Yes, I am one of those dreaded P.K.s–Preacher's Kids.
I ended up using the punchbowl box as an end table for two years.Ģ. ) and a punchbowl (my grandmother's gift) under my arm. I lived in Texas until I was 26 years old, then I moved to New York City with $600.00 in my shoe ('cause muggers won't take it out of your shoe, y'know.
TEN THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME by Libba Brayġ. Or that I made everyone call me "Bert" in ninth grade for no reason that I can think of. Or that I once sang a punk version of "Que Sera Sera" onstage in New York City. That doesn't tell you that I stuck a bead up my nose while watching TV when I was four and thought I'd have to go to the ER and have it cut out. I could tell you the facts–I lived in Texas for most of my life I live in New York City with my husband and six-year-old son now I have freckles and a lopsided smile I'm allergic to penicillin.īut that doesn't really give you much insight into me. I think what gets me feeling itchy is all that emphasis on the facts of a life, while all the juicy, relevant, human oddity stuff gets left on the cutting room floor.
What is it about writing an author bio that gives me that deer-in-headlights feeling? It's not exactly like I'm going to say "I was born in Alabama…" and somebody's going to jump up and snarl, "Oh yeah? Prove it!" At least I hope not. "A huge work of massive ambition.” - Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewĪ Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearĪ 2008 New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeĬCBC Choice (Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. The Order-the mysterious group her mother was once part of-is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana.
Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. The gripping conclusion to the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, an exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine.
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