In a humorous guide to manners for readers of all ages, the author—through a series of multiple-choice quizzes, alternate scenarios and true-or-false questions—depicts a range of possibilities that reflect life as it is as well as life as it ought to be.

In Sister Mother Husband Dog, Delia Ephron brings her trademark wit and effervescent prose to a series of autobiographical essays about life, love, writing, movies, and family. In “Sister,” she deftly captures the rivalry, mutual respect, and intimacy that made up her relationship with her older sister and frequent writing companion, Nora. “Blame It on the Movies” is Ephron’s wry and romantic essay about becoming a writer and finding a storybook ending to her twenties, though it was just the beginning of a lifetime of taking notes. “Bakeries” is both a lighthearted tour through her favorite downtown patisseries and a thoughtful, deeply felt reflection on the dilemma of “having it all.” From keen observations on modern living, the joy of girlfriends, and best-friendship, to a consideration of the magical madness and miracle of dogs, to haunting recollections of life with her famed screenwriter mother and growing up the child of alcoholics, Ephron’s eloquent style and voice illuminate every moment of this superb and singular work.

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When fifteen-year-old Frannie's father dies, only a mysterious jigsaw puzzle that he leaves behind can help her come to terms with his death.

After her father suddenly dies, Frannie is left feeling all alone in the world, but as she tries to cope with the loss by putting together a special wooden puzzle he designed for her, Frannie is transported to an Italian landscape and gets to see her father as the artist he was before she came into his life. 40,000 first printing.

A tie-in to the new major motion picture based on the novel by Ann Brashares includes more than one hundred photos of the all-star cast, which includes Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn. Original.

Covers the special skills required to deal with life child-style, including special tips on the proper ways to eat animal crackers, to torture younger siblings, and to flush goldfish down the toilet. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Moving to a small Long Island town where she believes her son will have a better chance for a healthy life, journalist Lily Davis finds her plans disrupted in the wake of an alleged murder and her budding relationship with a married man

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Sick and tired of her older brother's antics, Violet Sparks organizes the younger siblings of the neighborhood into an army, and the group declares an hilarious war on the olders.

A pointed look at today's American family focuses on the author's husband, her ex-husband, her ex-husband's new wife, and all their children

A pointed look at today's American family focuses on the author's husband, her ex-husband, her ex-husband's new wife, and all their children

Alex has a very unusual adventure when he decides to wait up for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.

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Provides an entertaining and sympathetic look at the painful pleasures of adolescent rites of passage, accompanied by the delightful drawings of Edward Koren