A Good Morning America Book Club Pick “A vibrant and hilarious debut…Pineapple Street is riveting, timely, hugely entertaining and brimming with truth.” —Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest “A delicious new Gilded Age family drama… a guilty pleasure that also feels like a sociological text.” —Vogue A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected old money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood but giving up far too much in the process; Sasha, a middle-class New England girl, has married into the Brooklyn Heights family, and finds herself cast as the arriviste outsider; and Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can’t have, and must decide what kind of person she wants to be. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of life among New York’s one-percenters, Pineapple Street is a smart, escapist novel that sparkles with wit. Full of recognizable, loveable—if fallible—characters, it’s about the peculiar unknowability of someone else’s family, the miles between the haves and have-nots, and the insanity of first love—all wrapped in a story that is a sheer delight.
Lena is a little girl with big dreams and desires to see new things. Although she and her mom have very little to call their own, their relationship with the Lord remains their greatest treasure. As Lena wishes to explore and discover, she learns a lesson along the way in this story of faith, love, and a bit of imagination.
Ciao! is a lively course that uses authentic texts and situations to motivate your students to develop their Italian and become more independent. It is suitable for students of a wide ability range and can be used in a variety of teaching situations.
You Raise Me Up is a collection of spiritual poems, to help those who feel lost, anxious and unsure of their path in life. The poems are to help the reader feel motivated and inspired to take the next steps on their journey, knowing they have purpose, a reason for being here and gifts to help others accomplish great thing in their lives too. Many poems from this book offer strength, compassion and understanding, and those that have read them, felt a greater sense of inner peace, and also an awakening, to know with pure faith and confidence that they can achieve amazing things. You've searched long enough. Now It's time to get started.
Locating the Madonna is the outcome of an experiment in collaboration and poetic influence by poets at opposite ends of the country: Powell-Chalmers in Dunedin and Jackson in Auckland. The poets decided, as Jackson says, 'to steal from each other', after they met a poetry festival in Brisbane. They posted poems back and forth, each responding to the voice and ideas of the other in their own work, harmonising with each other. When placed together in the collection, these poems could almost be the work of one poet. They found themselves drawn to the recurring image of the Madonna, who appears in these poems in many guises and situations. More than a religious symbol, she tramps on solid earth, she visits shopping centres and film festivals. She is at once mysterious and domestic, and through her the poets explore the themes of motherhood, family and home. This collection resonates with the truth that it is hard to be the perfect mother, wife or family member; that love and guilt sometimes go hand in hand. Written with beauty, clarity and often humour, the poets have created a rich and enjoyable collection.
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