Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby

Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby
Author: Laura Marney
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005
Genre: Antidepressants
ISBN: 0552772038

Everybody's on anti-depressants. Not being happy all the time makes them stressed out of their tights. Carol practises uninhibited sex which ends with her panty liner stuck to the bottom of someone's shoe. Donnie, after a mystery bite in a third world country, thinks he's incubating a nest of spiders up his bum. Daphne gets fat. She makes soup all the time and wonders if Woolworth's sell a hose pipe to fit a Vauxhall Vectra. Pierce is a poet; a fat balding womaniser who's only steady relationship is with a cup at the sperm bank. He's the only one not on anti-depressants, and he's the hero.

For Faughie's Sake

For Faughie's Sake
Author: Laura Marney
Publisher: Saraband
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908643633

In the sequel to Laura Marney’s bestseller, ‘No Wonder I Take a Drink’, we find Trixie – a boozy unsentimental loner – desperate to escape Inverfaughie, the small Highland village she’s relocated to. When Hollywood visits the introspective community to make a movie about the Highland Clearances, local conflicts are quick to follow. An ancient document is unearthed, which authenticates Faughie’s independence from Scotland and Great Britain, meaning a referendum is on the cards and Trixie will have to decide where her loyalties lie. ‘For Faughie’s Sake’ takes a sideways approach to politics and community – and the absurd propaganda and partisan Machiavellian intrigue that often goes with them. It’s a light-hearted, sometimes gleeful, celebration of contemporary Scottish life.

My Best Friend Has Issues

My Best Friend Has Issues
Author: Laura Marney
Publisher: Saraband
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908643072

What did I know about life, a wee heifer like me, a twenty-two-year-old no-mates stay-at-home from the rump end of Cumbernauld? What did I even know about sex, never mind drugs, or violence, or murder? Alison, a naive Scottish girl, moves to Barcelona and meets Chloe, a foxy American heiress. Chloe, as well as introducing Alison to a multitude of sins, teaches her new friend about the sweet taste of revenge. They soon embark on a sex-and-drugs romp through the gothic streets of Barcelona, while composing vengeful postcards home. Dear Lisa and Lauren, Enjoying sangria on La Rambla. Don't know if you'd like it here. The hot weather would be a nightmare for your athlete's foot and intimate itching - think of the thigh chafing! Nasty. Hasta la vista, Alison xxx But Alison quickly realises that there is a high price to pay for their decadent lifestyle as she finds herself caught up in a world of cruelty, deceit and murder.

Only Strange People Go to Church

Only Strange People Go to Church
Author: Laura Marney
Publisher: Saraband
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908643064

Divine comedy...a joyous celebration of human imperfection (Louise Welsh). By the author of No Wonder I Take a Drink - voted one of the Top 20 Scottish books of all time. Maria's job is to support Blue Group, an unruly crew of service users. But she might just have bitten off more than she can chew when she suggests they put on a large-scale community show. The venue for the show is to be Ray's workshop, a deconsecrated church where she's constantly distracted by local oddballs and Dezzie, her handsome colleague. Maria soon faces moral dilemmas that would curl a bishop's hair. If she does 'the right thing' she'll wreck careers and break hearts - but what's 'the right thing' anyway? Who decides who's allowed to love who? And can Ray even be trusted?

Elvis and Ginger

Elvis and Ginger
Author: Ginger Alden
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0425266346

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Elvis Presley’s fiancée and last love tells her story and sets the record straight in this deeply personal memoir that reveals what really happened in the final years of the King of Rock n' Roll. Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now she shares her unique story… In her own words, Ginger details their whirlwind romance—from first kiss to his stunning proposal of marriage. And for the very first time, she talks about the devastating end of it all and the fifty thousand mourners and reporters who descended on Graceland in 1977, exposing Ginger to the reality of living in the spotlight of a short yet immortal life. Above it all, Ginger rescues Elvis from the hearsay, rumors, and tabloid speculations of his final year by shedding a frank yet personal light on a very public legend. From a unique and intimate perspective, she reveals the man—complicated, romantic, fallible, and human—behind the myth, a superstar worshipped by millions and loved by Ginger Alden. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Reading Across Worlds

Reading Across Worlds
Author: J. Procter
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2014-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137276401

Combining sustained empirical analysis of reading group conversations with four case studies of classic and contemporary novels: Things Fall Apart, White Teeth, Brick Lane and Small Island, this book pursues what can be gained through a comparative approach to reading and readerships.

Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature

Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature
Author: Berthold Schoene
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2007-04-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0748630287

The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature examines the ways in which the cultural and political role of Scottish writing has changed since the country's successful referendum on national self-rule in 1997. In doing so, it makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. Introducing over forty original essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume covers the entire spectrum of current interests and topical concerns in the field of Scottish studies and heralds a new era in Scottish writing, literary criticism and cultural theory. It records and critically outlines prominent literary trends and developments, the specific political circumstances and aesthetic agendas that propel them, as well as literature's capacity for envisioning new and alternative futures. Issues under discussion include class, sexuality and gender, nationhood and globalisation, the New Europe and cosmopolitan citizenship, postcoloniality,

Nobody Told Me about that

Nobody Told Me about that
Author: Ginger Breedlove
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018
Genre: Mother and infant
ISBN: 9781790133635

This book covers many critical issues confronting the first few weeks of parenting. Nobody receives a comprehensive education on how to be a new parent. The authors are experienced professionals from a variety of disciplines dedicated to helping families of newborns.Each chapter is written to stand alone, with the book covering an array of topics. The book is designed to be read a chapter at a time as you need to know, now! Every reader will gain confidence, coping skills, and an increased sense of calm through those first six weeks.As a brand-new parent, if you have experienced the phrase, "Nobody Told Me About That", we have answers!

Before We Were Strangers

Before We Were Strangers
Author: Renée Carlino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501105787

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

Ginger Brown

Ginger Brown
Author: Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre:
ISBN: 9780606113885

Ginger's summer at her grandparents' home in the country is enlivened by the appearance of a sad little boy who calls himself Nobody.