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![]() ![]() ![]() When you walk into another person’s home, there’s always a distinct smell to the place. Recommended for everyone who supports mermaids. I love the representation of the curvy, old and wrinkly. ![]() The watercolor is understated, in keeping with the watery theme, but there’s lovely pops of color to draw the eye. Still, it’s a sweet little story, and one that should particularly resonate with those in a NYC kind of setting, where the public street is actually community space.ĭrawings and message–despite not choosing the water mermaids–are fabulous. Julian seems to be undecided, but ultimately picks the land mermaids. I’m more of the water mermaid demographic. He seems to have confused water mermaids with land mermaids, which are two entirely different species. I’m just not an au natural nudist kind of person, you know? But I'm not a glamour-girl either, so add lipstick and hair-out-to-there, and I feel like I’m getting a very mixed message. But every time you turn around, Julián is stripping down to his skivvies. I mean, the pictures are adorable and well done, and I would love to have one of him swimming with the stream of fish up in my bathroom. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophie has also written seven standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, and My Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017. ![]() Becky Bloomwood came to the big screen in 2009 with the hit Disney movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy. Becky has since featured in seven further bestselling books, Shopaholic Abroad (also published as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister, Shopaholic & Baby, Mini Shopaholic, Shopaholic to the Stars and Shopaholic to the Rescue. The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide. ![]() Sophie Kinsella first hit the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series – The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). ![]() Sophie Kinsella has sold over 40 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages. ![]() ![]() Each one is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient. Here too is a 1976 piece from the New York Times magazine on “Why I Write” a piece about short stories from New West in 1978 and from The New Yorker, a piece on Hemingway from 1998, and on Martha Stewart from 2000. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the “Points West” Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers a session with Gamblers Anonymous a visit to San Simeon being rejected by Stanford dropping in on Nancy Reagan, wife of the then-governor of California, while a TV crew filmed her at home and an evening at the annual reunion of WWII veterans from the 101st Airborne Association at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer ![]() |