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Good Grief (novel)
''Good Grief'' is a 2004 novel by the ''New York Times'' bestselling author Lolly Winston. Plot summary Thirty-six-year-old Sophie Stanton desperately wants to be a good widow-a graceful, composed, Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, she is more of the Jack Daniels kind. Self-medicating with ice cream for breakfast, breaking down at the supermarket, and showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers-soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job, house...and waistline. With humor and chutzpah Sophie leaves town, determined to reinvent her life. But starting over has its hurdles; soon she's involved with a thirteen-year-old who has a fascination with fire, and a handsome actor who inspires a range of feelings she can't cope with-yet. Commercial and critical reception In her ''New York Times'' review, Janet Maslin wrote that Holly Winston treats matters of life and death with incongruous lightness and insistent lovability, capably rendered and extremely reader-friendly. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolly Winston
Lolly Winston is an American best selling novelist, known for '' Good Grief''. Early life and education Lolly Winston was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Career Winston wrote a collection of short stories as her thesis while at Sarah Lawrence College, and her short stories have appeared in ''The Sun'', ''The Southeast Review'', ''The Third Berkshire Anthology'', ''Girls' Night Out'', and others. Her debut novel '' Good Grief'' was a New York Times bestseller. In 2019, the novel was optioned by screenwriters and producers Louay Khraish and Faissal Sam Shaib, and the script they wrote based on the novel was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival Script Competition. In 2006, Julia Roberts Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardback
A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather). It has a flexible, sewn spine which allows the book to lie flat on a surface when opened. Modern hardcovers may have the pages glued onto the spine in much the same way as paperbacks. Following the ISBN sequence numbers, books of this type may be identified by the abbreviation Hbk. Hardcover books are often printed on acid-free paper, and they are much more durable than paperbacks, which have flexible, easily damaged paper covers. Hardcover books are marginally more costly to manufacture. Hardcovers are frequently protected by artistic dust jackets, but a "jacketless" alternative has increased in popularity: these "paper-over-board" or "jacketless" hardcover bindings forgo the dust jacket in favor of printing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellowbacks, dime novels, and airport novels. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size. In the United States, there are "mass-market paperbacks" and larger, more durable "trade paperbacks". In the United Kingdom, there are A-format, B-format, and the largest C-format sizes. Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Lower-quality paper, glued (rather than stapled or sewn) bindings, and the lack of a hard cover may contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperback can be the preferred medium when a book is not expected t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 American Novels
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Lit Novels
Chick or chicks may refer to: *Chick (young bird), a bird that has not yet reached adulthood People * Chick (nickname), a list of people * Chick (surname), various people * Chick McGee, stage name of radio personality Charles Dean Hayes (born 1957) Places * Chick Island, in Lake Erie, Canada * Chick Springs, Taylors, South Carolina, United States, a mineral spring Arts, entertainment, and media Films *Chick (1928 film), ''Chick'' (1928 film), a British film *Chick (1936 film), ''Chick'' (1936 film), a British film *''Les Nanas'' (''The Chicks''), a 1985 French comedy film Music *The Chicks, the current name of the band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks *The Chicks (duo), a New Zealand singing sibling duo, active in the 1960s *Someone's Ugly Daughter, Chick, an alternative rock music project led by Mariah Carey *"Chick", a song by Brockhampton (collective), Brockhampton Other *Chick (novel), ''Chick'' (novel), a 1923 novel by Edgar Wallace *''Joop Wilhelmus#Chick, Chick'', a D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
