As a former music PUPIL, and a grand a glorious lover of music, I happily and quickly read this absolutely marvelous book.Pearl is pretty jaded, and expects mediocrity after things she cared for were destroyed. Did she sabatoge them? Maybe....probably... She was taught that when beauty in any for...
Using her own ordeal as a rape victim in New Orleans, Hall has created an enthralling portrait of three remarkable women, each struggling to come to terms with lives that haven't worked out the way they planned. A Summons to New Orleans is an intensely personal, provocative look at contemporary w...
At the age of 16, it's standard procedure for every girl at Lynnie Russo's posh Los Angeles prep school to get a car. So on her 16th birthday, Lynnie is startled when she opens the small gift box from her father—it doesn't contain the shiny new set of keys she was expecting. Instead she finds a w...
Every day when I walked past the talent roster, I saw another new act, until there were almost twenty acts signed up. This up from four when the roster first appeared. Some of the Chelseas from choir decided they would sing an a cappella song, and one of the computer Joshes revealed that he could...