Showing results for "For Valerie" in Literature & Fiction

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “For anyone who has felt fate intervening on their TikTok feed” (USA Today) comes a “gothic horror story wrapped up in a mystery [with] much to say about Hollywood, social media, and the creator economy” (Los Angeles Times) “Here you’ll find that gothic horror...

Holly Banks could not have made a worse first impression on the seemingly perfect moms in her new affluent community, the Village of Primm. Turns out wearing pink piggy pajama bottoms while dropping off her kindergartener late to the first day of school wasn’t her best look.

Holly Banks is on a desperate mission to have it all, but nothing in life goes according to plan. She’s quickly learning that keeping up with the Joneses is a full-time job, especially when the women of Primm, her new neighborhood, seem to have it together all the time. With her husband’s job in flux, her daughter’s difficulty with learning to read, and her mother’s new zest for dating, Holly’s life is already anything but picture perfect. Then her dog digs up an old artifact in the village center, and the mishap draws the attention of local media.

Au Spa Alfonso, niché au cœur de l’Andalousie, une équipe de professionnels de la santé prend soin d’une clientèle cosmopolite grâce à des techniques vivifiantes. Marie-Claude Le Goff, sexagénaire active, énarque et autoritaire, y rumine sa rage d’avoir été plaquée par son mari. Elle se lie d’amitié avec une autre curiste, Isabelle Kurland, veuve inconsolable, rêveuse et romantique.

Neil Simon's darkly funny memoir of his family in 1930s Brooklyn is presented here by a full cast featuring Valerie Harper, Jonathan Silverman, and Max Casella.