Bøger af Laura Jensen Walker

Laura Jensen Walker was always a good girl. Growing up in the Midwest in the 1960s, she was a polite, straight-A student who respected her elders, went to church on Sunday, and never gave her parents any trouble. Bookworm Laura was the poster child for good girls everywhere. Until one fateful night in a college fraternity house. A dreamer and optimist who always bounced back quickly from disappointments and hard times, Laura buried the memory of the-thing-that-must-not-be-named. After that awful night, she plunged headlong into life, joining the Air Force and flying a typewriter across Europe in an exciting, death-defying job as a clerk-typist.This is the journey of a "good-girl-gone-bad-gone-good-again" and her search for belonging and acceptance, with funny and not-so-funny detours through boot camp, Britain, book-burning, breast cancer, and born-again evangelicals. Ultimately, it's a story of resilience. Victory. And healing."GOOD GIRL is that rare find - a memoir of tough times that is neither harrowing nor saccharine but rather brutally honest, sharply intelligent, courageous, clear-sighted, and even funny. Yes, you will boil with sympathetic rage, but the smooth-as-silk writing turns every page into a pleasure and Laura Walker's indomitable spirit will make you stand up and cheer.--Catriona McPherson, multi-award-winning author of In Place of Fear and the bestselling Dandy Gilver series

Offering hope, encouragement, practical tips, and healthy doses of laughter, this little book will be a welcome companion to anyone going through a breast cancer diagnosis.

Natalie Moore is about to lose what little cleavage she had. She'll shave her head, leave her church, fall for a man in scrubs, learn to tap, and flash a roomful of women. Natalie needs to know, with or without breasts, that she's more than the sum of her parts.

A feast of romance and laughter featuring a delightful and courageous heroine that you can relate to no matter what your size.

Everyone's favorite film geek Phoebe Grant heads off to Merrie Old England-and changes her cinematic dreams from black and white to living color.

She's smart. She's savvy. She's...well, she's working on the thighs. And with God as her witness, she'll never let that man spoil her happy ending!