A riotously funny novel from Penny Smith.Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She’s toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. And toying with getting a job or possibly a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23-year-old Lucy. Pompous, is what Miranda calls her. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.)Her friends are trying to set her up with a collection of bankers and company directors… S...

Penny Smith's Trini Taste is a cookbook featuring popular food recipes from Trinidad and Tobago, most of which I add my own twist to using fresh green seasoning to give my food its unique taste. I hope you that enjoy this book and it gives your kitchen that well deserved Caribbean vibe.

A darkly comic novel about the fall and rise of a TV presenter. Written by an insider, it’s a page-turning account of life on the sofa and in front of the cameras.When Katie Fisher, morning TV presenter, returns from holiday it's to discover that she's literally yesterday's news. Publicly sacked from her job as anchor of Hello Britain! and replaced by a pert young thing, she does what any self-respecting thirty something would in these circumstances – she makes a dash for her paren...

The brilliant second novel from GMTV’s Penny Smith. A sequel to ‘Coming Up Next’, Katie Fisher’s back in front of the cameras, but not exactly on the sofa.Katie Fisher, one-time presenter of breakfast TV show Hello Britain!, nearly has her life in perfect order. She's recovered from her humiliating dismissal, improved her relationship with the drinks cabinet and, most importantly, found a gorgeous new TV producer boyfriend. But her dream job as a chat show host has come to an end a...

The riotously funny, and startlingly true, new novel from Penny Smith.The riotously funny new novel from Penny Smith.Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She's toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. Toying with getting a job. Toying with getting a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23 year old Lucy, who takes after her father. Pompous, is how Miranda describes it. (Sane, is how L...

Couched in the form of extracts from the diary of a young female poet, D. R. Evans carries us intimately from her earliest memories through her college career as a scholarship winner at an elite Oxford college, engagement and marriage, emigration to America, and her eventual death of cancer in South Dakota.The pages are filled with Penny's doubts (many) and certainties (few), her early successes and mounting failures and frustrations, and her search for meaning in a world in which ...

More than 50% of America's schools today exist in rural settings. This book addresses the distinctiveness of rural school leaders, identifies issues encountered by administrators, faculty, and students, and concludes by proposing new standards for rural schools in general and their leaders. This book will be of special interest to everyone involved in the operation of a rural school district.

A hospice nurse's unflinching look at life, death, and redemption.Death is undeniable and unavoidable. We must accept it; there is no other choice. But coming to terms with our mortality can profoundly influence how we live-and how we die.Having been a hospice nurse for decades, Penny Hawkins Smith is an expert on death and dying. As a recovering alcoholic and former drug addict, she knows what it means to change course and become a meaningful contributor to societ...

"I do not anticipate for one moment that Miss Plum has been murdered, though I should have some slight sympathy with her assassin if she had."Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy neighbour who keeps her in mind for a future wife, and Hubert, a ne...

Sky Tate (superhero detective in the Poker Boy universe) can see when someone seems about to die. Her new client looks almost dead.Sky first needs to find out why.And then keep her client alive. Somehow.No other detective like Sky Tate to bring some fun into a deadly situation.

Behind the gates of Buckingham Palace and the walls of Windsor Castle lie secrets and stories far different from the royal image the world knows. For centuries, the British monarchy has captivated the public imagination, portrayed as an institution of unparalleled privilege, tradition, and public service. However, away from the pomp and ceremony of public duties, the royals live lives as complex and dramatic as any soap opera.In this book, we go beyond the tabloid rumors and facade...

A quiet lodger, a secret vice, and a fortune-seeker who will stop at nothing.When a neighbor’s lodger is found dead, Vita Carew, a sharp-witted science student, is the first on the scene. The police pronounce it an accident, a fatal fall, but Vita remains unconvinced. Her access to the post–mortem reveals the truth: Albert Flett was murdered.As Vita investigates, she uncovers a trail of evidence that suggests Albert’s quiet, unassuming ways were hiding a co...