Rifling Through My Drawers

Rifling Through My Drawers

Author: Clarissa Dickson Wright

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2009-09-17

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1848944233

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With her inimitable wit and outspoken views, Clarissa Dickson Wright opens her diary and takes us on a journey around Britain with this unrivalled collection of stories and anecdotes from her ever-eventful life. As celebrated cook and champion of the countryside, Clarissa's year includes being propositioned by a burly greyhound courser, meeting the Chairman of the Sandringham branch of the WI, a fishing terrier called Kipper and taking on the Health & Safety officials at a rain-drenched County Show. Criss-crossing the country she introduces us to long-forgotten traditions and colourful local festivals as she meets up with extraordinary characters and friends old and new. Entertaining, poignant, but never politically correct, RIFLING THROUGH MY DRAWERS is a breath of fresh air and proves once again why Clarissa is one of the nation's true treasures.


Our Little World

Our Little World

Author: Karen Winn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0593184491

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"I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it's also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the writing and the colorful nostalgia of the mid-'80s details. Our Little World will transport and transfix you."—Elin Hilderbrand July 1985. It’s a normal, sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on sunny days spent at Deer Chase Lake, on evenings chasing fireflies around her cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids, and on Max, the boy who just moved in across the street. There's also the burgeoning worry that she'll never be as special as her younger sister, Audrina, who seems to effortlessly dazzle wherever she goes. But when Max’s little sister, Sally, goes missing at the lake, Bee’s long-held illusion of stability is shattered in an instant. As the families in her close-knit community turn inward, suspicious and protective, things in Bee’s own home become increasingly strained, most of all with Audrina, when a shameful secret surfaces. With everything changed, Bee and Audrina’s already-fraught sisterhood is pushed to the limit as they grow up—and apart—in the wake of an innocence lost too soon. Perfect for readers of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, Our Little World is a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood, the corrosive power of envy, and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime.


Beautiful One

Beautiful One

Author: Mary Cope

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc

Published: 2023-09-06

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1509251766

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Transformation, empowerment, love and music come together in the book, Beautiful One. Elizabeth Ryan is a beautiful, shy, naïve high school senior. Having never dated she meets the boy of her dreams, Aidan Mitchell. Despite his history of womanizing Liz is drawn to him. Soon Liz becomes the envy of all the girls on campus, when they become a couple and her dream boyfriend sweeps her off her feet and into the dating world that is all too new and strange for her. When other guys start to take notice of Liz, Aidan is troubled with fits of jealousy. Elizabeth then meets the ruggedly handsome, Spencer Hayes and they quickly bond over their passion for music. Liz begins to struggle with the feelings that spark between them. In the end Elizabeth finds herself torn between helping Aidan overcome his jealousy and anger and giving into what her heart truly wants.


He Forgot to Say Goodbye

He Forgot to Say Goodbye

Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-06-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1416974946

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"I mean, it's not as if I want a father. I have a father. It's just that I don't know who he is or where he is. But I have one." Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove don't appear to have much in common. Ram lives in the Mexican-American working-class barrio of El Paso called "Dizzy Land." His brother is sinking into a world of drugs, wreaking havoc in their household. Jake is a rich West Side white boy who has developed a problem managing his anger. An only child, he is a misfit in his mother's shallow and materialistic world. But Ram and Jake do have one thing in common: They are lost boys who have never met their fathers. This sad fact has left both of them undeniably scarred and obsessed with the men who abandoned them. As Jake and Ram overcome their suspicions of each other, they begin to move away from their loner existences and realize that they are capable of reaching out beyond their wounds and the neighborhoods that they grew up in. Their friendship becomes a healing in a world of hurt. San Antonio Express-News wrote, "Benjamin Alire Sáenz exquisitely captures the mood and voice of a community, a culture, and a generation"; that is proven again in this beautifully crafted novel.


Surrendering to the Bad Boy

Surrendering to the Bad Boy

Author: Sahra

Publisher: Infinite Joy

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 979

ISBN-13:

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Secrets... Everyone has them, the folks of Vermont were no different. Including the town's sweetheart, 17 year old Annalise O'Malley in the shape of Vermont's own bad boy, Jason Dames. Life couldn't be more swell for her. But nothing good lasts in Vermont and soon her entire life comes crashing down around her. Will she be able to survive everything that comes hurtling her way or will it change her for the worse.


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Publisher: Baron's Books

Published:

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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The Trade Me Project

The Trade Me Project

Author: Demi Skipper

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-07-25

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0744076781

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Can you turn a bobby pin into a house? This is the question Demi Skipper set out to answer in May 2020, when she posted an ordinary bobby pin to trade on Facebook Marketplace. She had two rules: no trading with anyone she knew, and no spending her own money on trades. Twenty months and 28 trades later, she completed the final trade and took possession of a house. How did she do it? It wasn’t luck. Hard work, ingenuity, and a talent for negotiation were essential to executing the series of trades that led from the bobby pin to the house. Along the way she sent more than 300,000 messages, enlisted the help of strangers to drive vehicles across the country, and went deep into the world of “sneakerheads” in pursuit of the perfect trade, all while documenting her progress and amassing an audience of millions on TikTok. From the crushing disappointments to the surprising successes, Demi shares the behind-the-scenes stories of her first successful trading project and the life lessons she’s applying as she starts the process again. It’s an engrossing story for anyone who wonders, How did she do that? Could I do it too?


Break

Break

Author: Grahame Claire

Publisher: Grahame Claire

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1951878191

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What seems like a lifetime ago, I let her go. The second she returned, I couldn’t stay away. Now she’s asked the unthinkable. If I say yes, I can protect her. If I say no, she ends up with someone else forever. Or so much worse . . . The first time I let her go it nearly buried me. If I do it again it could break us both . . . The conclusion to the Bend & Break Duet from USA Today Bestselling Author Grahame Claire.