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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Jessica Doherty
Jessica has been doing great hiding her little secret. That is until a young woman comes along and makes her rethinks everything about her life. Will she pull herself together and stay on the right track or will she give into feelings she has been fighting all her life?
In the first of The Manhattan Stories, wealthy heiress Jessica McCarthy desperately wants to be married and have a family. A rogue and a scoundrel, Zachary Belk, the handsomest man in Manhattan, is the only one who has proposed. Even though her father warns her that Zachary won't make a good husband, she marries him. She soon discovers that her father was right. When the stock market crashes, and both families are left penniless, Zachary seeks a new fortune on a property he owns in another Manhattan, in Kansas. They are only there a short time before he deserts her. With a new baby, Jessica must learn to survive and support her family in an unfamiliar frontier land with only her faith and determination to guide her. Can she make her own way in the world and find the love she was meant to have in a place so different from the home she left? Just as she believes she has a happy future with a true love, an unexpected development threatens it all.
Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to save the killer from the lynch mob - but will justice prevail in the courts? Nine months later, a baby is born... with Jessica determined to guard the secret of the father's identity. The rivalry of Jessica and her beautiful sister for the love of the same man will echo throughout their lives - until finally the truth must be told.Set in the harsh Australian bush against the outbreak of World War I, this novel is heartbreaking in its innocence, and shattering in its brutality.
People need a place to record their thoughts and desires. They want to write down their plans and secrets too. This is where Jessica records hers.
Standing on my front porch, and watching it driveway, my mind was flooded with happy memories of this summer's tour. Not only had I spent time with my wonderful and amazing bodyguard and manager, but I had also performed in amazing cities across the U.S. Truth be told, I had had the time of my life Even though this was true I had missed my twin sister, parents, best friends, and plethora of good friends like crazy Truth be told it was great to be home
Michelle loves her daughter named Harmony, four-years old and quite a bundle. Michelle's husband, however, is something else altogether. An alcoholic in the making, Carl often gets blasted while bar drinking before he comes home from work and beats Michelle, even in front of their daughter. Michelle finally leaves her husband with Harmony in tow and visits Jessica, Michelle's paternal grandmother and with whom she'd grown up as a child after her parents died in a terrible automobile accident. One thing leads to another, and life becomes a disaster for the family, forced on the run, split from one another, and ultimately facing the law with surprises at every turn. It begins as a story often told, and ends with so many revelations, it's difficult to keep count.
Middle-aged property developer Harry is lucky in everything but love. He’s resigned to being dumped by his girlfriend when an enigmatic young woman steps out of the shadows and into his life. Her arrival turns his world upside down, forcing him to face a past he’s long tried to bury. But it’s still hiding a dark secret that could shatter his dreams.
This is a real-life story about a dog named Jessica and her love of swimming.While spending hours happily swimming in the family pool, she discovered that she loves to do something that is just as fun . . . if not more
This is a real-life story about a dog named Jessica and her love of swimming.While spending hours happily swimming in the family pool, she discovered that she loves to do something that is just as fun . . . if not more
Jessica's First Prayer and Froggy's Little Brother
Hesba Stratton; Brenda NA
Red Globe Press
2013
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Jessica's First Prayer and Froggy's Little Brother are exemplars of the 'street arab' story, a genre that flourished in Victorian Britain in response to child poverty and destitution. This critical edition features the original texts of the first editions, and examines the stories through a critical lens and in their historical context.
Jessica Brick is an elderly spinster who lives in a sleepy English village. When she decides to become a crime solver, nobody thinks sheOll succeed E and theyOre right. SheOs clueless. Jessica's village is awash with crime, intrigue, and goings-on of all kinds in these comic tales; they're baffling puzzles that are dead funny. If you're a fan of Miss Marple, Agatha Raisin, or Midsomer Murders, you'll be delighted to meet Jessica Brick. Bestselling crime writer Sophie Hannah says, ""Jessica Brick could go very far indeed.""
A renowned and beloved international actress, first successful on the London stage, Jessica Tandy captured Broadway as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947, making that role forever hers. After a series of major theatrical triumphs and moderate film successes, many with her husband, Hume Cronyn, she won an Oscar for Best Actress at the age of 80 for her performance as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.This comprehensive reference guide to Tandy's distinguished career features a biographical sketch followed by a chronology of highlights in her life and chapters documenting her careers in theatre, film, television, and on recordings. Her many awards and honors are listed in a separate chapter. An annotated bibliography selects major book, newspaper, and magazine features and interviews; and reviews are also noted with appropriate productions in the previous chapters. Memorable Broadway roles are illustrated with scenes from Streetcar, The Fourposter (with Hume Cronyn, 1951), Five Finger Exercise (1959), A Delicate Balance (with Cronyn, 1966), The Gin Game (1977), Rose (1981), and Foxfire (with Cronyn, 1982).
Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection
Megan McCafferty
Poppy Books
2014
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Now a digital feature film I hadn't even gotten to homeroom yet and I'd already discovered five hard truths about junior high: 1. My best friend had turned pretty. 2. She didn't know it yet. 3. It wouldn't be long before she did. 4. That knowledge would change everything between us. 5. And there wasn't a thing I could do about it. It's the first day of seventh grade. Is Jessica Darling doomed for dorkdom? New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty's hilarious new novel will have you laughing, cringing, and cheering for Jessica Darling as she learns that being herself beats being popular, pretty & perfect any day.
Jessica Darling's It List 2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends
Megan McCafferty
Poppy Books
2015
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Is it impossible for old elementary-school friends and new junior-high friends to all get along as just, you know, friends? Good or bad, that's what I'm about to find out. Jessica Darling is finally getting the hang of seventh grade Hosting an epic slumber party might even help to make Jessica popular...but is that what she really wants? New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty's It List series introduces readers to Jessica Darling, an unabashedly brainy seventh grader who tries to stay true to herself, even if it means being (totally not) cool.
Jessica Darling's It List 3: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Stressing, Obsessing & Second-Guessing
Megan McCafferty
Poppy Books
2015
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Crazy teachers; best friends turning pretty overnight; "The Unbreakable Laws of Cafeteria Line Cutting".... Junior high is rough, and Jessica Darling needs help Enter older sister Bethany and her "It List," meant to help Jessica uphold "The Darling Domination of Popularity." In Jessica Darling's It List 3, Jessica faces the potentially mortifying outcome of the Top Secret Pineville Junior High Crushability Test. Plus, she's kind of stuck in the middle, as smarties and skaters unite to collect signatures on a petition to bring back the school's annual dance. Will the dramarama of seventh grade be Jessica's downfall? Not if she can help it.
It was the letter she knew was coming, but hoped would never arrive... Jessica's father has been gone from her life since her parents got divorced, until one day she received a mysterious letter. She has a crazy life taking care of her seven brothers, supporting her frazzled mother, and trying to navigate complex teenage friendships. Dealing with her dad's antics while trying to keep it all together just might push her over the edge. See how Jessica Applewood's family chaos helps her discover just how courageous and strong she really is.
"I should sue the people who designed the My Little Pony Crystal Rainbow Castle I played with in kindergarten. They led me to believe that castles were filled with rainbows and cupcakes and pastel-pink furniture. Not stone and fire and . . . blood." Eighteen-year-old Jessica Packwood is having a hard enough time feeling regal with her new vampire husband, Lucius. But when he's charged with murder, Jessica's suddenly on her own. She knows that with no blood to drink, Lucius's time is running out. Can she figure out who the real killer is--and who she can trust--before it's too late?