Birthday Girl

Author : Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524743796

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The Birthday Girl by Melissa de la Cruz Pdf

In the thrilling, suspenseful new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, all of Ellie de Florent-Stinson’s secrets come to light in one eventful evening full of twists, turns, and surprises. Before she became a glamorous fashion designer, Ellie de Florent-Stinson was a trailer-park teen about to turn sixteen. But a night of birthday celebration doesn’t go exactly as planned and descends into a night she’ll never be able to forget. Now, on the cusp of her fortieth birthday, it appears Ellie has everything she ever wanted: a handsome husband; an accomplished, college-age stepdaughter; a beautiful ten-year-old girl; adorable and rambunctious six-year-old twin boys; lush, well-appointed homes in Los Angeles, Park City, and Palm Springs; a thriving career; and a dazzling circle of friends. Except everything is not quite as perfect as it looks on the outside—Ellie is keeping many secrets. But hiding those skeletons has a cost, and it all comes to a head the night of her fabulous birthday party in the desert—where everyone who matters in her life shows up, invited or not. Old and new friends and frenemies, stepdaughters and business partners, ex-wives and ex-husbands congregate, and the glittering facade of Ellie’s life begins to crumble. Beautifully paced and full of surprises, The Birthday Girl is an enthralling tale of a life lived in shadow and its unavoidable consequences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Planeta Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6073908792

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Birthday Girl by Anonim Pdf

Author : Penelope Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1960854127

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Author : Penelope Douglas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593641989

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Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas Pdf

Away games, back seats, and the locker room after hours...New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas is back with this spicy new adult romance, now with bonus material. Marymount girls are good girls. Even if they weren't, no one would know, because girls like Clay Collins keep their mouths shut. Not that Clay has anything to share, anyway. Always in control, she owns the hallways, walking tall on Monday and then dropping to her knees like the good Catholic girl she is on Sunday. What she wants she has to hide. Liv Jaeger crosses the tracks every day for one reason: to graduate from high school and get into the Ivy League. But Clay—with her beautiful skin, clean shoes, and rich parents—torments her daily and thinks Liv won't fight back. At least not until Liv gets Clay alone and finds out she's hiding so much more than just what's underneath those pretty clothes. Liv told Clay to stay on her side of town. But one night, Clay doesn't listen. And once Liv is done with her, she'll never be a good girl again.

Author : Josh Schneider
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547838144

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The Meanest Birthday Girl by Josh Schneider Pdf

Dana soon learns that receiving a big white elephant for her birthday is not as wonderful as she thought it would be.

Author : Sandra Beasley
Publisher : Crown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307588135

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Don't Kill the Birthday Girl by Sandra Beasley Pdf

A beautifully written and darkly funny journey through the world of the allergic. Like twelve million other Americans, Sandra Beasley suffers from food allergies. Her allergies—severe and lifelong—include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish, and mustard. Add to that mold, dust, grass and tree pollen, cigarette smoke, dogs, rabbits, horses, and wool, and it’s no wonder Sandra felt she had to live her life as “Allergy Girl.” When butter is deadly and eggs can make your throat swell shut, cupcakes and other treats of childhood are out of the question—and so Sandra’s mother used to warn guests against a toxic, frosting-tinged kiss with “Don’t kill the birthday girl!” It may seem that such a person is “not really designed to survive,” as one blunt nutritionist declared while visiting Sandra’s fourth-grade class. But Sandra has not only survived, she’s thrived—now an essayist, editor, and award-winning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an unassuming corn chip. Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is her story. With candor, wit, and a journalist’s curiosity, Sandra draws on her own experiences while covering the scientific, cultural, and sociological terrain of allergies. She explains exactly what an allergy is, describes surviving a family reunion in heart-of-Texas beef country with her vegetarian sister, delves into how being allergic has affected her romantic relationships, exposes the dark side of Benadryl, explains how parents can work with schools to protect their allergic children, and details how people with allergies should advocate for themselves in a restaurant. A compelling mix of memoir, cultural history, and science, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl is mandatory reading for the millions of families navigating the world of allergies—and a not-to-be-missed literary treat for the rest of us.

Author : Jean Little
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781551432922

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The Birthday Girl by Jean Little Pdf

Nell has a wonderful birthday, so why does the next day have to be so awful? And where could her cat, Lady Jane Grey, have got to?

Author : Niko Wolf
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529366662

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Birthday Girl by Niko Wolf Pdf

He loved her. He lost her. But he should never have written her off. 'Birthday Girl is a real treat of a book, beautifully written and perfectly paced, slowly revealing secret after secret until you're not sure of anything anymore - only that you have to keep reading' - Elly Griffiths, author of The Ruth Galloway Novels Jonathan's wife disappeared more than twenty years ago. Now he's seeing her everywhere . . . New York in the 1990s - impoverished writer Jonathan Dainty takes his wife Maddie out to the beach for her birthday. Hours later he finds himself at the local police precinct trying to explain how on earth he let his wife get into a stranger's car, and allowed it to drive her away. More than twenty years later, Maddie is presumed dead and Jonathan has channelled his grief into a best-selling series of crime novels. As far as he can, he is living the perfect life. Then one day he catches a glimpse of his dead wife, moving through a throng of people. Is Maddie alive? Has she come back? And why does no one believe him? As Jonathan attempts to uncover the truth, it soon becomes clear that the people closest to him are hiding something, something that could change everything . . . The propulsive thriller from debut talent Niko Wolf, perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Blood Orange

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Random House
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473563810

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Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami Pdf

Birthday Girl is a beguiling, exquisitely satisfying short story . A taste of master storytelling, published to celebrate Murakami's 70th birthday. She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked Fridays, but if things had gone according to plan on that particular Friday, she would have had the night off. One rainy Tokyo night, a waitress's uneventful twentieth birthday takes a strange and fateful turn when she's asked to deliver dinner to the restaurant's reclusive owner. Birthday Girl is a beguiling, exquisitely satisfying taste of master storytelling, published to celebrate Murakami's 70th birthday. Birthday Girl is also available in Birthday Stories and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

Author : Sheila J. Sadr
Publisher : Not a Cult
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1945649402

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Birthday Girl by Sheila J. Sadr Pdf

Sheila J. Sadr's poetry is only the most visible manifestation of her creative drive. As an educator and therapist-in-training, she is deeply grounded in her local community and the poetry world of Southern California. That same restorative energy animates her debut collection Birthday Girl, winner of the 2018 Stories Award for Poetry. In this healing probe into femininity, Sheila J. Sadr questions and reinvents gender expectations as skillfully as poetic forms. This book is for anyone engaged in the strange survival of themselves and others, and it's also a beautiful addition to a new tradition of Iranian-American poetry alongside writers like Kaveh Akbar, Anis Mojgani, and Solmaz Sharif. It's a joy to bring Sheila J. Sadr's poems to a larger audience, but given her determination, we know that this book would exist if she had to pulp the paper herself.

Author : Sue Fortin
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008222154

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The Birthday Girl by Sue Fortin Pdf

USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Lied and Sister Sister Dear Carys, Zoe and Andrea Come and join me for my fortieth birthday adventure weekend, full of mysteries and surprises the like of which you can’t imagine.

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Random House
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780099481553

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Birthday Stories by Haruki Murakami Pdf

In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell Banks, Et

Author : Annabel Giles
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Birthdays
ISBN : 0141005130

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Birthday Girls by Annabel Giles Pdf

'It's the same small world; it just depends who you are and how you see it'BIRTHDAY GIRLS is Annabel Giles' sparklingly compulsive debut. Set on six different birthdays, and dealing with six different women who are all connected to each other, though they don't all realise it, the story opens with Scarlett, on her 10th birthday, and closes with Constance, on her 60th birthday. Funny, tragic and engrossing, BIRTHDAY GIRLS is a must-read book from a major new voice in women's fiction.

Author : Nikki Sloane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0998315192

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The Doctor by Nikki Sloane Pdf

For years, he was a part of my life. I watched him rush to the hospital countless times, his beautiful surgeon hands racing to save lives. After all this time, I can't escape the truth. I want Dr. Lowe. Lust chokes each moment we're together. He promises to fulfill my fantasies--every dirty, naughty desire we can dream up. Only, I can't have him. He's confident. Experienced. Seductive. And he's my ex-boyfriend's father.

Author : Diane J. Wright
Publisher : Seedpod Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780615276663

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Birthday Girl by Diane J. Wright Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Tracey Burns has been confined to a single room for two years. One night, amid chaotic spring winds, she slips to freedom and inadvertently sets herself on a journey that takes her further away from the one thing she wants most: to find the mother who left her behind. Determined but starkly naïve, Tracey plunges into a harsh and confusing world where she is no more than a headline, a case file, another ragged face on the side of the California highway asking for change. It's only when she stumbles upon an enclave of irrepressible epicureans tucked in the flatlands of the Mojave that she begins to uncover the truth of her world, of herself, and of her missing mother.