Even when you've got soccer to keep you going, growing up is hard to do--particularly when you're trying to find love and you're battling with a dark secret. Everyone thinks Liam O'Sullivan is a happy-go-lucky guy who is just having a few problems with the opposite sex. His long term girlfriend has recently dumped him after two very unfortunate incidents and, like many young men, he's balancing the search for a new love with the important business of running his Sunday league soccer team. As if that wasn't enough, he's trying to find time to cheer on England from qualification to 2002 World Cup glory. His life seems like that of any other young man, but under the surface, things couldn't be more different. Liam is battling to cope with the aftermath of abuse he has suffered and his family is in the middle of an ongoing crisis which is to have a tragic conclusion. So when Liam meets Kate, the girl of his dreams, he hopes he will be able to solve his problems and find eventual happiness. By turns humorous and bleak, "this coming of age story probes into the heart of a very modern family to tackle issues which are all too familiar to many people. Witty and warm, it's a gripping story you won't be able to put down.
One of Spain's richest men is dying.
Now , the mystery of Howard Hughes is finally revealed ... in his own words . The sensational New York Times Bestseller CITIZEN HUGHES He tried to buy the United States government but instead he brought it down .
Liebe auf den ersten Blick verbindet den einfachen Farmer Noah mit der reichen, verwöhnten Allie ein Leben lang. Auch Alter und Krankheit können ihrer Beziehung nichts anhaben
“ That's the first good piece of news you've given me . ” “ I'm sorry . ” " In fact , I'm feeling a little fragile already , ” Evan admitted . Victor didn't answer , but sat frozen to his chair . He'd been chainsmoking , he realized ...
She had a small glistening barrette on one side of her head , a circle of real diamonds and rubies . In a barrette ! Not from Wendy . A gift to herself . " Thanks ! You too . See , I told you . Isn't this fun ?
Courtney came out to the terrace wearing a pink skirt , a pink and white striped blouse , her hair caught back with a silver barrette . “ You do look tired , ” Fox told her . “ I'll be all right when I've had dinner . I missed lunch .
Cassie Simon is a struggling artist living in New York City.
On completing it, she thought she hadexorcised the ghosts of her imposing parents, but she had also brought form to abook every bit as vivid and intense as the work of Lily Briscoe, the indomitableartist at the centre of the novel.
Glamorous Sally loved to shop, and Audrey makes it her goal to get fit and slender enough to wear a green dress she finds in Sally's well-stocked closet. The biggest mystery is Sally's true love. Who was he, and why didn't Sally marry him?
It happens after Delia Byrd's new man dies in an accident, leaving her with a child. The novel describes the family's adjustment, including that of her teen daughters. By the author of Bastard Out of Carolina.