Inspirational words of wisdom to help little ones everywhere navigate the joys and sorrows of childhood with positivity, strength, and love. Imagine the words your great grandmother might say if she wrote you a letter. Perhaps she would encourage you to embrace the rain, or shine your light for all to see. Perhaps she would remind you to take up space and choose your path, knowing that whichever path you take will be the right one because it's yours. Perhaps she would tell you you are loved. Perhaps she would start the letter, "Dearest One". A gorgeous keepsake for a growing child, this gentle tale takes the form of a letter passed down from older generations to the young, full of warmth, love, and wisdom.

Everyone gets them...those annoying and unwanted emails offering once in a lifetime opportunities for riches, romance, even heavenly favor! Do you ever wonder what might happen if you actually responded to the scammers or dream of scamming them right back? In this hilarious collection of back and forth exchanges, author Daniel Molitor risks the wrath of the internet gods to string along clueless scammers in ever more goofy and ridiculous conversations.

"Charming . . . an intimate memory of a time that has gone forever." Rosamunde Pilcher "An amazing narrative . . . Everything about this account is blazingly authentic. There is no pretense, no false modesty or grandstanding. The gray privations of life in cold, wet wartime England come alive." Washington Post "A different perspective on the war from those in the thick of battle or those writing on the home front. . . . The author s letters . . . speak of the camaraderie and adventure of it all . . . she paints the everyday details, not the heroics." Dallas Morning News "A fascinating work of social history, revealing much about British life and American attitudes fifty years ago." Sunday Times (London) This captivating memoir of a World War II Red Cross volunteer recounts the touching stories of American women and men who served their country abroad. Based on richly detailed and beautifully written letters and journal entries, Rosemary Norwalk tells the unfolding love stories of her and her friends while stationed in England. Deflecting the advances of GIs of every stripe, but caught up in the romantic excitement of the times, they meet and fall in love with their future husbands and make plans for life after the war. With its absorbing narrative of devotion and heroism, Dearest Ones delivers an emotional testament to the endurance of the American spirit and an exquisite tale of love s discovery.

An intriguing look at teen pregnancy from a three-time Newbery Honor winning author Feni is furious when she finds out that her mother has agreed to take a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl into their home until her baby is born. What kind of girl would let herself get into so much trouble? How can Feni live under the same roof as someone like that? Her worst fears are confirmed when Rebecca arrives: she is mean, bossy, and uneducated. Feni decided she will have nothing to do with her. But it’s hard not to be curious about a girl so close to her own age who seems so different…

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

What happens when a woman falls in love with her stalker?I'm not the type of woman who actually inspires passion in any guy, much less one who makes it a habit to watch me because he's obsessed.I'm a curvy, plain Jane. I like my chips, chocolate, and junk food, and it definitely shows.I'm an educated geek who would rather have my nose in a computer instead of a fashion magazine.But none of those things seem to matter to Stalker. He sees something in me that I don't see in myself, and I don't know why.I'm terrified, yet I'm inexplicably intrigued.I'm cautious by nature, but something makes me want to know who he is, and why he gives a sh*t about somebody like me.I know falling for a man I've never seen in the light of day is dangerous.Does he stalk me because he wants to own me, control me, and make me into the woman he thinks that I am?Does he want to hurt me, or is he just a lost soul like me?And why did it feel so good to touch him under the cover of darkness?Is he my nightmare or my dearest stalker?Getting to know him might be foolish, but for some reason, I just can't walk away...Author's note: This is a red-hot, sexy, curvy girl serial romance with an obsessed, alpha male stalker. Read at your own risk.

Diary kept by Rutanya Alda, who played the part of Carol Ann, during the filming of the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest.