A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fayre who offers unfulfilled promises. In a parallel universe, a utopian society observes our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In these stories, Jemisin takes a sharp look at modern society, infusing magic into the everyday and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of his imagination. In the first collection of her captivating short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking tales of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. NK Jemisin is one of the most powerful and famous authors of speculative fiction of our time. Jemisin takes a sharp look at modern society in his first short story collection. Winner of the Hugo Award and New York Times Bestselling author N.C. Witty, winning and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hi Molly!co-written with Sean Wilsey, sheds new and revealing light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited artists. At the same time, it tells with humor and sincerity her struggle to come to terms with the legacy of her father, the man who nurtured her talents and aspirations and was left with the impossible task of raising his children alone after she lost her mother.
Filled with behind-the-scenes stories featuring everyone from Whitney Houston to Adam Sandler and Monica Lewinsky, many of which are being told here for the first time, Hi Molly! covers Molly’s time Saturday Night Live– where she starred alongside Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Cheri Ottery, Tracy Morgan and Jimmy Fallon, among many others. United by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in an indulgent household where her gift for improvisation and role-playing blossomed alongside a fearlessness that led her to become a famous actress.įrom there, Molly ventured into the wider world of show business in New York and Los Angeles, where she forged her own opportunities and developed her bold and compassionate comedy. I also recommend it in audio.Īn honest, readable, funny and touching memoir about resilience and redemptionĪt the age of four, Molly Shannon’s world was shattered when she lost her mother, younger sister and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel.
Hi Molly! by Molly Shannon is $3.99! It’s a memoir, and I mentioned it in a previous Get Rec’d! It definitely balances the humor with some tough stuff, namely the loss of a parent. And when Sheridan’s jealousy is reawakened, the two soon find themselves embroiled in a scheme of a very different kind, involving a fictitious engagement, an undercover investigation-and perhaps a not-so-secret leap into true love… Her theatrical flirtation is only meant to pierce his business and pent-up emotions.
Vanessa thinks a little intrigue might be in order – since this is Sheridan, she really does have her own views and her heart. Also, the lovely Miss Pryde seems completely smitten with the swindling London playwright… But still haunted by his tragically lost love, the duke is determined to resist this allure and avoid any “intrigues” of husband hunters. Assigned to investigate a possible suspect, Sheridan finds himself dangerously close to his adorable daughter, Vanessa Pryde. Did you like the series?īridgerton fans and readers of Madeline Hunter, Eloise James, and Lisa Kleypas will not want to miss this humorous and intelligent new love story from the historical romance legend.Īlong with his half-siblings, Sheridan Wolfe, the Duke of Armitage, is determined to finally unravel the mysteries surrounding the suspicious deaths of their mother’s three husbands. This was also mentioned in the previous Hide Your Wallet section.
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