Kimberly White

A book about suicide goddesses and waterfalls. Legend has it that the first waterfall was created when an angry sea god threw his trident into a cliff with such force that the cliff split open, spewing water like a volcanic eruption. Through the eyes of Nereid, daughter of this angry sea god, we witness the evolution of this primal waterfall into a powerful symbol of beauty, danger, and sacrifice. Through Nereid, we witness the stories of women and girls who commit suicide by waterfall, beginning with Nereid herself, and the waterfall otherworld into which they awaken. Unfolding in spiral rather than linear fashion, this bible of shifting realities and portals between life and death shines light and dark into a world never before imagined. An afterlife which is neither heaven or hell, it is as uncertain as it is beautiful. Intertwined with the tales of Nereid and others in her world is the commonality of the Waterfall, whose elemental/diselemental voice adds its own layers to Nereid's bible. When the Waterfall speaks, we taste the purity of the first waterfall, we catch the scent of primal element, we are enchanted by the face of magnificent beauty, and we feel the very heartbeat of water as we drown in the roar of the falls. From Nereid's lifetime of water, through the hidden pools and passages of her watery world, Waterfall Girls is but a small sampling of legends inspired by waterfalls, woven into the heartbreak of suicide. PRAISE FOR WATERFALL GIRLS "In Kimberly White's Waterfall Girls, you feel the mist of the rushing water against your skin. The writing is rich and deeply hypnotic, beckoning the reader to keep reading, and to fall. This is an absolutely beautiful and tragic book." -Cynthia Pelayo, author of Into the Forest and All the Way Through "Waterfall Girls by Kimberly White is a séance for the dead, a meditation on grief, pain, and the murky waters that flow in between. Thought-provoking and written with a gorgeous sadness, readers will be mesmerized by this book-turned-scrying glass, unable to look away and impossible to put down." -Stephanie M. Wytovich, author of Mourning Jewelry "Kimberly White's Waterfall Girls oozes with lyrical beauty & wonder. At once experimental and reminiscent of ancient tragedies, I found myself captivated by every presence, every witness, every chorus of language. If you're looking for writing that will assist you in escaping wholly into a world of lore and originality, writing that will "force-[fill] your lungs and [wash] your consciousness through the veil", look no further than this stunning book." - Kailey Tedesco, author of FOREVERHAUS, Lizzie, Speak, and She Used to be on a Milk Carton A portrait of the sublime, of an inevitable force at the convergence of beauty and death. The paradoxical overcoming of an irresistible oppressive force by succumbing to it. Grief, suicide, power, and freedom. -Charlene Elsby, author of Hexis A grotesque and lyrical trip into ecofeminism and collective story. Waterfall Girls conjure a neogothic precipice, the natural moments when death, mythos, and beauty dive into making the sublime. -Monique Quintana, author of Cenote City

Waterfall Girls

Explores the profession of singing, operatic culture, and the representation of female performers on the nineteenth century French stage.

Female Singers on the French Stage, 1830-1848

Have you ever written a sermon and wanted all the vocabulary you need to talk about the bible in one place to translate your sermon? Have you ever been on a short term missions trip and wanted vocabulary that is specific to explain things or understand what your fellow believers are saying in Spanish or English in one place? This guide will give you useful vocabulary that will help you achieve these goals and more. You can take a small book instead of a whole dictionary on your next missions trip or to use in your sermon preparation.

Reaching People for Christ in Spanish and English

Spanish-English Handbook for Ministry and Missions

An arachnophobic woman plagued by nightmares about spiders since she was little attempts to feign a normal existence while working a mundane job. But no matter how hard she tries, eight-legged shadows lurk in the recesses of her mind, torturing her and sending her spiraling downward into the abyss of lunacy. When an encounter with a tarantula triggers a psychotic break, she lands in a halfway house inhabited by others whose broken psyches insinuate themselves into her slow climb out of hell. Bisecting these threads are the messages of Tarantula Woman, who enters through the cracks in her psyche to whisper wisdom and guide her through her own subconscious. As her history is recast, her housemates redefine the meaning of lucidity and Tarantula Woman continues to tease, push, and enlighten her. Hotel Tarantula is a story of extreme phobia as a young woman is forced to rely on the spidery voice inside her head for insight as she attempts to claw her way back to sanity.

Hotel Tarantula

A Simple yet Profound Shift Seeing people as people is an idea so simple you'll swear you've heard it a million times but so profound you'll never stop learning from it. Kimberly White discovered it in a chain of nursing homes whose leaders, nurses, and housekeepers saw their patients, not as tasks to be ticked off a to-do list, but as valuable human beings. White helps you to this transformative shift with warm encouragement, insightful guidance, and powerfully moving, true accounts of extraordinary human goodness.

Kimberly White

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