![]() ![]() The two stories of Lina Kennedy, professional and personal, come together in this book and in Lina herself, a woman whose insight, courage, and indomitable spirit are an example for anyone who dreams of a better life. From there, she raced to entrepreneurship, expansion, and success. In her thirties, bedridden from injuries in an accident caused by a drunk driver, she saw by chance the business opportunity she had been waiting for and literally got up from bed to seize it. Instead, she amassed a wealth of experience and met a cast of colorful characters who imparted lessons about whom to trust, what to risk, and how to navigate in a hazardous world. In her twenties, a single mother with little education, she mystified her friends by refusing to play it safe, never staying in one job or one relationship. ![]() ![]() Alcoholics Anonymous rescued the family, but Lina faced years of healing even as she pursued the bright future she knew she would eventuallycreate. Raised in poverty and dysfunction, she was sustained by her inner strength and by a near-death experience at age seven, a mysterious gift of reassurance and hope. Yet behind the compelling story of how she built her company lies another drama, the tale of an abused child who could not be crushed. ![]() Professionally, Lina is the founder of a multimillion-dollar business based on her hard work, innovations, and discoveries. Few lives are as dramatic as Lina Kennedy’s, and few stories of survival and triumph are as satisfying as this inspirational autobiography. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal-and perhaps even death. Sutherland is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series, the Menagerie trilogy, and the Pet Trouble series, as well as a contributing author to the bestselling Spirit Animals and Seekers series (as part of the Erin Hunter team). Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. ![]() But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she imagined. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. ![]() ![]() Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. She can't believe it's finally happening. The Wings of Fire saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure-and a mystery that will change everything! The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Part love letter, part lament, Chouette astonishes as each perfected sentence burrows deep into the maternal shadows of love, possession, selfhood, and sanity. “Viscous, tender, baffling, and glorious, Chouette is an unforgettable fairy tale that glitters darkly with Oshetsky’s raw and soaring brilliance,” writes Rachel Yoder. With Chouette, Oshetsky movingly renders the variousness and sweep of motherhood. She resists her panicked husband’s search for treatments and strives to understand her daughter’s own needs and desires. “If I have this baby, it’s going to kill me.” But while Tiny’s fears endure even after she gives birth to her daughter, who does indeed turn out to be an owl, she also loves her fiercely. ![]() ![]() Tiny, a professional cellist and the narrator of Chouette, has a sense of foreboding about her pregnancy: “This baby is an owl-baby,” she tells her husband. This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Claire Oshetsky, whose debut novel, Chouette, is out today from Ecco. ![]() |