Books with author Eleanor Bron

A collection of all-new Paris-themed essays written by some of the biggest names in women’s fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler, Maggie Shipstead, and Lauren Willig—edited by Eleanor Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters and The Light of Paris. “My time in Paris,” says New York Times–bestselling author Paula McLain (The Paris Wife), “was like no one else’s ever.” For each of the eighteen bestselling authors in this warm, inspiring, and charming collection of personal essays on the City of Light, nothing could be more true.While all of the women writers featured here have written books connected to Paris, their personal stories of the city are wildly different. Meg Waite Clayton (The Race for Paris) and M. J. Rose (The Book of Lost Fragrances) share the romantic secrets that have made Paris the destination for lovers for hundreds of years. Susan Vreeland (The Girl in Hyacinth Blue) and J. Courtney Sullivan (The Engagements) peek behind the stereotype of snobbish Parisians to show us the genuine kindness of real people. From book club favorites Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler (Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald), and anthology editor Eleanor Brown (The Light of Paris) to mystery writer Cara Black (Murder in the Marais), historical author Lauren Willig (The Secret History of the Pink Carnation), and memoirist Julie Powell (Julie and Julia), these Parisian memoirs range from laugh-out-loud funny to wistfully romantic to thoughtfully somber and reflective. Perfect for armchair travelers and veterans of Parisian pilgrimages alike, readers will delight in these brand-new tales from their most beloved authors.

A collection of all-new Paris-themed essays written by some of the biggest names in women’s fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler, Maggie Shipstead, and Lauren Willig—edited by Eleanor Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters and The Light of Paris. “My time in Paris,” says New York Times–bestselling author Paula McLain (The Paris Wife), “was like no one else’s ever.” For each of the eighteen bestselling authors in this warm, inspiring, and charming collection of personal essays on the City of Light, nothing could be more true.While all of the women writers featured here have written books connected to Paris, their personal stories of the city are wildly different. Meg Waite Clayton (The Race for Paris) and M. J. Rose (The Book of Lost Fragrances) share the romantic secrets that have made Paris the destination for lovers for hundreds of years. Susan Vreeland (The Girl in Hyacinth Blue) and J. Courtney Sullivan (The Engagements) peek behind the stereotype of snobbish Parisians to show us the genuine kindness of real people. From book club favorites Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler (Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald), and anthology editor Eleanor Brown (The Light of Paris) to mystery writer Cara Black (Murder in the Marais), historical author Lauren Willig (The Secret History of the Pink Carnation), and memoirist Julie Powell (Julie and Julia), these Parisian memoirs range from laugh-out-loud funny to wistfully romantic to thoughtfully somber and reflective. Perfect for armchair travelers and veterans of Parisian pilgrimages alike, readers will delight in these brand-new tales from their most beloved authors.

A Mermaid Adventure for 8 to 12 year olds.A young girl from a broken family learns that she is the key to saving an ancient underwater civilization.The sandcastle flickered with specks of magic on the beach that day. Sandrina was sure she had seen it. . . . That night, she travels in a dream of light and mist to the sandcastle and meets an actual mermaid named Tallia! This dazzling mermaid convinces Sandrina that she is the one who must search for the long lost princess of the underwater kingdom of Delos. She has seven days to reach the seven signs . . . and then her time will be up. On her quest, she encounters: an oracle, a school of dolphins, two manatee brothers, an army of sharks, the fierce sea witch, and the lovely air spirits. When a steadfast, young merman named Kiran, enters the picture . . . she's instantly drawn to him, but she's too young and too occupied with her mission to examine her feelings — other lives are at stake.In order to reunite the royal family, they all must fight a traumatic battle to bring down the crazed sea witch who will stop at nothing to seize the kingdom! The mermaid princess is closer than she thinks — and now Sandrina has to find the heroism to start a new life.

My childhood memories were very sweet. My childhood was very happy. I think every person like me has a beautiful childhood. Every man can be with his parents when he was young. Childhood life is much sweeter, the main reason is that a quiet life seems to me to be pretty much spent in childhood. So I still miss my childhood so much, I still remember many childhood memories.