Truly Julie was born and raised in the wilds of the Florida Everglades. She makes her living as a tour guide, protecting tourists from hungry alligators and rabid souvenir vendors. She's twenty-seven, single and prefers to be called by her initials-TeeJay. Bluffing her way into a high-paying job, TeeJay takes a Turkish princess on a tour of the Everglades. Unknown to TeeJay, the spoiled princess has made plans to ditch the tour and party with in Miami with Lady Gaga. Keeping the rowdy teen under control becomes vital when TeeJay discovers the princess is the target of an international death...

A nostalgic and humorous return to a forgotten America It's Christmas1959, and ten year-old Trudy McFarlan has a lot on her plate; scrutinizing the Sears Catalog for gyp-free toys, riding roughshod over her troglodyte siblings, skirmishes with a diabolical teacher, battles with an orangutan babysitter and appeasing her best friend by pulling the prank of the century. And she has to do it all without incurring the dreaded consequence-grounded for the holidays. Cigarette-smoking toys, radioactive chemistry sets, sledding wars, Santa pins and holiday corsages-this is the Christmas of 1959. And...

A warm, witty trip back to forgotten America Christmas 1959, when only the strongest kids survived... It's Christmas1959, and ten year-old Trudy McFarlan has a lot on her plate; scrutinizing the Sears Catalog for gyp-free toys, riding roughshod over her troglodyte siblings, skirmishes with a diabolical teacher, battles with an orangutan babysitter and appeasing her best friend by pulling the prank of the century. And she has to do it all without incurring the dreaded consequence-grounded for the holidays Cigarette-smoking toys, radioactive chemistry sets, sledding wars, Santa pins and...