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The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan. $ 1.99 AMZN | Google Play
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Meet the Grogans
Before there was Marley, there was a gleefully mischievous boy navigating his way through the seismic social upheaval of the 1960s. On the one side were his loving but comically traditional parents, whose expectations were clear. On the other were his neighborhood pals and all the misdeeds that followed. The more young John tried to straddle these two worlds, the more spectacularly, and hilariously, he failed. Told with Grogan’s trademark humor and affection, The Longest Trip Home is the story of one son’s journey into adulthood to claim his place in the world. It is a story of faith and reconciliation, breaking away and finding the way home again, and learning in the end that a family’s love will triumph over its differences.
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Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida. $ 1.99 AMZN | Google Play
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On the day of her father’s funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasn’t her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and her fiancé has just revealed a life-changing secret to her. Alone and adrift, Clarissa travels to mystical Lapland, where she believes she’ll meet her real father. There, at a hotel made of ice, Clarissa is confronted with the truth about her mother’s history, and must make a decision about how—and where—to live the rest of her life.
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Straight Up and Dirty by Stephanie Klein. $ 1.99
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“I did have my own friends, my own salary, my health, and TiVo: all the important things we’re likely to take for granted. Still, when it hit that I’d now have to date again, I panicked. Dating meant nightclubs, heels, and black. It meant, ‘No, thank you. Really, I’m full.’ It meant matching bras and underwear. Clothes with the micro used to describe them. Because until you date again, people will hiccup lines about getting back on horses. So you invest in an Agent Provocateur whip and a subscription to an online dating service… ”
–from Straight Up and Dirty
She had every girl’s dream: the perfect marriage to the perfect guy in the perfect apartment on the Upper East Side. Marriage fit Stephanie Klein like a glove… but unfortunately it fit her husband like a noose. And then, just like that, Klein found herself “divorced when you’re firm, fashionable, and let’s face it—fetching.”
Celebrated bloggist, photographer, and freelance writer Stephanie Klein lets it all hang out in this juicy tell-all tracing her jump back into single life following her divorce. On the dating advice of her therapist, Klein attempts to keep “a pair and a spare” of men always on hand and has lots of bawdy fun along the way. But when the anniversary of the devastating breakup from her “wasband” forces her to revisit what happened, she finds herself wanting more than her therapist’s recommended gimmick to keep her emotionally safe.
Straight Up and Dirty demonstrates that the true measure of success isn’t what’s crossed off life’s to-do list. It’s having the grace and fortitude to move through change, curls intact and smiling
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I Love The 80s by Megan Crane. $ FREE.
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Live in the now, they say, but for Jenna Jenkins, the now sucks.
Her fiancé dumped her, and she’s lacking the drive that might lead to a promotion at the eighties-themed cable station where she works. The only thing keeping her sane is her obsession with a brooding rock star, and an era, that died twenty-odd years ago. But then lightning strikes—literally—and sends her back to the year and the man she’s loved her entire life. Jenna has no choice but to take action to save Tommy Seer, lead singer of The Wild Boys, from the tragic accident that only she knows will claim his life.
But the real Tommy Seer is very different from the one who’s spent all this time starring in her favorite fantasies. As Jenna falls deeper into Tommy’s world—under his spell all over again, only this time without the schoolgirl crush—she realizes that his death was no accident. Can she find a killer, prevent a murder, and save the man she loves without everyone thinking she’s crazy?
And who thought shoulder pads were a good idea, anyway?
Perhaps the fact that the figure on the cover of “Let the Northern Lights” is staring directly at his (her?) belly button means navel gazing in the text is a fair bet!
@Sabrina: I can’t figure out who that is supposed to depict since the narrator is a female.
If you squint real hard, it could be a female. Maybe …
Time travel, 80’s, rock and roll, and free! Click!
Geo-restrictions on the Megan Crane book: not free on Amazon, it is free on Smashwords though.
It sounds interesting, so I got is as well.
Thank you so much Jolanda! I thought the Megan Crane book wasn’t available in digital format in Canada. Smashwords!!! :-D
Thank goodness for Smashwords. Kobo wanted $11.99 (in Australia) for the freebie from Megan Crane! (Also, I love the 80s too).
The Megan Crane book doesn’t appear to be free on Amazon, BN, ARE or Kobo – thanks for the heads up on Smashwords