a French hotel heiress with honey blond tresses and a royal bloodline
social appearances and the role of women in society
This addition to Emma Dodd’s much-loved sequence of animal books features a tenderly composed rhyming text
he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set up digs
In a working-class town in a county west of London
A Tale for the Time Being munro a French hotel heiress withAfter the 2011 tsunami, a Hello Kitty lunchbox washes up on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Inside, novelist Ruth discovers a diary written by Nao, a sixteen year old girl in Tokyo grappling with deep loneliness, bullying, and thoughts of ending her life. Before making any final decisions, Nao sets out to tell the story of her great grandmother, a 104 year old Zen Buddhist nun whose quiet strength becomes a lifeline. As Ruth reads, she becomes