Michael J. Coles and Catherine M. Lewis. Univ. of Georgia, $24.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-82035-462-0
Coles, cofounder of Great American Cookies and former executive at Caribou Coffee, shares life lessons learned the hard way in this winning chronicle. He begins by movingly recounting how, as a young boy, he had to give up his dog to a neighbor boy...
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Catherine Lewis, Author W. W. Norton & Company $21 (280p) ISBN 978-0-393-03835-4
A lesbian rookie cop is the appealing heroine of this sizzling and authentic debut police procedural by a Florida panhandle police officer. When burned-out paramedic Abigail ``Fitz'' Fitzpatrick is accepted for police training, she is jilted by her...
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Catherine Lewis, Author, Jane Yeomans, Illustrator Atheneum Books $17.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-689-82852-2
The 16-year-old heroine of this '60s-era coming-of-age story, the author's first novel for teens, faces loss after loss. As the narrative opens, Meghan lies in a hospital bed, recuperating from having her leg amputated following the detection of...
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Catherine Lewis, illus. by Joost Swarte. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5784-3
Lewis makes wonderfully clever use of the “Three Blind Mice” nursery rhyme to illustrate nearly 100 elements of writing and literature—plot, dialogue, flashbacks, coincidence, and more. The concept of sentimentality is framed as a publisher’s...
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