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On her 13th birthday, Anne is gifted a diary by her father. Two weeks later, her family goes into hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. For two years, Anne pens her thoughts about all that she endures. This true story reflects the experiences of a girl and her family during a horrific time in history.
This book, published in 1953, contains topics such as Bible burning, brainwashing, murder, oppressive government, suicide attempt, and war.
Identical twin sisters Giselle and Isabelle are as close as sisters can be. One day, the family experiences a horrible tragedy that changes Giselle’s life forever. She must learn how to cope with grief and loss in order to recover herself.
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In this classic late-nineteenth-century story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a new mother suffering from what we might today call 'post-partum depression', is diagnosed with a nervous disorder. Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.