Mother for Dinner
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
An outrageously tasty comedy about identity, tribalism and mothers.






An outrageously tasty comedy about identity, tribalism and mothers.
For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays establishes Lena Dunham—the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO’s Girls—as one of the most original young talents writing today. In "Not That Kind of Girl", Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making one’s way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told.
The unmissable first novel from bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.
From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Bray comes the story of a planeof beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.
A multi-million #1 bestseller and now a major motion picture, this poignant story explores the life of Hazel, a terminally ill teenager whose world shifts when she meets Augustus Waters at a Cancer Kid Support Group. Despite her diagnosis, Hazel's journey takes an unexpected turn as she navigates love, life, and loss. The narrative is insightful, bold, and infused with dark humor, making it both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Critics praise it as a touching, fiercely funny novel that captures the voices of a young generation, filled with wisdom and emotional depth. The story is not just for teenagers; it resonates with readers of all ages, offering a moving exploration of grief and the human experience. With its clever, irreverent tone, it defies categorization and invites readers to reflect on the beauty and tragedy of being alive. The love story between Hazel and Augustus is both humorous and poignant, ensuring that readers will laugh, cry, and perhaps even discover something profound about love and living. John Green's masterful storytelling makes this a must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and insight into the complexities of life.
From the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Michael L. Printz Honor Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist New York Times Bestseller When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy–loving best friend riding shotgun—but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.
Read All About Georgia S Hilarious Antics As She Desperately Tries To Muddle Her Way Through Teenage Life. The New Film, Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging, Directed By Gurinder Chadha Of Bend It Like Beckham Fame, Is Sure To Be A Favourite Chick Flick. There Are Six Things Very Wrong With My Life:1. I Have One Of Those Under-The-Skin Spots That Will Never Come To A Head But Lurk In A Red Way For The Next Two Years.2. It Is On My Nose.3. I Have A Three-Year-Old Sister Who May Have Peed Somewhere In My Room.4. In Fourteen Days The Summer Hols Will Be Over And Then It Will Be Back To Stalag 14 And Oberführer Frau Simpson And Her Bunch Of Sadistic 'Teachers'.5. I Am Very Ugly And Need To Go Into An Ugly Home.6. I Went To A Party Dressed As A Stuffed Olive. Bridget Jones For Teenagers But Funnier. The Sunday Telegraph This Very Funny Book Perfectly Captures The Agony Of Being A Teenager. Book Of The Week, Sunday Mirror This Book Could Seriously Damage Your Health& You Could Die Laughing. Carousel Magazine
Quentin Jacobson has spent a lifetime loving Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo has disappeared.
Nine-year--old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation.. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process.