Wright delights with this collection of hilarious tales about mothering, marriage, society and being a woman. Titles include: How the Phone Thwarted my Birth Control (or Why Disconnecting the Phone is 95% More Effective than Vasectomy), Belts Are the New Lace Panties, Good Fences Make Good Voyeurs, People for the Ethical Treatment of Riflemen, and many, many more. Wright is a modern-day Erma Bombeck with a hip edge and never-fail wit

Have you ever wished your life could be like a movie? In this warm and engaging book, author Amy O'Brien explains, step by step, how you can change the life you feel stuck in and start living a life you star in. With a winning combination of real-life stories and movies we all have seen and loved, she shows you how to avoid some mistakes and undo others. Instead of feeling like the best supporting actress-taking care of everyone but yourself-you can rewrite, edit, and shape your life into stories that make you, and the people who love you, happy and proud. "When you embrace your role as...

In "The Mystery at Seymour Lake Lodge," Jan Whitlock, an investigative reporter from Connecticut, arrives in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom for a few days of relaxation after her husband Sid demands a divorce. The innkeepers, her friends Ida and Philippe Renault ask for her help in solving a mystery plaguing the lodge and its guests. Odd things are happening-lights going on and off at unusual times, food and personal items missing and strange noises at night. Some of the guests could be suspect. As events become scarier and more complicated by a cold case murder, Jan tries to sort things out....

This is a book of poems of nature and life as seen through the eyes of the author, with her interpretation of the beautiful natural world created by God. Her sign is the dragonfly, a mystical insect that has been on earth for millions of years and has more eye facets than any other living creature. The dragonfly is revered by the Abenaki, New England's native Americans as a sign of magic and rebirth. The author writes of the swamps and bogs, lakes and ponds, brooks and rivers she has loved in New England, and the wonderful animals she has encountered there, and in her own back yard. She...

This second book of dragonfly poems comes from the heart more than the eyes of the dragonfly. They tell how she feels about the things she sees in the world, and what she observes about the actions and nature of human beings.

Jan Whitlock, the young investigative reporter in "The Mystery at Seymour Lake Lodge" continues to search for an answer to the gnawing hunger inside her soul. She returns to the area of Vermont where she grew up, and there in Shady Rill, in the shadow of Hunger Mountain, she is challenged in ways she never expected. With threats to her business success, her most important relationships, and even her life, Jan must discover and believe in her inherent inner strength and wisdom. Her passion for discovery and her need for connection with writers, artists and musicians drive her to build and...

"Rooftops" is a third grade chapter book about a boy named Tyler, who has to move from his uncle's farm in Kansas to an apartment building in the city. He longs to go back to the farm and remains unhappy until he makes a good friend, Trisha, who helps him discovers that city life can be fun.