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Author: Susan Sullivan Saiter Publisher: Dutton Adult ISBN: 9781556113727 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
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"The author of the acclaimed Cheerleaders Can't Afford to be Nice writes her second novel, combining the sharp irony and genuine warmth that marked her literary debut with a dramatic exploration of familial love and conflict." "At the heart of Moira's Way is Moira McPherson, whose brains and budding sexuality arouse the jealousy and unfulfilled longings of both her parents: a boozy father whose once promising athletic career has given way to an endless road trip selling sporting goods; and a mother who with murderous wit vents her frustrations on targets from Miss America candidates to her own precocious Moira. Completing this tempestuous household is a younger "good" daughter, who yearns too hard to be "normal." Moira has big dreams, far beyond Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the way she sets about fulfilling them makes Moira's Way a truly unique reading experience." "Filled with indelible images of "growing up," distinguished by a voice that rings true and transports readers beyond the boundaries of the pages, Moira's Way confirms Susan Sullivan Saiter's burgeoning reputation as a sparkling new talent."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Susan Sullivan Saiter Publisher: Dutton Adult ISBN: 9781556113727 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
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"The author of the acclaimed Cheerleaders Can't Afford to be Nice writes her second novel, combining the sharp irony and genuine warmth that marked her literary debut with a dramatic exploration of familial love and conflict." "At the heart of Moira's Way is Moira McPherson, whose brains and budding sexuality arouse the jealousy and unfulfilled longings of both her parents: a boozy father whose once promising athletic career has given way to an endless road trip selling sporting goods; and a mother who with murderous wit vents her frustrations on targets from Miss America candidates to her own precocious Moira. Completing this tempestuous household is a younger "good" daughter, who yearns too hard to be "normal." Moira has big dreams, far beyond Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the way she sets about fulfilling them makes Moira's Way a truly unique reading experience." "Filled with indelible images of "growing up," distinguished by a voice that rings true and transports readers beyond the boundaries of the pages, Moira's Way confirms Susan Sullivan Saiter's burgeoning reputation as a sparkling new talent."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: Moira Young Publisher: Penguin Group ISBN: 0385671849 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 466
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This fast-paced YA debut novel has it all: smart, savvy characters making their way through an eerily dystopian society, with all the requisite action, adventure and romance characteristic of the genre vividly and at times, chillingly, portrayed. In a wild and lawless future, where life is cheap and survival is hard, eighteen-year-old Saba lives with her father, her twin brother Lugh, her young sister Emmi and her pet crow Nero. Theirs is a hard and lonely life. The family resides in a secluded shed, their nearest neighbour living many miles away and the lake, their only source of water and main provider of food, gradually dying from the lack of rain. But Saba's father refuses to leave the place where he buried his beloved wife, Allis, nine years ago. Allis died giving birth to Emmi, and Saba has never forgiven her sister for their mother's death. But while she despises Emmi, Saba adores her twin brother Lugh. Golden-haired and blue-eyed, loving and good, he seems the complete opposite to dark-haired Saba, who is full of anger and driven by a ruthless survival instinct. To Saba, Lugh is her light and she is his shadow, he is the day, she is the nighttime, he is beautiful, she is ugly, he is good, she is bad. So Saba's small world is brutally torn apart, when a group of armed riders arrives five day's after the twin's eighteenth birthday snatch Lugh away. Saba's rage is so wild, that she manages to drive the men away, but not before they have captured Lugh and killed their father. And here begins Saba's epic quest to rescue Lugh, during which she is tested by trials she could not have imagined, and one that takes the reader on breathtaking ride full or romance, physical adventure and unforgettably vivid characters, making this a truly sensational YA debut novel.
Author: Marisa Meltzer Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316413992 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 7
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From a contributor to The Cut, one of Vogue's most anticipated books "bravely and honestly" (Busy Philipps) talks about weight loss and sheds a light on Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch: "a triumphant chronicle" (New York Times). Marisa Meltzer began her first diet at the age of five. Growing up an indoors-loving child in Northern California, she learned from an early age that weight was the one part of her life she could neither change nor even really understand. Fast forward nearly four decades. Marisa, also a contributor to the New Yorker and the New York Times, comes across an obituary for Jean Nidetch, the Queens, New York housewife who founded Weight Watchers in 1963. Weaving Jean's incredible story as weight loss maven and pathbreaking entrepreneur with Marisa's own journey through Weight Watchers, she chronicles the deep parallels, and enduring frustrations, in each woman's decades-long efforts to lose weight and keep it off. The result is funny, unexpected, and unforgettable: a testament to how transformation goes far beyond a number on the scale.
Author: Christina Shea Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0312273452 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 222
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An exquisitely wrought debut novel about sisterhood through three generations in Ireland and America. It is 1921 in Ireland. When their mother dies in childbirth, Moira and Julia O'Leary are left to rear their infant sister, Ann, while their father, a sheep farmer, despairs. After Ann dies, Moira and Julia depart Cork for Boston, but the painful secret behind Ann's death haunts their new lives and presages the confusion that will come to trouble the next generation. Moira and Julia have always been strikingly different, but theirs is a mercilessly dependable relationship-Moira's boldness is fortified by Julia's quiet inner purpose, while Julia lives vicariously through her sister's impulsive actions. Moira's Crossing charts their shared journey through marriage, children, and lobstering off the coast of Maine. At once an examination of the troubled intimacy of sisterhood and an inquiry into the meaning of faith, Moira's Crossing is also a story of what we leave behind and who we become because of it.
Author: Moira Young Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442430001 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 416
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Nothing is certain and no one is safe in the second book in the highly praised Dust Lands trilogy, which MTV's Hollywood Crush blog called "better than The Hunger Games." It seemed so simple: Defeat the Tonton, rescue her kidnapped brother, Lugh, and then order would be restored to Saba's world. Simplicity, however, has proved to be elusive. Now, Saba and her family travel west, headed for a better life and a longed-for reunion with Jack. But the fight for Lugh's freedom has unleashed a new power in the dust lands, and a formidable new enemy is on the rise. What is the truth about Jack? And how far will Saba go to get what she wants? In this much-anticipated follow-up to the riveting Blood Red Road, a fierce heroine finds herself at the crossroads of danger and destiny, betrayal and passion.
Author: Robert Munsch Publisher: Annick Press ISBN: 1773211870 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 250
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Moira’s afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday party... so she just doesn’t tell them. The big day arrives, and grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, annnnd kindergarten all come knocking down her door. Before long, the house is a total disaster and Moira’s parents are going crazy trying to figure out how to get enough pizzas and birthday cake to feed everyone. Just leave it to Moira—she’ll figure it all out, and even get the house cleaned up in the process! A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this charming tale of the world’s most boisterous birthday to a new generation of young readers.
Author: Moira Greyland Publisher: ISBN: 9789527065204 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 550
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Marion Zimmer Bradley was a bestselling science fiction author, a feminist icon, and was awarded the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement. She was best known for the Arthurian fiction novel THE MISTS OF AVALON and for her very popular Darkover series. She was also a monster. THE LAST CLOSET: The Dark Side of Avalon is a brutal tale of a harrowing childhood. It is the true story of predatory adults preying on the innocence of children without shame, guilt, or remorse. It is an eyewitness account of how high-minded utopian intellectuals, unchecked by law, tradition, religion, or morality, can create a literal Hell on Earth. THE LAST CLOSET is also an inspiring story of survival. It is a powerful testimony to courage, to hope, and to faith. It is the story of Moira Greyland, the only daughter of Marion Zimmer Bradley and convicted child molester Walter Breen, told in her own words.
Author: Ethard W. Van Stee Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595090826 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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Jonathan Braithewaite settles in eastern North Carolina in 1727. He marries a sea captain's daughter and they found Jonathan's Landing, later renamed Wisharton. Half the town evolves into a harsh, Calvinist planter community represented by the Brandt family. The other half into a more liberal community scended from the Anglicans and represented by the Braithewaites. Tension grows between the two families who pass through a series of crises. The hero's wife dies of untreatable disease, followed by her husband who is killed in a duel. The slave community evolves from its Yoruban (African) roots tempered by an infusion of Christianity. The eldest Braithewaite daughter marries a school teacher and they open an academy. The Brandt son becomes a religious fanatic who slays his retarded mulatto daughter resisting his attempt at rape. His older slave mistress mediates between the planter family and the slaves. She, too, is carrying his child. Brandt's trial for murder in the death of the girl takes up the middle third of the story. He is sentenced to the pillory and dies there as he is being branded on the forehead with the mark of the serpent. The Brandt's slaves engage in a carefully-controlled rebellion, and the Braithewaite widow frees hers. The final third of the story is set in modern times. Graduate student Kareena discovers she is a direct descendant of a sister of the slave girl murdered 150 years earlier. Moreover, her graduate advisor is a direct descendant of the mad planter Brandt. Through this lineage she and her advisor both carry the Brandt genes. Strange events seem to happen that cannot be real. Flashbacks relating to their common heritage carry the story to a terrifying and surreal conclusion, bringing their mutual family curse to an end.
Author: Therese Walsh Publisher: ISBN: 9781410424358 Category : Daggers, Malay Languages : en Pages : 0
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Explores the intense bond of sisterhood--and the legendary powers of an ancient dagger--as a grieving twin searches for her own identity in the ruins of her sister's past.
Author: Moira Hodgson Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0767912713 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 370
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The daughter of a British Foreign Service officer, Moira Hodgson spent her childhood in many a strange and exotic land. She discovered American food in Saigon, ate wild boar in Berlin, and learned how to prepare potatoes from her eccentric Irish grandmother. Today, Hodgson has a well-deserved reputation as a discerning critic whose columns in the New York Observer were devoured by dedicated food lovers for two decades. A delightful memoir of meals from around the world—complete with recipes—It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time reflects Hodgson’s talent for connecting her love of food and travel with the people and places in her life. Whether she’s dining on Moroccan mechoui, a whole lamb baked for a day over coals, or struggling to entertain in a tiny Greenwich Village apartment, her reminiscences are always a treat.
Author: Susan Sullivan Saiter
Author: Susan Sullivan Saiter
Author: Moira Young
Author: Marisa Meltzer
Author: Christina Shea
Author: Moira Young
Author: Robert Munsch
Author: Moira Greyland
Author: Ethard W. Van Stee
Author: Therese Walsh
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