Lucy Jorik is a champ at never embarrassing her family--not surprising since her mother is one of the most famous women in the world. But now Lucy has done just that. And on her wedding day, no less. Instead of saying "I do," Lucy flees and hitches a ride on the back of a beat-up motorcycle plastere[...]
Deepest winter.An isolated island off the coast of Maine.A man. A woman.Puppets. (Yes, puppets...)And...A mysterious house looming over the sea . . .He's a reclusive writer whose imagination creates chilling horror novels. She's a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows.Annie [...]
Being the daughter of the former president of the United States isn't easy - and not nearly as much fun as it might seem. No one knows this better than the perfect Lucy Jorik. A dutiful, responsible daughter (so unlike her best friend, Meg Koranda!), Lucy has always done the right thing: attending t[...]
Welcome to the wastelandAt fifteen, the citizens of Prin marry.At seventeen, they reproduce.And at nineteen, they die.Esther thinks there's more to life than toiling at the assignments--Harvesting, Gleaning, Excavating--day after day under the relentless sun, just hoping to make it to the next day.S[...]
Lucy has always done the right thing: attending the right school, earning the right grades, landing the right guy. While she's thrilled that Ted and Meg have found true love with each other, Lucy is more than ready for an adventure of her own. Still, when a menacing-looking stranger on a motorcycle [...]
Over the course of thirty-five years as a therapist, Susan Forward has worked with a large number of women struggling to escape the emotional damage inflicted by the women who raised them. Subjected to years of criticism, competition, role reversal, smothering control, emotional neglect, and other f[...]
If you've ever asked yourself, "Why do I know how to eat healthier to lose weight but don't do it?" this is the perfect book for you.Susan Albers, Psy.D., a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center, has discovered that the key to successful weight loss is not physical exercise, calo[...]
How to Work a Room, 25th Anniversary Edition by Susan RoAne has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.[...]
When Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father at the age of thirty-nine, he never imagined his quest would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself.Written with award-winning author and journalist Susan Mustafa, The Mos[...]
A daily motivator for people who write--and for all those who long to write--providing an insistent wake-up call for the creative urge, with insights on how to work against resistance, live with the loneliness, develop discipline, and dare to take deeper risks in their work.[...]
Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to play with. Tom just counts the days till he can return home to Peter.Then one night the landlady's antiq[...]
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