2009, ISBN: 9780307718921

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Harper, UK, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. New. 400 pages. Available Now. Book Description: It's hard to keep a secret when the secret just keeps on getting bigger....: Four tee… Mehr…

Harper, UK, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. New. 400 pages. Available Now. Book Description: It's hard to keep a secret when the secret just keeps on getting bigger....: Four teenage girls - Grace, Vicky, Ruth and Saskia - all at the same school; all with the same secret.: October. Burwood. The corridors of Burwood Girls School are once more full of oestrogen; Platform number one at Burwood Station is packed with commuters waiting for delayed trains to London; the gym at Oasis Leisure centre is full of fading tans while leaves fall and pile up on lawns ripe for raking. Just like any other October. Until life gets turned inside out in this affluent South-eastern town when not one but four teenage girls fall pregnant.: As the media descends on Burwood with unprecedented ferocity, headlines such as: : WHO ARE THE BABIES' FATHERS?: DO ALL FOUR BABIES SHARE THE SAME FATHER?: GIRLS REVEAL PREGNANCIES WEREN'T ACCIDENTAL...: ARE THE BURWOOD GIRLS PART OF A TEENAGE PREGNANCY CULT?: ...at first seem to corrupt this small, leafy, affluent community until we realise that the corruption was there all along, bubbling just beneath the surface.: Before things get better, they're going to get much, much worse. But then, at the end of the day, the last thing anyone in Burwood wants is life to return to normal. : Review: Praise for The Rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva: : 'A brilliant tragic-comic writer having fun with our obsession with image, grooming and all things organic': Glamour: 'Sarah May's witty sometimes acerbic observations are hilarious and accurate, making this a welcome relief from the supermum brigade': Sun: Praise for The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia: : 'Sarah May has a rare talent for melding the farcical with the tragic, and has produced a novel which - but for an ending worthy of Tom Sharpe - is a scathingly successful piece of social commentary' Daily Mail: 'Like Mike Leigh directing Desperate Housewives; a brilliantly 1980s suburban drama' Elle Magazine: More praise for Queen of Suburbia: : 'May's shrewd sideways glance makes this a novel moving and menacing by turns.' Observer: 'Sarah May has brought the obsessions, ambitions and class paranoia of Thatcher's Britain beautifully back to life. It's a visceral read, but this is one book you'll be happy to read in a rush.' Daily Express: 'Full of hilarious pop-culture detail, this is a dizzying celebration of the 80s...Laugh-out-loud.' Eve Magazine: 'Truly original chick-lit' Heat: 'An observant and side-splittingly funny read': Sun: 'May's shrewd sideways glance makes this a novel moving and menacing by turns. Her ensemble - aerobics-obsessed Linda, rebellious Dominique, the creepy Niemans - are often gruesome, but all too convincing': Observer: 'A truly witty page turner packed with recognition and intelligence - both moving and utterly hilarious': Helen Lederer: 'A witty and wicked soap opera about death, adultery and desperate housewives': Instyle magazine: 'Steeped in intrigue and comic detail': Woman: Praise for Sarah May and her books: : 'The best book I have read in years...quite incredible' Time Out: 'Sarah May's descriptive skills are excellent and she has a wonderfully observant eye for detail' Independent: 'An extraordinary novel...This is writing at the level of myth: fully formed, recognisable, unique' Guardian: 'May's achievements are mildly miraculous. She is a novelist through and through' Independent on Sunday: 'A compelling work of fiction' Spectator : About the Author: Sarah May is an intimate observer of society (AKA curtain-twitcher of the highest order). She is the author of four previous novels: The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia, The Nudist Colony, which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award; Spanish City and The Internationals. She lives in London with her theatre director husband and their two children. Size: 12.8 x 2.6 x 19.7 cm. 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Paperback; ISBN: 0007322100. ISBN/EAN: 9780007322107. Inventory No: B240-1047. This item is potentially heavy when packed and may require more postage than the rates shown. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.. 9780007322107, Harper, 2009, Crown Publishing Group, 9-20. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/very good. Book design by Elizabeth Rendfleisch, Map on page 10 by Mapping Specialists, Ltd., Jacket design by Laura Duffy., Author photograph by Nancy Doherty.. first edition as marked 2nd printing. Dust jack like new After three years of research, bestselling journalist Joe McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative chronicle of Sarah Palin as an individual, politician, and cultural phenomenon. and just happened to rent the house next door that understates the highly exploitable proximity of the two places.especially after Palin's husband built this huge wall, . The Palins could probably hear tweets from the newly hatched birds that McGinniss excitedly uses as filler for The Rogue, his book about his summer-long experiment in homesteading. The grebe chicks have hatched! he needlessly exclaims. Tweets emanated from the Palin place too. but those were computer-generated on twitter interesting book, not sure about the bias, but it was entertaining Book design by Elizabeth Rendfleisch, Map on page 10 by Mapping Specialists, Ltd., Jacket design by Laura Duffy., Author photograph by Nancy Doherty LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer.., Crown Publishing Group, 9-20<

2010, ISBN: 9780307718921

rogue (r¯og), n: An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone,in which state it is very savage.-- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary After three years of research… Mehr…

rogue (r¯og), n: An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone,in which state it is very savage.-- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary After three years of research, bestselling journalist Joe McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative chronicle of Sarah Palin as an individual, politician, and cultural phenomenon. In his critically acclaimed book about Alaska, Going to Extremes , the fledgling state itself was Joe McGinniss's subject. Although he didn't hesitate to reveal the many flaws and contradictions behind its "last frontier" image, McGinniss fell in love with the land and its people. More than three decades later, he returned to Alaska in search of its most famous resident, Sarah Palin. On Election Day 2008, McGinniss began his on-the-ground reporting that culminated, famously, in his moving next door to Sarah Palin in spring 2010. THE ROGUE is the eagerly awaited result of his research and writing: a startling study of the illusion and reality of Sarah Palin--and a probing look at the Alaska and the America that produced her. Sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, always provocative and illuminating, THE ROGUE answers the questions "Who is she, really?," "How did she happen?," and "Will she ever go away?" In all of his books, McGinniss has scrutinized the mysterious space between image and reality--how that space is created, negotiated, and/or manipulated. Now, with The Rogue, McGinniss combines his deep appreciation of the place Sarah Palin comes from with his uncanny ability to penetrate the façades of people in public life. The result is an extraordinary double narrative that alternately traces Palin's curious rise to political prominence and worldwide celebrity status and recounts the author's day-to-day experiences as he uncovers the messy reality beneath the glossy Palin myth. Readers will find THE ROGUE at once bitingly insightful, hilarious, and profoundly ominous in what it reveals--not just about the dark underpinnings of a potential presidential nominee but also in regard to the huge numbers of Americans who passionately support her. Media >, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<

2010, ISBN: 9780307718921

rogue (r¯og), n: An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone,in which state it is very savage.-- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary After three years of research… Mehr…

rogue (r¯og), n: An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone,in which state it is very savage.-- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary After three years of research, bestselling journalist Joe McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative chronicle of Sarah Palin as an individual, politician, and cultural phenomenon. In his critically acclaimed book about Alaska, Going to Extremes , the fledgling state itself was Joe McGinniss's subject. Although he didn't hesitate to reveal the many flaws and contradictions behind its "last frontier" image, McGinniss fell in love with the land and its people. More than three decades later, he returned to Alaska in search of its most famous resident, Sarah Palin. On Election Day 2008, McGinniss began his on-the-ground reporting that culminated, famously, in his moving next door to Sarah Palin in spring 2010. THE ROGUE is the eagerly awaited result of his research and writing: a startling study of the illusion and reality of Sarah Palin--and a probing look at the Alaska and the America that produced her. Sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, always provocative and illuminating, THE ROGUE answers the questions "Who is she, really?," "How did she happen?," and "Will she ever go away?" In all of his books, McGinniss has scrutinized the mysterious space between image and reality--how that space is created, negotiated, and/or manipulated. Now, with The Rogue, McGinniss combines his deep appreciation of the place Sarah Palin comes from with his uncanny ability to penetrate the façades of people in public life. The result is an extraordinary double narrative that alternately traces Palin's curious rise to political prominence and worldwide celebrity status and recounts the author's day-to-day experiences as he uncovers the messy reality beneath the glossy Palin myth. Readers will find THE ROGUE at once bitingly insightful, hilarious, and profoundly ominous in what it reveals--not just about the dark underpinnings of a potential presidential nominee but also in regard to the huge numbers of Americans who passionately support her. Media >, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<