Movie star, Lara, can have any man she wants. How can small-time actor, Joey, convince her that she wants him? Lara is to star in Nikki's film - Nikki is the new wife of Lara's ex-husband. It's a risky project, and when Nikki's 15-year-old daughter, Summer, arrives, the trouble really starts.
It's supposed to be the biggest summer of Priscilla Jayne Morgan's life. She's on the brink of country music superstardom, yet she had to fire her crooked-manager Mama, and the tabloids are having a field day. Now her record label's hired a watchdog to escort her on her massive summer tour. And not just anyone, either--they sicced Jared Hamilton on her, the guy she once idolized more than anyone in the world.
Now we are being treated to SKY OF STONE, which takes us with Homer "Sonny" Hickam back to Coalwood, West Virginia in the summer after his freshman year at college. Homer's taciturn father is at a crossroads in his life. His wife has left him and is living in Myrtle Beach. Sonny, looking forward to a summer of basking in the sun, meeting girls and helping his mother fix up the beach house, is packed and ready to go when he is called to the dormitory phone. His hopes for a languid summer are shattered. Knowing that there is no arguing with Elsie Hickam, Sonny reluctantly returns to the depressed mining town to a father more remote and uncommunicative than ever.
Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes
When the snows of winter lay deep upon the forests of the North, when ice covered lakes and rivers, then the story tellers of the Ojibwas, as of all other Indian tribes, told the tales of the olden times, when manitoes lived upon the earth and when the animal fathers roamed through the forest. Such stories are not told in summer. All the woods and shores, all the bays and islands, are, in summer, the home of keen hearing spirits, who like not to have Indians talking about them. This volume contains a variety of myths and legends from such Indian tribes as the Winnebago, Chitimacha, Wyandot, Biloxi, Ojibawa, Mandan, Menomini, Cherokee, Sioux, Knisteneaux, Choctaw, Natchez and Fox.
"If you know David Baldacci only as a thriller writer, you need to read more of David Baldacci. In One Summer, he writes as beautifully and insightfully about the pathways of the human heart as he does about the corridors of power. The twists and turns in this hugely emotional and unforgettable novel come from the resilience of one father's spirit and the revelation of the love that binds a family, in this world and even beyond. If you read one book this summer, make it One Summer.