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Synopsis –
Priorities
Career woman Lonnie Vendor is content with her wholesome
life, happily married to Jay, a handsome and nurturing
husband and successful architect. She enjoys her
gratifying career, healthy lifestyle and no children –
by choice. Playing stepmom to her husband’s three
children every other weekend is enough.
Who would guess that her uncomplicated life would
unravel? Ex-wife dies. Kids move in. Goodbye simplicity
and freedom! Lonnie sacrifices her career and takes on
the role of stay-at-home mom. Major mistake.
Frenzied and stressed, Lonnie drinks heavily one night
and thinks she cheats on her husband. Unable to live
with the guilt, she drives away. No luggage. No plans.
Nowhere to go.
She pushes the gas pedal to New York City where she
treats herself to shopping sprees, Broadway plays, and
five star restaurants and hotels. Lonnie faxes her
husband to say she needs a rejuvenating break.
There she connects with Gloria, a spicy, animated,
unrestrained bartender who takes her on a wild,
undisciplined and spontaneous vacation to the Bahamas,
proving to Lonnie how marvelous it is to be free of
responsibility. Pushy and selfish Gloria manipulates
Lonnie into mischief she never would have considered.
Jay treks after Lonnie on a wild goose chase,
surrendering after he
learns that she’s on a tropical vacation. Time to
forget his irrational wife, work less hours, and focus
on his kids.
After her wallet vanishes, she is partied out and Gloria
grates on her last nerve, Lonnie returns. Ashamed, she
camps out in a friend’s spare room, reinstates her
career and tries to forget her stupidity. Now what
appeared to be the greener grass isn't such a big deal
anymore.
Although she miserably
misses her family, her husband's anger won’t subside.
The stalemate continues until a
parent’s worse nightmare yanks the couple back to
reality. Realizing nothing is more important than his
family, Jay turns to Lonnie for comfort and strength.
Through the emotional months apart Lonnie and Jay each
learn some very valuable lessons about the priorities in
their lives.
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Introduction
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Clever Time Saving Tips for Very Busy Women
Most
of us are very busy people and we juggle too much. Our
schedules are packed, and we sometimes become unraveled
trying to fit in everything. The chronic whine of “I
don’t have time!” becomes commonplace. What to do?
Outsmart time!
Is time on your side?
Probably not. So while you handle the petty details in
everyday life, why not learn a few shortcuts? Clever
idea pro Suzanne Singleton once again shares loads of
clever ideas, this time about saving time. From making
sandwiches to buying gas to having a bad hair day,
Clever Time Saving Tips for Very Busy Women can help
anyone beat the clock. The book takes a look at our
obsession with time, our perception of time, our
awareness of time, and why being organized equals saving
time.
Section I discusses being late vs. being on time, the
penalties and perks, and tips on changing the habit of
being perpetually late in life.
Section II tackles the meat
of saving time with detailed time saving tips for every
day. Shortcuts While Parenting, Around the House, In
the Kitchen, Outsmarting Time during the Holidays,
and Personal Time Savers are a few categories
offering time saving shortcuts to help you outsmart
time.
Section III is called
Time to be Human and offers ways to make the best
use of our time when dealing with others.
Clever Time Saving Tips are presented in quick clips
for quick reads, because who has time to read an entire
book? These handy hints are feasible, useful and
constructive for single girls, business women and
stay-at-home moms.
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Synopsis -
Nonna in a Nursing
Home
Based on the author’s experience of visiting her
grandmother in a nursing home for several years, with
her mom and 5-year old daughter, the story addresses a
child’s fears, concerns, and observations of visiting a
90-year-old Italian Nonna in a wheelchair. The child’s
perspective is comically touching, and her love shines
through in all the right places to reach the reader’s
heart.
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Synopsis -
The
Crowning of the Princess Mermaids
Written by two authors, this rhyming fairytale follows
two young girls to the bottom of the sea. After they
wish to become Princess Mermaids, they are transformed.
When a snooty, pot-bellied blowfish informs them that
they cannot be true princesses without crowns, the
mermaids search until they discover a pink starfish and
a purple squid who are honored to be their crowns. Along
the way, the mermaids befriend a wise old tortoise and a
smiling dolphin who call all the creatures of the sea to
a merrymaking to celebrate the crowning of the Princess
Mermaids.
Synopsis
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The Magical Carousel
Ride
Written by two authors,
this rhyming fairytale follows two young girls to the
make-believe world of unicorns and fairies after they
wish that their carousel horses would come alive. Riding
above the clouds on pink and purple unicorns, they are
shocked that other unicorns reject their colorful ones.
When the Unicorn King loses his golden horn, the girls
find it for him among the elves and clover patches. The
King is so grateful that he makes a grand speech to the
kingdom that it doesn’t matter if you look different,
because deep down we are all the same.
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