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Short Story / Fantasy

April 07, 2017

Reads: 108

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The House of Ghosts House

What happens when you die? Is there an afterlife? What if you have lingering regrets? That is what John will find out alongside a mysterious companion that seemed very familiar despite never meeting before, as they go through his past to the events leading up to his death. During this… Read More

Tags: death, family, tragedy, reconciliation, afterlife

Featured Review by Ahaana

"Wow! I am awed by this story.The events which took place in the story are very common,yet the way the story is written is so beautiful.Actually,..." Read More

Lillian Quinn never truly understood herself. Her mother had died after giving birth to her younger sister, Primrose, and so Lilly had acted most cruel and most unreasonable with her for many years. But there was another side to the story. Primrose was better, prettier, more talented than Lilly could… Read More

Tags: love, quest, sister, reconciliation, cruelty

Essay / Memoir

November 28, 2015

Reads: 280

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Time, once passed, considered lost. To my short teenage years, I ask for peace and forgiveness. Read More

Tags: memoir, past, regret, reconciliation

A short story about a young boy trying to get away from his past, but only encounters more troubles. Read More

Tags: love, train, lost, journey, reconciliation

My novel, set in South America, tells the story of the imprisonment of an esteemed, native political prisoner during a period of high tension between indigenous and mixed-race populations. The story is told through the various viewpoints of the prisoner's jailors and interrogators. This novel was inspired when five men… Read More

Tags: abuse, american, murder, political, truth, torture, prison, racism, africa, indian, south, imprisonment, reconciliation, prisoner, apartheid

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

February 22, 2013

Reads: 284

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A short story for my English class. Prompt was a quote by Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "Having looked the beast of the past in the eyes, having asked and received forgiveness, let us shut the door of the past, not to forget it, but to allow it not to imprison us."… Read More

Tags: lies, truth, forgiveness, reconciliation, south_africa, amnesty

The power and release inside reconciliation. Read More

Tags: forgiveness, healing, walk, reconciliation

Short Story / Literary Fiction

September 10, 2012

Reads: 89

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This story comprises a single day shared with my father. His mere presence in the plot guarantees thrills, chills, comedy, action, and a twist of drama; and but for a dash of artistic license, I would have labeled this piece "non-fiction". On the backdrop of my return home, after years… Read More

Tags: family, humor, action, reconciliation, nostalgia, love_hate, father_son

Reads: 136

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A brief look at the word that gets translated as "eternal" in the Bible. Read More

Tags: love, god, salvation, hope, hell, christian, eternal, beyond, reconciliation, restoration, universal, bell, shack, rob, raising

Book / Fantasy

April 25, 2012

Reads: 67

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Matthew Joyce was finally beginning to appreciate the smaller things in life. A tumultuous few years filled with wrong-doing and temptation had been put in the rear view mirror. Life is beginning to become smooth and calm when on a beautiful spring day, Matthew is murdered. A lifelong atheist, Matthew… Read More

Tags: redemption, reconciliation, purgatory

Poem / Poetry

December 04, 2011

Reads: 145

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The battle for me continues, Mr dibble says his piece, but is Mr Dabble taking heed? Read More

Tags: hope, conflict, wish, reconciliation

Poem / Poetry

November 24, 2011

Reads: 61

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

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This is when thoughts for peace and unity are desired. Read More

Tags: love, death, war, life, universe, prayer, peace, unity, reconciliation

Poem / Poetry

July 28, 2011

Reads: 212

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This poem talks about all races becoming one. The poet wishes that all war, hatred and racism should end and it is time to celebrate peace and unity. Read More

Tags: peace, unity, reconciliation

It is not unusual, upon a careful reading of another’s work, to discover themes unintended by the author. Such is the case here as Mead’s behaviorist account of self and society is given a more expansive interpretation. As a result, Mead’s me-self and I-self are transformed into conflicting collective voices,… Read More

Tags: conflict, hate, self, meaning, voices, unity, selfishness, reconciliation, narrative, dominance, opposition, division, superiority, collective, behaviorism

Poem / Religion and Spirituality

August 08, 2009

Reads: 92

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Quatrain about feeling betrayed by the world, from those who have put the most effort into seeing it flourish. Read More

Tags: poetry, religion, poem, hopeless, reconciliation, adrift

Short Story / Romance

August 05, 2009

Reads: 227

Comments: 38

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is the continuation for If Only You Knew (TaylorShaeee's Challenge). This is in Morganne's POV and it happens a few weeks after Part 1. I can't think of a better title right now, so if you have one, please let me know ^^ Again, thanks to all who took… Read More

Tags: love, pain, eyes, sadness, soul, challenge, ending, reconciliation, if_only_you_knew

Book / Other

July 25, 2009

Reads: 102

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Not very good at summarising. Just saying that main character is Sylvania O'Donnell. It's about her families (mum's side - the Van Beeks and her dad's side - the O'Donnells) and the problems/issues they have. It's up to Sylvania to put her dysfunctional family together again. Australian spelling by the… Read More

Tags: love, wedding, family, happy, sad, hate, drama, fight, pregnancy, reconciliation, family_issues

Reads: 263

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

As Rhonda struggles to forgive her ex-boyfriend over his abandonment, he must come to terms with his own newly discovered loss. Read More

Tags: love, loss, grief, forgiveness, reconciliation, repentance, farming

Poem / Poetry

May 09, 2009

Reads: 120

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Parents are proud - can forget the history Read More

Tags: love, relationships, pain, disappointment, hurt, parents, expectations, reconciliation

Short Story / Horror

April 30, 2009

Reads: 199

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A man with only half a body intervenes into the troubled relationship of a struggling young couple. Read More

Tags: love, loss, horror, death, childhood, terror, pain, loneliness, lies, key, lust, fighting, fright, john, barack

A divorced woman finds happiness in an odd coincidence. Read More

Tags: love, dating, murder, loneliness, poison, chance, coincidence, reconciliation

Poem / Poetry

December 26, 2007

Reads: 132

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Gettysburg Battlefield, 3rd Day Read More

Tags: reconciliation, futility

Short Story / Literary Fiction

July 04, 2007

Reads: 186

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Race relations-Australia Read More

Tags: australia, short_story, reconciliation, race_relations

Poem / Poetry

June 13, 2007

Reads: 1076

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

How would you feel if someone you thought had walked out of your life forever suddenly reappeared? Read More

Tags: poetry, relationships, rhyming, memory, healing, moving_on, meeting, reconciliation

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