Lela: 49 books

Blacklisted from the PTA is an irreverent look at motherhood and the modern family. From the high chair to a vinyl restaurant booth on date night, Lela Davidson has captured life on the cul-de-sac with a husband, two kids, and the occasional pet. Whether failing at cloth diaper origami or smug in...

“Lela clutched the program handed to her at the entrance of the college auditorium. The band played “God Bless America” as she sat in silence, flanked by her cousin Montie and her brother Frank. She wondered in retrospect as she saw memories of time past reeling off the secret places of her...

The story of Lela McGuires teenage years in Idaho during the 1890s continues in Rusty. In the first book, Cart-Wheels, Lela moves with her family from their comfortable, established ranch in Oregon to the raw frontier of Idahos high Camas Prairie. Having left behind not only her home but also her...

A funny and touching account of Lela's adventures as a volunteer with the charities supported by her own Trust. A journey which takes her through from living with a donkey "hard" enough to cut diamonds in Bolivia to goat shopping in Guatemala for her kids. An opportunity to reflect and experience the resilience and optimism shown by the underprivileged children and their families.

Lela Davidson doesn’t like to brag, but her children are clean and fed, her husband likes to cook, and she is rarely referred to as Troll Toes at the yoga studio. In other words, she’s got it all. Who Peed on My Yoga Mat? peels back the curtain on family life to show that happiness is really a...

Cursed at birth with extraordinary bad luck, Charlene "Chuck" Manchester provides disaster where someone else can profit. Got a failing business? For a price Chuck will make sure you collect on that insurance policy, without ever getting your own hands dirty. But when a crime boss...

Elara Rivers is broken. With each whispered threat and hidden abuse, she shatters just a little bit more. Breaking the heart of Kadence Falls University's resident heartthrob has made her public enemy number one. Too bad nobody seems to care that he was breaking her, in more ways than one.  She...

"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review. Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!"...

From 1889 to 1914 nude spectacles increased at an astonishing rate as a result of burgeoning artistic experimentation, the commercialization of the female body, and the rise of urban nightlife. In particular, artists’ balls and music halls provided creative spaces in which women, artists, impresarios,...

Saturday People, Sunday People is a unique portrait of Israel as seen through the eyes of a Christian who came for a visit and has stayed on for more than six years. Long fascinated by a land that has become an abstraction centering on international conflicts of epic proportions, Lela Gilbert arrived...

The sequel to the best-selling ANGRY LITTLE GIRLS! The girls are back and angrier than ever! The sequel to the best-selling ANGRY LITTLE GIRLS features the hilarious return of this beloved cast of characters: Kim, the angry little Asian girl; Deborah, the disenchanted princess; Maria, the crazy...

Three stories of love in real life. From mutual funding to a simple murder plot to an all-too-necessary girls night out, these are three hilarious stories of long term marriage gone right. Perfect for reading with, or as an escape from, your one true love.

Sometimes it is a cherished knitted item that starts a story, sometimes the quest for another skein of the perfect yarn, and sometimes the way knitting is worked into a memory. There's a reason a "yarn" might be a tale or a thread, drawing us along - as these knitters do with their stories...

Originally published in 1954, this book tells the story of Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936), an American reporter for the New York Herald who became best known for acting as an early political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Affectionately referred to as “the little boss,” he...