Adena Halpern

LILY MARRIED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS.THEN SHE WOKE UP.Never marry a man unless hes short, bald, fat, stupid, and treats you badly. That is the advice that twenty-nine-year-old Lily Burns has heard her entire life from her grandmother Dolly and her mother, Selma. Despite this, when she meets Gogo, the handsome, successful pediatrician who treats her like a queen, she has no choice but to let her heart take over. When she agrees to marry him, Dolly and Selma are inconsolable. They decide its time to tell her the truth: their family is cursed. If she marries for love, there will be unimaginable consequences.Nevertheless, Lily and Gogo elope. Unable to believe her good fortune, Lily asks Gogo to pinch herto make sure all this isnt just a dream. The moment he does, Lily finds herself transported back to the house she lived in when she was single. Gogo is gone. When Lily tracks him down, she finds that hes married to someone else and has no memory of her. In this modern fairy tale, Lily must find a way to break the curse and turn her nightmare back into a dream come true.

What if you closed your eyes, blew out the candles, and your wish came true? Ellie Jerome is a young-at-heart seventy-five-year-old who feels she has more in common with her twenty-nine-year-old granddaughter, Lucy, than her fifty-five-year-old daughter, Barbara. Ellies done everything she can to stay young, and the last thing she wants is to celebrate another birthday. So when she finds herself confronted with a cake full of candles, Ellie wishes more than anything that she could be twenty-nine again, just for one day. But who expects a wish like that to come true? 29 is the story of three generations of women and how one magical day shakes up everything they know about each other. While Ellie finds that the life of a twenty-something is not as carefree as she expected, the sheer joy of being young again prompts her to consider living her life all over. Does she dare stay young for more than this day, even if it means leaving everyone she loves behind? Fresh, funny, and delightful, 29 is an enchanting adventure about families, love, and the real lessons of youth.

Aller au paradis ? Rien de plus facile. Y rester va demander un peu plus defforts. Malencontreusement renversée par une Mini Cooper alors qu’elle promenait sa chienne, Alexandra Dorenfield, 29 ans, s

Et si c’était à refaire ? En soufflant ses bougies d’anniversaire, Ellie, soixante-quinze ans, fait un vœu : retrouver pour un jour ses vingt-neuf ans et tout recommencer différemment. Hélas, tout

Passez un agréable moment en compagnie d’Adena Halpern et de ses deux comédies pleines de légèreté, de pep’s et d’humour. Les dix plus beaux jours de ma vie Aller au paradis ? Rien de plus facile. Y

The story of a young womans life, one outfit at a time.Tucked inside the fibers and buttons and pockets of the clothing in our closets are the stories of our lives, the lessons weve learned, the people weve loved. Like so many of us, Adena Halpern has used clothes to conform, to seduce, to console, to show off, and to hide. Her ability to relate fashion to her inner life--in a way that goes beyond the clothes--has endeared her to many readers, one of whom called her, "the real-life Carrie Bradshaw."But Fashionista, shes not. Adena is: every teenage girl who had to have what all the other girls had, whether it looked good on her or not; the college coed who swooned for the boy in the leather jacket; the heartbroken girl who chose a rebound dress over a rebound man; the best friend who borrows clothes and never gives them back; the woman who is 45 minutes late to work because she has nothing to wear. She is a lover of clothes and shopping whose passionate memories are always tied not only to the clothes that she wore, but what everyone else was wearing, too. This is the affectionate and funny story of Adenas life, an unconventional love story that readers will want to share. Clotheshorse or otherwise, this book is for anyone who keeps an old piece of clothing in the back of their closet, wishing that one day those clothes would get up and start talking about the wonderful times you once shared together.

Twenty-nine-year-old Alexandra Dorenfield suddenly finds herself in heaven after an unfortunate encounter with a MINI Cooper. The seventhand highestlevel of heaven to be exact. Her dog, Peaches, is with her; she is reunited with her beloved grandparents; she has the wardrobe of a movie star; and she lives in the house of her dreams next door to a handsome guy. This is heaven!But theres a catch. Alex must prove she led a fulfilling existence by writing an essay on the ten best days of her lifeor she will be demoted to a lower level of heaven, where the clothes are last years styles, the men arent quite as handsome, and, worst of all, Peaches and her family wont be nearby. Witty and inspiring, this divine debut novel dares to ask a material girland the rest of uswhat makes life precious.

Fresca, deliciosa y con mucho humor, 29 es una aventura encantadorasobre la familia, el amor y las verdaderas lecciones de la juventud.Cierra los ojos, pide un deseo y sopla muy fuerte.Bienvenida a los 29.Ellie Jerome ha llegado a los 75 años sintiendo que tiene mas en comun con su nieta Lucy, de 25, que con su hija Barbara, de 55. Ellie ha hecho todo lo que ha podido por mantenerse joven y lo ultimo que quiere es celebrar un cumpleaños mas. Pero cuando se ve enfrente de una enorme tarta llena de velas Ellie desea, sobre todas las cosas, volver a tener 29 años por un dia. ¿Quien podria imaginar que un deseo asi se convirtiera en realidad?29 es la historia de tres generaciones de mujeres y de como un dia muy especial puede cambiar todo lo que creian saber sobre ellas mismas. Aunque Ellie descubre que la vida de una veinteañera no es tan despreocupada como recordaba, esta dispuesta a disfrutar al maximo de su vitalidad, de su belleza y de todo lo que la modernidad ofrece. ¿Se atrevera a seguir siendo joven mas alla de este dia incluso si eso significa dejar atras a todos a los que ama?"Con este familiar pero divertidisimo libro, Halpern se propone demostrar que solo se es joven# dos veces".Publishers Weekly"Un alegre cuento de hadas que te arrastrara y te cautivara de principio a fin. Dulce, divertido y tierno".Karen Quinn, autora deThe Ivy Chroniclesy Wife in the Fast Lane"Halpern cuenta con optimismo la historia de tres generaciones de mujeres y de como un dia "extraño" cambia sus relaciones y ayuda a Ellie a decidir entre la emocion de ser joven otra vez y la vida a la que estaria renunciando".Booklist"Toma una idea ingeniosa para un argumento, combinala con personajes encantadores y verdadero sentimiento y obtendras29, una novela sobre una mujer que esta llena de arrepentimiento, hasta que pide un deseo que cambia su vida y las vidas de aquellos a los que ama. Una historia maravillosamente contada que cautivara a veinteañeros de todas las edades".Jane Heller, autora deEnemigas intimas