A modern-day fairy tale in which one woman learns to overcome the challenges and appreciate the joys—of living life in real time. Kamy Wicoff’s debut novel, Wishful Thinking, is a thoughtful reflection on contemporary parenthood delivered in a funny, fast-paced package for women on the run. Set in the world of pickup, play dates, FaceTime and overtime, and wittily parodying the fantasy that smartphones are the answer to all life’s challenges, Wishful Thinking is the perfect novel for working parents today.
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Whether wrangling a rogue armadillo or stray dog, a guileless younger brother or standoffish cousin, Callie Vee and her escapades will have readers laughing and crying in this return to Fentress, Texas. Travis keeps bringing home strays. And Callie has her hands full keeping the animals—her brother included—away from her mother’s critical eye. Will she succeed?
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So You Too Can:
– Move to a South Pacific Island
– Wear a Loincloth
– Read a Hundred Books
– Diaper a Baby Monkey
– Build a Bungalow
And Maybe, Just Maybe, Fall in Love!
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* Individual results may vary.
The true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom,
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In this ‘bewitching supernatural romp,’ (Philadelphia Daily News),
Zelazny created the similar tension between two worlds, the real
and the sinister, as he did in his renown Chronicles of Amber
series. Told from the point of view of Jack the Ripper’s dog Snuff,
each of the 31 chapters in A Night in the Lonesome October is a
diary entry for every night of October. Loyally accompanying a
mysterious knife-wielding gentleman named Jack on his midnight
rounds through the murky streets of London,
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Through words and illustrations, with evident pain and remarkable humor, Roz Chast revisits the struggle she went through with her aging parents as their physical and mental abilities gradually declined and they eventually became unable to care for themselves.
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In the tradition of Trisha Ashley and Jenny Colgan, this first book in a new series by Alexandra Brown—author of the popular Cupcakes at Carrington’s series—tells the hilarious, heartwarming story of a jilted bride who anticipates a lonely Christmas but instead finds herself in the tiny village of Tindledale, where the residents share her obsession with knitting.
When life unravels, it’s time to knit…
Sybil has always taken comfort in her passion for knitting, creating beautiful knits stitch by stitch. But her world suddenly unravels when her fiancé ditches her for her identical twin sister at her Star Wars-themed wedding,
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