New Releases by Susan Meyers

"Grrr morning," Granny says. "Rise and growl." Woolsey is excited. It''s the first day of school for this little monster! But as Granny walks Woolsey to the school raft, he begins to worry. What if the teacher asks me a question and I don''t know the answer? What if no one plays with me at recess? What if he''s the only monster whose granny walks him to the school raft? Join this young monster as he faces his fears on the first day of school.

A szociális munkásként dolgozó Maddy türelmesen és odaadóan segít a bajba jutott nőknek, akik függőségeikkel vagy éppen bántalmazó párjukkal küzdenek. Otthon már jóval kevésbé ura a helyzetnek: nap mint nap próbálja a felszínen tartani magát, gondoskodni három gyerekéről, intézni a napi feladatokat, és nem mellékesen megmenteni a házasságát. Férje, Ben, sikeres ügyvéd, akinek derogál kivenni a részét a közös teendőkből, de legalább idegesíti, ahogyan a felesége próbálja megoldani a dolgokat. Bár szeretik egymást, egyre több az ütközési felület, és Maddy hiába figyelmezteti a férjét, Ben dühkitörései egyre aggasztóbbak. Egy végzetes napon az indulatoktól majd'' szétfeszülő férfi autóbalesetet okoz, és a következő pillanatban már mindenki azért imádkozik, hogy Maddy térjen magához. Ben, a kamasz Emma, a kilencéves Gracie és a kis Caleb sokkolóan új élethelyzettel találja szemben magát, és az indulatokkal, félelmekkel és magánnyal mindenki a maga módján kénytelen megküzdeni. „Gyönyörűen megírt, megrendítő és gondolkodásra ösztönző regény"

A collection of writing and art by diverse creators, with a focus on the intersections of identity. This collection includes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art.

Two estranged sisters find that forgiveness never goes out of style when they inherit their mother’s vintage jackets, purses… and pearls of wisdom Estranged half-sisters Gabrielle Winslow and Lulu Quattro have only two things in common: mounds of debt and coils of unresolved enmity toward Bette Bradford, their controlling and imperious recently deceased mother. Gabrielle, the firstborn, was raised in relative luxury on Manhattan’s rarefied Upper East Side. Now, at fifty-five, her life as a Broadway costume designer married to a heralded Broadway producer has exploded in divorce. Lulu, who spent half her childhood under the tutelage of her working-class Brooklyn grandparents, is a grieving widow at forty-eight. With her two sons grown, her life feels reduced to her work at the Ditmas Park bakery owned by her late husband’s family. The two sisters arrive for the reading of their mother’s will, expecting to divide a sizable inheritance, pay off their debts, and then again turn their backs on each other. But to their shock, what they have been left is their mother’s secret walk-in closet jammed with high-end current and vintage designer clothes and accessories— most from Chanel. Contemplating the scale of their mother’s self-indulgence, the sisters can’t help but wonder if Lauren Weisberger had it wrong: because it seems, in fact, that the devil wore Chanel. But as they begin to explore their mother’s collection, meet and fall in love with her group of warm, wonderful friends, and magically find inspiring messages tucked away in her treasures — it seems as though their mother is advising Lulu and Gabrielle from the beyond — helping them rediscover themselves and restore their relationship with each other.

In this “big-hearted triumph of a novel” (Carolyn Parkhurst, New York Times bestselling author) for fans of Jennifer Weiner, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers. Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about their children, husbands, work—and everything else of importance in their lives. Daphne, plump in a family of model-thin women, discovered early that only slimness earns admiration. Alice, break-up skinny when she met her husband, risks losing her marriage if she keeps gaining weight. The two women meet at Waisted. Located in a remote Vermont mansion, the program promises fast, dramatic weight loss, and Alice, Daphne, and five other women are desperate enough to leave behind their families for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The catch? They must agree to always be on camera; afterward, the world will see Waisted: The Documentary. But the women soon discover that the filmmakers have trapped them in a cruel experiment. With each pound lost, they edge deeper into obsession and instability...until they decide to take matters into their own hands. Randy Susan Meyers “spins a compelling tale” (Kirkus Reviews) and “delivers a timely examination of body image, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman in modern society...Culturally inclusive and societally on point, this is a must-read” (Library Journal).

Women Under Scrutiny is an honest, intimate examination of the relationships we have with our bodies, hair, and faces, how we''ve been treated by the world based on our appearance-and how we have treated others. The women who created the serious, humorous, and courageous work in this anthology-women ages seventeen to seventy-six-represent an array of cultures and religions from across the United States. They are an extraordinary group of women who all share one thing: the ability to tell the truth.Women Under Scrutiny grew out of Randy Susan Meyers'' new novel, Waisted, the story of two women who torture themselves and are brutalized by others around weight issues, who get caught in the war against women, disguised as a war against fat.¿"Meyers exquisitely explores body image, family, and marriage in this surprisingly deep novel. . . she dips into major issues of race, culture, obsession, and sisterhood. Taking on the timely topic of how a woman is perceived in today''s society, she twists it into how far women will go to be what society deems right, and at what cost-a marriage, a family obligation, a personal goal?"- Booklist (about Waisted: A Novel)

Hip, hip, hooray for babies! From squish baby bellies to ticklish little toes, from crawling to clapping, and playtime to naptime, celebrate all the amazing things that babies can do!

Most contemporary public managers will work in some type of collaborative or networked arrangement at some time in their professional careers. More and more work in public administration and policy is now being done in collaborative formats, and while there are many studies, articles, and cases describing successful endeavors, a good deal of confusion persists about what, exactly, makes them work. What are the best practices? This book focuses on the processes, protocols, and incentives needed for successful collaborative endeavors. Moving beyond new public governance theories and the limits of new public management, Chandler uniquely focuses on the facilitative skills and tools that members and facilitators need for success in collaborative work. Written by an author with both academic and practical experience in organizing, developing, leading, and facilitating public-private collaboratives, this book has both an academic thrust and an action focus, drawing on case studies from the fields of health and human services to highlight important theoretical and/or practice points. Making Collaboratives Work is required reading for undergraduate and graduate public-administration students of collaborative management, nonprofit administration, organizational theory and practice, communications, public policy, and leadership. The book is also ideally suited to public administrators and nonprofit managers asked to work in public-private partnerships and collaboratives to solve complex problems.

"Of course, it began with a man. Aren''t troubles with men a woman''s daily bread? Worse yet, I was sleeping with the trouble and he wasn''t my husband-a secret as undeserved as cruel. Adam''s marriage crimes were cold but not savage, and certainly not worthy of infidelity." Isabelle needs one good reason to shave her legs with joy. Her husband broods over cholesterol, white flour, and his dental patients; her nervous eight-year-old son worries about everything, and her teen-aged daughter thinks Isabelle is an embarrassment. Isabelle begins her affair for many reasons-her husband treats her as an employee, her daughter turns more sour each day, and she feels she''s holding onto pretty by her teeth. But the lust isn''t worth the guilt, and when her daughter strikes up an unexpected friendship with the daughter of her lover, Isabelle''s two worlds approach a devastating collision.

Příběh rozdělený do šesti částí popisuje ženu, která zjistí, že její manžel není tím, kým si myslela, že je. A ona se musí rozhodnout, zda s ním zůstat či odejít. Pheobe a Jake. Jejich vztah začal v roce 1960, jí bylo patnáct a jemu osmnáct. Ona příliš mladá a on plnou hlavu velkých plánů o tom, jak dobude svět. Čas běží a Jakovi sny se stávají realitou, buduje své impérium, po boku má Pheobe, která ho bezmezně miluje a děti. Nic ale není, tak jak vypadá a pro Pheoebe to bude tvrdá rána, protože zjistí, že její manžel není tak úžasný, jak si myslela. Za jeho úspěchem stojí obrovské Ponziho schéma a to se zhroutí jako domeček z karet. Je rok 2009 a Pheobe přemýšlí, zda s Jakem zůstat nebo odejít, návštěvy ve vězení ji vyčerpávají a uvědomuje si, že Jake snad ani nelituje, toho co způsobil. Sebere Pheobe odvahu Jakea konečně opustit nebo s ním zůstane dál a bude čelit všem hrozbám, které se pojí s tím, že jste manželkou muže, který zpronevěřil miliardy?

A provocative new novel by bestselling author Randy Susan Meyers about the seemingly blind love of a wife for her husband as he conquers Wall Street, and her extraordinary, perhaps foolish, loyalty during his precipitous fall. Phoebe recognizes fire in Jake Pierce''s belly from the moment they meet as teenagers. As he creates a financial dynasty, she trusts him without hesitation--unaware his hunger for success hides a dark talent for deception. When Phoebe learns her husband''s triumph and vast reach rests on an elaborate Ponzi scheme her world unravels. As Jake''s crime is uncovered, the world obsesses about Phoebe. Did she know her life was fabricated by fraud? Was she his accomplice? While Jake is trapped in the web of his deceit, Phoebe is caught in an unbearable choice. Her children refuse to see her if she remains at their father''s side, but abandoning him feels cruel and impossible. From penthouse to prison, with tragic consequences rippling well beyond Wall Street, Randy Susan Meyers''s latest novel exposes a woman struggling to survive and then redefine her life as her world crumbles.

Shoe Haiku is for those of us who absolutely love shoes. Dressy shoes, casual shoes, special occasion shoes. Any kind of shoes. This book celebrates the ups and downs of shoe owner-ship, from the perfect pair of autumn boots to the reviled puce bridesmaid pumps.So whether you''re a sneaker girl who secretly covets red high heels, or you practically live in your comfy cowboy boots, Shoe Haiku is just for you.

JAM HANDS! is a collection of 14 fun, imaginative, silly and wonderful stories written on a 1st and 2nd grade reading level. "My kids laughed out loud while reading this one tonight. There''s nothing better in the world than hearing them giggle like that!"What is a DyslexiAssist Reader?This is a DyslexiAssist Reader - a book designed with a special font and layout specifically to help increase readability for children struggling with Dyslexia.When reading with this font and layout, independent research shows that 84% of dyslexics read faster, 77% read with fewer mistakes, and 76% recommend the font to others who also suffer.

"Döbbenetes első regény... Túlságosan hihető és szívszorító." (Los Angeles Times) Egy anya olyat kért, amit lehetetlen megtenni. Egy apa olyat tett, amit nem lehet megbocsátani. Lulu és Merry gyerekkora sosem volt felhőtlen, de a legnehezebb időszakok, a legbántóbb szavak, a leghangosabb veszekedések is eltörpülnek egyetlen nap emlékének árnyékában. Épp Lulu tizedik születésnapja előtt a lányoknak olyan traumát kell átélniük, amit legfeljebb csak túlélni lehet, megérteni és feldolgozni sohasem. Azon a végzetes napon apa megölte anyát. A tragédia után Lulu és Merry gyermekotthonba, majd nevelőszülőkhöz kerül. De pontosan tudják, a történtek után senkiben sem bízhatnak, és csak egymásra számíthatnak. Harminc éven át próbálnak értelmet adni a gyermekkorban átélt szörnyűségnek, miközben börtönben ülő apjuk nyomasztó kísértete lengi be a hétköznapokat. Lulu azzal áltatja magát, hogy apja halott, Merry viszont úgy érzi, bármit is tett, közeli kapcsolatban kell maradnia vele. Meyers gyönyörűen megírt, letehetetlen első regénye a család erejébe vetett hit, valamint a szeretteinkhez kapcsoló és tőlük elszakító kötelékek testamentuma. Randy Susan Meyers Bostonban él a férjével, és két felnőtt lány anyja. Írószemináriumokat tart a Grub Street Writer''s Centerben.

When a teddy bear is lost by the child who loves him, the bear begins an amazing journey to get back home again. From swimming in the ocean with the fish, to flying in the sky with the gulls, to being found by a sailor, and then being carried off by the wind, the bear meets new friends and travels to many places he never dreamed of. Reminiscent of such classics as The Velveteen Rabbit and the award-winning Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, this tender picture book with beautiful seaside imagery will capture readers’ hearts with the bear’s summer adventure as he gets back home where he belongs. Also available by Susan Meyers Praise for Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! [STAR] “The rhyme shows the simplicity Meyers employs in a text so well structured that almost any adult (or new reader) can prance through with natural, bouncy enthusiasm.” —Booklist, starred review Also available by Amy Bates Praise for The Dog Who Belonged to No One [STAR] “The pencil and watercolor illustrations, featuring a palette of golden earth tones, echo the gentle sentiment of the narrative.” —School Library Journal, starred review [STAR] “Careful parallel storytelling and beautifully paced page turns allow both text and illustrations to develop the characters, establishing both worth and loneliness.” —Kirkus, starred review F&P level: K F&P genre: RF

Every day, everywhere, babies are born. They''re kissed and dressed and rocked and fed--and completely adored by the families who love them. With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, here is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best.

Cinco anos atrás... Tia apaixonou-se obsessivamente por um homem por quem nunca deveria ter se apaixonado. Quando engravidou, Nathan desapareceu, e ela entregou seu bebê para a adoção. Caroline adotou um bebê para agradar o marido. Agora ela questiona se está preparada para o papel de esposa e mãe. Juliette considerava sua vida perfeita: tinha um casamento sólido, dois lhos lindos e um negócio próspero. E então ela descobre o caso de Nathan. Ele prometeu que nunca mais a trairia novamente, e ela confiou nele. Hoje... Tia ainda não superou o fim do seu caso com Nathan. Todos os anos ela recebe fotos de sua garotinha, e desta vez, em um impulso, decide enviar algumas delas para a casa do ex-amante. É Juliette quem abre o envelope. Ela nunca soube da existência da criança, e agora precisa desesperadamente descobrir quantas outras mentiras sustentaram o seu casamento até hoje.

In ''Schaduwkant'' van Randy Susan Meyers is Madeline getrouwd met Ben, een slimme en charismatische advocaat. Ben heeft echter ook een andere kant: hij kan zomaar in razernij uitbarsten. Maddie kan niet voorzien wanneer of waarom Ben boos wordt, maar voor haar kinderen bewaart ze de vrede door op eieren te lopen als hij in de buurt is. Tot de regenachtige dag waarop Ben woest wordt en Maddie in het ziekenhuis belandt, vechtend voor haar leven. ''Schaduwkant'' van Randy Susan Meyers is een aangrijpende roman over de schaduwkant van een huwelijk en de effecten van agressie door een echtgenoot. Dit verhaal – dat afwisselend wordt verteld door Maddie, Ben en hun veertienjarige dochter – weet op een zeldzaam zachte en subtiele wijze een onderwerp te belichten dat nog steeds een taboe is.

What To Do Before Your Book Launch is a guide for authors, covering everything from working with your publisher, to reading in public, to help for publicity and marketing, to using (and misusing) social media, to how to dress for your author photo . . . and far more, including cautionary tales, worksheets, timelines and etiquette tips.

Three perfect books for babies and the people who love them. The beloved Time for Bed, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, and Everywhere Babies are nestled in a beautiful slipcase. A lovely starter library of the sweetest stories to welcome baby to the world!

A social worker struggling to keep the peace with her increasingly volatile husband for the sake of their children finds herself fighting for her life in the hospital after his temper gets the best of him one rainy day.

Il y a cinq ans, Tia est tombé follement amoureuse d''un homme déjà marié et père de deux enfants. Quand elle est tombée enceinte, il a disparu, et Tia a fait adopter l''enfant. Il y a cinq ans, Caroline, chercheur en médecine, a adopté à contrecœur un bébé pour faire plaisir à son mari. Elle a prié pour que ses doutes disparaissent. Il y a cinq ans, Juliette pensait que sa vie était idéale. Un mariage solide, deux beaux enfants, un métier passionnant... Puis elle a découvert que son mari la trompait. Il a promis de ne plus recommencer, et elle l''a cru. Jusqu''au jour où une lettre est envoyée... signant le début d''une spirale qui mêlera le destin des trois femmes. Après le succès de L’Impossible Pardon, traduit dans plus de dix pays, un roman fort qui explore les dommages collatéraux de l’infidélité et la difficulté d’être mère. Un drame psychologique complexe et captivant. Booklist.

Simple, rhyming text carries a sleepy baby through such bedtime routines as rocking, reading aloud, and a kiss goodnight.

Find your group’s next great read with Atria Book Club Bites: a free sampling of ten books guaranteed to feed your discussion. Great books, dear friends, and fascinating conversation are the key ingredients in any book club. To help you decide what to read next, dip into Atria Book Club Bites: a free sampling of ten books guaranteed to feed your discussion. You’ll find excerpts from: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose The Mapmaker’s War by Ronlyn Domingue The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Heart Like Mine by Amy Hatvany The Edge of the Earth by Christina Schwarz Bird of Paradise by Raquel Cepeda Out With It by Katherine Preston Whether your club enjoys contemporary women’s fiction, stories with moral and ethical dilemmas, or a fascinating memoir, we’ve got a great book guaranteed to get you talking.

Ein zutiefst bewegender Roman über drei Frauen, deren Schicksale unausweichlich miteinander verbunden sind Ein Moment der Leidenschaft, der alles verändert. Ein Schritt voller Zweifel. Eine Lüge, die das Glück zur Illusion macht. Fünf Jahre nachdem Tia von dem verheirateten Nathan schwanger wurde und ihr Kind zur Adoption freigab, führt ein Brief die Schicksale der Menschen zusammen, die ein unsichtbares Band längst untrennbar miteinander verbindet. Kurz nachdem sich Tia auf eine Affäre mit dem verheirateten Nathan eingelassen hat, wird sie schwanger. Als klar wird, dass sich der Vater nicht um das Kind kümmern wird, trifft Tia die schwerste Entscheidung ihres Lebens und gibt ihre Tochter zur Adoption frei. Fünf Jahre später erfährt Nathans Frau Juliette in einem Brief von der Existenz der kleinen Savannah. Ist ihr Leben mit Nathan eine einzige Lüge? Wird sie ihrem Mann je wieder vertrauen können? Juliette kämpft für ihr Glück und nimmt Kontakt zu den beiden Müttern von Savannah auf: zu Tia, der biologischen Mutter, und zu Caroline, die das Mädchen adoptiert hat. Die Wege dreier ganz unterschiedlicher Frauen kreuzen sich – mit Folgen, die ihr Leben von Grund auf ändern werden ...

“Happiness at someone else’s expense came at a price. Tia had imagined judgment from the first kiss that she and Nathan shared. All year, she’d waited to be punished for being in love, and in truth, she believed that whatever consequences came her way would be deserved.” Five years ago, Tia fell into obsessive love with a man she could never have. Married, and the father of two boys, Nathan was unavailable in every way. When she became pregnant, he disappeared, and she gave up her baby for adoption. Five years ago, Caroline, a dedicated pathologist, reluctantly adopted a baby to please her husband. She prayed her misgivings would disappear; instead, she’s questioning whether she’s cut out for the role of wife and mother. Five years ago, Juliette considered her life ideal: she had a solid marriage, two beautiful young sons, and a thriving business. Then she discovered Nathan’s affair. He promised he’d never stray again, and she trusted him. But when Juliette intercepts a letter to her husband from Tia that contains pictures of a child with a deep resemblance to her husband, her world crumbles once more. How could Nathan deny his daughter? And if he’s kept this a secret from her, what else is he hiding? Desperate for the truth, Juliette goes in search of the little girl. And before long, the three women and Nathan are on a collision course with consequences that none of them could have predicted. Riveting and arresting, The Comfort of Lies explores the collateral damage of infidelity and the dark, private struggles many of us experience but rarely reveal.

Poetry. Winner of the 2012 Cider Press Review Editors'' Prize. "Few poets writing today manage to teach us the beauty of the simple things with such precise language and tender care for detail... as Susan Laughter Meyers does in her new book MY DEAR, DEAR STAGGER GRASS. Meyers writes with the voraciousness of someone seeking to consume and somehow preserve every fiber of our senses; it is about collecting place, but it is also about collecting feeling, memory, and a way of being in the world." Lola Haskins"

Poems of discovery and loss pull the magical from the mundane Keep and Give Away was selected by Terrance Hayes as the inaugural winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize sponsored by the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. In her first full-length collection, Susan Meyers guides us through her examination of life''s ordinary moments and the seemingly ordinary images that abide in them to reveal the extraordinary. From minutia to marriage, crumbs to crows, nothing is too commonplace to escape her attention as she traverses terrains of childhood, loss, relationships, and death. Mostly lyrical and often elegiac, the poems of Keep and Give Away move along the rifts between the past and present, the lived and desired. The dominant emotions of the verses are deepened by observations rooted in our natural world, where birds are "yeses quickening the air" and the sky can "lap you up, and up." In the book''s final section, marriage poems turn to fishing and gardening for their truths, contemplations that recognize the realities of a world governed by luck, imperfection, contraries, and—most of all—love.

Zwei Schwestern - eine dramatische Kindheit - ein Ja zum Leben Lulu ist zehn, als ihr Vater vor ihren Augen die Mutter ersticht. Jetzt gibt es nur noch sie und ihre Schwester Merry - und niemanden, der sie tröstet. Scheinbar unzertrennlich meistern die beiden in den Folgejahren alle Schwierigkeiten. Doch ihre Geschwisterliebe wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Denn während die eine ihren Vater verleugnet, sucht die andere nach Wegen der Versöhnung ... Obwohl ihre Mutter es verboten hat, lässt Lulu ihren Vater in die Wohnung - aus Mitleid, denn sie spürt, wie sehr er unter der Trennung leidet. Machtlos muss sie dann erleben, wie der Streit zwischen den Eltern eskaliert. Sie versucht noch, Hilfe zu holen, doch es ist bereits zu spät: Die Mutter ist tot, ihre Schwester Merry schwer verletzt. Schuldgefühle werden von nun an zu Lulus ständigem Begleiter - und lassen sie umso entschlossener um eine bessere Zukunft für sich und Merry kämpfen. Doch es schwelt zwischen den Schwestern ein sich über die Jahre zuspitzender Konflikt: Während Lulu ihren Vater konsequent verleugnet, fühlt Merry sich für ihn verantwortlich ... Mit Humor und Sensibilität schildert Randy Susan Meyers den Weg zweier Mädchen aus einer dramatisch-düsteren Kindheit zu einem selbstbewussten Leben als erwachsene Frauen.