How is it that the girl with straight As ends up scrubbing floors for minimum wage, living in a room above Vera’s Hairstyling, in a god-forsaken town called Powassan? She didn't marry the wrong guy. She didn't have kids. She wasn't an immigrant, uprooted and transplanted. So what happened? Where are all the straight-A girls from high school? Why, how, have they ‘disappeared’? Marriage and kids is an inadequate answer because married-with-kids straight-A boys (of which, let’s acknowledge, there are fewer) are visible. Everywhere. Even the straight-B boys are out there. So what happens? This is what happens provides several answers as it traces this disappearance with a microscopic examination of one woman’s life. There are three voices juxtaposed throughout the novel: the fresh, impassioned protagonist speaking through her journal entries from the age of fifteen; the sarcastic, now-fifty protagonist commenting about the events of her life, occasionally speaking to her younger self; and the dispassionate narrator. The novel’s audience is primarily women-it will resonate most with older women, but it is younger women who most need to read it. Because this is what happens. "An incisive reflection on how social forces constrain women’s lives." Booklife/Publishers' Weekly "I find the writing style very appealing ... An interesting mix of a memoir and a philosophical work, together with some amazing poetry. ... This is what happens ranks in my top five of books ever read." Mesca Elin, Psychochromatic Redemption "Really enjoyed the novel. I like the use of a journal as the format to tell the story. ... The author gives the reader lots of food for thought. An intense novel." Pam FitzGerald “The self-analysis is astounding.” Claudine Leonhardt “A seriously powerful novel.” C. Osborne “This book is so amazing. I was so enthralled that I just kept reading ....” JB

From CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense about one woman's attempt to be better than ordinary. Twenty-six-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-to-month sublet in the huge city of London, with no family but an estranged sister, no partner, and not much in the way of friends, Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to infiltrate the establishment and thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk. Now one young woman has the chance to be a hero—if she can think quickly enough to stay alive.

The "What happens when..... " stories describe with comic effect what happens when you don't follow the advice of your parents. Mum and Dad always know best! What happens when you don't comb your hair is the first in the series.

Do you have relationship challenges? Marriage doldrums? An unfulfilling career? A lack of passion, purpose, or fire in your life? Have you faded away into the gray? Does any of this sound familiar to you? Life is What Happens at Play is a bold out-pouring of soul and emotion. The author shares her innermost fears, personal mistakes, judgments, dysfunctional patterns, and finally her journey toward discovering enlightenment. The experiences she shares are woven around a timeline from childhood through marriage and divorce and are compiled from her various adventures as she seeks to find herself and her lifes purpose. You are reading these words not by chance, but because you may be at a point in your life where you yourself are seeking to gain a deeper wisdom of whom you really are and what your higher purpose is. Life is What Happens at Play seeks to instill in you a new sense of hope and understanding as to your greater calling by turning on the light inside of you that may have been dimmed for too long and rediscovering the magic that your inherent inner child can bring to you. You may be surprised at just how easy it is! Now I realize that I had, in a sense, been sleeping all those years and just dreaming I was awake. I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live. Dan Millman on success in his book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior

REAL LOVE... John Lennon - Life is What Happens celebrates the life and times of one of the most influential musicians in pop music history. A singer, songwriter, artist, social activist, husband and father, Lennon's genius inspired a generation-and continues to do so today some 30 years after his death. This fascinating read features more than 500 photographs and rare images of Lennon juxtaposed by the myriad pop-culture memorabilia created from the height of Beatlemania into the late 1970s and the Plastic Ono Band. Chronicling his musical career, the book includes hundreds of classic photographs, dozens of quotes by and about Lennon, and personal reminiscence from fans and celebrities recalling Lennon's impact on their lives.

We all make plans in our lives and hope that those plans go accordingly.... I know from personal experience that my life never goes the way that I expect it to. It never has. Because of that I am very grateful. Even though sometimes I don't understand why ""life"" happens the way it does, I am learning to accept what I have and love every minute of it! This book is about my life and some of the things that I have gone through. My experiences have shaped me and made me who I am today. I wouldn't change a thing. My hope is that my story can be an inspiration to anyone who is learning to love what is, and to know that there is a plan... it's His plan. An ordinary wife & mom, with a story to share.

Duet Brinson wrote This Is What Happened to Me to answer people's questions when they see him. People often ask, "What happened to you?" when they see his upper body that is covered in several keloid formations. When Duet explained what happened, he is often met with looks of disbelief and with people thinking he is crazy. Some doctors said that they don't believe what Duet said. But Duet maintains, "It is the truth, so help me God." Duet wants the people of the United States to know what happened to him after completing the superior job of burning missile compartments out of navy submarines at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Duet was the first person to have the experience of completing this job. The job had to be completed within the agreed upon three-month time span. Duet explains how this job has had numerous health-related repercussions not only for him but also for his family.