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Father and daughter, Cylin and John Busby, share their memories of the challenges they faced after their family was forced to go into hiding in order to protect themselves from a killer who had already shot John, a police officer, once and was determined to finish the job.

Coolbar, Ireland, is a village of secrets and Shell, caretaker to her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother and with the absence of their father, is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.

Fifteen-year-old Rosie and her sixteen-year-old sister Skate are looked after by their cousin Angie while their father, a drunk, spends a few weeks in jail, and both girls endure problems with boyfriends and family while living in an old Victorian house on the Jersey shore.

Glen Bauer gives a reckless driver a little jerk of his steering wheel to get him to pay attention, but the driver ends up dead.

A collection of essays in which seven daughters discuss their relationships with their fathers, both positive and negative, including one woman's account of her father's abandonment and the impact this had on her teenage years and another's struggle to watch her father on picket lines during the Great Depression.

A scholarly edition of William Shakespeare's play "King Lear" that includes detailed notes and commentary, an illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural, and performance contexts, an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the play, and a bibliography of references and further reading.

A play about poverty and society, dramatized in the struggle between a wealthy man and his daughter, Barbara, who works with the Salvation Army.

"Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown to try a 'normal' life, but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their lives"--Provided by publisher.

When her father begins a long-distance romance with a Washington, D.

Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year.

Lucky Kidd watches her father ride a mean bull at the rodeo and thinks about becoming a bull rider herself.

Grieving over her father's death from cancer, a young girl celebrates their last year together by making a book that includes mementos and a story.

Emily, whose father is a Navy pilot, has to deal with the separation of her family while her dad is deployed aboard a ship.

Twelve-year-old Jessie resents her father's decision to move his family to San Antonio where they are caught up in the revolution of 1835-1836 including the siege of the Alamo.

In Mexico, a little girl goes on a journey to learn to be a glassblower and gains confidence along the way.