ISBN: 9781592400744 - beautiful stranger: a memoir of an obsession with perfection (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Claudia: The last thing I want is a sugar daddy.I might only be twenty-four, but I've always been the sensible one. From my boring call centre job right down to my practical wardrobe; impulsive and extravagant are not part of my usual vocabulary. Ascot, the home of British horse racing might be my home as well, but the filthy rich visitors blocking my route home are more a nuisance than a thrill.Until one of them catches my eye. And I can't help myself but invite him into my home.Peter: It was the worst day of my life, until suddenly it wasn't.All my life I've worked hard to make it to the top of my field, to give my wife all she's ever wanted. After a day of sipping champagne and watching the races, an indiscretion of hers with a colleague changes my picture-perfect middle class life forever. I haven't a clue where I'm going, I just know I can't stand the sight of either of them and I run; right into the arms of a girl nearly half my age.Is it still cheating, if she's done it to me first? I'd like to think not. It's just a chance at a new beginning.It all begins with a chance meeting at the side of the road. Neither of them could foresee just where their one night of passion would lead. Can love conquer all, from class differences to age gaps?Read on and find out.This new adult contemporary romance features an older, mature man and a younger, curvy woman and the various challenges such an age gap may bring.Chance Encounters is a series of stand-alone novellas set in jolly old England, following a set of loosely connected women as they find love in unexpected places. What do these couples have in common? When they meet, it is purely by chance, yet passion strikes immediately. They'll have to deal with the consequences of their actions once the sun comes up.Available titles: One Night StandBeautiful StrangerOnly a Taste.…

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Gotham, 2004. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Hope Donahue seemed to have it all: beauty, wealth, social status. She was an only child who grew up with the best private schools, debutante balls, and a home in Hancock Park, Los Angeles?s old-money enclave. But beneath the family?s facade of ?keeping up appearances,? Hope hid a host of ugly truths, including a mother increasingly jealous of her daughter?s good looks, an uncle?s sexual advances, and a father who cowed to the demands of his wife and coolly reserved parents. Hope became addicted to a quest for physical perfection in place of her self-esteem?and by the age of twenty-seven she had undergone seven plastic surgeries. In riveting, unflinching prose, Hope recounts her downward spiral that alienated her family and friends, and led her to theft, bankruptcy, and a sadistic relationship before she began her recovery. A powerful response to a culture obsessed with extreme makeovers and risky procedures that promise flawlessness, Beautiful Strangeris a timely, cautionary tale. Her story will inspire the countless women and men like her who struggle every day in a culture that feeds us dangerous images of unattainable perfection.?Beautiful Strangeris a dark, scary, and important story of how broad social trends shape the suffering of individuals?how, in the author?s case, the beauty addiction of a whole culture is mapped onto a dysfunctional family and an obsessive compulsive disorder. Donahue perfectly captures the predatory style of a certain kind of surgeon?at once seductively flattering and solicitous and yet always on the prowl for access into the faces and bodiess of the vulnerable.? ?Virginia L. Blum author of Flesh Wounds.…