Author: Hannah Orenstein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982121483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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An electrifying rom-com set in the high stakes world of competitive gymnastics and filled with “charm, whimsy, and giddy romantic tension” (BuzzFeed)—for fans of Sarah Adams and Hannah Grace. The past seven years have been hard on Avery Abrams: after training her entire life to make the Olympic gymnastics team, a disastrous performance ended her athletic career for good. Her best friend and teammate, Jasmine, went on to become an Olympic champion, then committed the ultimate betrayal by marrying their controversial coach, Dimitri. Now, reeling from a breakup with her football star boyfriend, Avery returns to her Massachusetts hometown, where new coach Ryan asks her to help him train a promising young gymnast with Olympic aspirations. Despite her misgivings and worries about the memories it will evoke, Avery agrees. Back in the gym, she’s surprised to find sparks flying with Ryan. But when a shocking scandal in the gymnastics world breaks, it has shattering effects not only for the sport but also for Avery and her old friend Jasmine.
Author: Elyse Springer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626495678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Jeremy Reeve is one of the best divers in the world, and he's worked hard to get where he is. He intends to keep pushing himself with one very clear goal in mind: winning gold at the summer Olympics in two years. That medal might be the only way to earn his father's respect as an athlete. Brandon Evans is everything Jeremy isn't: carefree, outgoing, and openly gay. With his bright-blue eyes and dramatic tattoos, he's a temptation that Jeremy refuses to acknowledge. But Jeremy can't ignore how talented Brandon is--or that Brandon has no interest in using his diving skills to compete. They're opposites who are forced to work together as teammates, but Jeremy's fear of his own sexuality and Brandon's disinterest in anything "not fun" may end their partnership before it begins. Until a single moment changes everything, and they help each other discover that "team" can also mean family and love.
Author: Virginia Erhardt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317786491
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Candid, first-hand accounts of couples who stay together despite highly emotional gender issues. Head Over Heels gives voice to thirty ordinary women who live extraordinary lives as partners to crossdressers, transgenderists, and male-to-female transsexuals. These unique women discuss, with honesty and great candor, how they first learned of their partners’ gender issues, how they’ve coped with the emotions that followed, how they’ve dealt with concerns about privacy/secrecy, and how they’ve handled disclosure to children, friends, and family members. Far from a collection of “happily ever after” stories, these narratives are filled with pain, courage, curiosity, and joy as each woman struggles to redefine a relationship that includes intimacy, social acceptance, dignity, and respect. The women whose stories are featured in Head Over Heels didn't know their partners were gender-variant when they first met. Some found out early on; others learned of their husbands' gender variance after decades of marriage. Some were told by their husbands—men they considered “regular guys;” others found out on their own, sometimes in shocking ways. Their stories represent a wide spectrum of women's life experiences with crossdressers, transgenderists, transsexuals who are nonoperative, pre-operative, and post-operative, families without children, families with children at home, and families with children who have left home. But these women share one thing in common: each has decided to stay in her relationship, exploring her new life with an open, yet cautious, heart. Some of the voices heard in Head Over Heels: “While putting my clothes on, I found a sales receipt on the bureau from K-Mart for shoes, a bra, and stockings. My immediate thought was that my husband had a girlfriend.” “He dressed for me one night and it was the worst experience of both our lives. I was shocked and he knew it and that hurt him.” “My siblings had been aware of Trish’s transsexualism for several years when she went full-time. They have told me that while I will always be welcome in their homes, Trish is not.” “My husband may think differently, but I do have a sexual identity. Actually, I’m real clear about it—I am a woman and he is a man. I do not allow him to crossdress in the bedroom. I married a man; therefore, I will sleep with a man.” Head Over Heels also includes historical and current information about resources and support for wives of gender-variant people, and a substantive introduction that includes basic information about sexual and gender identity and related issues.
Author: Chris Harrison
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
ISBN: 1473644690
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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"Gets right under Italy's skin. Few books about living in foreign climes are written as entertainingly, beautifully or romantically." -- Sydney Morning Herald WINNER OF THE GROLLO RUZZENE FOUNDATION PRIZE When Chris travelled from Sydney to Dublin, he never dreamed his life was about to change forever. There he meets Daniela - one L, smile as you say it to pronounce it correctly - and it's amore at first sight. Before he can say si, he's uprooted to follow her to her sun-kissed hometown of Andrano, Puglia, tucked in the heel of southern Italy. The whitewashed houses, olive groves and cobblestone lanes are beautiful, but soon Chris is getting to grips with everyday Italian life. There's infuriating bureaucracy, an anarchic road system and - biggest challenge of all - Daniela's mamma, who's determined to convert him to the Catholic faith and build an extension on her house where the couple might live la dolce vita.
Author: Holly Smale
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007574649
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
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“My name is Harriet Manners, and I will always be a geek.” The fifth book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series.
Author: Jill Mansell
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 149263249X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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"Jill Mansell keeps on getting better..." —Good Housekeeping Everyone thinks they know their neighbors, but nobody knows what scandalous surprise is going to happen next. Interior designer Jessie Roscoe has kept the identity of her son's father a secret for years. But when her old flame and actor Toby Gillespie moves in next door, it doesn't take long for the truth to be revealed, and for Tony to meet the son he never knew he had. Toby's wife, Deborah, seems to take it stride. But would she be so composed if she knew that the chemistry between Toby and Jessie was flaring up again? Jessie can't fathom a happy ending in this spider web of complicated relationships, but there are plenty more surprises to come, and many shocking truths to be revealed.
Author: James Dobson
Publisher: Gospel Light Publications
ISBN: 0830747141
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Everybody wants to fall in love, but so many relationships end in heartbreak instead of happily-ever-after. Now one of the nation’s most trusted voices on family relationships, Dr. James Dobson, offers this practical guide to love—what it is and what it isn’t—for couples and dating singles. First and foremost, Dr. Dobson wants everyone who is looking for love to understand the myth vs. the reality of emotions, and Head Over Heels includes the one-of-a-kind “What Do You Believe About Love? Quiz” to help readers separate fact from fiction. With gentle frankness, he discusses the joy and beauty of sex in marriage as well as the destruction and heartbreak that sex outside of marriage inevitably brings to hearts, minds and bodies. Also included is a learning/discussion section with questions and Scripture references for personal or group study, plus a poignant, heart-warming letter from Dr. Dobson to his beloved wife, Shirley.
Author: Gemma Coles
Publisher: Head Over Heels Gymnastics
ISBN: 9780957352605
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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This is a child friendly book that provides step-by-step instructions and top ups explaining how to perform a large variety of gymnastic floor skills via simple language and eyecatching photography.
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1038917018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
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Fall for this classic romance from No.1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber, where a mail-order bride might just become a loving wife... Bride Wanted.The billboard on the roadside is brazen, but Lesley Campbell isn’t in the market for pretty promises, anyway. She sees the offer of escape to Alaska — as the bride of frontiersman Chase Goodman — as a quick solution to her problems. It’s got nothing to do with love. But as the two make a connection, Lesley warms to the man who keeps her company through the dark northern nights. Originally published as Bride Wanted.
Author: Gervase Phinn
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014100522X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage. The well-named Mrs Savage still attempts to exert her power via incomprehensible memos, and Connie continues to rule the Staff Development Centre with a broom of iron and duster of disapproval at any dirty marks. In theschools themselves Gervase Phinn faces every challenge with humour that is rarely far from the surface.
