Crazy Girl

After an upbringing filled with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, Jenifer was foreign to happiness and affection. But, that didn't keep her from seeking them out in all the wrong places-a failed wedding proposal, divorce, and two young children in tow; all before the age of twenty-five; all in aspirations of being loved and wanted. Tack onto those, four brain surgeries paired with the untimely death of her twenty-one-year-old sister-and you have a recipe for EMOTIONAL DISASTER. Even worse, a nervous breakdown!!! This is Jenifer's climb to recovery. She'll have to start from scratch-as she learns about love, relationships, affection, and genuine happiness; while exploring the age-old question, "Why do we do what we do?" By sharing her story as a foundation for hope, recovery, and success in life-Jenifer will gift her newly found awareness and knowledge around the power and opportunity we each have to be the changes we wish to see in the world.

Sound familiar? 1. You spot a cute boy (we’ll call him Boy A). 2. You dream about Boy A. 3. You do whatever it takes to make Boy A notice you. 4. Even though Boy A doesn’t pursue you, you hang on to your dream of Boy A until he (a) moves to the North Pole with no access to a cell phone or computer, (b) dies and is buried or cremated, or (c) begins dating another girl. 5. You mend your broken heart by hating Boy A and finding another cute boy (Boy B). You replace Boy A with Boy B and begin all over again . . . Paula has gone through an entire alphabet—and more—of boys over the years. As she shares her journal entries and stories—the good, the bad, and the ugly—you’ll be encouraged to trust God with your love life and buckle up for the ride! Written for teen girls, Confessions of a Boy-Crazy Girl will help you on your own journey from neediness to freedom. Part of the True Woman publishing line, whose goal is to encourage women to exude God’s beauty by embracing his design for womanhood

Romance author Hannah Bircham had made it. She was living the dream; a successful writing career, a loving husband, and dream home. Life couldn't get better. But it could get worse. And it did. The dream ended. And life as she knew it took a turn into Destitute City, party of one. Divorced, lost, and worst of all, a neurotic anxiety-ridden mess, Hannah's focus and admirations disappeared. Feeling down on her luck, Hannah lost her mojo, her gift of writing. How did one write about love when they'd stopped believing in it? Hannah could either make up the perfect muse, or make it her mission to meet him. She just needed a little push. With encouragement from her best friend, Hannah decided to join a dating app, convinced she wouldn't find Mr. Forever, but maybe, at the very least, she'd find her inspiration. A muse. Enter Wren Marner. The complicated, sexy alpha veteran with his trunk of accomplishments and adventures walked, talked, and looked as if he'd just stepped out of a sultry romance novel. He was every woman's fantasy and at the same time, the man one knew they should stay away from. Filled with equal parts fear and fascination, Hannah threw caution to the wind, but what she experienced terrified her like never before. Still, she forged forward. But with all the wonder of Wren also came a reality Hannah didn't know how to handle. She told herself he was merely work, but the truth was she was falling for him. And that couldn't happen. But walking away from him wasn't possible either, when he was her muse. With her future on the line, she had to decide: As she entered the next chapter in her life, did she delve deeper with Wren in hopes of saving her career, or run in hopes of saving her heart?

Tightly plotted and fast paced, Girl Crazy is a cinematic ride through one man’s obsession with a younger woman. Justin, a dissatisfied community college teacher, meets Jenna and is attracted at once to her mixture of toughness, vulnerability and ripe sexuality. Jenna is unlike anyone Justin has ever known -- through her he discovers a world of drugs and sex, casual violence and intimidation that at first frightens and then thrills him. Justin falls deeper into Jenna’s thrall, particularly as her erratic behaviour keeps him guessing. When Jenna ends the relationship abruptly, Justin finds he isn’t willing to let go of this new life, or of Jenna, without a fight.

Kitten, Maribel, and Gaby are three very different childhood friends about to celebrate their sixteenth birthdays, which all happen to fall on the same day. But someone's missing--their fourth friend, Una, who's imprisoned in Tijuana. So the trio set out to give Una the ultimate birthday gift--freedom--even if it means taking on an entire city! Prepare yourself for some sweet sixteen super-action, madcap plot twists, identity crises aplenty, and--of course--gorgeous girls galore! You'll go crazy over this lighthearted, rowdy, and sexy romp from Pen Center USA Award winner Gilbert Hernandez!

Manuela Lisa, the beautiful raven-haired daughter of a wealthy Spanish fur trader, was forced t flee her St. Louis home and venture westward at the age of 13 after the mysterious untimely death of her father. At her fathers bedside she received a small packet and, in his dying breath, her father told her a secret that would cause her to travel the mountains and valleys of the American wilderness to fulfill her quest. This is her storya courageous woman who left her mark in a mans world in the American west of the 1800s.

Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts'Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon fights against the move. 1994 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA) 1994 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) 1994 Young Adult Editors' Choices (BL) 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) Young Adult Choices for 1995 (IRA)

Alvin Theatre, Alvin Theatre Corp., owners, Alex. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, lessees. Alex. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley present "Girl Crazy," the new musical comedy, book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan, music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, staged by Alexander Leftwich, dances and ensembles by George Hale, costumes by Kiviette, settings by Donald Oenslager. "Red" Nichols and his orchestra, Roger Edens at the piano. Orchestra under the direction of Earl Busby.