laura wiess
laura wiess
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49 years old
Pennsylvania
United States
Last Login: 10/29/2009
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| General | Reading, writing, photography, what-iffing, nature, animals, bugs, very casual gardening, hanging out, good conversations, good strong coffee, laughing, friends, family, being specific, reconnecting with old friends | | Movies | Auntie Mame, Smoke Signals, Skins, Moll Flanders, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974/75 original), Sense & Sensibility (Emma Thompson version), The Haunting of Hill House, True Grit, 13th Warrior, Southern Comfort, Fried Green Tomatoes, | | Books | Way too many to list |
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| Status: | Married | | Zodiac Sign: | Taurus | | Occupation: | author |
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SUCH A PRETTY GIRL -- Meredith was promised nine years of safety, but they only gave her three. Her father, who was sent to prison for sexually abusing Meredith and other children in their small town, has been released on good behavior. He was supposed to be locked up beyond Meredith's eighteenth birthday, when she could legally be free of both her abusive father and her delusional mother who dwells on a fantasy that the three of them will be a happy family once more.
But Meredith is only fifteen, and her father is out of prison...and her mother is bringing him home. And Meredith won't let him hurt her, or anyone else, ever again. No matter what the cost.
Lyrical, suspenseful, and emotionally shattering, Such a Pretty Girl captures a young woman's painful fight for survival -- and her journey back to herself.
My name is Laura Wiess (or Laura Battyanyi, if we went to school together and have known each other forever) and I'm excited to say that Such a Pretty Girl, published by MTV Books, was nominated for the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Book Award.
Reader email continues to be amazing, humbling and inspiring, and I send heartfelt thanks to those of you who have written, recommended or shared this book with teachers, friends and family.
I'm also thrilled that Pretty Girl is a 2008 Best Books for Young Adults, and a YALSA 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.
My second MTV book LEFTOVERS was released out in January 2008 and the UK release is July 2008.
If you'd like to read an excerpt of Pretty Girl, reviews, check out event photos or just want to know more, feel free to head over to my website http://www.laurawiess.com. Thanks again for stopping in, and enjoy!
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