An insightful tale about sibling rivalry and the perception of beauty, "The Pretty One" is the second captivating novel from the author of "Learning to Swim.
Seventeen-year-old Steffie Rogers is not happy. Her mother, Barbie, has been suffering from love lunacy since before Steffie was even born. What is love lunacy? It's what happens to her mom when she has affairs with married men. The first stage is the Secret Smile and the last stage occurs when the relationship falls apart: Barbie picks another town in Maryland and they move, which they've done 14 times. Now Steffie lives on Jones Island and is working as a maid at a country club over the summer (long story). She's in love with handsome lifeguard Keith McKnight, but he already has a girlfriend. When Keith offers to teach Steffie how to swim, she finds herself in his arms and fighting the symptoms of love lunacy. But with the help of her feisty, older friend Alice, she's determined not to drown in her mother's problems. Still, Steffie is about to discover that swimming against the current isn't so easy.
Chcete žít v bezproblémovém světě, kde se splní každé vaše přání? Chcete mít možnost vybrat si libovolné místo na Zemi či ve Vesmíru a v okamžiku se tam ocitnout? Chcete zapomenout na svůj reálný život a dělat si, cokoli jen chcete? V tom případě vítejte v Elusion – v dokonalém virtuálním světě. Regan byla vždy velkou zastánkyní Elusion, ještě aby ne – její otec tento nový svět naprogramoval a její nejlepší kamarád Patrick teď řídí firmu, která tuto snovou virtuální realitu vydává. Avšak od otcovy nečekané smrti do Elusion nevstoupila. Navíc se začínají šířit zvěsti, že celý program není tak bezpečný, jak tvrdí oficiální představitelé firmy. A tvrzení o návykovosti a nebezpečnosti přicházejí i z velmi důvěryhodných zdrojů – například od Joshe, absolventa vojenské akademie a skvělého programátora. Regan se pustí do osobního vyšetřování a postupně odhaluje spletitou síť lží a tajemství. A zjistí, že bude muset volit mezi láskou a věrností... a její rozhodnutí ovlivní životy milionů lidí. Fantastický příběh z blízké budoucnosti o svůdné povaze virtuálního světa, v němž můžete uskutečnit všechno, co chcete.
An insightful tale about sibling rivalry and the perception of beauty, "The Pretty One" is the second captivating novel from the author of "Learning to Swim.
Seventeen-year-old Steffie Rogers is not happy. Her mother, Barbie, has been suffering from love lunacy since before Steffie was even born. What is love lunacy? It's what happens to her mom when she has affairs with married men. The first stage is the Secret Smile and the last stage occurs when the relationship falls apart: Barbie picks another town in Maryland and they move, which they've done 14 times. Now Steffie lives on Jones Island and is working as a maid at a country club over the summer (long story). She's in love with handsome lifeguard Keith McKnight, but he already has a girlfriend. When Keith offers to teach Steffie how to swim, she finds herself in his arms and fighting the symptoms of love lunacy. But with the help of her feisty, older friend Alice, she's determined not to drown in her mother's problems. Still, Steffie is about to discover that swimming against the current isn't so easy.
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