Two contrasting stories - The Necklace is a story of vanity, of two lives blighted by the loss of a diamond necklace, whilst The Pearls is the story of love and fear; both authors use the symbolism of jewels to illustrate the human ...
Neil, Wade, this is Ensign George Warren... A sometimes friend," Jim added jokingly, giving George a light punch on the shoulder. "Okay," Ensign Warren answered, "I'll be waiting to hear all about this. Commander, Lieutenant, if you'll ...
When Lola breaks her red and blue necklace, her brother and sister help her repair it.
The Necklace By: James Hughes A young boy dreams of finding a magic necklace. The necklace and its history lead him on a path to learn more of its mysterious origin.
Crisp as a gin martini, fresh as a twist of lime, The Necklace is the charming and intoxicating story “written with wit, compassion, and a meticulous attention to period and cultural detail” (Kirkus Reviews) of long-simmering family ...
She blames her former friend for the past miserable 10 years. Jeanne reveals that the necklace she lent to Madame Loisel had contained fake diamonds and was worth no more than 500 francs.
The Necklace tells the stories of three women, each with a dangerous secret.
The clock ticks down in a heart-pounding crusade for justice Susan Lentigo's daughter was murdered twenty years ago—and now, at long last, this small-town waitress sets out on a road trip all the way from Upstate New York to North Dakota ...
A best-selling book describes how thirteen women jointly purchased a valuable diamond necklace that they would share, with each woman holding the necklace for twenty-eight days a year, revealing how a simple agreement became a study in ...
Enchanting, exquisite and entertaining, each and every one of these stories will be a prized possession for you and your readers.
The Necklace: Based on "The Necklace" a Short Story by Guy de Maupassant
Santiago Gonzalez needs the army that his bride's dowry will raise. But with the dowry comes a bride who is Santiago's match for shrewdness, courage and love, in this story of conquest in 13th century Spain.
Crisp as a gin martini, fresh as a twist of lime, The Necklace is the charming and intoxicating story “written with wit, compassion, and a meticulous attention to period and cultural detail” (Kirkus Reviews) of long-simmering family ...
One day a woman of average means waltzes by a jewellery shop window and spots a £20,000 diamond necklace. She can't get it out of her head. Eventually she gets...
Revised Edition Neil L. Hawkins. The Book in the Loft Series The book inthe Loft TheNecklace Journey'sEnd The Awakening Chase through Time The Mission Assassin's Time out of Time Beyond the Unknown Worlds in Time Apart NEIL L. HAWKINS.
Gifted photographer Andre grows up on a vineyard in Provence, content with his life until he receives a gift that throws his world into turmoil and sends him on a quest he's not certain he's ready to undertake until he meets Holly, a highly ...
Original, resonant, and beautifully told, this book is an inspiring story about a necklace that became greater than the sum of its links, and about thirteen ordinary women who understood the power of possibility, who touched the lives of a ...
What if we shared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, and one great leap of faith later, Jonell and twelve other women bought the necklace together-to be passed along among them all.
Perform this script about a beautiful young woman who gets to escape her middle-class life for one night among the rich and famous.
"This ... novel set in the rarified world of money and society alternates between two generations of the Quincy family: the wealthy robber baron brothers who vied over a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and the young woman who inherits a ...