Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, a heartwarming coming of age tale set in 1960s South Carolina, a multi-million copy New York Times bestseller, now an award-winning film starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys Fans of Kathryn Stockett's The Help and Beth Hoffman's Saving CeeCee Honeycutt will love Sue Monk Kidd's Southern coming of age tale. The Secret Life of Bees was a New York Times bestseller for more than 125 weeks, a Good Morning America .Read This" Book Club pick and was made into an award-winning film starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's most vicious racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina-a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household. This is a remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love-a story that women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.

Bienes hemmelige liv møter Barnepiken i denne sørstatsromanen som gnistrer av humor, varme og kvinnelig visdom. Tolv år gamle CeeCee Honeycutt har brukt mesteparten av livet på å ta seg av sin psykotiske mor, Camille ? en tidligere skjønnhetsdronning som aldri klarer å få fortiden ut av hodet, og som er blitt hele byens klovn. Da Camille en dag blir truffet av en lastebil, er CeeCee med ett alene i verden. Da er det at Tootie Caldwell, CeeCees ukjente grandtante, kommer CeeCee til unnsetning. I sin gamle Vintage Packard Cabriolet tar Tootie CeeCee med til Savannah, Georgia ? og en verden av omsorg, velstand og eksentriske sørstatskvinner. For første gang i sitt liv opplever CeeCee å være omgitt av kjærlighet, og sakte kommer hun tilbake til livet. CeeCee Honeycutts reddende engler er en vakker roman som utforsker den ukuelige styrken i kvinners vennskap. Den gir oss historien om en jente som mister én mor ? og finner mange andre.

Twelve-year-old CeeCee is in trouble. For years she’s been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille— the crown-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town. Though it’s 1967 and they live in Ohio, Camille believes it’s 1951 and she’s just been crowned the Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia. The day CeeCee discovers Camille in the front yard wearing a tattered prom dress and tiara as she blows kisses to passing motorists, she knows her mother has completely flipped. When tragedy strikes, Tootie Caldwell, a previously unknown great-aunt comes to CeeCee’s rescue and whisks her away to Savannah. Within hours of her arrival, CeeCee is catapulted into a perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricities—a world that appears to be run entirely by women. While Tootie is busy saving Savannah’s endangered historic homes from the wrecking ball, CeeCee encounters a cast of unforgettable, eccentric characters. From the mysterious Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in an outdoor tub under the watchful eyes of a voyeuristic peacock, to Oletta Jones, the all-knowing household cook, to Violene Hobbs, the loud-mouthed widow who entertains a local police officer in her yellow see-through peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer. But CeeCee’s view of the world is challenged in ways she could have never imagined: there are secrets to keep, injustices to face, and loyalties to uphold. Just as she begins to find her ballast and experiences a sense of belonging, her newfound joy collides with the long-held fear that her mother’s legacy has left her destined for destruction. Laugh-out-loud funny, at times heartbreaking, and written in a pitch-perfect voice, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is a spirited Southern tale that explores the intricate frailties and strengths of female relationships while illuminating the journey of a young girl who loses her mother but finds many others.

"We're just going to "look."" Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to visit a friend's new kittens. But the runt of the litter was irresistible, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin. When Cleo was delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing that her new family had just been hit by a tragedy. Helen was sure she couldn't keep her--until she saw something she thought had vanished from the earth forever: her son's smile. The reckless, rambunctious kitten stayed. Through happiness and heartbreak, changes and new beginnings, Cleo turned out to be the unlikely glue that affectionately held Helen's family together. Rich in wisdom, wit, heart, and healing, here is the story of a cat with an extraordinary gift for knowing just where she was needed most. "A remarkable memoir. . .I realized that Helen Brown didn't break my heart at all--she opened it." --Beth Hoffman, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Saving CeeCee Honeycutt" "An absolute must." --"Cat World" "The next "Marley &Me." Even non cat-lovers will be moved." --"Good Housekeeping"

Når en fugl flyr inn i et vindu i Spring Green, Wisconsin, får søstrene Milly og Twiss besøk. Twiss lytter til fuglens hjerteslag og finner ut hva som kan gjøres for å redde den. Milly lytter til hjertets anliggender hos menneskene som har bragt fuglen til dem. De to ugifte søstrene har viet sitt liv til å være reddende engler for fugler og mennesker. Men en gang for lenge siden, sommeren 1947, da visste ikke Milly og Twiss noe om å reparere det brukne og vonde. Det var sommeren faren deres hadde en ulykke, moren endelig kom til en erkjennelse, fader Rice erklærte at Gud ikke finnes og stakk av til Mexico, og Milly forelsket seg i en gutt som het Asa. Men det som likevel var vanskeligst å glemme, skjedde da kusinen Bett kom på besøk fra en by kalt Deadwater, og forandret livene deres for alltid. Rebecca Rasmussens mesterlige debutroman er full av håp og skjønnhet, hjerteskjærende levet liv og offer, kjærlighet og kraften mellom søstre - og byr leseren på vidunderlige overraskelser hele veien. "For en bok! Levende og hjerteskjærende. Jeg elsket den! Magisk." - Beth Hoffman, forfatteren av Cee Cee Honeycutts reddende engler. ".Svanesøstrene. er virkelig oppsiktsvekkende bra!" - St. Louis Magazine. "Hjerteskjærende ekte om to søstre som er bundet sammen av ubrytelige familiebånd" - Publishers Weekly

Supporting and challenging cooperating teachers to grow in their mentoring and coaching practices with preservice teachers and also in their own work as classroom teachers, this practical guide presents and illustrates the Coaching with CARE model-a framework for reflection and action that helps cultivate a perspective on teaching that puts students at the center of teacher preparation and places value on apprenticeship and participation in learning. The CARE model takes a turn away from traditional evaluation-based "training" approaches, offering a way for cooperating teachers, and facilitators and university teacher educators who work with them, to come together to shape innovative coaching and mentoring experiences for preservice teachers. Mentoring Preservice Teachers Through Practice, building on the authors' own work with cooperating teachers, is based on the most recent research on learning to teach and supporting preservice teachers and grounded in the realities of teacher education today. Each chapter includes questions for discussion and suggested readings that can be used to explore the focus of the chapter more deeply as well as relevant research reports published by the authors.

'The perfect choice if you've had to cancel your summer holiday but still want to feel the sand between your toes' Beth O'Leary 'Pure joy' Sally Thorne, USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game The honeymoon of a lifetime . . . with her sworn enemy! Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. While she's about to marry her dream man, Olive is forced to play nice with her nemesis: the best man, Ethan. Yet Olive's luck may be on the turn . . . When the entire wedding - except for Olive and Ethan - gets food poisoning, there's an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs. Putting their mutual hatred aside, Olive and Ethan head for paradise. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him spirals out of control. Forced to play loving newlyweds, she and Ethan find themselves in closer proximity than they ever expected. Soon, Olive finds that maybe she doesn't mind pretending. In fact, she's beginning to feel kind of . . . lucky. Why readers LOVE Christina Lauren 'One of my favourites. You'll race through it and won't fail to enjoy soaking up the amazing summery vibes' Paige Toon 'Witty and downright hilarious . . . a perfect feel-good romantic comedy' Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient 'What a joyful, warm, touching book! This is the book to read if you want to smile so hard your face hurts' Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal 'A sexy, hilarious rom-com . . . Perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne' Booklist 'Will we ever stop falling in love with Christina Lauren's fictional men? The answer to this is HECK NO' Fangirlish

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Hvis Danny Cartwright hadde fridd til Beth Wilson dagen før, eller dagen etterpå, ville han ikke ha blitt arrestert og siktet for drapet på sin beste venn. Og når aktoratets vitner er en advokat, en populær skuespiller, en aristokrat og en fremgangsrik partner i et etablert firma, hvem vil tro på hans versjon av hva som hadde skjedd? Danny dømmes til 22 års fengsel og sendes til Belmarsh, en sikringsanstalt som ingen noen gang har klart å rømme fra. Men de fire som har vitnet mot ham, undervurderer alle sammen Dannys beslutning om hevn, og ikke minst Beths utrettelige kamp for at rettferdigheten en dag skal skje fyllest. Jeffrey Archer debuterte i 1976 med Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less og har siden gitt ut en lang rekke romaner, novellesamlinger og skuespill. Romanen Kane og Abel kom på norsk i fjor. Forfatterens hjemmeside: www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk Oversatt av Einar Blomgren. Sagt om boken: Terningkast 5: «Archer skriver tett, stemningsfullt og troverdig utfra egne erfaringer med klassejustis og fengsler.» Berit Kobro, VG

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