She was shot by the founder of her fan club Yolanda Saldívar who had been managing her boutique in San Antonio, Texas. Saldívar was about to be fired for embezzling
It is a murder victim and the victim is big. Claire Daniels is her name, and she is a highly prominent investigative and political reporter. The pressure really starts to build with the now six murders from the media. The investigation puts Mac in a tough spot, looking into a case that has security and political
An ex-FBI agent with a past. A celebrity murdered. 24 hours to find a killer. When a shocking murder rocks Los Angeles, former FBI agent Keira Summers is called in to find the killer. But, when the identity of the victim is revealed, Keira is pulled deep into an investigation that takes her across the city and into the dark underbelly of Hollywood.
An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Trensniowski is a memoir about Laura's reaction to her close friend Maurice’s toast at her 50th birthday. Laura and Maurice both played a significant role in each other's life as they both influenced and taught each other many things. Laura had helped Maurice as he grew up and Maurice had taught Laura about love and friendship. Throughout Maurice's Toast, he talked about how much Laura had impacted and changed his life.
During Ariana’s time at Brenda T., she is required to have daily meetings with a psychologist at her correctional facility. Ariana is assigned to Dr.Meloni. In the book, it is displayed that Dr. Meloni has a deep hatred for Ariana. In fact, after Ariana’s staged suicide attempt, he was not impressed. He hated her so much that he told her, “If you want it all over so badly, then I just have one thing to say to you.
While there, she is raped repeatedly and is assaulted. She can’t help but think of her husband and children. Eventually, she finds out that her husband has been murdered by her kidnapper and can’t help but think of getting back to her kids that need her. Five days later, she gets up the courage to escape the room she’s been held
This brought a stronger bond between the sisters as April, the oldest sister had to take on the role of responsibility in her family. As a result, the sisters were taken from their parent's custody and placed in different foster homes, separated from one another. The significance of their relationship as sisters and friends is that they risk a lot without thinking of the consequences, such as Cheryl’s suicide at the end. April had discovered that her sister, Cheryl, had given birth to a baby boy names Henry. “Cheryl had died.
In the book Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, the character Angela McCourt is one of the most dependable and loyal mothers in all of literature. Even though Angela goes through many spells of depression throughout the memoir, her dedication to her family and her perseverance through adversity is what makes her a great mother and an extraordinary person. Throughout the memoir Angela faces many challenges, which include her husband, who spends all of their very little money on alcohol and eventually abandons the family. This left Angela as the sole provider. Additionally, the death of her daughter Margaret and her twin sons Oliver and Eugene drove Angela into a state of depression.
Taya dad run a small business and her mom was a teacher by trade. And her older sister, Ashley. Marian, Taya father. Marian mother died because of illness. Marian been getting re married and been getting divorce a lot.
“My squad is my family, my gun is my provider and protector and my rule is to kill or be killed. ”(Ishmael Beah)”A long way gone”was written by Ishmael Beah and published in 2007. Ishmael Beah was very happy kid he was really close to his family but they were seperated when the war happened with the rebels, later on he was caught by the rebels but he was able to escape, the rebels killed all his family so he was recruited by the army, they gave him drugs so he wouldn’t feel anything he had no emotions. The three most important scenes in this story include when Ishmael was alone in the jungle, when Ishmael was in the army,and when Ishmael was NYC.
Two Weeks with the Queen ‘2 Weeks with the Queen’ is a novel by Morris Gleitzman and is about a young boy called Colin, who is desperately trying to cure his younger brother of cancer. During this book Colin had to leave Australia and travel to England to live with his cousin, Alistair, for a while. Both of the boys started off as very immature and naïve characters but due to the people and situations they met throughout the novel, each of their personalities and views on life changed for the better. Colin started off as a young twelve year old boy who was adventurous and energetic, but he was also full of jealousy and envy.
Isabella Fuller’s sister, Maria was the serial killers first victim, and she’s riddled with guilt and grief. She was supposed to have met Maria for a drink after work but ended up being late from circumstances beyond her control, and Bella never sees her sister again. It doesn’t help that Maria’s last boyfriend blames Bella for Maria’s death, too. When she finds out that Brett only dated her sister to get to her, Bella’s horrified, but when he assaults her, Bella’s deep ridden guilt won’t allow her press charges when she’s rescued by two handsome, deputy sheriffs. Dawson Campbell and Kent Evans know Bella is the woman they’ve been waiting for, and when they ask her out on a date, and she refuses, the men think they’ve lost any chance
She also had an older sister Lori. Jeannette was dad’s favorite girl, both were such loving great parent’s, before sober time had went by. Her charismatic father Rex, who captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology and how to live life fearlessly, was a great father. Jeannette’s mother as well, they both loved their kids to death, but they just had some flaws they could’ve changed but let everyone down. Rose was against of domesticity was such a warm blooded mother who let
The main character, Rachel Watson, had recently divorced her husband, Tom, and found herself missing the seemingly perfect life she had with him. Much like Melinda, Rachel feels worthless and disapproves of her appearance as well after the divorce. Her becoming an alcoholic over time was the main cause of the split. When she was under the influence, she could be extremely aggressive and violent and then black out; at least according to Tom. After she would sober up, he would tell her all the horrible things she said and did while she was drunk, like the time she attacked him with a golf club.
This quote is said anonymously by the protagonist in the novel, The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides. In this novel, Eugenides writes the story of neighborhood boys who are in love with the 5 Lisbon daughters. They are fascinated with everything they do and say and constantly document and story tell what they found out or heard. One day, after one of the sisters committed suicide they began to realize sudden changes between the four other sisters. Years later after the death of all 5 sisters, they uncover one of their diaries.
