An enchanting YA novel from Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult, co-written with her teenage daughter.Delilah knows it's weird, but she can't stop reading her favourite fairy tale. Other girls her age are dating and cheerleading. But then, other girls are popular.She loves the comfort of the happy ending, and knowing there will be no surprises.Until she gets the biggest surprise of all, when Prince Oliver looks out from the page and speaks to her.Now Delilah must decide: will she do as Oliver asks, and help him to break out of the book? Or is this her chance to escape into happily ever after? Read between the lines for total enchantment . . .BETWEEN THE LINES, the musical based on the book, is coming to New York's Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage soon. The soundtrack is available to listen to at www.betweenthelinesmusical.com
CONTRIBUTORS: Jodi PicoultEAN: 9781444740998COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 300 gHEIGHT: 196 cm
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance
Prolific and bestselling author Picoult teams up with her teenage daughter to pen a clever YA romance, Unleash the child in you! She [Picoult] has teamed up with her daughter to write an adventure tale for teens, and it has plenty of action and romance to keep younger readers happy . . ., A brilliantly romantic story of love across a divide in this entertaining and also thought-provoking story about stories, characters and readers . . . Funny, touching and clever, teens will love this unusual love story., In her first foray into teen fiction, Picoult and her co-author daughter deliver an enjoyable, metafictive twist on the traditional teen-romance novel . . . Book lovers in particular are likely to get a kick out of the blurring of the lines between character and reader, fact and fiction . . . Fizzy, fairy-tale fun, A tween-age fantasy about a fairy tale that comes to life in its reader's hands
Jodi Picoult (Author) Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-one internationally bestselling novels, including My Sister's Keeper, House Rules and The Storyteller, and has also co-written two YA books with her daughter Samantha van Leer, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Jodi's UK website is www.jodipicoult.co.uk and she can be found on Facebook and Twitter at facebook.com/JodiPicoultUK and twitter.com/jodipicoult. She also has a YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/JodiPicoultOfficial.Samantha van Leer (Author) SAMANTHA VAN LEER is a sophomore at Vassar College majoring in psychology with a minor in human development. She cowrote the #1 New York Times bestseller Between the Lines, the companion to Off the Page, with her mother, Jodi Picoult.Jodi and Samantha have four dogs: Alvin, Harvey, Dudley, and Oliver, for whom the prince in this story is named.
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An enchanting YA novel from Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult, co-written with her teenage daughter.Delilah knows it's weird, but she can't stop reading her favourite fairy tale. Other girls her age are dating and cheerleading. But then, other girls are popular.She loves the comfort of the happy ending, and knowing there will be no surprises.Until she gets the biggest surprise of all, when Prince Oliver looks out from the page and speaks to her.Now Delilah must decide: will she do as Oliver asks, and help him to break out of the book? Or is this her chance to escape into happily ever after? Read between the lines for total enchantment . . .BETWEEN THE LINES, the musical based on the book, is coming to New York's Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage soon. The soundtrack is available to listen to at www.betweenthelinesmusical.com
CONTRIBUTORS: Jodi PicoultEAN: 9781444740998COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 300 gHEIGHT: 196 cm
Jodi Picoult (Author) Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-one internationally bestselling novels, including My Sister's Keeper, House Rules and The Storyteller, and has also co-written two YA books with her daughter Samantha van Leer, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Jodi's UK website is www.jodipicoult.co.uk and she can be found on Facebook and Twitter at facebook.com/JodiPicoultUK and twitter.com/jodipicoult. She also has a YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/JodiPicoultOfficial.Samantha van Leer (Author) SAMANTHA VAN LEER is a sophomore at Vassar College majoring in psychology with a minor in human development. She cowrote the #1 New York Times bestseller Between the Lines, the companion to Off the Page, with her mother, Jodi Picoult.Jodi and Samantha have four dogs: Alvin, Harvey, Dudley, and Oliver, for whom the prince in this story is named.
A business built on Ethical leadership and honesty through and through
This leader must have a shower in his business office. Get yourself a copy and you'll understand why. Brilliant life story and business journey. This book will not only teach you about business, but how to sustain it ethically and honestly. He also narrates how you'll get your fingers burnt, but how to start over after losing everything. Family, business partners and creating community.
Juanita Aggenbach se boeke lyk almal vir my bekend vanweë treffende buiteblaaie, maar ek glo nie ek het al enige daarvan gelees nie. Toe ek haar vyfde roman, Liewer as lig, begin lees, was daar geen twyfel dat dit stewig staan in die geestelike fiksie genre nie.
Daar word nie geskimp oor geloofsake soos wedergeboorte nie, dit word by die naam genoem. Onderwerpe wat van altyd af twispunte is in kerkgeledere, soos grootdoop versus kinderdoop, gebruik van sterk drank en die immer-aanvegbare rookgewoonte, kom draai in die storielyn oor Schalk en Leah se lewe. Tekste uit die Bybel word selektief aangehaal en Schalk se gesprekke met die Vader is ’n perfekte weergawe van sy stryd en oorwinnings.
Schalk, ’n advokaat, en Leah, ’n hoërskoolonderwyseres, lewe welvarend en hard. Dit is vir hulle nie ongewoon om ná ’n kuier met vriende, erg kroes wakker te word nie. ’n Kollega van Schalk is ’n uitgesproke Christen en sy voorbeeld begin vir Schalk aanspreek; soveel so dat hy by die Here uitkom. Leah is egter in totale verset teen die nuwe Schalk en weier om saam met hom Bybel te lees.
Die verhaal onderstreep dat om die Here te volg jou nie gaan vrywaar van probleme nie. Daar is nie noodwendig kitsoplossings vir probleme soos finansies nie. Dit mag nodig wees om onvoorwaardelik te vergewe en indringend te kyk na prioriteite.
Liewer as lig lees maklik – dank aan die uitgewer, Lux Verbi (geestelike druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers) vir die lettertipe wat sag is op die oog. Klein letters en digte spasiëring word vir my al hoe moeiliker om te hanteer. Ek kan dit aanbeveel vir ander met dieselfde dilemma.
“There is no handbook for grief. There cannot be, because each loss is as unique as the person it belongs to.” (p.36) This is but one of the profound truths penned by Dominique Olivier in her book, Lessons from loss. The author does not strive to act as councilor or therapist, although she has a passion for reaching out to others who has suffered a loss. On the contrary, it is a painfully honest account of her journey through a devastating loss that she suffered.
Dominique lost both her husband and her young daughter in a horrific traffic accident. From the outset she makes it clear that there should be no hierarchy of loss. Although losing a spouse or a child is often deemed as the worst kind of loss, it can be the loss of a marriage, a miscarriage or a job that sets you off on a painful path of recovery. Another sentiment that struck home, is the idea that grief has no expiry date. (p.51) She describes it as “something chronic”.
The writer does not lean on sentimentality. The vivid descriptions of panic attacks, the constant anxiety that plagued her, the criticism that she encountered during the journey through her grief, painful triggers – all of this put together in a remarkable account of loss, and an attempt to “move forward” not to “move on”.
Whether or not you are a member of what the author calls “The Losers Club”, membership of which can only be obtained by own loss, the journey of Dominique Olivier will not leave you untouched.
