Miranda and Her Daughters

Miranda and Her Daughters

Author: Cate Garrison

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-04

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1435715675

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MIRANDA AND HER DAUGHTERS turns the Cinderella story on its head. Stepmothers traditionally get a terrible rap. Fathers and mothers--even mothers-in-law--may be good or bad, but stepmothers are always ""wicked."" But now that blended families are almost the norm, we need to challenge the stereotype. MIRANDA addresses the issue head-on in a way that is quirky, sexy, playful and, at times, serious. It takes the storyline from the Brothers Grimm, but brings it up to date, gives it a distinctly adult flavor, and sets it between London, England, and Portland, Oregon. The tale will appeal to women--and men--who take on the difficult job of raising other people's children, as well as their own. More, it provides the missing 'back story': how Cinderella's father met his second wife, or why the new wife's two daughters had a problem with shoes. Above all, it shows that the protagonists in most cobbled-together marriages are well-meaning, if only human.


The Girl from Widow Hills

The Girl from Widow Hills

Author: Megan Miranda

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-06-23

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1501165445

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest—a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick—comes a “hauntingly atmospheric and gorgeously written page-turner” (Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Marriage) about a young woman plagued by night terrors after a childhood trauma who wakes one evening to find a corpse at her feet. Everyone knows the story of “the girl from Widow Hills.” Arden Maynor was just a child when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and went missing for days. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers, set up search parties and help vigils, praying for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was a living miracle. Arden’s mother wrote a book. Fame followed. Fans and fan letters, creeps, and stalkers. And every year, the anniversary. It all became too much. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and disappeared from the public eye. Now a young woman living hundreds of miles away, Arden goes by Olivia. She’s managed to stay off the radar for the last few years. But with the twentieth anniversary of her rescue approaching, the media will inevitably renew its interest in Arden. Where is she now? Soon Olivia feels like she’s being watched and begins sleepwalking again, like she did long ago, even waking up outside her home. Until late one night, she jolts awake in her yard. At her feet is the corpse of a man she knows—from her previous life, as Arden Maynor. The girl from Widow Hills is once again at the center of this story in this “compulsive page-turner” (Booklist).


Miranda and Starlight

Miranda and Starlight

Author: Janet Muirhead Hill

Publisher: Raven Pub

Published: 2003-12

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780971416147

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Ten-year-old Miranda Stevens is sent to live with her grandparents and when she accepts a dare, the consequences begin a chain of events that tests her courage and spawns some unexpected friendships.


All the Missing Girls

All the Missing Girls

Author: Megan Miranda

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-06-28

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1501107968

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"A...story about the disappearances of two young women--a decade apart--told in reverse"--Amazon.com.


The Last to Vanish

The Last to Vanish

Author: Megan Miranda

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-07-26

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1982147334

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This eerie thriller…can stand next to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King’s The Shining.” —Booklist (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass—will its dark secrets finally be revealed? Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself. Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her. Megan Miranda brings her best writing to The Last to Vanish, a riveting thriller filled with taut suspense and shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.


Halo Glasslands

Halo Glasslands

Author: Karen Traviss

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2012-09-27

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 0230767818

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The Covenant has collapsed after a long, brutal war that saw billions slaughtered on Earth and her colonies. For the first time in decades, however, peace finally seems possible. But though the fighting's stopped, the war is far from over: it's just gone underground. The UNSC's feared and secretive Office of Naval Intelligence recruits Kilo-Five, a team of ODSTs, a Spartan, and a diabolical AI to accelerate the Sangheili insurrection. Meanwhile, the Arbiter, the defector turned leader of a broken Covenant, struggles to stave off civil war among his divided people. Across the galaxy, a woman thought to have died on Reach is actually very much alive. Chief scientist Dr. Catherine Halsey broke every law in the book to create the Spartans, and now she's broken some more to save them. Marooned with Chief Mendez and a Spartan team in a Forerunner slipspace bubble hidden in the destroyed planet Onyx, she finds that the shield world has been guarding an ancient secret – a treasure trove of Forerunner technology that will change everything for the UNSC and mankind. As Kilo-Five joins the hunt for Halsey, humanity’s violent past begins to catch up with all of them as disgruntled colony Venezia has been biding its time to strike at Earth, and its most dangerous terrorist has an old, painful link with both Halsey and Kilo-Five that will test everyone’s loyalty to the limit.


Leaf Man

Leaf Man

Author: Patricia J. Miranda

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0807544159

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A richly illustrated fable of hope, perseverance, and renewal. While wandering through a field of stumps that was once a forest, a boy collects twigs and sticks and leaves that remain and decides to create something new. He makes a figure—a leaf man—who inspires him to dream and invent, to plant the seed for a better world. Based on the ancient folklore of the "green man" as a symbol of renewal, lyrical text and immersive visual storytelling fills this uplifting picture book with optimism for the future.


Author: Ellen Sherrill

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-07-07

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1449717594

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Sugar Magnolia longs for her life in Biloxi, Mississippi, to hold more than hard work at the quaint old hotel she inherited from her mother. When a hurricane blows into the bay with a vengeance, she discovers a handsome stranger washed ashore and almost dead. Forced to nurse him herself, she finds her heart desperately wanting him to live. When he does regain consciousness, they are both dismayed to learn that he has no memory of his life before waking up at Sugar's hotel. Not even knowing his name, Sugar's stranger chooses to call himself Noah and finds comfort in the one thing that was not lost to him-his relationship with God. In spite of Sugar's previous lack of interest in spiritual things, she sees the strength that Noah draws from knowing God. She longs for peace and for healing of childhood wounds that have scarred her as a woman. Can Noah's God bring restoration to her as well? The knowledge that he could have a wife somewhere prevents Noah and Sugar from expressing the deep feelings that are growing between them. When Noah's identity does become known, they are faced with new challenges. Although Noah seems confident that God will somehow work things out, Sugar's faith is new and untested; their problems seem as insurmountable as the huge waves that brought Noah into her life. Now that she has finally found love, will she still be forced to live without it? Or is Noah right-is God really capable of bringing good out of the storm that surrounds them?


Alice-Miranda at School

Alice-Miranda at School

Author: Jacqueline Harvey

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2011-04-05

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0375898581

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Move over Matilda and Madeline, there's a charming miniature heroine ready to make her mark! Her name is Alice-Miranda--and she's full of spunk! Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can't wait to start boarding school. When she arrives at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies, the adventure begins . . . only not quite as Alice-Miranda expects. The minute she sets foot on the school's manicured grounds, she senses that something is wrong: Miss Grimm, the headmistress, is nowhere to be seen, the gardens have no flowers, and a mysterious stranger seems to be hiding out on the premises. But that's not all. Some girls are mean and spoiled, like Alethea Goldsworthy. Can Alice-Miranda defeat Alethea in one of three difficult tests she must pass to remain at school? Will she discover Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale's big secret—and make things right? Well, if anyone can, it's spunky Alice-Miranda!