Taylor Jenkins Reid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
From Taylor Jenkins Reid, "a genius when it comes to stories about life and love" (Redbook), comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress's relentless rise to the top, the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine. Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
Author
Language
English
Description
Emma and Jesse, high school sweethearts, marry and build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents in Massachusetts. They travel the world, live life to the fullest, and seize every opportunity for adventure. On their first anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter when it goes missing over the Pacific ocean. Just like that, he is gone forever. Emma quits her job and moves back to Massachusetts in an effort to put her life...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Forever, Interrupted--hailed by Sarah Jio as 'moving, gorgeous, and at times heart-wrenching'--comes a breathtaking new novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both. When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year...
Author
Language
Español
Description
"Evelyn Hugo, el icono de Hollywood que se ha recluido a su edad madura, por fin decide contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Pero cuando para ello elige a Monique Grant, una periodista desconocida, nadie se sorprende más que la propia Monique. ¿Por qué ella? ¿Por qué ahora?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Como cada año, ha llegado el día de la fiesta de final de verano organizada por Nina Riva, y la expectación es máxima. Todo el mundo quiere estar cerca de los famosos hermanos Riva: Nina, la talentosa surfista y supermodelo; Jay y Hud, un campeón del surf y un conocido fotógrafo respectivamente; y la adorada Kit, la más joven de la familia. Los cuatro hermanos despiertan auténtica fascinación tanto en Malibú como en el resto del mundo,...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando Carrie se retira del tenis, es la mejor jugadora que el mundo ha visto jamas. Ha batido todos los records y ha conseguido veinte titulos de Grand Slam. Y si le preguntas, se merece cada uno de ellos. Lo ha sacrificado casi todo para convertirse en la mejor, con su padre como entrenador. Pero seis anos despues de retirarse, Carrie se encuentra en las gradas del US Open de 1994, viendo como una tenista britanica brutal e impresionante llamada...
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Series
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Emma y Jesse, novios de la secundaria, se casan y construyen una vida por sí mismos, lejos de las expectativas de sus padres en Massachusetts. Viajan por el mundo, viven la vida al máximo y aprovechan cada oportunidad de aventura. En su primer aniversario, Jesse está en un helicóptero cuando desaparece sobre el océano Pacífico. Solo así, se ha ido para siempre. Emma deja su trabajo y regresa a Massachusetts en un esfuerzo por rehacer su vida....
Author
Publisher
Blackie Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
When singer Daisy Jones meets Billy Dunne of the band The Six, the two rising 70s rock-and-roll artists are catapulted into stardom when a producer puts them together, a decision that is complicated by a pregnancy and the seductions of fame.