Christine A. Adams

The School Factory
Written in the style of Mitch Albom's, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The School Factory by Christine Adams switches time from present day, to the past and into the future. The commanding day is June 10th. The primary storyteller, Jenny Anderson, a loved senior English teacher. As the story opens, "Mrs. A." is in a head-on collision on her way to the graduation. In her unconscious state, she traces the year flashing back to events involving a dozen students. Their issues include illiteracy, early pregnancy, learning disabilities, crime, homosexuality, sexual perversion, racial bias, alcoholism and drug addiction or experimentation. The conflict - their "real" human issues versus the "inhumane" school institution.
By symbolically making all kids "products" tracked on different conveyor belts - in the factory, the author rips open the heart and soul of Heritage High. Throughout the parable, the conflict between the human needs of the teens and the rules of the factory builds. Some kids drop off the conveyor belt; one, Jim Bartlett, chooses suicide as his way out. In the last thread of the novel, the dying teacher meets Jim Bartlett. With Jim, now as her teacher, she experiences a true "TIMELESSNESS". She sees her students in their future lives. By expanding time, the author is able to help the teacher and the reader make sense of the incongruity and emptiness of a typical year in the school factory.

ABC's of Grief: A Handbook For Survivors.
"ABC'S of Grief: A Handbook for Survivors is Artistic, Basic, and Compassionate. Christine Adams offers a tool that will help readers organize the chaos of grief according to their needs. Her alphabetical collection of vignettes, poetry, and wisdom of the ages not only allows readers to select that which they need at any point along their journey, but also helps them name their experience. From A to Z, readers feel the embrace of others who have known the savage experience of loss and grief . . . and in that company is the beginning of healing." Kass Dotterweich, Author of Grieving As A Woman (Abbey Press. 1998)

Happy To Be Me: A Kid's Book About Self-esteem
Helping children develop good self esteem means helping them to be themselves. It means letting them know how loved and cherished they are--just because of who they are.

The elfin friends in this book lead the young reader through a process of self-discovery: exploring uniqueness, building a healthy self-image, and preparing for challenging situations.

Every child in the world is special, gifted, and wonderful. And each one deserves to feel "happy to be me." This honest and upbeat Kids Book about Self-esteem brings real help and understanding.

Learning To Be A Good Friend: A Guidebook for Kids
Learning to Be A Good Friend shows kids how to cultivate friendship. It discusses behaviors that foster friendships, as well as those that drive friends away. It illustrates the pitfalls of peer pressure, and what to do when you can't find a friend or have lost your best friend.

One day At A Time Therapy
One Day at A Time Therapy helps you focus on today, to let go of painful memories of your past and your fears of the future. It encourages you to see yourself as a child , happy and loved and in control of your own life. It affirms that God is very close to you---and that God is now.

Claiming Your Own Life: A Journey to Spirituality
This book helps the reader understand and change the defective coping mechanisms of a distorted childhood self-image to the strength of a new spiritual self.

A must read for anyone who has dealt with the disease of alcoholism.

Gratitude Therapy
Author Christine A. Adams maintains that it's the times we're tried and tested that we most need the reviving, restorative powers of gratitude.