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Truth in Advertising: A Novel
by John Kenney"F. Scott Fitzgerald said that there are no second acts in American lives. I have no idea what that means but I believe that in quoting him I appear far more intelligent than I am. I don't know about second acts, but I do think we get second chances, fifth chances, eighteenth chances. Every day we get a fresh chance to live the way we want." FINBAR DOLAN is lost and lonely. Except he doesn't know it. Despite escaping his blue-collar Boston upbringing to carve out a mildly successful career at a Madison Avenue ad agency, he's a bit of a mess and closing in on forty. He's recently called off a wedding. Now, a few days before Christmas, he's forced to cancel a long-postponed vacation in order to write, produce, and edit a Super Bowl commercial for his diaper account in record time. Fortunately, it gets worse. Fin learns that his long-estranged and once-abusive father has fallen ill. And that neither of his brothers or his sister intend to visit. It's a wake-up call for Fin to reevaluate the choices he's made, admit that he's falling for his coworker Phoebe, question the importance of diapers in his life, and finally tell the truth about his past. Truth in Advertising is debut novelist John Kenney's wickedly funny, honest, at times sardonic, and ultimately moving story about the absurdity of corporate life, the complications of love, and the meaning of family.
Truth or Dare (The Hollywood Sisters #5)
by Mary WilcoxOnly in L.A. would a school internship involve celebrity guest stars and hitting your mark. Acting is not my thing (can you say shy spasm?)... but mysteries are. I'm working as an extra on my sister's latest movie, and legend has it that the mansion we're filming in is haunted. With disappearing paintings, a glowing ghost, and Eva acting possessed (by love?), I'm starting to believe the stories are true! Chills. Thrills. Things that go bump in the night. Is my jinx on overdrive or have I stepped into a real-life horror flick?
Truth or Dare: From the World Book Day 2022 author Sophie McKenzie
by Sophie McKenzieWhen lies are everywhere, how far will you go for the truth? A tense eco-drama with an explosive twist from the million-copy selling author of Girl, Missing. Fourteen-year-old Maya cannot believe she has to spend the summer with her grandmother, helping out at the family cosmetics firm. But things get much more exciting when she meets a community of activists who are campaigning against the dumping of chemical waste. Getting closer to one boy in particular, Bear, Maya is dared into joining one of their protest missions, but doesn't know that her grandmother's business is the target. Someone has been lying about their environmentally-friendly products, and as danger threatens, Maya must uncover the truth or betray her family forever. In this edge-of-your-seat drama exploring the line between truth and lies, join millions of readers in discovering bestselling teen thrillers from Sophie McKenzie.'Sophie&’s thrillers are in a league of their own – nobody does it better' Phil Earle, author of When the Sky Falls
Truth, Trust And Relationships: Healing Interventions In Contextual Therapy
by Barbara R. Krasner Austin J. JoyceThe authors identify direct address, a dialogic way of address and response, as the fundamental means of healing in relationships, especially in the family, viewing "residual trust" as the keystone of the dialogic process.
Truths I Learned From Sam 2-Book Bundle: Truths I Learned From Sam / In Search of Sam
by Kristin ButcherWhen Dani sets out to uncover her father’s past, she also discovers her own future. Raised by her mother, eighteen-year-old Dani Lancaster only had six weeks to get to know her father, Sam, before he lost his battle with cancer. It was long enough to love him, but not long enough to get to know him — especially since Sam didn’t even know himself. In this two-book bundle, Dani meets and loses her birth father, and then sets out to uncover his real past. Includes Truths I Learned from Sam In Search of Sam Truths I Learned from Sam Despite initial misgivings, it’s the best summer of 17-year-old Dani’s life. Staying in a small community while her mother honeymoons in Europe, Dani finds her days filled with riding, reading, rodeo, and romance. Life couldn’t get any better. Then, suddenly, it couldn’t get any worse, and she discovers that bad things can happen to good people. In Search of Sam Determined to discover her dead father’s past, which was a mystery even to him, eighteen-year-old Dani Lancaster heads into B.C.’s Interior. Her search eventually leads her to a tiny rustic community, charming in its own way but full of secrets. Here, Dani’s digging reveals more than she was searching for.
Truths I Learned from Sam
by Kristin Butcher2016 SYRCA Snow Willow Award — Shortlisted It’s the best summer of Dani’s life, until the bottom falls out. Dani’s mother is getting married – again – because that’s what she does, and while she and her new husband jet around Europe for six weeks, seventeen-year-old Dani is sent to stay with an uncle she didn’t know she had in a small community in Cariboo country she didn’t know existed. It promises to be the summer from hell. But Dani’s uncle turns out to be an okay guy. In fact, Dani really likes him. And she finds romance, too. Suddenly, a summer that had doom written all over it turns into one of the best times of Dani’s life. Until the bottom falls out. In a story about relationships and about how bad things happen to good people, Dani discovers that sometimes the only villain is life itself.
Truths I Never Told You: A Novel
by Kelly Rimmer&“For fans who appreciate emotionally wrenching reads such as those by Sarah Jio or Kristin Hannah.&” –Library Journal&“Fans of Jodi Picoult and Kristin Hannah now have a new go-to author.&” —Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Secrets of MidwivesFrom the bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say, Before I Let You Go, and The Warsaw Orphan, comes a poignant post-WWII novel that explores the expectations society places on women set within an engrossing family mystery that may unravel everything once believed to be true.With her father recently moved to a care facility, Beth Walsh volunteers to clear out the family home and is surprised to discover the door to her childhood playroom padlocked. She&’s even more shocked at what&’s behind it—a hoarder&’s mess of her father&’s paintings, mounds of discarded papers and miscellaneous junk in the otherwise fastidiously tidy house.As she picks through the clutter, she finds a loose journal entry in what appears to be her late mother&’s handwriting. Beth and her siblings grew up believing their mother died in a car accident when they were little more than toddlers, but this note suggests something much darker.Beth soon pieces together a disturbing portrait of a woman suffering from postpartum depression and a husband who bears little resemblance to the loving father Beth and her siblings know. With a newborn of her own and struggling with motherhood, Beth finds there may be more tying her and her mother together than she ever suspected.Don&’t miss Kelly Rimmer&’s newest novel, The Paris Agent, where a family&’s innocent search for answers brings a long-forgotten, twenty-five-year-old mystery featuring two female SOE operatives comes to light!For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for: Before I Let You Go The Things We Cannot Say The Warsaw Orphan The German Wife
Try Not to Breathe
by Jennifer HubbardA dark and provocative novel from the author of The Secret Year Ryan spends most of his time alone at the local waterfall because it's the only thing that makes him feel alive.<P><P> He's sixteen, post-suicidal, and trying to figure out what to do with himself after a stint in a mental hospital. Then Nicki barges into his world, brimming with life and energy, and asking questions about Ryan's depression that no one else has ever been brave enough--or cared enough--to ask. Ryan isn't sure why he trusts Nicki with his darkest secrets, but that trust turns out to be the catalyst that he desperately needs to start living again. Jennifer R. Hubbard has created a riveting story about a difficult but important subject.
Try a Little Tenderness: A heart-warming wartime saga of a troubled Liverpool family
by Joan JonkerWith the country on the brink of war, a family also faces struggles closer to home. Try a Little Tenderness is a moving wartime saga, which sees Joan Jonker weave her magic once again in an unforgettable tale that is sure to stay with you long after you have finished the last page. Perfect for fans of Lindsey Hutchinson and Dilly Court. Jenny and Laura Nightingale are as different as chalk and cheese. Jenny's pretty face and lively sense of humour make her everyone's favourite girl, whereas Laura is mean and moody and she's never out of trouble. Their mother, Mary, loves them both and frets about Laura's behaviour, but soon that's the least of her worries... Her father's new young wife, Celia, is about to bring shame on the family by leading Laura astray. Jenny attracts the attention of two young lads in her street who both want to court her. Mick and John have been mates since they were kids but now war is declared, and it's every man for himself! Meanwhile Laura's resentment begins to build and it's only a matter of time before things come to a head. Who will learn that a little tenderness goes a long way? What Amazon readers are saying about Try a Little Tenderness: 'Yet another hilarious and life like read. Growing up is not easy for anyone but this book shows that there is light at the end of the teenage years. The characters are so witty you can't help but wish you were their friend too! It shows that life is never easy, but there is always somebody there to lend moral support, a joke or a cup of sugar! Highly recommended''AMAZING. Always a pleasure to read. I always enjoy these books, you lose yourself in them every time you pick them up'
Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
by John R. Sussman Ann DouglasWritten especially for parents who have lost a child, Trying Again provides facts to help determine whether you, or your partner, are emotionally ready for another pregnancy.
Trying: A Memoir
by Chloe CaldwellIf you’re writing about your life in real time, are you inherently fucked? Over the years that Chloé Caldwell had been married and hoping to conceive a child, she’d read everything she could find on infertility. But no memoir or message board reflected her experience; for one thing, most stories ended with in vitro fertilization, a baby, or both. She wanted to offer something different.Caldwell began a book. She imagined a selective journal about her experience coping with stasis and uncertainty. Is it time to quit coffee, find a new acupuncturist, get another blood test? Her questions extended to her job at a clothing boutique and to her teaching and writing practice. Why do people love equating publishing books with giving birth? What is the right amount of money to spend on pants or fertility treatments? How much trying is enough? She ignored the sense that something else in her life was wrong that was not on the page . . . until she extracted a confession from her husband.Broken by betrayal but freed from domesticity, Caldwell felt reawakened, to long-buried desires, to her queer identity, to pleasure and possibility. She kept writing, making sense of her new reality as it took shape. With the candor, irreverence, and heart that have made Caldwell’s work beloved, Trying intimately captures a self in a continuous process of becoming—and the mysterious ways that writing informs that process.
Trying: Love, Loose Pants, and the Quest for a Baby
by Mark CosseyIn four years of baby-making boot camp, Mark and Martha face The Calendar, the joy of scheduled sex, hostile cervical mucus, IUI and IVF. Written with laugh-out-loud humour and complete honesty, Trying is a noholds-barred story about infertility written by a man who has lived through it all and realised his ultimate dream – his own family.
Trying: Love, Loose Pants, and the Quest for a Baby
by Mark CosseyIn four years of baby-making boot camp, Mark and Martha face The Calendar, the joy of scheduled sex, hostile cervical mucus, IUI and IVF. Written with laugh-out-loud humour and complete honesty, Trying is a noholds-barred story about infertility written by a man who has lived through it all and realised his ultimate dream – his own family.
Trying: the hilarious novel about what to expect when you're NOT expecting
by Emily Phillips'Hilarious, heartbreaking, truthful and bold' Dolly Alderton Meet Olivia Galvin. She knows she's lucky. There's the handsome husband. The sounds-pretty-good-on-paper job. A house they can just about afford. Loving, intrusive and completely bonkers extended family. Plus, she's having more sex than she's ever had in her life. But the one thing she really wants seems to be the one thing she just can't seem to have... Capturing the stress, sex and sometime hilarity of trying for a baby, Olivia's all-too-familiar battles with modern life make her question whether having it all is ever really worth it.*************Praise for Trying:'Side-splittingly relatable' Bryony Gordon'God it's powerful . . . Emily Phillips writes about love beautifully' Marian Keyes'A deeply moving and raw story, told with great humour. An assured debut' Louise O'Neill'Marian Keyes for the social media age' Sunday Telegraph
Trying: the hilarious novel about what to expect when you're NOT expecting
by Emily PhillipsMeet Olivia Galvin. She knows she's lucky. There's the handsome husband. The sounds-pretty-good-on-paper job. A house they can just about afford. Loving, intrusive and completely bonkers extended family. Plus, she's having more sex than she's ever had in her life. But the one thing she really wants appears to be the one thing she just can't seem to have... Capturing the stress, sex and sometime hilarity of trying for a baby, Olivia's all-too-familiar battles with modern life make her question whether having it all is ever really worth it.
Trying: the hilarious novel about what to expect when you're NOT expecting
by Emily Phillips'Funny, bittersweet and touching. Will resonate with anyone who is "trying"' - MARIAN KEYES*********Written by Grazia magazine's Features Director, this is a novel about a woman who is trying, and so far failing, to conceive.A hugely funny, searingly honest comedy about to expect when you're not expecting.Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby. They even moved to the suburbs in anticipation of their future family. But despite approaching her cycle and their sex life with military precision, there's still no sign of what felt like the sure next step, whilst friends' broods seem to be growing by the week. Meanwhile, vying for a promotion at work under the (very attentive) watch of a new boss sends Olivia down a dangerous road of risking it all. Does a happy ever after, she starts to question, even have to include a baby? This is standout, intelligently written commercial fiction for fans of Sharon Horgan's Catastrophe, Dawn O'Porter's The Cows and Mhairi McFarlane's It's Not Me, It's You. (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Tu hijo, tu espejo (Nueva edición): Un libro para padres valientes
by Martha Alicia ChávezXV Aniversario. El libro que sigue abriendo corazones y tocando las fibras de sus lectores ahora cuenta con un nuevo capítulo acerca de la tecnología, sus pros, sus contras y cómo guiar a nuestros hijos en su uso. Nuevo Capítulo "Tecnología: Un nuevo miembro en la familia" Los padres proyectamos en nuestros hijos nuestras expectativas de la vida, nuestras frustraciones, nuestras etapas de la infancia o adolescencia sin resolver, nuestros "hubiera" y nuestras necesidades insatisfechas, esperando inconscientemente que ellos se conviertan en una extensión de nosotros mismos y que cierren esos asuntos inconclusos. Conocer la "parte oculta" de nuestra relación, comprender por qué ese hijo, específicamente ése, nos saca tan fácil de nuestras casillas, por qué nos desagrada, por qué nos es tan difícil amarlo, por qué estamos empeñados en cambiarlo, por qué lo presionamos con tal insistencia para que haga o deje de hacer, nos abre la puerta a la posibilidad de un cambio profundo en la relación con él. Darnos cuenta contribuye a transformar los sentimientos de rechazo, rencor y su consecuente culpa, que pueden resultar devastadores, facilitando el paso al único sentimiento que sana, une y transforma: el amor.
Tu hijo, tu espejo (Nueva edición): Un libro para padres valientes
by Martha Alicia ChávezXV Aniversario. El libro que sigue abriendo corazones y tocando las fibras de sus lectores ahora cuenta con un nuevo capítulo acerca de la tecnología, sus pros, sus contras y cómo guiar a nuestros hijos en su uso. Nuevo Capítulo "Tecnología: Un nuevo miembro en la familia" Los padres proyectamos en nuestros hijos nuestras expectativas de la vida, nuestras frustraciones, nuestras etapas de la infancia o adolescencia sin resolver, nuestros "hubiera" y nuestras necesidades insatisfechas, esperando inconscientemente que ellos se conviertan en una extensión de nosotros mismos y que cierren esos asuntos inconclusos. Conocer la "parte oculta" de nuestra relación, comprender por qué ese hijo, específicamente ése, nos saca tan fácil de nuestras casillas, por qué nos desagrada, por qué nos es tan difícil amarlo, por qué estamos empeñados en cambiarlo, por qué lo presionamos con tal insistencia para que haga o deje de hacer, nos abre la puerta a la posibilidad de un cambio profundo en la relación con él. Darnos cuenta contribuye a transformar los sentimientos de rechazo, rencor y su consecuente culpa, que pueden resultar devastadores, facilitando el paso al único sentimiento que sana, une y transforma: el amor.
Tucker
by Tom BirdseyeTucker Renfro hasn&’t seen his little sister in seven years, and when she finally comes to visit, he&’s sure she&’s made it her mission to drive him crazy—why won&’t Olivia leave him alone?Tucker Renfro is obsessed with Native American culture, and nothing is more important to him than his tribe—his dad and his best friend, Joe Allen. When Tucker&’s sister comes to visit, he isn&’t exactly excited to see her. Tucker hasn&’t seen his mother or sister since they left his dad seven years ago, so Olivia is a stranger to him. He cannot believe he has to put up with such an annoying little sister, especially one who won&’t stop talking about their mother, whom Tucker can barely remember. No matter how hard she is trying, and no matter how much his dad likes having her around, Tucker will not allow Olivia to be part of his tribe. But when Olivia tells Tucker that their mom wants to come back so they can live as a family, Tucker can&’t help but imagine how great it would be to have everyone together again. Maybe, just maybe, Olivia isn&’t the worst sister in the world.
Tudo começa com o óvulo
by Rebecca Fett Ana Cunha VestergaardQuer você esteja tentando engravidar naturalmente ou com a ajuda da FIV, a qualidade dos seus óvulos terá um grande impacto sobre o tempo que você levará para alcançar a gestação e sobre o risco de aborto espontâneo. A má qualidade do óvulo vem despontando como a causa isolada mais importante da infertilidade relacionada à idade, das perdas gestacionais recorrentes e dos ciclos malsucedidos de FIV. Ela também é um dos principais responsáveis pela infertilidade na SOP. Baseado em uma investigação abrangente de um grande número de estudos científicos, Tudo começa com o óvulo revela um método inovador para melhorar a qualidade do óvulo e a fertilidade. Com uma estratégia concreta que inclui a limitação da exposição a toxinas como o BPA e os ftalatos, a escolha das vitaminas e dos suplementos certos para proteger os óvulos em desenvolvimento e a adoção de hábitos alimentares que mostraram alavancar as taxas de sucesso da FIV, este livro oferece soluções práticas que vão ajudar você a engravidar mais rápido e a dar à luz um bebê saudável.
Tudo o que aprendi com as minhas filhas
by Catarina RaminhosUm livro na primeira pessoa feito de humor e amor Com três letrinhas apenas se escreve a palavra mãe, mas para filhas é preciso o dobro. No caso da Catarina, o triplo: da paciência, da disponibilidade, da concentração, da comida… Todos os dias são dias de ensinar alguma coisa: que não se come com as mãos, que a roupa suja é para pôr no cesto, que a sociedade espera muito mais das mulheres do que dos homens… Mas a verdade é que uma mãe também aprende. Mesmo naqueles dias em que já não pode ouvir as filhas que não se calaram desde que saltaram da cama. Catarina Raminhos tem aprendido muito. Por exemplo, que as camisas largas e compridas são para se usar com um nó, que pintar as unhas é uma forma de empoderamento, que as riscas vão bem com bolas, afinal, ou que o amor pelos filhos é mesmo incondicional. Também aprendeu que com o nascimento de um filho, nasce um medo mesmo a sério que nunca mais desaparece. Por outro lado, ficou a saber recentemente que ninguém morre por não tomar banho todos os dias. E se isto não é uma boa descoberta, não sabemos o que é. Com tantas horas diárias de aprendizagem, Catarina decidiu compilar as coisas mais importantes que as filhas lhe ensinaram e o resultado é este livro que porá qualquer leitor a chorar: seja com lágrimas de comoção, seja a rir às gargalhadas. É que a Catarina tem muita graça. E muita, muita paciência.
Tuesday (Worst Week Ever)
by Matt Cosgrove Eva AmoresThe humor of Captain Underpants meets the blockbuster format of Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this laugh-out-loud series about Justin Chase, who is having the Worst. Week. EVER!Have you ever had a bad week? Justin Chase sure has and THIS is it!He barely made it through MONDAY, but now it’s . . . TUESDAY.His cat is still missing, probably abducted by aliens. His dad is more embarrassing than ever. He’s gone viral online in the worst possible way. And when school picture day collides with the Super Science Spectacular, it’s destined to blow up into a hair-raising, teeth-shattering disaster of epic proportions!
Tug of War (Sweet Valley Twins #14)
by Jamie Suzanne Francine PascalElizabeth, Jessica and a classmate celebrate a party for Linda Lloyd, the sixth grade class president, on the president's last day at Sweet Valley Middle School. But Elizabeth and Jessica are interested in the man who helped them at the party.
Tug-of-War (The Chocolate Lab #2)
by Eric LuperOne candy-crazed Labrador plus one feisty puppy equals double the trouble in this irresistible chapter book series from the author of The Chocolate Lab.When Mason and Hannah find a tiny yellow Labrador named Nilla out by the old mill, Hannah is dying to keep her. But Mason isn’t sure that’s a good idea. Not when they are busy trying to turn the mill into a chocolate factory to save the family’s business. Plus the Cabots already have a dog, and Cocoa’s wild ways are always stirring up trouble. Adding an untrained, rowdy puppy to the mix might just be a recipe for disaster!
Tula: Poems
by Chris SantiagoA debut poetry collection exploring themes of family and identity while examining the experiences of a second-generation Filipino immigrant in America.Tula: a ruined Toltec capital; a Russian city known for its accordions; Tagalog for “poem.”Prismatic, startling, rich with meaning yet sparely composed, Chris Santiago’s debut collection of poems—selected by A. Van Jordan as the winner of the 2016 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry—begins with one word and transforms it, in a dazzling sleight of hand, into a multivalent symbol for the immigrant experience. Tula: Santiago reveals to readers a distant land devastated by war. Tula: its music beckons in rhythms, time signatures, and lullabies. Tula: can the poem, he seems to ask, build an imaginative bridge back to a family lost to geography, history, and a forgotten language?Inspired by the experiences of the second-generation immigrant who does not fully acquire the language of his parents, Tula paints the portrait of a mythic homeland that is part ghostly underworld, part unknowable paradise. Language splinters. Impossible islands form an archipelago across its landscape. A mother sings lullabies and a father works the graveyard shift in Saint Paul—while in the Philippines, two dissident uncles and a grandfather send messages and telegrams from the afterlife.Deeply ambitious, a collection that examines the shortcomings and possibilities of both language and poetry themselves, Tula introduces a major new literary talent.Praise for Tula“A book that both transports us and transforms us.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen“A debut collection that is a spare, elegant engagement with language. . . . Santiago’s struggles with identity are well-explored, but his linguistic savvy and precision truly stand out.” —Publishers Weekly“Santiago seems to recognize that words will always hold power, even as their meanings evolve. Through everything, Tula delves into these nuances of language: how it is suppressed, how it is weaponized, how it loves, how it informs, and how it is often as fleeting as a birdsong. Tula is therefore a celebration of the ephemeral and the permanent, a lovely testament to the beauty of contradiction.” —Chicago Review of Books