Finding Jennifer Jones

Finding Jennifer Jones
Author: Anne Cassidy
Publisher: John Donald
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Criminals
ISBN: 9781471402289

The long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed LOOKING FOR JJ Kate Rickman seems just like any other nineteen-year-old girl. She goes to university, she dates nice, normal boys and she works in her local tourist office at the weekend. But Kate's not really normal at all. 'Kate' is in fact a carefully constructed facade for a girl called Jennifer Jones - and it's a facade that's crumbling fast. Jennifer has spent the last nine years frantically trying to escape from her horrifying past. Increasingly desperate, Jennifer decides to do something drastic. She contacts the only other girl who might understand what she's dealing with, breaking every rule of her parole along the way. Lucy Bussell is the last person Jennifer expects any sympathy from, but she's also the last person she has left. FINDING JENNIFER JONES is the powerful sequel to the highly acclaimed, Carnegie Medal nominated LOOKING FOR JJ. It is a tense, emotional thriller about guilt, running away and wondering if you can ever truly know yourself. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anne Cassidy was born in London in 1952. She was an awkward teenager who spent the Swinging Sixties stuck in a convent school trying, dismally, to learn Latin. She was always falling in love and having her heart broken. She worked in a bank for five years until she finally grew up. She then went to college before becoming a teacher for many years. In 2000 Anne became a full time writer, specialising in crime stories and thrillers for teenagers. In 2004 LOOKING FOR JJ was published to great acclaim, going on to be shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Prize and the 2005 Carnegie Medal. Follow Anne at www.annecassidy.com or on Twitter: @annecassidy6 REVIEWS A powerful story and it challenges the reader to consider what they think about punishment and rehabilitation. How much do any of us really believe in forgiveness?', Martin Chilton, The Telegraph

Looking for JJ

Looking for JJ
Author: Anne Cassidy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2009-04-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152066383

Jennifer Jones, a young woman recently released from prison for killing her friend six years earlier, attempts to start a new life with a new identity, but soon learns it is impossible to escape from the past.

Jennifer Jones Won't Leave Me Alone

Jennifer Jones Won't Leave Me Alone
Author: Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780876149218

A young boy is annoyed by the adoration of a girl in his class, but when she goes away, he misses her.

The Browning of the New South

The Browning of the New South
Author: Jennifer A. Jones
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022660103X

Studies of immigration to the United States have traditionally focused on a few key states and urban centers, but recent shifts in nonwhite settlement mean that these studies no longer paint the whole picture. Many Latino newcomers are flocking to places like the Southeast, where typically few such immigrants have settled, resulting in rapidly redrawn communities. In this historic moment, Jennifer Jones brings forth an ethnographic look at changing racial identities in one Southern city: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This city turns out to be a natural experiment in race relations, having quickly shifted in the past few decades from a neatly black and white community to a triracial one. Jones tells the story of contemporary Winston-Salem through the eyes of its new Latino residents, revealing untold narratives of inclusion, exclusion, and interracial alliances. The Browning of the New South reveals how one community’s racial realignments mirror and anticipate the future of national politics.

Nora Webster

Nora Webster
Author: Colm Toibin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2014-10-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439149852

From one of contemporary literature’s bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a “luminous” novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice—“heartrendingly transcendant” (The New York Times, Janet Maslin). Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín’s magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be sucked back into it. Wounded, selfish, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning insight and empathy, and when she begins to sing again, after decades, she finds solace, engagement, a haven—herself. Nora Webster “may actually be a perfect work of fiction” (Los Angeles Times), by a “beautiful and daring” writer (The New York Times Book Review) at the zenith of his career, able to “sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA TODAY). “Miraculous...Tóibín portrays Nora with tremendous sympathy and understanding” (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).

Good In Bed

Good In Bed
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 607
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1847395821

From the bestselling author of In Her Shoes, All Fall Down and the forthcoming novel Who Do You Love, Good in Bedis a funny and tender story full of heart. Cannie Shapiro never wanted to be famous. The smart, sharp, plus-sized reporter was perfectly happy writing about other people's lives for her local newspaper. And for the past twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her job, her friends, her dog and her life. She loves her apartment and her commodious, quilt-lined bed. She has made a tenuous peace with her body and she even felt okay about ending her relationship with her boyfriend Bruce. But now this... 'Loving a larger woman is an act of courage in our world,' Bruce has written in a national woman's magazine. And Cannie - who never knew that Bruce saw her as a larger woman, or thought that loving her was an act of courage - is plunged into misery, and the most amazing year of her life.

The Crying Princess

The Crying Princess
Author: Anne Cassidy
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781404800533

No one can stop Pirncess Alice from crying, until Prince Tom arrives with a good solution.

Moth Girls

Moth Girls
Author: Anne Cassidy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Memory
ISBN: 9781471405112

From the author of the critically-acclaimed, Carnegie-short listed Looking For JJ, comes this new tense and gripping mystery. They called them the Moth Girls because they were attracted to the house. They were drawn to it. Or at least that is what is written in the newspapers that Mandy reads about her two best friends and their disappearance. Nearly five years have passed since Petra Armstrong and Tina Pointer were intent on entering the dilapidated house on Princess Street. But what started off as a dare, ended with the seventy-nine year old, retired owner found dead. As for the girls - they had vanished. As Mandy's concern over the disappearance of her two childhood friends is ignited once again, disturbing details about the girls and that night will soon be revealed and Mandy will become ever more entwined within its mystery.

The Half Sister

The Half Sister
Author: Sandie Jones
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250265525

From Sandie Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of the Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, comes The Half Sister; a compelling new domestic suspense novel about a family who is forever changed when a stranger arrives at their door. Meet the half sister, and unravel the ties that blind us. THE TRUTH Sisters Kate and Lauren meet for Sunday lunch every week without fail, especially after the loss of their father. THE LIE But a knock at the door is about to change everything. A young woman by the name of Jess holds a note with the results of a DNA test, claiming to be their half sister. THE UNTHINKABLE As the fallout starts, it's clear that they are all hiding secrets, and perhaps this family isn't as perfect as it appears.

Silver Sparrow

Silver Sparrow
Author: Tayari Jones
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2020-02-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786077973

*THE BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK* From the award-winning author of An American Marriage comes this breathtaking tale of a sisterhood defined by a father's secret, perfect for fans of Brit Bennett and Yaa Gyasi 'MY FATHER, JAMES WITHERSPOON, IS A BIGAMIST.' SECRETS Dana and Chaurisse are sisters who have never met. The only thing binding them together is the life-changing secret of their father's double life. LIES Only one of them knows the truth about James and his hidden family. When the girls do finally meet and become friends, the fragile promise that has kept his secrets safe for so long threatens to implode. HOPE This soulful story of friendship and sisterhood paints an unforgettable picture of the messy knots that bind families together, from the author of modern classic, An American Marriage. AN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A GUARDIAN 'BEST BOOK OF 2020 TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS' * A BOOKSELLER SMALL PUBLISHERS 2020 TOP 20 'Do not miss this can’t-actually-stop-reading-it novel from the author of the Women's Prize for Fiction-winning An American Marriage.' Stylist