Happily for Now

Happily for Now
Kelly Murphy, Kelly Jones
RRP:
NZ$ 35.00
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NZ$ 28.00
Hardback
h210 x 139mm - 288pg
4 May 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780593179529
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Fiona wants to fix people' s problems-but what if she' s the one who needs help? Kelly Jones, author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, delivers a funny, take-charge heroine kids will love. Fiona may have problems, but she' s no damsel in distress. She' d rather be the one wielding the wand in the story- she wants to be the fairy godperson. So when her mom sends her off to stay with relatives in a place called Cold Hope for the summer, Fiona decides it' s time to start training for the role. And wow, do these people need help! Aunt Becky' s bakery is failing, Great-uncle Timothy draws but never speaks, and Great-Aunt Alta is the gloomiest, doomiest woman she' s ever met. But helping people in the real world isn' t as easy as it sounds in fairy tales. Change is messy. What if she' s actually making things worse? Still, with practice (and some deep breaths), Fiona will discover that sometimes messy is okay. Sometimes things do get worse before they get better. And sometimes trying to help fix other people' s problems can help you work on your own. . .
The boppy and lighthearted tone keeps it from veering into overly sentimental. Gentle and expressive black-and-white illustrations add emotion and texture to the novel. " --Kirkus Reviews
KELLY JONES has been a librarian and a bookseller and is a raiser of (much-loved but fairly ordinary) chickens. She is now a novelist and the author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer; its sequel, Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken? ; a ghost story called Sauerkraut; and the feminist Regency romp Murder, Magic, and What We Wore. You can find her at her website, curiosityjones. net, or on Twitter and Instagram at @curiosityjones.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780593179529
Published: 4 May 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Random House Books
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 139mm
Pages: 288

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