Magdalena Ball runs The Compulsive Reader. She is the author of Repulsion Thrust, Sleep Before Evening, The Art of Assessment, Quark Soup, and, in collaboration with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Cherished Pulse , She Wore Emerald Then, and Imagining the Future. She runs a monthly radio program podcast The Compulsive Reader Talks.
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Buying (or selling) a house will never feel the same again.
A cookbook full of fast, fun, healthy recipes that your children will cheer you for making.
There’s a deftness and musical spring to Gillan’s style that belies the seriousness of his topics
A lovely and powerful reflection on grandparenting.
Nearly every line in this novel is taut and wrought with sensation.
High energy fun, exquisite musicianship, and the deep introspection we've come to expect from the Southern Bard.
A theatrical sense of the absurd and tragic.
An eye-opener about the great diversity of unique capability that we all have.
You won’t want to sit down and read it like you’d read a novel, but using it for an overseas move can prevent costly mistakes.
Easy to read and slow to digest: the perfect combination.
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