Fishnets And Fantasies

Author : Jane Doucet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Divorce
ISBN : 177108958X

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Fishnets and Fantasies by Jane Doucet Pdf

Wendy Hebb has been a fisherman's wife for forty years. She has also been a mother, a yoga instructor, and part-time soap maker. She loves her life in picturesque Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, but it's just not enough anymore. With a burning entrepreneurial desire, she decides that when her husband, Paul, retires, it will finally be her turn to live out her dream. The catch: her dream is to open a sex shop. While Paul begrudgingly goes along with Wendy's "half-cocked" idea, it's out of a sense of guilt; a recently spilled secret has their marriage on the rocks. As soon as the townspeople get wind of Wendy's plans, it opens up a whole other can of worms--and Paul finds himself bait for the local rumour mill. Her silent, "invisible" partner in the project, he secretly hopes her plan for the shop will fail. Orbiting around Paul and Wendy's story is a motley crew of characters, including the Hebbs' daughter, Ellen, a feminist academic who catches the eye of a lady-killer coworker while home for the summer; Wendy's best friend, Betty, a chain-smoking seamstress with secrets of her own; the local minister and her husband, who secretly indulge in role play; and the wealthy Sonya and Booth, who will stop at nothing to make sure the shop never opens its doors--as long as they can avoid discussing their failing marriage. An irreverent novel full of heart and humour, Fishnets & Fantasies is a story of love and lust at any age, of old grudges and older secrets, and of the relationships that make all the awkward fumbling worthwhile.

Author : Jane Doucet
Publisher : Vagrant Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1774711605

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The Pregnant Pause by Jane Doucet Pdf

An irreverent novel from the author of Fishnets & Fantasies that follows a woman in her mid-thirties as she tries to decide whether to become a mother. Creative Nonfiction Collective conference May 26 -- 28, 2023 (Ukings) From the author of Fishnets & Fantasies comes another irreverent novel that fuses comedy and tragedy to bring us a page-turner with characters we can root for. Just before her thirty-seventh birthday, Rose Ainsworth has her first attack of baby fever. She adores children, especially her sister?s kids, but she's facing a dilemma. Not only is her husband refusing to commit to becoming a parent, but her friends are drowning in all the joys of mothering. She feels cut off and, worst of all, she's worried that maybe she isn't motherhood material.Described as "a thoughtful, honest and poignant exploration of how motherhood continues to define us as women, and it invites us to recognize that we are our sisters' keepers" (Charlotte Empey) and an "entertaining and insightful look at baby fever" (Laura Earl), The Pregnant Pause follows Rose on the roller-coaster ride as she journeys through the potential pitfalls and prospects of parenting -- a journey that will be familiar to many women as they listen to their biological clock ticking away.

Author : Giovanni Rocco,Douglas Schofield
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781641603539

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Giovanni's Ring by Giovanni Rocco,Douglas Schofield Pdf

The story of a former FBI undercover task force officer who spent years penetrating New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family, the criminal organization known to law enforcement as "the real Sopranos" Giovanni's Ring is the story of "Giovanni Rocco," a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as "Giovanni Gatto," who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as "the real Sopranos." Giovanni spent nearly three years working his way into the DeCavalcante hierarchy. That lethal assignment brought the undercover operation to an end in March 2015, and the resulting string of high-profile arrests eviscerated the criminal organization. ?Giovanni's Ring is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco's adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life inevitably entails.

Author : Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408846384

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The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi Pdf

Jessamy Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of a powerful imagination, she spends hours writing, reading or simply hiding in the dark warmth of the airing cupboard. As the half-and-half child of an English father and a Nigerian mother, Jess just can't shake off the feeling of being alone wherever she goes, and other kids are wary of her terrified fits of screaming. When she is taken to her mother's family compound in Nigeria, she encounters Titiola, a ragged little girl her own age. It seems that at last Jess has found someone who will understand her. TillyTilly knows secrets both big and small. But as she shows Jess just how easy it is to hurt those around her, Jess begins to realise that she doesn't know who TillyTilly is at all.

Author : Sheree Fitch
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing Limited
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1774710390

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Sing in the Spring! by Sheree Fitch Pdf

A playful, poetic picture book celebrating the coming of spring from the award-winning author of Summer Feet and featuring luminous original artwork by an internationally renowned quilt artist. Buds of leaves still curled in knots just like teeny polka dots spots of green on bare-branched trees soon buds will bloom and leaves unfurl yes, shimmery light on every thing. Spring is sometimes a long time coming. As snow melts and winter slowly blows away, the earth begins its unfolding of new life and hopeful greening. While we can still snowshoe through the soft white and sip the clear, wintry air, we dream of the sparkle of spring, that wind-chapped-cheek time, where "baby fiddleheads sleep/like so many questions deep" and the sun comes "smiling in/as longer days of light begin." A poetic celebration of the season, Spring Song! invites readers into a rural family home and the natural world that surrounds them. Tiny details and clues emerging from hibernation are a source of wonder, seeds hold secrets of sunflowers, and mudliscious puddles await! A collection of verse germinating for years, ever since author Sheree Fitch first experienced the magical artwork of artist Deb Plestid, whose luminous, original quiltwork illustrates this gentle, vibrant book, brimming with the joy of spring.

Author : Viv Albertine
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466873070

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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by Viv Albertine Pdf

A feminist musician icon, Viv Albertine reveals the rocking, uncompromising story of her life on the front lines at the birth of the British punk movement and beyond in this exciting, humorous, and inspiring memoir. Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years Viv Albertine is a pioneer. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she influenced a future generation of artists including Kurt Cobain and Carrie Brownstein. She formed a band with Sid Vicious and was there the night he met Nancy Spungeon. She tempted Johnny Thunders...toured America with the Clash...dated Mick Jones...and inspired the classic Clash anthem “Train in Vain.” But Albertine was no mere muse. In Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys., Albertine delivers a unique and unfiltered look at a traditionally male-dominated scene. Her story is so much more than a music memoir. Albertine’s narrative is nothing less than a fierce correspondence from a life on the fringes of culture. The author recalls rebelling from conformity and patriarchal society ever since her days as an adolescent girl in the same London suburb of Muswell Hill where the Kinks formed. With brash honesty—and an unforgiving memory—Albertine writes of immersing herself into punk culture among the likes of the Sex Pistols and the Buzzcocks. Of her devastation when the Slits broke up and her reinvention as a director and screenwriter. Or abortion, marriage, motherhood, and surviving cancer. Navigating infidelity and negotiating divorce. And launching her comeback as a solo artist with her debut album, The Vermilion Border. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. is a raw chronicle of music, fashion, love, sex, feminism, and more that connects the early days of punk to the Riot Grrl movement and beyond. But even more profoundly, Viv Albertine’s remarkable memoir is the story of an empowered woman staying true to herself and making it on her own in the modern world.

Author : Emma Bull
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241975572

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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull Pdf

Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk-and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point. War for the Oaks is a brilliantly entertaining fantasy novel that's as much about this world as about the imagined one.

Author : Ron James
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780385671156

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All Over the Map by Ron James Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Canada's most verbally virtuosic comic makes his literary debut—and he's just as richly, gloriously funny on the page as on stage. His legion of fans—the ones who ensure his every show the length and breadth of Canada is sold out—recognize Ron James as one of the great stand-ups of his generation. His seemingly improvisational flights of fancy—no two shows are ever the same—are crammed with inventive phrase-making, feature a voluminous vocabulary, and put every word into the service of uproarious comedy. He sounds like a man born to write a great book—and now at last he has. But this is a book he has been writing for most of his life, in his head, in his car, while driving from gig to gig. In All Over the Map, Ron has brilliantly captured the voice that has enthralled millions on stage and screen. He also lets up a little on the usually relentless laughs (though there are still plenty of those) to reveal a new dimension to his beloved showbiz character. His hilarious reminiscences of growing up in Nova Scotia and his early struggles as an aspiring comic, his reveries on such topics as family, country, celebrity and lessons learned from myriad chance encounters will deepen our appreciation for this great comic and win him many new fans in his new role as author.

Author : Violet Blue
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458740601

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Best Women's Erotica 2009 by Violet Blue Pdf

Love and lust run wild in the boldest edition of Violet Blue's bestselling women's erotica series. Here women of every sexual persuasion tease, romance, dominate, and deflower their partners in steamy encounters ranging from sweaty trysts to loving experimentation by long-time partners. ''Fly'' updates a classic when a suddenly sexual Tiger Lily decides to take on both Peter and Wendy. In ''Cardio,'' a hunky dance teacher shows Christina how to shake more than her hips. ''The Girl Next Door'' bends the boy next door over the bathtub, with delightful results. Whether set in an Amsterdam shop window or a Victorian mansion, these 21 tales by top erotica writers let you savor the variety of women's sexual desires from the sweet to the shocking.

Author : Alison Tyler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1573442844

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F Is for Fetish by Alison Tyler Pdf

Part of the Erotic Alphabet series of steamy stories - small, discreet and perfect gifts. The feeling of being zipped up tight in a leather jacket; the flood of desire unleashed by a glimpse of perfectly shaped feet caressed by high heeled shoes. In F is for Fetish, Alison Tyler collects 12 tantalising stories that capture the erotic power of fetishes. In Knuckling Under, a woman longs for the strong fingers of her bike mechanic and in Fishnets, the narrator explains in thrilling detail how his fetish makes him feel...

Author : Madonna,Glenn O'Brien
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01
Category : Erotica
ISBN : 0436270846

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Sex by Madonna,Glenn O'Brien Pdf

Author : Melissa Febos
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429959186

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Whip Smart by Melissa Febos Pdf

A dark, wild, powerful memoir about a young woman's transformation from college student to professional dominatrix While a college student at The New School, Melissa Febos spent four years working as a dominatrix in a midtown dungeon. In poetic, nuanced prose she charts in Whip Smart how unchecked risk-taking eventually gave way to a course of self-destruction. But as she recounts crossing over the very boundaries that she set for her own safety, she never plays the victim. In fact, the glory of this memoir is Melissa's ability to illuminate the strange and powerful truths that she learned as she found her way out of a hell of her own making. Rest assured; the reader will emerge from the journey more or less unscathed.

Author : Rachel Bussel
Publisher : Cleis Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781573443883

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Please, Ma'am by Rachel Bussel Pdf

Men are usually the ones allowed all sorts of power in society. But many of them long to be stripped of this power, tied down, gagged, spanked and owned. They want to ease the burden of 'manliness', if only for a little while, and be ordered to do all the naughty things they have always dreamed of. Please Ma'am is a collection of top erotica full of the tantalising possibilities out there for these submissive men and the women who love them, gathered together by bestselling editor Rachel Kramer Bussel.

Author : Lesley Crewe
Publisher : Vagrant Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1771088818

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The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe Pdf

The main character is born in 1894. The book contains her memoir, so the action goes back and forth in time, including Emmeline's childhood, through World War One and World War Two and up to "present day," which is 1968-1969.

Author : D. L. King
Publisher : Cleis Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781573449274

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Under Her Thumb by D. L. King Pdf

Under Her Thumb: Erotic Stories of Female Domination will whet your appetite for all things Fem Dom. The book is a feast to be savored, whether your desires lean toward the bottom, the top, or you are simply curious. “Quiet” by Andrea Zanin will prepare you for all that is to come, and whether your interests lie in the loving submission of Lawrence Westerman’s “Her Majesty’s Plaything,” boys wrestling for the opportunity to please their mistress in Laura Antoniou’s “Blame Spartacus” or the ultimate domination of Valerie Alexander’s “La Sexorcista,” you will find what you’re looking for, and more – under her thumb. From a foreword by Midori to stories by greats like Rachel Kramer Bussel, D. L. King, Teresa Noelle Roberts, Dominic Santi and more, you won’t want to put the book down; but you’ll have to – from time to time.