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Bleaker house : chasing my novel to the end of the world / by Stevens, Nell,1985-author.;
"On a frozen island in the Falklands, with only penguins for company, a young would-be writer struggles to craft a debut novel ... and instead writes a funny, clever, moving memoir that heralds the arrival of a fresh new literary talent. Twenty-seven-year-old Nell Stevens was determined to write a novel, but somehow life kept getting in the way. Then came an irresistible opportunity: she won a fellowship to spend three months, all expenses paid, anywhere in the world to research and write a book. Did she choose a glittering metropolis, a romantic village, an exotic paradise? Um, no. Nell chose Bleaker Island, a snowy, windswept pile of rock off the Falklands. There, in a guesthouse where she would be the only guest, she imagined she could finally rid herself of distractions and write her 2,500 words a day. In three months, surely she'd have a novel, right? It's true that there aren't many distractions on Bleaker, other than sheep, penguins, paranoia and the weather. But as Nell gets to work on her novel--a delightful Dickensian fiction she calls Bleaker House--she discovers that an excruciatingly erratic Internet connection and 1100 calories a day (as much food as she could carry in her suitcase, budgeted to the raisin) are far from ideal conditions for literary production. With deft humour, this memoir traces Nell's island days and slowly reveals details of the life and people she has left behind in pursuit of her art. They pop up in her novel, as well, as memoir and novel start to reflect one another. It seems that there is nowhere Nell can run--neither a remote island nor the pages of her notebook--to escape herself. A whimsical, entertaining, thought-provoking blend of memoir and travelogue, laced with tongue-in-cheek writing advice, Bleaker House brilliantly captures the hopes, fears, self-torture and humour of being young and yearning to make a creative life. With winning honesty and wit, Nell's race to finish her book emerges as a fascinating narrative in its own right."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Stevens, Nell, 1985-; Stevens, Nell, 1985-; Authors, English; Authorship.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tenth circle / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-;
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.; Date rape; Fathers and daughters; Rape victims; Domestic fiction; Psychological fiction;
© c2006., Atria Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Inkdeath / by Funke, Cornelia,1958-; Bell, Anthea.;
LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Books and reading; Characters and characteristics in literature; Magic; Bookbinding; Authorship;
© [2009], c2008., Scholastic,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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And a dog called Fig : solitude, connection, the writing life / by Humphreys, Helen,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Poet and novelist Helen Humphreys's And a Dog Called Fig, a meditation on the benefits of dogs to the creative life, including the dogs of well-known writers from history, portraits of all the dogs from the author's life, and the arrival and raising of her new puppy"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Humphreys, Helen, 1961-; Authors, Canadian; Authorship; Dog owners; Dogs.; Human-animal relationships.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Forensics for dummies / by Lyle, D. P.;
LSC
Subjects: Forensic sciences; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery stories; Detective and mystery stories;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Before I let you go / by Rimmer, Kelly,author.;
As children, Lexie and Annie were incredibly close. Bonded by the death of their beloved father, they weathered the storms of life together. When Lexie leaves home to follow her dream, Annie is forced to turn to her leather-bound journal as the only place she can confide her deepest secrets and fears. As adults, sisters Lexie and Annie could not be more different. Lexie is a successful doctor and happily engaged. Annie is an addict-- a thief, a liar and unable to remain clean. When Annie's newborn baby is in danger of being placed in foster care, Annie picks up the phone to beg her sister for help. Will Lexie agree to take in her young niece? And how will Annie survive, losing the only thing in her life worth living for?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Drug addicts; Family secrets; Newborn infants; Pregnancy; Sisters; Women physicians; Diaries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rappy and his favorite things / by Gutman, Dan.; Bowers, Tim.;
Guided reading level K.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Rappy (Fictitious character); Velociraptor; Dinosaurs; Rap (Music); Poetry; Schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Sophia's secret / by Kearsley, Susanna,1966-;
After three hundred years, Sophia's secret must be told. When bestselling author Carrie McClelland visits the windswept ruins of Slains Castle, she is enchanted by the stark and beautiful Scottish landscape. The area is strangely familiar to her, but she puts aside her faint sense of unease to begin her new novel, using the castle as her setting and one of her ancestors, Sophia, as her heroine. Then Carrie realises her writing is taking on a life of its own and the lines between fact and fiction become increasingly blurred. As Sophia's memories draw Carrie more deeply into the intrigue of 1708, she discovers a captivating love story lost in time.
Subjects: Romantic suspense novels.; Historical fiction; Large type books.; Women authors;
© 2009., Magna Large Print Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Verity / by Hoover, Colleen,author.;
"Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get started. Lowen uncovers an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended anyone to read, with pages of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate him. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit, if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Family secrets; Manuscripts; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Secrecy; Women authors; Autobiography;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Draw out the story : ten secrets to creating your own comics / by McLachlan, Brian.;
Ten tried-and-true secrets for creating your own comics.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Drawing;
© c2013., OwlKids Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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