Diana Lively Is Falling Down

Author : Sheila Curran
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1440624119

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Diana Lively is Falling Down by Sheila Curran Pdf

Like the legendary London Bridge, Diana Lively has been transplanted from England to the Arizona desert. Also, she seems to be falling down. Trained as an architect, top in her class, she makes dollhouses. Widowed young and beautiful, she distrusted people who were kind to her, and married Ted, the one man who wasn’t. Maybe it’s a good thing that Diana Lively’s life is suddenly out of her control. Billionaire American Wally “The Ammo King” Gold also lost a spouse young, and in memory of his beloved Anglophile wife, Wally wants to fund Arthurian Studies at Oxford—and also to bring back to Arizona an expert consultant for his King Arthur Theme Park. Ted Lively, Arthurian scholar, fond of sherry and pretty undergraduates when he can take time off from belittling his wife, most definitely does not want to go and live among the barbarians of Arizona. But Oxford, eager to please Wally, gives him no choice. So the Livelys are off to Phoenix, where Diana pictures deadly scorpions, tarantulas and snakes, and Ted bewails the loss of his children’s perfect accents. And yet, in this most unlikely place, in the most surprising ways, Diana is about to discover that the happiness she thought was lost forever can shower down on her again, can flood her dry life like a lake in the desert, and make it bloom.

Author : Sheila Curran
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425202429

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Diana Lively Is Falling Down by Sheila Curran Pdf

Trained as an architect in England, Diana Lively accompanies her second husband, Ted, on a trip to Arizona to assist in an American billionaire's project to construct a King Arthur Theme Park in the middle of the local desert, and finds her life transformed forever. A first novel. Original.

Author : Megan Crane
Publisher : 5 Spot
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446536479

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Names My Sisters Call Me by Megan Crane Pdf

A moving novel of sisterhood and finding yourself tells the story of a newly engaged woman who decides to use her engagement party as a way to reconcile her estranged sisters—much to their chagrin. Courtney, Norah, and Raine Cassel are as different as three sisters can be. Norah, the oldest, is a type A obsessive who hasn't forgiven Raine, the middle sister, for ruining her wedding day six years ago. Raine is Norah's opposite, a wild child/performance artist/follow-your-bliss hippie chick who ran off to California. The only thing the two have in common is their ability to drive Courtney, their youngest sister, crazy. When her longtime boyfriend proposes, Courtney decides it's finally time to call a truce and bring the three sisters together. After all, they're grown-ups now, right? But it turns out that family ghosts aren't easily defeated—and neither are first loves. Soon Courtney finds herself reexamining every choice she has made in the past six years—including the man she's about to marry—and the value of reconnecting with the sisters she knows she needs, in spite of everything.

Author : Barbara Drummond Mead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0975974211

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Reading Group Choices 2006 by Barbara Drummond Mead Pdf

Author : Sheila Curran
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439100714

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Everyone She Loved by Sheila Curran Pdf

A wise and triumphant novel about four women who've come of age together only to discover that -- when it comes to the essentials -- life's little instruction book will always need revising. Penelope Cameron, loving mother, devoted wife and generous philanthropist, has convinced her husband and four closest friends to sign an outlandish pact. If Penelope should die before her two daughters are eighteen, her husband will not remarry without the permission of Penelope's sister and three college roommates. For years, this contract gathers dust until the unthinkable happens. Suddenly, everyone she loved must find their way in a world without Penelope. For Lucy Vargas, Penelope's best friend, and a second mother to her daughters, nothing seems more natural than to welcome them into a home that had once belonged to their family, a lovely, sprawling bed-and-breakfast on the beach. This bequest was only one of the many ways in which Penelope had supported Lucy's career as a painter, declaring her talent too important to squander. But now, in the wake of a disaster that only lovable, worrisome Penelope could have predicted, Lucy has put her work on hold as she and Penelope's husband, Joey, blindly grasp at anything that will keep the girls from sinking under the weight of their grief. With the help of family and friends, the children slowly build new lives. But just when things start to come together, the fragile serenity they have gained is suddenly threatened from within, and the unbreakable bonds they share seem likely to dissolve after all. In this entertaining and uplifting novel, Sheila Curran explores the faith one woman placed in her dearest friends, the care she took to protect her family and the many ways in which romantic entanglements will confound and confuse even the most determined of planners. A story about growing up and moving on, about the sacrifices people make for one another and the timeless legacy of love, Everyone She Loved is, above all, about the abiding strength of friendship.

Author : Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Wendy Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781611591415

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad by Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Wendy Walker Pdf

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad will resonate with any father with its heartwarming, loving, and even amusing stories from the next generation. This book gives fathers the pat on the back they deserve. Children of all ages share their heartfelt words of thanks and loving memories in these 101 stories. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad will bring any father joy, inspiration, and humor, and maybe even find that their kids did pay attention after all.

Author : Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Wendy Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781611591408

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom by Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Wendy Walker Pdf

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom will touch the heart of any mother with its stories of gratitude, joy, love, and learning from children of all ages. A mother’s job is never done, but in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom, she gets the praise she deserves. Children of all ages share their words of thanks in these touching, heartfelt stories. This book will bring any mother joy, inspiration, and humor, and show her that the kids were paying attention after all.

Author : Maggie Barbieri
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429946094

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Quick Study by Maggie Barbieri Pdf

College English professor Alison Bergeron thought that dating a cute NYPD detective like Bobby Crawford would be exciting and involve a lot of riding around in cruisers and putting away sleazy crooks, but he has yet to invite her on any stakeouts. . . . Then when a friend asks her to help him find his nephew, she goes to Bobby for advice only to find out that he already knows about the case. He pulled the boy out of the Hudson River a few days earlier. The boy's employer calls it an accident, but Alison and Bobby aren't convinced. With matchmaking and sleuthing to spare, staying out of trouble isn't on the syllabus when Alison and Bobby team up in Quick Study, Maggie Barbieri's most outrageous outing yet.

Author : Neil Barron
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0787690228

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What Do I Read Next? by Neil Barron Pdf

By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year.Each entry describes a separate book, listing everything readers need to know to make selections. Arranged by author within six genre sections, detailed entries provide: Title Publisher and publication dateSeriesNames and descriptions of charactersTime period and geographical settingReview citationsStory typesBrief plot summarySelected other books by the authorSimilar books by different authorsAuthor, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre/sub-genre indexes are included to facilitate research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129060575

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Arthurian Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Diana Pinguicha
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781682815106

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A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha Pdf

Based on Portuguese legend, this #OwnVoices historical fantasy is an epic tale of mystery, magic, and making the impossible choice between love and duty... With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies. There’s a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic—her curse—has turned her meal into a bouquet. She’s on the verge of starving, which only reminds her that the people of Portugal have been enduring the same pain for years. If only it were possible to reverse her magic. Then she could turn flowers into food. Fatyan, a beautiful Enchanted Moura, is the only one who can help. But she is trapped by magical binds. She can teach Yzabel how to control her curse—if Yzabel sets her free with a kiss. As the King of Portugal’s betrothed, Yzabel would be committing treason, but what good is a king if his country has starved to death? With just one kiss, Fatyan is set free. And with just one kiss, Yzabel is yearning for more. She’d sought out Fatyan to help her save the people. Now, loving her could mean Yzabel’s destruction. A Curse of Roses includes themes, imagery, and content that might be triggering for some readers. Discussions of religious-based self harm, religious-based eating disorders, and religious-based internalized homophobia appear throughout the novel.

Author : Donald Spoto,Donald Spoto, M.A., Ph.D.
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0609803883

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Diana by Donald Spoto,Donald Spoto, M.A., Ph.D. Pdf

Critically acclaimed, best-selling biographer Donald Spoto recounts all the pain, promise, and joy of the last year in the tragically short life of Diana, Princess of Wales. For those of us who loved and admired her, Diana's final year was in many ways the most fascinating and insightful of her life. It was a turbulent, amazing period in which she formally severed her marriage ties to the heir to the British throne, fell passionately in love with Dodi al-Fayed, and truly began to come into her own after years of personal adversity. In Diana: The Last Year, Donald Spoto allows us to finally understand the complete story of this woman in conflict. Diana was driven by a philanthropic desire to relieve suffering and change the world, but she was also determined to make up for a youth that was taken from her, at the age of nineteen, when she became the wife of the future king of England. In Donald Spoto's elegant and richly satisfying book, Diana's last year is set before us in all of its triumph and glory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UOM:39015066042824

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Poets & Writers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015066043244

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175030094687

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf