Random House fiction pack
Random House
A Perfect Proposal
Practical Sophie Apperly has been supporting herself since she left school, but as far as her academic family are concerned she's never had a 'proper' job. Desperate to get away, when her best friend Milly invites her over to New York she jumps at the chance. However, she's hardly been in the country five minutes before disaster strikes. She suddenly finds herself with no work and nowhere to stay. A jaunt to an art gallery opening throws her into the path of Matilda – a grand old lady who is very taken with Sophie, and invites her to her house in Connecticut for Thanksgiving. But Matilda's grandson, Luke, is suspicious – is Sophie just after his grandmother's money?
This is Where We Live
Life is beautiful for Claudia and Jeremy. They are a young, bohemian couple whose hard work in both the film and music world is finally paying off. Claudia's first film is in the can and Jeremy and his band are going places. Now seems like the perfect time to settle down and buy a house. But this is summer 2008, and the credit crunch is round the corner. In a matter of weeks Claudia's film becomes a box-office flop, Jeremy's band stalls and they find themselves unable to pay the mortgage, with the bank threatening repossession. As the life they've been dreaming of comes tumbling down around them, suddenly everything their relationship has been built on looks precarious
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Over the Teacups
My four-year-old grandson was at the supermarket with his mother when he exclaimed, “You’re buying something, Mummy, auntie is buying something – I want to buy something!” Mum replied, “You have to be big, have a wife, have a job, then you can buy things.” He replied, “I have a wife – Maia,” meaning his four-year-old friend. Mum said, “What about a job?” Master Four replied, “My job is having a wife!”
Robyn, Whangarei
Water you want?
I was in the car and asking Master Three what he wanted for Christmas. He said he was going to ask Santa for a water pistol. “And Nanny,” he added, “I’m going to ask for some water for our paddling pool.” Now that could be interesting!
Julie, by email
Bee gone
Master Three had his first bee sting recently. The incident broke his heart, but after many cuddles he came right. Later he said, “I never want to see another bee again. I don’t like bees any more, I only like flies.”
Gaileen, by email
Fraud with worry
My daughter warned me that “old people are being taken for a ride,” and that I shouldn’t engage in conversation with phone sales people. To this, Master Five piped up, “Nana can’t go on that ride, she’s old.”
Joseph’s Nana, Hamilton
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