If you could go back in time to your younger self, your 12-year-old self, what great advice would you impart? Would you be able to change the direction of your life, directly impacting the axel of your destiny through wisdom? The wisdom that can only be learned through adulthood. Well, the author of The Ugly Green book of 12 things I would tell my 12-year-old self, Michelle Kuehn, believes that you can alter your destiny. That if you knew some of the hard facts about people, love and betrayal – then you would think differently and make better choices. In this short self-help book, Michelle reveals 12 secrets to a more fulfilled life: free from the chains of society. Each of the 12 gems is more captivating than the last with a fresh new take on Robert Greene’s Laws of Human Nature. Michelle holds nothing back with her no-nonsense life hacks from don’t get a degree, people don’t need to like you to failing is eminent. Her writing style can make you feel like you are sitting with a friend over a cup of coffee getting some advice on your career or relationship. She introduces a new lesson in every chapter drawing from her own experiences to explain the method behind her ‘madness’. Written in a conversational style, you will be able to digest every nugget in a quick and energising bite. Michelle compares her ‘lessons’ to getting some roadside assistance on this journey we call LIFE and hopes with this simple road map that she can help anyone from any age, sit back and enjoy the ride.

“There is really no better indicator you’re a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened.” This is the type of insight Melanie Shankle offers in this quirky memoir of motherhood. Written in the familiar, stream-of-consciousness style of her blog, Big Mama, Sparkly Green Earrings is a heartwarming and hilarious look at motherhood from someone who is still trying to figure it all out. Filled with personal stories—from the decision to become a mother to the heartbreak of miscarriage and ultimately, to the joy of raising a baby and living to tell about it—Sparkly Green Earrings will make you feel like you’re sitting across the table from your best friend. A must-read for anyone who’s ever had a child or even thought about it.

Seventy now-adult children of divorce give their candid and often heart-wrenching answers to eight questions (arranged in eight chapters, by question), including: What were the main effects of your parents' divorce on your life? What do you say to those who claim that "children are resilient" and "children are happy when their parents are happy"? What would you like to tell your parents then and now? What do you want adults in our culture to know about divorce? What role has your faith played in your healing? Their simple and poignant responses are difficult to read and yet not without hope. Most of the contributors--women and men, young and old, single and married--have never spoken of the pain and consequences of their parents' divorce until now. They have often never been asked, and they believe that no one really wants to know. Despite vastly different circumstances and details, the similarities in their testimonies are striking; as the reader will discover, the death of a child's family impacts the human heart in universal ways.

Six short and steamy, standalone curvy girl, opposites-attract romances, with a guaranteed HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhangers. Welcome to Coogan’s Break where the girls are curvy, and the guys hotter than hell. JAIL BREAK Lindsey is hiding out at the crumbling mansion she’s inherited from her great aunt. Locked away for a crime he didn't commit, Ethan has decided the view from a prison cell isn’t to his liking. Will this pair escape together? BREAK LOOSE Angie is a lawyer who is questioning the toll her career is taking. Drew has already faced the consequences of an all-consuming profession. Will these two learn that love beats work any day? BREAK OF DAY Bettany is a doggy daycare owner who’s being run ragged by her charges. Dax is a personal trainer who loves a challenge. It’s anyone’s guess who’ll be the first to lie down and roll over when they get together. TOUGH BREAK Phoebe is a plus-size model who’s in danger of having her career and life derailed. Wyatt is in the business of making sure people play nice, whether they want to, or not. BREAK AWAY Macie spends her days designing and making jewelry. Brad also makes things, although he’s happier with wood. Are they destined to build a life together, or will his past get in their way? JOLLY BREAK Natasha loves everything about Christmas. Lucian is more bah humbug about the season. Will sparks fly when the elf in charge of illuminations and the electrician connect? Series search Terms: Curvy girl, BBW, opposites attract, guaranteed HEA, no cheating, small town romance, instalove, enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, sexy, sensual, Zoe York, Zara Norman, spicy romance series, steamy, open door, alpha males, standalone, Hope Malone, Sophie Sparks, Christa Wick, Adriana French

Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.

PART MEMOIR AND PART ELEGY, READING MY FATHER IS THE STORY OF A DAUGHTER COMING TO KNOW HER FATHER AT LAST— A GIANT AMONG TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVELISTS AND A MAN WHOSE DEVASTATING DEPRESSION DARKENED THE FAMILY LANDSCAPE. In Reading My Father, William Styron’s youngest child explores the life of a fascinating and difficult man whose own memoir, Darkness Visible, so searingly chronicled his battle with major depression. Alexandra Styron’s parents—the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Sophie’s Choice and his political activist wife, Rose—were, for half a century, leading players on the world’s cultural stage. Alexandra was raised under both the halo of her father’s brilliance and the long shadow of his troubled mind. A drinker, a carouser, and above all “a high priest at the altar of fiction,” Styron helped define the concept of The Big Male Writer that gave so much of twentieth-century American fiction a muscular, glamorous aura. In constant pursuit of The Great Novel, he and his work were the dominant force in his family’s life, his turbulent moods the weather in their ecosystem. From Styron’s Tidewater, Virginia, youth and precocious literary debut to the triumphs of his best-known books and on through his spiral into depression, Reading My Father portrays the epic sweep of an American artist’s life, offering a ringside seat on a great literary generation’s friendships and their dramas. It is also a tale of filial love, beautifully written, with humor, compassion, and grace.