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'Okay, Lucy. Throw me a smile!'...The two girls grinned and a deep friendship was born. In the summer of 2001, Lucy Mortzou was a bouncy blonde seven-year-old having fun with her family and friends in the Greek islands. By the end of that year she was hospitalized and starting the fight of her life against an aggressive and rare form of cancer. Throw Me a Smile is the true story of Lucy's battle to survive, told in diary entries and personal recollections by the mother who stayed by her side as they fought this dreadful disease - navigating life in clinics and hospitals, enduring difficult treatments, and making and losing friends in the cancer wards of Athens. This is a compelling tale of ten months that would change their lives forever, which reveals with honesty and compassion the harsh realities of childhood cancer.
In this “little gem” (Washington Independent Review of Books), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful dog, Lucy. As Dave Barry turns seventy—not happily—he realizes that his dog, Lucy, is dealing with old age far better than he is. She has more friends, fewer worries, and way more fun. So Dave decides to figure out how Lucy manages to stay so happy, to see if he can make his own life happier by doing the things she does (except for drinking from the toilet). He reconnects with old friends and tries to make new ones—which turns out to be a struggle, because Lucy likes people a lot more than he does. And he gets back in touch with two ridiculous but fun groups from his past: the Lawn Rangers, a group of guys who march in parades pushing lawnmowers and twirling brooms (alcohol is involved), and the Rock Bottom Remainders, the world’s oldest and least-talented all-author band. With each new lesson, Dave riffs hilariously on dogs, people, and life in general, while also pondering Deep Questions, such as when it’s okay to lie. (Answer: when scallops are involved.) Lessons From Lucy shows you a new side to Dave Barry that’s “touching and sentimental, but there’s still a laugh on every page” (The Sacramento Bee). The master humorist has written a witty and affable guide to joyous living at any age.
1m, 2f / Comedy / Unit Set In Half and Half, James Sherman explores marriages past and present in two related one-act plays. In the first act, set at a breakfast in 1970, the breadwinner husband reads the newspaper and the homemaker wife fries the eggs. In act two, at a breakfast taking place this morning, the career-minded wife reads the paper and the stay-at-home husband cooks the frittata. With his unique comic insight, Sherman looks at how husbands and wives accept and reject their roles, ho
This story is a historical and literary fiction that begins in the late fourteenth century and depicts the missions of Earth’s first Alien with a unique and ancient make. The Alien is with an innate ability to see and communicate with spirits and is assigned and guided by prehistoric beings of a primordial past, and exist as powerful spirits that seek to renew the forgotten past She walked. Meanwhile, in this journey, She is paired with a weighty pendulum.
The Republic of Mutendere, an imaginary African country, has a population of 25 million. The Republic attained independence 50 years ago. However, there are still numerous problems: poverty, disease, corruption, inadequate education, economic dependence and leadership crises. There are three major political parties. The capital city is Roma. The story revolves around five families: the Chibote, Mumba, Musole, Patel and Chanda families.
When the husband gets so that there are no more forces, you decide on a brave step-technically and competently to expel him. But how to do it so that it does not remain the last? It is for such cases that there is a service for the withdrawal of husbands. About how this problem will be solved and what it will lead to, read in the dramatic life Comedy " I will Bring out bedbugs, cockroaches, husband!!!".
Some needs are special, they're not like the rest. They may leave a scar upon your chest. You may look different, have a tube, a scar. But all these things are not who you are. Even though she has a rare syndrome and some major health issues, Lucy is so much more than her "special needs." Lucy wants you to know that in so many ways she is just like you--special indeed! Lucy's story is a powerful voice for children with special needs, disabilities, and illnesses. Her story is also a valuable resource not only for parents and families with vulnerable children, but all people who need to learn the lessons of respect, understanding and compassion for those whose daily life is physically and emotionally challenging. Lucy has Kabuki syndrome, a rare genetic disorder believed to affect 1 in 32,000 births worldwide. For more information on Kabuki syndrome visit: www.allthingskabuki.org
