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Lillian on Life

A Novel

By: Alison Jean Lester

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I absolutely loved Lillian on Life." —Kate Atkinson "I found it full of life and full of wisdom.” —Erica Jong Smart, poignant, funny, and totally original, Lillian on Life is as fresh and surprising as fiction gets. This is the story of Lillian, a single woman reflecting on her choices and imagining her future. Born in the Midwest in the 1930s; Lillian lives, loves, and works in Europe in the fifties and early sixties; she settles in New York and pursues the great love of her life in the sixties and seventies. Now it’s the early nineties, and she’s taking stock. Throughout her life, walking the unpaved road between traditional and modern choices for women, Lillian grapples with parental disappointment and societal expectations, wins and loses in love, and develops her own brand of wisdom. Lillian on Life lifts the skin off the beautiful, stylish product of an era to reveal the confused, hot-blooded woman underneath.

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258

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Penguin

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ISBN 10

0425276201

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9780425276204

Yuki Means Happiness

By: Alison Jean Lester

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Yuki Means Happiness

By: Alison Jean Lester

A mystery, a love story and a fascinating encounter with a different culture, Yuki Means Happiness is an outstanding novel' John Boyne Diana is young and uneasy in a new relationship when she leaves America and moves halfway around the world to Tokyo seeking adventure. In Japan she takes a job as a nanny to two-year-old Yuki Yoshimura and sets about adapting to a routine of English practice, ballet and swimming lessons, and Japanese cooking. But as Diana becomes increasingly attached to Yuki she also becomes aware that everything in the Yoshimura household isn't as it first seemed. Before long, she must ask herself if she is brave enough to put everything on the line for the child under her care, confronting her own demons at every step of the way. Yuki Means Happiness is a rich and powerfully illuminating portrait of the intense relationship between a young woman and her small charge, as well as one woman's journey to discover her true self.

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288

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John Murray

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184854961X

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9781848549616

Lillian on Life

A Novel

By: Alison Jean Lester

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By: Alison Jean Lester

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Child Development: A Topical Approach

By: Alison Clarke-Stewart,Susan Friedman,Joanne Barbara Koch

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Child Development: A Topical Approach

By: Alison Clarke-Stewart,Susan Friedman,Joanne Barbara Koch

Well known and respected authors present a chronologically oraganized introduction to child and adolescent development. Research oriented, the text brings together research and real children with interludes or vignettes. Provides a logical and straightforward organization emphasizing development in its social context written in an accessible, conversational tone. Stresses practical issues and features research focus boxes, chapter outlines, attractive design and illustration material, a glossry of key terms, and study questions.

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802

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Wiley

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0471813478

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9780471813477

Once Upon a Heroine

450 Books for Girls to Love

By: Alison Cooper-Mullin,Jennifer Marmaduke Coye

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Once Upon a Heroine

450 Books for Girls to Love

By: Alison Cooper-Mullin,Jennifer Marmaduke Coye

Contains over 450 entries that describe books that have female heroines; includes publishing information, a short overview of the plot, and recollections from famous women about what their favorite book was as a child.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0809230208

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9780809230204

Book's by Alison Jean Lester

Lillian on Life

Lillian on Life

Yuki Means Happiness

Yuki Means Happiness

Lillian on Life

Lillian on Life

Child Development: A Topical Approach

Child Development: A Topical Approach

Once Upon a Heroine

Once Upon a Heroine

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