Going Away Party: A NovelWinner of Story Line's first Three Oaks Prize in Fiction, supported by Bloomsbury Books of Ashland, Oregon. Selected from more than 600 entrants, "Going Away Party" stood out for its brisk pace, sassy, streetwise patter, and surprising, compassionate conclusion. Twenty-year-old Jess MacGuire, a good Catholic girl, wrestles with her uncertain future while her family is away on vacation. When her mother's ex-lover appears, she invites him to stay...until they're caught red-handed. An edgy, optimistic affirmation of love and family life. Laura Pedersen was chosen as one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans by President Clinton in 1994. The youngest person ever to have a seat on the floor of the American Stock Exchange, she wrote her first book, "Play Money," about that experience, and a second," Street-Smart Career Guide," about entrepeneurship. A former assistant to Joan Rivers, she writes comedy and performs at the Improv and other venues. She has appeared on "Oprah," the "David Letterman Show," and "Good Morning, America," and is a columnist for the "Sunday New York Times," |
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... Night No sooner are we inside the house than it strikes me that maybe he really is some sort of a criminal . There had been a spree of break - ins over the summer . Perhaps a maniac ? No , too brand conscious for that . But I'm relieved ...
... night watchman there , which drives Mr. Sutherland crazy because he insists that Mrs. Sutherland is a morning person ... night , ” I say . " Is Monday his poker night ? " " I think that these days every night is poker night . " I can't ...
... night and checking into some roadside motel with paper bath mats and plastic drinking cups . " It's kind of you to offer , but I'm not sure . " For a second I actually have an unmistakable urge to comfort him . It's a dangerous surge of ...