Book Description
Prudence's mother explains why she and Prudence's father sometimes go out for the evening and hire a baby-sitter.
Author : Alona Frankel
Publisher : HarperFestival
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,56 MB
Release : 2000-10-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780694013845
Prudence's mother explains why she and Prudence's father sometimes go out for the evening and hire a baby-sitter.
Author : David Treuer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,71 MB
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698157303
A haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II–era America. On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family’s rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Europe. Awaiting him at the Pines are those he’s about to leave behind: his hovering mother; the distant father to whom he’s been a disappointment; the Indian caretaker who’s been more of a father to him than his own; and Billy, the childhood friend who over the years has become something much more intimate. But before the homecoming can be celebrated, the search for a German soldier, escaped from the POW camp across the river, explodes in a shocking act of violence, with consequences that will reverberate years into the future for all of them and that will shape how each of them makes sense of their lives. With Prudence, Treuer delivers his most ambitious and captivating novel yet. Powerful and wholly original, it’s a story of desire and loss and the search for connection in a riven world; of race and class in a supposedly more innocent era. Most profoundly, it’s about the secrets we choose to keep, the ones we can’t help but tell, and who—and how—we’re allowed to love.
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File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2000
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Author : Timothy Bush
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780517799857
When Benjamin McFadden reprograms his robot Babysitter to be more fun, he discovers that there is such a thing as too much fun.
Author : Jaime Morrison Curtis
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1449402755
Prudent Advice isn't what your mother taught you--it's more. Delivering 500 mini-lessons meant to educate and entertain, Curtis writes with wit and fresh insight into motherhood wrought from her own experiences and those of her blog followers. Time-honored canons such as "Dress appropriately for work" and "You reap what you sow" mingle with more unconventional prudence such as "Talk to strangers" and "Don't be afraid to get lost." She teaches how to jump-start a battery and make summer squash with goat cheese pasta--everything a mother wants for her little girl. Curtis emphasizes the importance of being ethical, practicing kindness, thinking for oneself, and seeing the beauty in everything and everyone, especially on the inside. This compelling guide also offers poetry, inspirational quotes, and recipes meant to embellish cultural perspective and cultivate a well-rounded, sophisticated woman. Prudent Advice will inspire mothers and daughters to celebrate their differences while unearthing shared core values that bond them together as family.
Author : Alona Frankel
Publisher : HarperFestival
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 2000-04-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780694013807
Young readers can follow Joshua's progression as he grows older and learns manners such as when to say "please," "thank you," and "excuse me."
Author : Prudence Bruns
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Children of celebrities
ISBN : 9781503029880
Lines from John Lennon's ballad, "Dear Prudence," are easily recognizable by anyone who enjoys the Beatles' music. But who was Prudence? Prudence Farrow Bruns, a daughter of the prominent Farrow family that includes sister Mia Farrow, finally sets the story straight. She touches on her own famous family's heartaches and triumphs, even as she voices the experiences of an entire generation through a single iconic song.
Author : Timothy Bush
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,82 MB
Release : 1996-07-09
Category : Great-aunts
ISBN : 9780517885505
While visiting his great-aunt, a young boy spends the afternoon being chased through the house by an assortment of creatures led by the Mouse King.
Author : Ann Warren Turner
Publisher : Dear America
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439153089
In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence Emerson keeps a diary of the troubles she and her family face as Tories surrounded by American patriots at the start of the American Revolution.
Author : Prudence Emery
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 2020-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1770865284
“Reading Nanaimo Girl is like enjoying a martini or three with Auntie Mame. The stories are colourful, global, boozy and just cheeky enough to make you envious — and at the same time a little concerned.” — Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia in the 1930s, Prudence Emery was expected to do the right things, but shattered family expectations by going to art school in London, England, where studies sometimes took a back seat to partying. And then she found herself in the world of celebrities. From Expo 67 in Montreal to the press office at London's Savoy Hotel, Prudence met the likes of Twiggy, Noël Coward, Louis Armstrong, Petula Clark, Liza Minelli, and Edward Albee. She escorted David Frost to an interview with Sheikh Mujibar Rahman and arranged for Pierre Trudeau to attend a party where he met Barbra Streisand for the first time. It was a world so rich with stories that the Canadian Press wrote, "If ever a job was tailor-made for a book of memoirs, Prudence Emery has it." But it was just the beginning. A new career as a film publicist spanned decades and introduced her to some of Hollywood's biggest names, from Sophia Loren to Jennifer Lopez, from Peter O'Toole to Matt Damon. She worked with Nicolas Cage when he was a nervous teenager and later when he was an outgoing superstar. And she was a frequent colleague of famed director David Cronenberg. Nanaimo Girl is the story of a life well lived and an encouragement to all, young and old, to get out, defy expectations, and have a rip-roaring good time.