In twelve hours, they'll be heading to opposite ends of the country, and they're anxious to resolve things before they go.īut the quiet night they had planned quickly turns into an unexpected adventure, a roller-coaster ride through their past that leads to family and friends, familiar landmarks and unexpected places, hard truths and surprising revelations.Īnd as the clock winds down and morning approaches, so does their inevitable goodbye. On the night before they leave for college, Clare and Aidan have only one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. This epic tale adapted from Diana Gabaldons popular series of fantasy-romance novels focuses on the drama of two time-crossed lovers. Now a major Netflix film.Įvery ending is also a new beginning. The heart-warming and uplifting romance from the bestselling author of The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love.
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Everyone in Sissy's life, it seems, is obsessed with her thumbs, except for Sissy herself. They worry that though Sissy is otherwise quite beautiful and pleasant, her thumbs make her a freak, and she has been dealt an unfair hand because of the mutation. Her thumbs are so abnormally large that her parents and friends feel sorry for her. The story begins in South Richmond, Virginia, where Sissy begins her life as something of a small-town spectacle. The novel, clearly inspired by the hippy movement of the 1960s and 1970s, demonstrates Robbins's appreciation for the absurdity and kindness of characters of all shapes, sizes, and temperaments. Along the way, Sissy meets other strange characters and comes to better love herself. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, a humorous novel by acclaimed bestselling author Tom Robbins, follows the journey of Sissy Hankshaw, a free-spirited, beautiful young woman with abnormally large thumbs, who seeks to make the most of her mutation by hitchhiking across America. Although published back in 2016, the subject matter means it still feels incredibly timely. I was completely won over by the combination of compelling storytelling and exploration of serious issues, in this case racial discrimination. Small Great Things is the first book I’ve read by Jodi Picoult but it has made me understand why her novels are so popular. Links provided for convenience only, not as part of an affiliate programme Publication date: 22nd November 2016 Genre: Contemporary fictionĭisclosure: If you buy a book via the above link, I may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookshops It is about opening your eyes.įormat: Hardcover (506 pages) Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Small Great Things is about prejudice and power it is about that which divides and unites us. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. He got a lot of bad press over the decades - but that was before we found out he was already one of us. Big Brother is no longer simply a set of shadowy, avuncular, half-smiling eyes on living-room posters and street-side billboards he now reserves a virtual space at all our family gatherings, and tells us what to do and buy long before we had the inclination to do or buy anything. He’s introducing us to our next partner or spouse on dating and “hook-up” apps, bombarding us with spurious and inaccurate information through jargon and euphemism (“border control” as a code for family separation, or “climate change” as a substitute for “climate collapse”), and instructing us - even from as far away as other continents – about who we should vote for and, more important, who we shouldn’t. Of course Big Brother isn’t just watching us anymore - he’s listening to our cell phone and FaceTime conversations, friending us on Facebook, following us on Instagram (just as we are often following Him). "What truly stands out is the development of Ellison as a very realistic and very likable character.Not to be overlooked is the humor and wit that entertains throughout the novel as readers enjoy following an intelligent heroine completely coming into her own as a compelling, funny, and very intelligent woman." – Kings River Life Magazine But with an interfering mother, an adoring father, a teenage daughter, and a cadre of well-meaning friends demanding her attention, can Ellison find the killer before he finds her? The murder forces Ellison to confront her husband's proclivities and his crimes-kinky sex, petty cruelties and blackmail.Īs the body count approaches par on the seventh hole, Ellison knows she has to catch a killer. That is, until she becomes a suspect in Madeline Harper's death. She's long since stopped caring about her cheating husband, Henry, and the women with whom he entertains himself. It's 1974 and Ellison Russell's life revolves around her daughter and her art. Swimming into the lifeless body of her husband's mistress tends to ruin a woman's day, but becoming a murder suspect can ruin her whole life. An engaging whodunit that kept me guessing until the end!" – Tracy Weber, Author of the Downward Dog Mysteries "Part mystery, part women's fiction, part poetry, Mulhern's debut, The Deep End, will draw you in with the first sentence and entrance you until the last. I turned the corner, my eyes to my slippers, but my senses made me lift my gaze to the passageway.Īt what I saw, I halted and grew still, then slowly and quietly retraced my steps and ducked behind the corner, peering back around. Wine might not make me forget, but I’d found of late that it served well to dull the pain. These thoughts on my mind, I moved down the hallway of the Winter Palace seeking my room where I planned to pull the cord, ring a servant and request several bottles of Fleuridian wine. Indeed, the months since those witches took my Antoine had been time I wished I had the power to erase from my memory. That day had been one I wished to quickly forget. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. His lips touching her face, her lips touching his. : “His muscles strong and safe, his hands gentle. Her paintbrush is a razor, and her canvas is her wrist.” : “I know, for instance, that you recently had a baby, and that the baby was found in a garbage can behind your apartment.” ‘She’s shoved it up inside herself.’ ‘So, the placenta hasn’t been delivered,’ Cheryl states matter-of-factly.” It’s still here, Cheryl.’ She takes a deep breath. Kleins’s rubbered fingers gently probe toward Devon’s private place, spread its skin apart. Under Colorado Law, willful distribution of such material is deemed a Class 6 penalty carrying a fine and/or up to 18 months in prison. Books that violate ALL established standards will have a table printed in red. The above scale indicates whether, in our view, the referenced book violates established and upheld Federal ( Miller Test) and State ( Colorado Obscenity Test) standards. Violations (Miller Test & Colorado Obscenity Test ) N Notes: This book contains mild profanity violence self-harm and inexplicit sexual activities. Description: In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder. After several months, Rosalind's grandmother, Clarissa Miller, died. Īt age 7, Rosalind and her parents moved to Sunningdale, where they bought a house, naming it Styles. At the time of Rosalind's birth, the manuscript of The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Christie's first novel, had been sent out to John Lane and was published a year later. In 1914, he married aspiring writer Agatha Christie, daughter of Frederick Alvah Miller and Clarissa Miller. Her father, Archie Christie, was a military officer previously in the Royal Flying Corps. Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Christie was born on 5 August 1919 in her grandmother's home, Ashfield, Torquay. Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks (formerly Prichard, née Christie 5 August 1919 – 28 October 2004) was the only child of author Agatha Christie. Marthe Duvivier (step-great-grandmother). Alan would also be acceptable, as would have been Alfred - though I really don't have an inclination toward butlery. I'm certain that you can think of other names Al might be short for. I wouldn't have minded this either, since Alexander is a great name. If they weren't, then it certainly wasn't the name's fault.Īl also could be short for Alexander. In fact, you have probably known an Albert or two in your lifetime, and chances are that they were decent fellows. In most cases, this would be short for Albert, which is a fine name. Why do I say this? Well, you see, my parents named me Al. In fact, up until my thirteenth birthday, I really only knew one thing about my parents: that they had a twisted sense of humor. It was an odd thought, since I hadn't grown up with them. In my case, the moment of impending death made me think about my parents. If, on the other hand, you have faced such a situation, then you are probably dead and aren't likely to be reading this. If you've never faced such a situation, then you'll simply have to take my word. It does funny things to the brain to be in such danger - in fact, it often makes a person pause and reflect upon his life. So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.Īs you might imagine, that sort of situation can be quite disturbing. See all of librarian Nancy Pearl's Sci-Fi and fantasy picks. He won’t stop until I’ve turned to ashes beneath his feet, but unfortunately for him, playing him at his own game just became my newest obsession.īradford Bastard is a M/F, Enemies to Lovers, High School, Contemporary Romance series. Nobody gets away with insulting the King of Bradford Private, and because of that, I just became Tanner Morgan’s most exhilarating game. When she enrolled me in Bradford Private and said there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it, I was furious.īut when I found out that Tanner Morgan was my brand-new, motorcycle riding neighbor, I was screwed. When my mom came home and told me we were moving in with her rich-prick boyfriend and his perverted son, I was pissed. He was just some self-important asshole I was never going to see again. Surely you can't blame a girl for word vomit after such a traumatic experience. How was I supposed to know that the dude was the captain of Bradford Private’s precious football team? I had just witnessed my boyfriend three inches deep inside some random girl. I’m sure if I hadn’t spilled beer all over him and gave a subtle suggestion of where he could shove his best friend’s dick, perhaps we would have started out on a better note. Two, diamonds aren’t a girl’s best friend-tampons are. One, hot wax on the coochie ain’t for everybody. |