Jemima is fat, British, and lonely. Her great consolations are food and her friend Ben, but when she meets Mr. Right on the Internet she presents herself as thin and glamorous. When he demands a meeting, Jemima loses weight, becomes a blonde, flies to L.A., and discovers that happiness is back home on her doorstep.
"New York Times"-bestselling author Green, one of the preeminent authors of women's fiction today, returns with this heartwarming tale of how a land-rich but cash-poor 65-year-old widow saves her Nantucket home by taking in summer boarders.
At twenty-seven, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, handsome Nick, who has no money whatsoever, lives in a grotty bedsit and thinks the perfect night out consists of the pub and his mates - she decides he's only good for a fling. Wealthy investment banker Ed, on the other hand, could ...
A group of friends that hasnt seen one another in years is reunited through tragedy. Working through their grief together, they find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they could have never foreseen, in this story of friendship, family, and life coming full circle.
Jane Green's first novel (1997) follows the fortunes of Tasha, who produces a morning talk show but can't find a good man. When yet another sexy rotter dumps her, she takes up with his nice but unexciting friend Adam, who falls in love with her--but she can't reciprocate. Or can she? She decides to give it a try. But then another studly stranger ...
In this idyllic tale that takes up the lives of three college chums 10 years after graduation. Josh is happily married to Lucy, Cath is unmarried and overweight but contented and successful, and Si is Cath's happily gay best friend. When Cath and Lucy decide to open a cute little bookstore/café, they encounter a realtor/painter named James who ...
Reading through the personal ads on an illicit sick day, Ellie finds herself feeling extremely self-satisfied about her impending marriage to Dan Cooper, her out-and-out soul mate. Motherless from the age of 14, Ellie craves the love and attention of an affectionate family, and not only is Dan perfect for her, but his sister and mother are ...
Alice's apparent dream marriage is being stifled by her husband Joe's infidelities and his demand that she transform her preferred relaxed style into a more manicured, conventionally feminine, perfect-wife image. But she gets a new lease on life when Joe's indiscreet behavior forces them to move from London to the U.S., and Alice has the ...
Julia is a 30-something TV executive who wants a baby. She and her longtime boyfriend try valiantly, but nothing happens. Is Mark infertile? Well, maybe--but when Julia goes on vacation he manages to impregnate Maeve....
Two women who think their bliss lies elsewhere walk in each other's shoes for a month only to discover that happiness is closer than they ever thought in this sharply observed chronicle of the lives of modern women.
Reading through the personal ads on an illicit sick day, Ellie finds herself feeling extremely self-satisfied about her impending marriage to Dan Cooper, her out-and-out soul mate. Motherless from the age of 14, Ellie craves the love and attention of an affectionate family, and not only is Dan perfect for her, but his sister and mother are ...
A sparkling new novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Beach House, Dune Road" is the story of life in an exclusive beach town after the tourists have left for the summer and the eccentric (and moneyed) community sticks around.
Green, the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Beach House, Second Chance," and "Jemima J," joins forces with Jennifer Coburn and Liz Ireland for a sparkling holiday anthology of stories infused with the hopes and dreams of the season.
Alice knows she should be happy. After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband's skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore? When Joe's indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. And when they find a ...
Savage goddesses of war, sun-gods, human sacrifice and the mysteries of the Otherworld are some of the themes explored in this title. The ancient Celts inhabited much of Europe between about 600 BC and AD 400. They were not a literate society, but important sources of evidence for their mythology and beliefs do survive. The vernacular myths of ...
Alice knows she should be happy. After all, she has a handsome husband, a beautiful apartment and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband and anything in a skirt are becoming harder to ignore? When Joe's job transfers to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. Especially when they ...
From the outside, Vicky Townsley would appear to have it all. Features Director of the hugely successful "Poise!" magazine, she lives alone in London, is single, solvent, and seriously successful. But she'd give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow on the other hand, has exactly what Vicky ...
Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, better paid), her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon. But can Jemima reinvent ...
Rarely has an artist been so closely associated with a single work as is Jay Defeo with her painting "The Rose". In this major study of "The Rose" in particular and of Jay DeFeo in general, 11 art and cultural historians and writers unfold the story of the creation and rescue of her masterpiece.
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