[PDF] The Chaperone eBook

Author : Laura Moriarty
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1594631433

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Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she’s in for. Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. For Cora, the city holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at the core of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place she embarks on a mission of her own. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, she is liberated in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of Cora’s relationship with Louise, her eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive. Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s, ’30s, and beyond—from the orphan trains to Prohibition, flappers, and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights and new opportunities for women—Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time and what a vast difference it all made for Louise Brooks, Cora Carlisle, and others like them.

Author : Emily E K Murdoch
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 2020-04-03
Category :
ISBN :

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Always the chaperone and never the bride - until she catches the eye of the very man whose courtship she's supposed to be helping...Book 2 in the Never the Bride series is now available! Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited!Lady Charlotte St Maur is a spinster. Invited to dances as a chaperone rather than a dance partner, it's all she can do to keep back tears as match after match is made - with her help. But a lady over thirty, no matter the title, doesn't find true love.William Lennox, Duke of Mercia, never expected to come to fame and fortune, and never thought anything could be more tiring than soldiering - except the marriage market. He needs to make a good match, but no matter how many young chits he's introduced to, it's always the chaperone who catches his eye. He's determined to convince her. She finds the idea of anyone courting her laughable. This soldier has never been defeated, and he won't now. A seduction is the only recourse.Can Charlotte allow herself to be loved or will the Duke of Lennox be tempted away by a bright young thing?This full length novel is a steamy Regency romance with a happily ever after, no cliffhangers, and is part of a series that can be read in any order.Never the Bride SeriesAlways the BridesmaidAlways the ChaperoneAlways the CourtesanAlways the Best FriendAlways the WallflowerAlways the Bluestocking

Author : Laura Moriarty
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1401394590

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Critics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice when Laura Moriarty's captivating debut novel hit the stores in June '03. Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised The Center of Everything as "warm" and "beguiling." USA Today compared the scrappy yet tender-hearted Evelyn Bucknow to Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. It garnered extensive national attention; from Entertainment Weekly to the Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle, the press raved about the wisdom and poignancy of Moriarty's writing. The Book-of-the-Month Club snatched it up as a Main Selection, as did the Literary Guild. It was a USA Today Summer Reading Pick, a BookSense Top 10 Pick, and a BN.com book club feature title. And still, months after The Center of Everything's original publication date, reviews and features of the book continue to run nationwide.

Author : Laura Moriarty
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 006269412X

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A powerful and thought-provoking YA debut from New York Times bestselling author Laura Moriarty. Imagine a United States in which registries and detainment camps for Muslim-Americans are a reality. Fifteen-year-old Sarah-Mary Williams of Hannibal, Missouri, lives in this world, and though she has strong opinions on almost everything, she isn’t concerned with the internments because she doesn’t know any Muslims. She assumes that everything she reads and sees in the news is true, and that these plans are better for everyone’s safety. But when she happens upon Sadaf, a Muslim fugitive determined to reach freedom in Canada, Sarah-Mary at first believes she must turn her in. But Sadaf challenges Sarah-Mary’s perceptions of right and wrong, and instead Sarah-Mary decides, with growing conviction, to do all she can to help Sadaf escape. The two set off on a desperate journey, hitchhiking through the heart of an America that is at times courageous and kind, but always full of tension and danger for anyone deemed suspicious.

Author : Peter Csermely
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2007-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387399755

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This book makes a novel synthesis of the molecular aspects of the stress response and long term adaptation processes with the system biology approach of biological networks. Authored by an exciting mixture of top experts and young rising stars, it provides a comprehensive summary of the field and identifies future trends.

Author : Leigh Bale
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1867215772

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By reclaiming her independence…did she find someone to lean on? When Amish schoolteacher Caroline Schwartz needs assistance while recovering from an accident, Ben Yoder isn’t her first choice for a personal aide. In fact, with Ben’s dark past, most folk in Riverton avoid him! But as he helps Caroline care for her orphaned cousins, she wonders if everyone has misjudged him. Could Ben be the key to the familye she never imagined she’d find? Mills & Boon Love Inspired — Heartfelt stories that show that faith, forgiveness and hope have the power to lift spirits and change lives.

Author : Matthew L. Ferrara, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 10,66 MB
Release : 2014-01-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781494904456

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This workbook is written for the person who wants to become a chaperon for an adult client in a sex offender treatment program. If you are that person, if you are the one who wants to become a chaperon, you deserve a pat on the back. You are going to take on an important job. It will not be an easy job. Because of your willingness to help, you deserve praise. You also deserve praise for another reason. The way you love must be strong. In order for you to be willing to meet with professionals and discuss difficult topics, you must really want to help your loved one. You want the best for him or her, even if it means a sacrifice for you. For all of this, you deserve praise. In the lessons that follow, you will learn a lot about sexual misconduct. Sex is usually a private thing that is not discussed in public. Unfortunately, sex is the reason that your loved one is in treatment. So, we will be talking about sex in the lessons. A lot of care was taken to make sure that you don't have to listen to or talk about unnecessary things. When we discuss sex, we discuss only those things that we must discuss. We discuss these things because that it is what it takes to become a chaperon. You don't have to worry about being asked about your own sexual behavior or desires. If anyone talks personal about sex, it will be your loved one, who you are chaperoning. The lessons you will go through were written after a lot of chaperons have already been trained. These lessons are based upon experience with these other chaperons, so you can be sure that the lessons will address a lot of your questions. Hopefully, you will have a better understanding of your loved one and of sexual misconduct.

Author : Vicki Ruíz
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 2008-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0195374770

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An anniversary edition of the first full study of Mexican American women in the twentieth century, with new preface

Author : Sara Ackerman
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 148808856X

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An Army nurse in Hawaii grapples with wounded soldiers and a broken heart as America enters WWII in a novel of “nonstop action, romance, and suspense” (Publishers Weekly). A USA Today Bestseller November, 1941. Though she’s never seen the ocean before, Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making the crossing to Hawaii aboard the SS Lurline. Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, she is stunned by the splendor of the Pacific, and even more so by Lt. Clark Spencer, a man who clearly has secrets of his own. Though she is drawn to him, Eva’s troubled past prevents her from following her heart. Though Clark warns Eva that America will be drawn into the war, nothing could prepare them for the surprise attack that will change the world they know. In the wake of the Pearl Harbor bombing, Eva and her fellow nurses take on the immense duty of keeping the American wounded alive. But the danger that finds Eva threatens everything she holds dear. Amid the chaos and heartbreak, she must decide whom to trust and how far she will go to protect those she loves.