: ¿qué pasa en el fondo oscuro de una pareja estable? Playa de barro es una de esas novelas potentes y, por momentos, impiadosas que dejan fuertes consecuencias en sus lectores, un policial novedoso que profundiza en los más truculentos dramas y patologías que pueden llegar a tejer los vínculos familiares.