![]() ![]() Shannon’s story is ultimately empowering, showing the satisfaction she feels following her own path. She captures the dynamic brilliantly: “Sixth grade friendships were like a game… / only as soon as I’d figure out the rules… / they’d change again.” In addition to laying bare the back-stabbing and cattiness, Hale also examines her struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive tendencies with openness and honesty. However, infighting and treachery proliferate, leaving Shannon feeling frequently off balance as she strives to fit in and suppresses things she enjoys. Now in sixth grade, young Shannon is a member of “the Group,” an assortment of popular and pretty girls that most notably includes best friend and group ringleader Jen and unrelenting mean-girl Jenny. ![]() After traveling the rocky road of elementary school friendship in Real Friends (2017), Hale returns with another graphic memoir delving even deeper into preteen tribulations. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() How did Desiree feel? What did she see and know? And how did she ultimately outfox them all? Talk about your royal drama. The woman who walked behind and kneeled before them in this moment when they raised themselves above God. ![]() The woman who was then forced to remain in Josephine’s and Napoleon’s inner circles, witnessing every moment of their rise and rule. In Allison’s own words: “Desiree! The woman who was going to marry Napoleon before he broke her heart and chose Josephine instead. A member of The Historical Novel Society, Allison lives in New York with her husband and daughter.” She has appeared on The TODAY Show, Fox & Friends, Good Day New York, Good Day Chicago and MSNBC’s Morning Joe.Īllison graduated Cum Laude from Yale University with a major in English and spent several years in journalism before switching to fiction writing. Allison’s novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages.Ī former news writer and producer, Allison has written for The New York Times, ABC News, The Huffington Post, USA Today, Fox News and other outlets. “ALLISON PATAKI is the New York Times bestselling author of THE TRAITOR’S WIFE, THE ACCIDENTAL EMPRESS, SISI: EMPRESS ON HER OWN, WHERE THE LIGHT FALLS, BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES, AND NELLY TAKES NEW YORK. ![]() ![]() Is this what God really requires? How could God's plan for divine inspiration mean ignoring what is really written in the Bible? These questions eventually cost Enns his job - but they also opened a new spiritual path for him to follow. Rejecting the increasingly complicated intellectual games used by conservative Christians to 'protect' the Bible, Enns was conflicted. ![]() But the further he studied the Bible, the more he found himself confronted by questions that could neither be answered within the rigid framework of his religious instruction or accepted among the conservative evangelical community. ![]() Trained as an evangelical Bible scholar, Peter Enns loved the Scriptures and shared his devotion, teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary. ![]() Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Peter Enns recounts his transformative spiritual journey in which he discovered a new, more honest way to love and appreciate God's Word. ![]() |