Author: Kathleen Winter
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 0887842763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award for Fiction, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize In 1968, into the beautiful, spare environment of remote coastal Labrador, a mysterious child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the secret — the baby's parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and a trusted neighbour, Thomasina. Together the adults make a difficult decision: to raise the child as a boy named Wayne. But as Wayne grows to adulthood within the hyper-masculine hunting culture of his father, his shadow-self — a girl he thinks of as "Annabel" — is never entirely extinguished, and indeed is secretly nurtured by the women in his life. Haunting, sweeping in scope, and stylistically reminiscent of Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, Annabel is a compelling tale about one person's struggle to discover the truth about their birth and self in a culture that shuns contradiction.
Author: Annabel Monaghan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593420055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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"The perfect escape." —USA Today "Readers who loved Emily Henry's Book Lovers are sure to savor Nora Goes Off Script." —Shelf Awareness Named one of the Best Beach Reads of Summer by The Washington Post • USA Today • Cosmopolitan • Southern Living • Country Living • Business Insider • Buzzfeed • Book Riot • The Augusta Chronicle Nora’s life is about to get a rewrite… Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it’s her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage’s collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it’s picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne’er do well husband Nora’s life will never be the same. The morning after shooting wraps and the crew leaves, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a half-empty bottle of tequila and a proposition. He’ll pay a thousand dollars a day to stay for a week. The extra seven grand would give Nora breathing room, but it’s the need in his eyes that makes her say yes. Seven days: it’s the blink of an eye or an eternity depending on how you look at it. Enough time to fall in love. Enough time to break your heart. Filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, Nora Goes Off Script is the best kind of love story—the real kind where love is complicated by work, kids, and the emotional baggage that comes with life. For Nora and Leo, this kind of love is bigger than the big screen.
Author: Ellen Palmer Allerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prairies
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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"Many of the poems in this volume have been printed in the newpapers of the West; and the kindness accorded them by editors and readers has encouraged me to collect and preserve them in more enduring form." Introduction.
Author: Suzanne Metcalf
Publisher: Jovian Press
ISBN: 1537802356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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Only the hand of fate can determine what will happen as two young people face their destinies in L. Frank Baum's very first young adult novel ANNABEL. Will it be "Rags to Riches" or "Riches to Rags" when Annabel Williams, a beautiful young heiress, befriends Will Carden, a local vegetable boy from the wrong side of the tracks? The suspense and mystery grow until Will's mushroom business becomes entangled in a plot of industrial espionage!
Author: Lyman Frank Baum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Annabel helps her friend find his father and reunite his family. They also catch the man who has stolen all his fathers money.
Author: Anthony Macey
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471777669
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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Shielding her eyes from the wind she looked up at the silhouette standing above. The gloomy light that the thick, overcast sky allowed entry to, left the figure mostly in shadow. The man, for the voice implied as much, was reasonably tall and wearing well tailored clothes and shoes but, maybe most importantly of all, there appeared to be genuine concern in his voice. Slowly. Deliberately. She pushed herself up. The pavement beneath, cold concrete, further chilling her already cold hands, red and sore from the exposure. When the charismatic Sebastian offers an escape from life on the freezing streets of London, Annabel is eager to take it. Over a hectic 72 hours Annabel is confronted by an emotional rollercoaster as she relays her life story to Sebastian, encounters Steph, the mysterious "security consultant" and discovers how justified her instinctual fear of Sebastian's friend Karl really is...
Author: L. Frank Baum
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726958759
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Originally published under a pseudonym, ‘Annabel’ by famous ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum follows the story of young Will Carden, whose family has fallen on hard times. Will grows close to the beautiful local young heiress Annabel Williams, as the pair unite in their suspicions about Ezra Jordan – the man who is managing Annabel’s fathers Mill and who is staying with the Carden family. The pair find themselves caught up in a tale of international espionage and intrigue as they team up to discover the truth about Ezra. Lyman Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) was a prolific and well-known American writer. He is best known for his famous series of modern fairy tales set in the imaginary land of Oz. The first of the books, ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ is widely considered to be the first true American fairy tale and was the basis for the hugely popular 1939 classic musical ‘The Wizard of Oz’ starring Judy Garland. Born and raised in New York, Baum held a range of jobs including as a poultry farmer, clerk, and storekeeper before pursuing his talent for writing at the age of 41. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, as well as over 40 other novels and over 80 short stories. He died in California in 1919.
Author: Neal Parker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780892726530
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This delightful tale traces a young girl's love of the sea, from first fixing up an old boat and learning to sail with her father to working her way up to eventually captain her own vessel.
Author: Annabel Pitcher
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316246778
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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Dear Mr. S. Harris, Ignore the blob of red in the top left corner. It's jam, not blood, though I don't think I need to tell you the difference. It wasn't your wife's jam the police found on your shoe. . . . I know what it's like. Mine wasn't a woman. Mine was a boy. And I killed him exactly three months ago. Zoe has an unconventional pen pal--Mr. Stuart Harris, a Texas Death Row inmate and convicted murderer. But then again, Zoe has an unconventional story to tell. A story about how she fell for two boys, betrayed one of them, and killed the other. Hidden away in her backyard shed in the middle of the night with a jam sandwich in one hand and a pen in the other, Zoe gives a voice to her heart and her fears after months of silence. Mr. Harris may never respond to Zoe's letters, but at least somebody will know her story--somebody who knows what it's like to kill a person you love. Only through her unusual confession can Zoe hope to atone for her mistakes that have torn lives apart, and work to put her own life back together again. Rising literary star Annabel Pitcher pens a captivating second novel, rich with her distinctive balance between humor and heart. Annabel explores the themes of first love, guilt, and grief, introducing a character with a witty voice and true emotional resonance.
Author: Joyce Donelson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 147722954X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
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Annabel Alexander has a ghostly visitor from her past that looks just like the girl that used to torment her back in elementary school reminding her of her poverty-stricken childhood which prompted her obsession with materialism. Then she was nearly killed in a tragic car accident that helps her to get her priorities in order. But is it too late to save her spoiled wayward daughter, Sadie, from ruining her life forever ? A major turn of events change their lives but not for the better. They will lose their beautiful home, their expensive vehicles, their dignity and everything they own. Their lives spiral out of control. Annabels daughter fell into a deep depression after the sudden death of her best friend. Then she became pregnant at the tender age of thirteen. The young mother withheld a secret that caused her father to crumple to the floor with a heart attack. And Sadie has lost her will to live. She is so heartbroken and burdened with suicidal thoughts. Annabel needs a miracle to save her daughter now. Joyce Donelson Website www.simplesite.com/ghostmaster Joyce Donelson lives in McMinnville, Tennessee. She has four children and this is her first novel.
