Books with author Marie Kay

This is not a Print-on-Demand or facsimile book. First American Edition 1971. It is a hardcover book with purple boards and dust jacket. The price on the dust jacket flap is $4.95. It was published by John Day Company, 257 Park Ave., New York 10010. LOCCN (Library of Congress Call Number) 70-155009. As lady-in-waiting to the Grand Duchess in the Romanov Court, a young girl finds her loyalties divided during the uprising of December 1825. The author penned a number of children's novels, many of them works of historical fiction set in Russia or Yugoslavia, Mara Kay was of Russian extraction, was brought up in Yugoslavia, but has lived in America since 1950. From Kirkus Review: Latter-day ladies' fare watered down for those girls who are simply dying to know what befell Masha (1968). Graduating in 1824 from the Smolni Institute in St. Petersberg, that orphan of 18 whose only friends are gay Sophie Brozin and the birch tree outside her dormitory window embarks on a new life as the youngest member of the suite of the gracious Grand Duchess Alexandra. Before the story ends the Grand Duchess will become the Empress and Masha will find her allegiance to the royal family challenged by her fiance Sergei who belongs to the Freedom Society dubbed the Decembrists by history. He is killed during the abortive revolution with whose ideals Masha sympathizes abstractly while deploring its tactics, and just after she has told him so; Sophie's husband Mark survives the violence sparked by the ascension of Grand Duke Nicholas to the throne, but he is sentenced to twenty years' hard labor in Siberia for his treasonous participation. Sophie follows him and Masha visits her with Michael, Sergei's brother, to whom she's now happily married: they live in the country near Pushkin who is but one of the (not very) real people tapped for window-dressing. . . . It's a chintzy romance a la russe, guaranteed to wet the eyes and dry up the mind.

Jason is stranded in a dark city, and is in desperate need of help when he has no idea how he will get home. So, when he collides with Aurelius, an Angel only in the mildest sense of the word - who has committed a crime worthy of great punishment, but has been handed a rare chance at redemption - Jason can see a way home. However, their journey will be hampered by Fallen Angels, Earth Spirits, and Griffons - and none can say if everyone will make it home. "Relatable and funny" "There is a natural charm to the book that makes it hard not to love." "I welcomed the tug on emotions throughout the story." "A great story with a gripping plot."

This book contains the first three stories in The Murphy Series, which chronicles the adventures of a 20 pound feline who likes to communicate with a meow and a wink. Whether for bed-time or storytime, author K Marie has created story platforms to encourage further discussion of life lessns and events. Whether read alone by the intermediate reader or read with the beginner, Murphy is a delightful companion for all ages.