Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012)
Autor(a) de Go Ask Alice
About the Author
Obras por Beatrice Sparks
Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets (Avon Flare Book) (1996) 157 exemplares
Het onkruid en de bloem 1 exemplar
PIMSLEUR APPROACH GOLD EDITION SPANISH II 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Sparks, Beatrice Ruby Mathews
- Data de nascimento
- 1917-01-15
- Data de falecimento
- 2012-05-25
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Goldburg, Idaho, USA
- Locais de residência
- Logan, Idaho, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Provo, Utah, USA - Educação
- Brigham Young University
University of California, Los Angeles - Ocupações
- Psychologist
Author
therapist
Mormon youth counselor - Organizações
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Beatrice Ruby Mathews Sparks was born January 15, 1917 in the small mining town of Goldberg, Idaho.
Her parents were Vivian Johns and Leonard Clarence Mathews. She was the third of five children: von, Beulah, Roma and Robert. She grew up in Logan. Later she moved to southern California where she married LaVorn Greer Sparks March 1, 1936 in Los Angeles. She was the mother of four children: Jimmy Lavonette deceased, Yvonne Suzette, LaVorn Jr. (Sparky), Cythia Sue. She has 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren whom she loves with all her heart.
She died peacefully May 25, 2012.
Bea and LaVorn moved from Los Angeles to Provo in 1964 where she continued her productive writing career. As a writer, she began by writing magazine and newspaper articles and a series of comic books in the 1940's. She then began writing books, which were mostly geared toward youth to expose the teen challenges of the day, among which are: Key to Happiness, Go Ask Alice, Jays Journal, Voices, My Friend, Annie's Baby, It happened to Nancy to name a few. Some were published in 13 languages and were best sellers. Go Ask Alice was made into a movie for TV. Others are presently under contract for movies. She wrote these books to make a difference in people's lives and she did. She received her doctorate degree as a grown woman and grandma.
She and LaVorn served an LDS Mission. She was VERY active in the community and also lectured all over the U.S. as well as in many foreign countries. She served on the BYU Library Board and was active in the LDS Church. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, and friend. Her family and the Gospel of Jesus Christ were the most important things in her life. She enjoyed working outside in her yard and helping others and loved to walk and always kept herself in good physical shape, but she also LOVED See's Candy.
She traveled the world but her first love was The Lord, her husband, family and work. She left the world a better place than she found it and she made a real difference in many people's lives.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 13
- Membros
- 10,390
- Popularidade
- #2,289
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Críticas
- 256
- ISBN
- 121
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
In this book you follow the life of a young teen who struggles with drug abuse. You get to read her diary and watch as she goes on this adventure to recover from this dangerous lifestyle. You get to experience her ups and downs and eventually her end.
Review:
I really enjoyed reading this book. I will say the book was extremely heavy and included topics of suicide, SA, and drug abuse. I enjoyed being able to read her story and see everything from their eyes. Overall if you are okay with reading about those topics, I would definitely recommend.… (mais)