Pretty Penny is a story of self-identification and discovery of self-worth as told by a newly minted penny. In the process of comparing itself to other coins, in humorous rhyme, it explores the issues of its own value, purpose, and usefulness in society. As it overhears a conversation between a father and son, it gains knowledge and self-confidence about its role and the service that it would provide.The story should serve as a metaphor for our own voyages of discovery from childho...

Alex Edelman - Bostonian native and winner of the prestigious Best Newcomer Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Festival - brings his unique wit to an exploration of what it means to be a Millennial today.This collection includes two of his BBC Radio 4 series:Millennial: In this half-hour radio special version of his Edinburgh Award-winning show, Alex Edelman gives his take on how his industrious demographic is both ridiculed and misunderstood, and how he's ...

Brought to you by Penguin.A vibrant, profoundly moving novel about friendship, connection and the dreams that shape us, set in an adult daycare centre in California.Among the clients and staff are Carlos, a charismatic aide who lost his mother as a boy, and Jorge, who is gentle, nonspeaking and prone to escape despite Carlos’s best efforts. Tom, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy, pines for Ann, the lifeguard for the summer who feels...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace—a “triumphant”* novel by a major new literary voice hailed as a “groundbreaking debut novelist”**“[A] revelation that forces you to ask: How much do we overlook in people...