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Ella left Australia on a whim and found happily ever after in Paris. Six months later . . . her dreamy life with French cheesemonger turned boyfriend, Serge, is thrown completely off course. She's got a bun—a brioche!—in the oven. While Ella is busy worrying how she'll survive nine months without unpasteur-ized cheese, Serge is clandestinely planning to relocate his growing family to a goat farm in the Loire Valley. But can their relationship survive all these upheavals once outside of their Parisian love bubble? Follow Ella and Serge to the countryside in this lively sequel to Fromage à Trois.
Ella moved to Paris on a whim - and found happily ever after. But after six months of romantic bliss, living with her French boyfriend, cheesemonger Serge, Ella's new life is thrown off course. An unplanned pregnancy doesn't seem too bad, until Serge unexpectedly decides to move their growing family to a goat farm in the Loire Valley, without consulting Ella. Can Ella and Serge's relationship survive their relocation to the depths of the French countryside? A heart-warming and joyful romance, for fans of Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Sophie Kinsella
Get swept away this summer with this special two-book edition of Victoria Brownlee's Escape to the Paris Cheese Shop, and its sequel, Escape to the French Countryside. In Escape to the Paris Cheese Shop, heartbroken Ella, on the cusp of turning 30, packs her bags and goes in search of a new life. Hoping to discover her old, adventurous self, she moves to Paris and discovers her heart's true desire: cheese. With the help of Serge, the owner of the local fromagerie, Ella challenges herself to eat a different kind of cheese every day for the next year. But in the city of love, there's always new romance, new adventure, and new choices waiting around the corner. Six months later, Escape to the French Farmhouse finds Ella finally living her happily ever after. But her new life is soon disrupted by an unexpected arrival and a sudden move to the countryside. Can Ella hold on to the fresh start she worked so hard for or will it all crumble around her feet...? Previously published as two separate titles.
"On the brink of 30, in a haze of heartbreak, Ella makes the only decision that seems rational: she buys a one-way ticket to Paris, embarking on a pilgrimage of food, wine, and balancing two French beaus"--
Three gifted poets team up with a collection of poems dealing with worries and anxieties and find ways to develop empathy and mindfulness. Read about the Land of Blue, where it's ok to feel sad, find ideas for what to do with worries, or how to slow down when your head is full of hurry. Give yourself time to chill out, find quiet voices in noisy places, and discover kindness in yourself and others. Then maybe your own special thought machine will tell you, "This is going well. You're doing great. You've got this!" And you have! This important and unique anthology of 45 poems by three leading poets, well known for their empathy and perception, speaks to the heart of what children think and care about, offering understanding, support, and encouragement.
This book considers the relationship between biblical readings and literary writings in early modern England and it explores the impact of how the Bible was read across a variety of writers and genres.
"On the brink of 30, in a haze of heartbreak, Ella makes the only decision that seems rational: she buys a one-way ticket to Paris, embarking on a pilgrimage of food, wine, and balancing two French beaus"--
This collection examines early modern women’s contribution to the culturally central mode of complaint. Complaint has largely been understood as male-authored, yet, as this collection shows, early modern women used complaint across a surprising variety of forms from the early-Tudor period to the late-seventeenth century. They were some of the mode’s first writers, most influential patrons, and most innovative contributors. Together, these new essays illuminate early modern women’s participation in one of the most powerful rhetorical modes in the English Renaissance, one which gave voice to political, religious and erotic protest and loss across a diverse range of texts. This volume int...
"A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle provides a new perspective on the representations of women on the scaffold, focusing on how female victims and those writing about them constructed meaning from the ritual. A significant part of the execution spectacle-one used to assess the victim's proper acceptance of death and godly repentance-was the final speech offered at the foot of the gallows or before the pyre. To ensure that their words on the scaffold held value for audiences, women adopted conventionally gendered language and positioned themselves as subservient and modest. Just as important as their words, though, were the depictions of women's bodies. Drawing on a wide range of genres, from ac...
"An exciting collaboration between Otter-Barry Books and Pop Up Projects, introducing new voices in poetry for 10-14 years old. Rising Stars, sponsored by Arts Council England's Grant for the Arts programme, is a poetry anthology showcasing the work of five debut poets from diverse backgrounds, all aged 25 and under. Black and white illustrations are by final year students from Birmingham City University's illustration course. Joelle Taylor, founder and Artistic Director of SLAMbasadors UK, is acting as a consultant to the project"--Publisher's description.