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Saying Inshallah With Chutzpah

A Gefilte Fish Out of Water Story

By: Jessica Keith

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Saying Inshallah With Chutzpah

A Gefilte Fish Out of Water Story

By: Jessica Keith

“Marrying one woman is like eating chicken every day for the rest of your life,” the cultural attaché —a.k.a. my boss—warned the week before my Jewish wedding. I replied, “I like chicken.” Jessica Keith never believed she could walk down an aisle. With crippling anxiety fueled by unpredictable panic attacks, she said, “I can’t” so many times she never thought she’d say “I do.” After finally setting a wedding date, to Tyrone, her beau of eight years, Jessica made the impulsive decision to move away, accepting an offer to work for the Consulate of Kuwait in Los Angeles. The culture was unfamiliar territory—with a lot to unpack—she felt lost in translation. Adrift in life and at work, nothing seemed to go right. When the rabbi refused to perform an interfaith ceremony, and her grandmother warned, “You can’t marry a Black man,” rather than speak up, Jessica found it easier to bite her tongue. But when she hears on the job, “Jews need not apply,” it shatters her faith in herself. While illuminating the depths of anxiety and love, Jessica must find the resilience it takes to persevere.

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Post Hill Press

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ISBN 13

9798888451014

The Impersonators

By: Jessica Anderson

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The Impersonators

By: Jessica Anderson

The Impersonators portrays the breakdown of family relationships and the endurance of love in a materialistic age sensitively, perceptively and humorously. When Sylvia Foley returns to Australia after twenty years, she finds her father, Jack Cornock, ill. This and his obstinate silence provoke speculation about his will among the families of his two marriages. Sylvia becomes enmeshed in the webs of their alliances and disaffections. The Impersonators received the Miles Franklin Award in 1980, and the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Fiction in 1981.

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Sydney University Press

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0975086057

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9780975086056

Concealed Identity

By: Jessica R. Patch

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Concealed Identity

By: Jessica R. Patch

An undercover agent puts his life on the line for a drug lord’s beautiful widow in this inspirational romantic thriller. After Holt McKnight’s criminal informant disappears, the DEA agent must go undercover to get close to the missing man’s sister, who may know more than she’s letting on. But when Blair Sullivan’s attacked, it’s up to Holt to protect her—without blowing his cover. Blair isn’t sure she can trust her charming and handsome new neighbor. After all, the last man she fell for was her late husband, and he turned out to be the brother of a ruthless drug lord. Yet when it’s clear the target on her back is somehow linked to her past, she has no choice but to accept Holt’s protection. Even if getting close is the last thing her scarred heart can handle.

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Harlequin

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1488018863

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9781488018862

The Stay-at-home Dad Handbook

By: Peter Baylies,Jessica Toonkel

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The Stay-at-home Dad Handbook

By: Peter Baylies,Jessica Toonkel

Man-friendly, practical, and perfect for experienced stay-at-home dads as well as new parents weighing their childcare options, this handbook tackles head-on the issues fathers face when they become primary caregivers. Living comfortably on one income, leaving the job identity behind, cleaning the house efficiently, and networking in a female-oriented community can be challenging for a new father, and these creative anecdotes offer supportive and effective advice to help stay-at-home dads successfully deal with the psychological issues and everyday occurrences that make their parenting situation unique. This advice-oriented guide also includes an extensive resource section listing books, newsletters, online chat groups, playgroups around the country, stay-at-home dad organizations, and other networking opportunities. Book jacket.

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Chicago Review Press

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1556525346

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9781556525346

Wounded Birds and Shattered Dreams

The Heart-Wrenching True Story of Two Sisters

By: Jessica Suset,Beth Morso

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Wounded Birds and Shattered Dreams

The Heart-Wrenching True Story of Two Sisters

By: Jessica Suset,Beth Morso

Grandma, Granddad, and I were sitting in their backyard in the sunshine and having a beer together when Don arrived to pick me up. He had a beer with us, and I thought everything was fine until we got back to our apartment. Don began yelling and slapped me hard as he said I should not be drinking when he was not around. “But I only had one beer. We can go over any time together and enjoy their backyard,” I said. As he started slapping me around and pinning me on the bed, I thought of a way I might be able to change things. Don had been seeing a psychiatrist for years, telling him it was job-related stress, so he was taking Valium. When Don wasn’t looking, I went to the liquor cabinet, got a bottle of vodka, and locked myself in the bathroom. I poured more than half the bottle down the drain so it appeared that I drank it, took a few of his Valium, and swallowed them with vodka so I smelled like liquor. I also dumped half the bottle of Valium down the sink. After Don pounded on the door for me to open it, I did. It appeared as if I was trying to overdose, which was my plan. Don called an ambulance. The hospital was going to send me home after a couple of hours on an IV, but I begged them not to and explained my situation. I told the nurses that if they sent me home, I was really going to do it. I got what I wanted and was admitted into the psychiatric ward.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796041076

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9781796041071

THE TROUBLE WITH TRENT!

By: Jessica Steele

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THE TROUBLE WITH TRENT!

By: Jessica Steele

Separate bedrooms? When Trent de Havilland waltzed into Alethea's life, it was a relief to have some adult male company for a change. Her mother, sister and three young nieces were driving her mad and she was desperate to leave home. Then Trent suggested she move in with him…. No way! She hardly knew him and any man who made her feel like he did was bound to be trouble! But it was part of the deal if Trent was to help her sister out, and soon Alethea had no option—she couldn't let her family down. Yet Alethea knew she couldn't live with Trent for long—or else their temporary houseshare would become a permanent bedshare!

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Harlequin

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1459263049

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9781459263048

Governed by a Spirit of Opposition

The Origins of American Political Practice in Colonial Philadelphia

By: Jessica Choppin Roney

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Governed by a Spirit of Opposition

The Origins of American Political Practice in Colonial Philadelphia

By: Jessica Choppin Roney

To what extent did the American Revolution involve ordinary people? Historians as notable as Carl Becker and Edmund Morgan famously have asked this question or versions of it, but here Roney approaches it afresh by examining local governance and civic associations in Philadelphia, the largest colonial American city. How did popular participation in charity, schools, the militia, and informal banks prepare people to adopt radical ideas and take to the streets protesting against tyranny in the 1760s and 70s? Roney's GOVERNED BY A SPIRIT OF OPPOSITION will both be an important addition to the current literature on public life in early America, and also to the wider literature on urban governance in the British Atlantic in the eighteenth century. She sheds light on the powerful roles played by men acting in the political and constitutional circumstances of early Philadelphia leading up to the Revolution"--

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JHU Press

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1421415275

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9781421415277

Love Inspired Suspense November 2021 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Dana Mentink,Jessica R. Patch,Karen Kirst

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Love Inspired Suspense November 2021 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Dana Mentink,Jessica R. Patch,Karen Kirst

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: YUKON JUSTICE (An Alaska K-9 Unit novel) By Dana Mentink With her ruthless uncle sabotaging her family’s reindeer ranch, K-9 team assistant Katie Kapowski heads home to help—and thrusts herself into the crosshairs. She needs assistance, even if it comes in the form of Alaska State Trooper Brayden Ford and his furry partner. But with their rocky past, can they work together…and survive? YULETIDE COLD CASE COVER-UP (A Cold Case Investigators novel) By Jessica R. Patch When her sister’s remains are found, cold case agent Poppy Holliday is determined to solve the years-old murder. But someone’s willing to kill Poppy and her partner, Rhett Wallace, to keep the truth hidden. And it’s up to them to dig up the small town’s deadly secrets…without becoming the next victims. SMOKY MOUNTAIN AMBUSH (A Smoky Mountain Defenders novel) By Karen Kirst Someone wants Lindsey Snow dead by Christmas—and she doesn’t know why. The only person she can trust to help her is the man she betrayed, mounted police officer Silver Williams. But can they figure out who is trying to kill her…before the holidays turn lethal? For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense November 2021 Box Set – 2 of 2

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Harlequin

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036971685X

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9780369716859

Ovid's Tragic Heroines

Gender Abjection and Generic Code-Switching

By: Jessica A. Westerhold

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Ovid's Tragic Heroines

Gender Abjection and Generic Code-Switching

By: Jessica A. Westerhold

Ovid's Tragic Heroines expands our understanding of Ovid's incorporation of Greek generic codes and the tragic heroines, Phaedra and Medea, while offering a new perspective on the Roman poet's persistent interest in these two characters and their paradigms. Ovid presents these two Attic tragic heroines as symbols of different passions that are defined by the specific combination of their gender and generic provenance. Their failure to be understood and their subsequent punishment are constructed as the result of their female "nature," and are generically marked as "tragic." Ovid's masculine poetic voice, by contrast, is given free rein to oscillate and play with poetic possibilities. Jessica A. Westerhold focuses on select passages from the poems Ars Amatoria, Heroides, and Metamorphoses. Building on existing scholarship, she analyzes the dynamic nature of generic categories and codes in Ovid's poetry, especially the interplay of elegy and epic. Further, her analysis of Ovid's reception applies the idea of the abject to elucidate Ovid's process of constructing gender and genre in his poetry. Ovid's Tragic Heroines incorporates established theories of the performativity of sex, gender, and kinship roles to understand the continued maintenance of the normative and abject subject positions Ovid's poetry creates. The resulting analysis reveals how Ovid's Phaedras and Medeas offer alternatives both to traditional gender roles and to material appropriate to a poem's genre, ultimately using the tragic code to introduce a new perspective to epic and elegy.

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Cornell University Press

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1501770373

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9781501770371

Qualitative Literacy

A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research

By: Mario Luis Small,Jessica McCrory Calarco

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Qualitative Literacy

A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research

By: Mario Luis Small,Jessica McCrory Calarco

Cognitive empathy -- Heterogeneity -- Palpability -- Follow-up -- Self-awareness.

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Univ of California Press

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0520390652

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9780520390652

The Night of the Crash

The brand-new gripping thriller with an ending that will take your breath away

By: Jessica Irena Smith

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The Night of the Crash

The brand-new gripping thriller with an ending that will take your breath away

By: Jessica Irena Smith

IT CAN ALL CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. Steppy Corner, voice of hit true crime podcast series All the Dark Corners, wakes in hospital with no memory of what brought her to Heartsick - the small Colorado town where her estranged family live - no memory of why she was racing up the mountainside to her parents' house late at night . . . or why she didn't make that bend. All she knows is her mother has been brutally murdered and her brother is the prime suspect. As Steppy begins to piece together events in the run-up to the accident, she discovers her brother's connection to another ongoing case, that of a missing girl last seen with him on Halloween. Steppy knows better than anyone that the truth often hides in the darkest of corners, but as she races to untangle the web of secrets and lies, will it ultimately prove too close to home? A twisting, claustrophobic and masterfully plotted thriller, with a breath-taking conclusion. Perfect for fans of Gillian McAllister, Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell. --- Readers love Jessica Irena Smith: '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ One of the best books this year' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A tangled tale of dark secrets . . . a captivating page-turner' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Family secrets, small towns . . . Jessica has hit the nail on the head' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Just got better and better . . . And the ending? I never saw that coming!' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Gripped me from page one . . . A must-read' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Such a twisty plot' '⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Dramatic and full of twists . . . I really didn't want to put it down

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1035405229

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What Would Keith Richards Do?

Daily Affirmations from a Rock and Roll Survivor

By: Jessica Pallington West

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What Would Keith Richards Do?

Daily Affirmations from a Rock and Roll Survivor

By: Jessica Pallington West

What is a wiseman? What is a prophet? Someone with a strange, unflappable demeanor. Someone who speaks in cryptic koans, words whose meanings take years to unravel. Someone who has confronted death, God, sin, and the immortal soul. Someone unfit for this world, but too brilliant to depart it. Someone--in short--like Keith Richards. Here, at last, the wisdom of this indefatigable man is recorded and set forth. These are his visionary words: "I would rather be a legend than a dead legend." Or "Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed." And--indeed--"I've never had a problem with drugs, only with policemen." Not merely a compendium of wisdom, this book is also a complete guide to the inner workings of a complex and inspired belief system, and the life of a man sanctified by fame. What Would Keith Richards Do reminds us to learn from our mistakes, let our instincts lead us, and above all, do what Keith has done better than anyone--survive.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608191087

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9781608191086

Hold Back the Night

The most gripping, heart-rending book you'll read this year

By: Jessica Moor

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Hold Back the Night

The most gripping, heart-rending book you'll read this year

By: Jessica Moor

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE' KATE SAWYER 'WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN AND LODGE ITSELF IN YOUR HEART' ERIN KELLY 'HEARTBREAKING AND LIFE-AFFIRMING' LOUISE HARE 'POWERFUL, TIMELY, IMPORTANT' BETH UNDERDOWN "BEAUTIFUL, COMPLEX AND MOVING' PLATINUM MAGAZINE 'POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' RED 'I URGE EVERYONE TO READ THIS NOVEL' ERICKA WALLER A shocking, vital story that will never let you go. I urge everyone to read this novel. Jessica does not flinch away from the themes in this book, but writes with purposeful intent. She does not linger on the suffering, but shines a light on hope. An outstanding achievement. - Ericka Waller From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of complicity and atonement, delving into one nurse's experience of the little-known history of conversion therapy and the heart-breaking betrayal of the AIDS crisis. March 2020. Annie is alone in her house as the world shuts down, only the ghosts of her memories for company. But then she receives a phone call which plunges her deeper into the past. 1959. Annie and Rita are student nurses at Fairlie Hall mental hospital. Working long, gruelling hours, they soon learn that the only way to appease their terrifying matron is to follow the rules unthinkingly. But what is happening in the hospital's hidden side wards? And at what point does following the rules turn into complicity - and betrayal? 1983. Annie is reeling from the loss of her husband and struggling to face raising her daughter alone. Following a chance encounter, she offers a sick young man a bed for the night, a good deed that soon leads to another. Before long, she finds herself entering a new life of service - her home a haven for those who are cruelly shunned. But can we ever really atone? The powerful and captivating new novel from the celebrated author of KEEPER and YOUNG WOMEN, HOLD BACK THE NIGHT is Jessica Moor's most powerful and commercial book to date. A darkly compelling character-led novel, drawing on themes of complicity and betrayal, it is bursting with talking points and absolutely perfect for reading groups. Praise for HOLD BACK THE NIGHT and Jessica Moor: 'The literary sensation . . . heart-breaking' My Weekly 'Absolutely incredible. Intricate, heart-breaking, with perfect prose and characterisation. This is an author stepping into her power and it is a privilege to behold' Kate Sawyer, Costa shortlisted author of The Stranding and This Family 'Beautifully written and authentic, this novel shines an unflinching light on the darkest episodes of recent medical history. Hold Back The Night will get under your skin and lodge itself in your heart' Erin Kelly 'Powerful, at times gut-wrenching' Peter Tatchell 'Heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measure. Dealing with the horrors of conversion therapy in the 1950s and the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, this is a story of redemption and hope as much as it is grief and shame. I absolutely loved it' Louise Hare 'Jessica Moor is a new young writer I believe in' Jeanette Winterson 'Heartbreaking and beautifully written' Heather Darwent 'A shocking, vital story that will never let you go. I urge everyone to read this novel. Jessica does not flinch away from the themes in this book, but writes with purposeful intent. She does not linger on the suffering, but shines a light on hope. An outstanding achievement' Ericka Waller

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Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

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1804181390

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9781804181393

Wanted to Rent

By: Jessica Pierce

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Wanted to Rent

By: Jessica Pierce

A young teenage girl is unable to make anyone believe that a killer is livingwithin her own house--and planning to make her his next victim.

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Zebra Books

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0821743570

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9780821743577

Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism

By: Jessica Bomarito

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Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism

By: Jessica Bomarito

Presents literary criticism on the works of nineteenth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, broadsheets, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Criticism includes early views from the author's lifetime as well as later views, including extensive collections of contemporary analysis.

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Nineteenth-Century Literature

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0787686379

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9780787686376

Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson

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Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson

The #1 New York Times Bestseller Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining. This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood why. The truth is that she didn’t want to lie. Jessica couldn’t be authentic with her readers if she wasn’t fully honest with herself first. Now America’s Sweetheart, preacher’s daughter, pop phenomenon, reality tv pioneer, and the billion-dollar fashion mogul invites readers on a remarkable journey, examining a life that blessed her with the compassion to help others, but also burdened her with an almost crippling need to please. Open Book is Jessica Simpson using her voice, heart, soul, and humor to share things she’s never shared before. First celebrated for her voice, she became one of the most talked-about women in the world, whether for music and fashion, her relationship struggles, or as a walking blonde joke. But now, instead of being talked about, Jessica is doing the talking. Her book shares the wisdom and inspirations she’s learned and shows the real woman behind all the pop-culture cliché’s — “chicken or fish,” “Daisy Duke,” "football jinx," “mom jeans,” “sexual napalm…” and more. Open Book is an opportunity to laugh and cry with a close friend, one that will inspire you to live your best, most authentic life, now that she is finally living hers.

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390

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HarperCollins

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0062899988

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9780062899989

Lucy

By: Jessica Barondes

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Lucy

By: Jessica Barondes

Lucy moved from one suburb of Chicago to another and reinvented herself as a preppy good girl. When she met her boyfriend, she invented yet another identity.

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Harper Trophy

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0064408132

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9780064408134

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