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MJ Daley-Prado

MJ Daley-Prado

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MJ is an award winning illustrator and writer from Maryland. She has written several children's books including the Grandma What Is Cancer? and her newest release Piggie Wiggie's Great Adventure. MJ has also written her first non-fiction novella entitled Borrowed Time. MJ recently her story picked by Guideposts for Expecting Miracles and has written for other online agenices as well.
 
Children have been a big part of my life ever since I can remember. As a Mom I have always tried to instill the importance of books and reading in my own child. Books can take a child to magical places they have never been before. They can stir their imaginations and spark their creativity. I hope my books will bring as much joy to your children as I have had making them.

 

A King Under Siege

A King Under Siege

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="0" align="right"></td> <td valign="top" width="100%" align="left"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;font-weight:bold;" class="h3color tiny"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img border="0" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V47081849_.gif" width="64" height="12" /></span><strong>For families near and far...don't wait until it's too late.</strong>, January 4, 2010</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AFBH7Z735OX33/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reader's Choice Reviews <span style="white-space:nowrap;">&quot;Reader'sChoiceRevie...<img style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;" class="custPopRight" alt="" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/carrot._V47081519_.gif" /></span></span></a> - </td></tr></tbody></table></div>In Borrowed Time, the latest novella from author MJ Daley-Prado, the dedication reads, <br />&quot;For families near and far...don't wait until it's too late.&quot; This is poignant advice from <br />someone who has lost both her sister and mother to cancer in the past twelve years. <br /><br />Daley-Prado describes her relationship with her mother through the teen years and into <br />adulthood as changing to the point that Daley-Prado questioned whether her mother <br />loved or even liked her. As for so many of us, only when Daley-Prado became a mother <br />herself did she begin to understand how difficult parenting is. Lack of communication, <br />remaining sadness, and resentment lingered and continued to strain mother/daughter <br />relations. <br /><br />It wasn't until the death of her sister that Daley-Prado and her mother found a <br />commonality. The pair began to understand one another and became friends while <br />helping each other overcome the devastating grief. Shopping, lunches, and even <br />laughter became medicine for their shared pain. <br /><br />Just as Daley-Prado and her mother began to get their lives on track, tragedy struck the <br />family again when her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After the diagnosis, <br />Daley-Prado brought her mother home for whatever time was left. During those last few <br />weeks, mother and daughter were able to connect on a level beyond anything <br />previously possible. Her mother's life was validated and there was a sense of closure. <br /><br />This story had a profound meaning for me, having lost my mother to cancer only five <br />months previous to reading Borrowed Time. Despite not being able to say goodbye or <br />how much I loved her, reading about Daley-Prado's fortunate blessing of reconnection <br />and closure helped me to understand the relationship I had with my Mother. The <br />message in these three dozen or so pages is clear. Life is short--take the time <br />necessary to mend relationship fences to find peacefulness in one's heart--before it is <br />too late. <br /><br />Borrowed Time is a must read for anyone who has recently lost a parent or has suffered <br />the news of a terminally ill loved one. I also highly recommend it to those struggling <br />with strained familial relationships. <br /><br />by William Potter for Reader's Choice Reviews </td></tr></tbody></table>