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'A thoroughly original, startling and very good novel indeed.' – Fay Weldon 'A beautifully written debut, with characters to fall in love with.' – Danny Wallace 'A lovely, warm-hearted novel about love and grief.' – Francesca Rhydderch 'Fresh, suspenseful and tantalizing ... a subtle set of variations on the theme of loss and the damage it wreaks' – Christopher Meredith Michael's happy eleven-year-old life in a small seaside town is a cosy world of cricket and football shared with best friend Janey and her family. Then a bully arrives, Janey's father dies, and so does their neighbour Irma. Michael is convinced that she's been murdered while making him chicken soup, but no-one seems to care. How can he prove that she didn't die a natural death? The months pass and Michael fears that the murderer has disposed of all the evidence and will get away with the crime, but the festive season brings dramatic revelations. Set against a backdrop of real events in 2012, The Chicken Soup Murder is a gently gripping story of a thoughtful young boy learning about acceptance and grief.
Pumping Up Napoleon is an assured collection of fifteen sort stories with an offbeat take on human relationships and the relationship of the rather unreliable human body to mind and spirit. 'Offbeat' includes dog massage, cloning your own four-foot son for organ transplants, and a university lecturer's romance with a resurrected Napoleon Bonaparte. Maria Donovan takes us on a bizarre, funny and often touching tour of death and laughter, love and space travel. Her light, humorous touch allows darker strands to surface - dislocated, lonely lives, out of sync with their surroundings are set alongside human oddity and tenderness. These understated, well-crafted stories constantly surprise and engage, producing a fine, enjoyable and thought-provoking collection.
"Being a Council members daughter has advantages. Like being able to Pilot Courpa transports since she was an infant. But, Maria wants to Pilot fighters. Maria Kemp may be the finest Pilot in the Fleet, But the Lord Marshal has other intentions. But will her defiance be her death, or her salvation? Is she ready to be shown her true Destiny?"--
This new edition of the award-winning guide to the web for nurses is nearly double in size and twice as useful! Expert nurses in more than 50 content areas have carefully selected and reviewed nearly 400 web sites available in their specialty areas --- resulting in an authoritative guide to the best the web has to offer for the professional nurse. Each web description includes a summary of the site, intended audience, sponsor, level of information, and relevance to nurses. The book also indicates sites which can be referred to patients.
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Her Side of the Sun chronicles the tales of different women in a women’s prison located in Framingham, Massachusetts, and the crimes that led them there. The events portrayed within are based on real accounts of incarcerated women and their crimes. Author Tim Flaherty portrays these events in a narrative setting as a message on how drugs and alcohol can lead a woman down this treacherous path. Writing an accurate and honest story, Flaherty transports us into the lives of these women and the devastating impact their actions have not only to themselves but to their families. About the Author Tim Flaherty is a former Peace Corps volunteer and served for three years in Guatemala. As he is flue...
Shelly McCain's tidy, organized life has served her well in the last five years as a ninth grade English teacher in Santa Barbara's large Christian Academy. She has built relationships based on trust, but is left questioning her ability to trust anyone when her life is turned upside down by Derek Donovan. Donovan's wild, dangerous, and unconventional occupation throws her for a loop when she realizes she is in love with someone so opposite from what she imagined. Can their love bridge the gap of two conflicting lifestyles? And why is Shelly so reluctant to trust him? Is Donovan ready to reveal his secrets and will those secrets destroy their emerging love before it has a chance to blossom? Can a wholesome, young high school teacher ever learn to trust an adventurous Irishman whose dangerous work is veiled in secrets?