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Tonechka - liubiashchaia i liubimaia zhena, doch i mat. Schastlivitsa, odnim slovom! A eshche ona izvestnyi stsenarist i mozhet byt riadom so svoim muzhem-rezhisserom vsegda i vezde - i na rabote, i na otdykhe. I zhivut oni dusha v dushu, i ponimaiut drug druga s poluslova... Ili Tonechke tolko kazhetsia, chto eto tak? Odnazhdy oni otpravliaiutsia v prekrasnyi starinnyi gorod. Ee muzh Aleksandr dolzhen vstretitsia s davnim drugom, kotorogo Tonechka...

"This escapist, summery beach read about a woman who scripted her perfect boyfriend but hates the actor playing him in the on-screen adaptation is perfect for fans of romance, women's fiction, and Hallmark moviies"--

A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends--screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently...

"From comedian Quinta Brunson comes a deeply personal and funny collection of essays about trying to make it when you're broke, overcoming self-doubt and depression, and how she's used humor to navigate her career in unusual directions"--

"Kogda v odnochasʹe vsi͡a zhiznʹ peremenilasʹ: zakrylisʹ universitety, ne idut spektakli, deti teperʹ uchatsi͡a na udalenke, i iz Moskvy razʺezzhai͡utsi͡a te, komu estʹ kuda ekhatʹ, Tonechka -- delovai͡a, bodrai͡a i zhizneradostnai͡a st͡senaristka, i ee priemnyĭ syn Rodion -- strashnyĭ razgilʹdi͡aĭ i nedotepa, no eshche i khudozhnik, okazyvai͡utsi͡a vdvoem v milom gorode Dozhdeve. Odnazhdy utrom ėtot novyĭ, eshche ne do kont͡sa...

Samantha Markle shares her insights and perspectives on growing up with father Thomas W. Markle, being a sister to the much-younger Meghan Markle, building a life as a single mom in Southern California managing MS and a screenwriting career, as well as experiencing the events and media surrounding Meghan's marriage to Prince Harry. "Things are not always as they seem, in a world where social labels and perceptions often define who we are, how we...