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![]() The agencies have already been offering mortgage assistance in smaller amounts but the ARPA funding will allow them to reach hundreds, if not thousands, more would-be buyers, said Schmiedl. MHP and MassHousing will dole out the assistance to qualified applicants through their discounted mortgage products. “So this program isn’t just about achieving homeownership, but it’s also about helping folks sustain it, so that they don’t end up in a property that they can’t afford down the road.” “By helping with things like closing costs, we’re helping people keep money in their pocket, so that when they purchase they’re not buying a new home with zero dollars in their savings account,” said Elliot Schmiedl, the director of homeownership at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, one of two quasi-state agencies that will handle the funding. People making between 100 and 135 percent of the AMI could receive up to $35,000. ![]() Would-be buyers making less than 100 percent of the area median income - $140,200 for a family of four in Boston, for example - will be eligible for up to $50,000 in assistance, though aid will vary based on their community’s home prices. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But the truth is that the seemingly obvious artistry of the piano speaks to intense research, precise dramaturgy and the arduous labor that brought its design to fruition. With such detailed instructions, the resulting piece that audiences see onstage would seem preordained. ![]() The carvings are rendered with a grace and power of invention that lifts them out of the realm of craftsmanship and into the realm of art.” On the legs of the piano, carved in the manner of African sculpture, are mask-like figures resembling totems. That piano is so central to this story that Wilson’s script dedicates half of its mandate for the play’s setting to a description of the instrument: “Dominating the parlor is an old upright piano. At this point, it’s merely decoration, but over the course of “The Piano Lesson,” the heirloom becomes a full character in the current Broadway revival of August Wilson’s drama. When the house lights cut to black and dim sunlight reveals the skeleton of a house onstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, your eyes can’t help but wander to the upright piano resting downstage right. ![]() ![]() To fix things, Andy will have to face the greatest dare of all. Inevitably, the burns heal, summer ends, and hearts are broken. So Andy begins a new series of dares that don’t just cross the friendship line, they obliterate it.īut what might be mere sexual relief to Andy is serious business to Jake, who only recently got over years of secret pining for his straight best friend. As the weeks go by, both Andy and Jake grow frustrated over the inability to use their hands for all sorts of daily activities-including getting off. The firecrackers explode too soon and both of them end up with badly burned palms.īut hey, nothing gets the “terrible two-o” down for long, and they recuperate in style at Andy’s family cottage in Cape Cod. But the dare they attempt on the night of their college graduation goes sideways. Two longtime friends unexpectedly become lovers in a tender and amusing romantic take on the parable about heaven. ![]() Over the years, hes convinced his best friend, Jake Masterson, to perform some dangerous-looking stunts with him. Over the years, he’s convinced his best friend, Jake Masterson, to perform some dangerous-looking stunts with him. Riptide, 17.99 trade paper (245p) ISBN 978-1-62649-651-4. Andy Tyler has been the class daredevil since middle school. ![]() Overview: Andy Tyler has been the class daredevil since middle school. ![]() ![]() She’s an intelligent woman who is highly thought of at her law firm but for so long she’s pushed Dan to be the one chasing promotions when realistically she should have been looking in the mirror. It took Laurie feeling downtrodden via her long-standing boyfriend in dumping her to realise her worth. I also loved how Mhari has brought across how most of us ladies do not realise our own value in ourself. I am not a woman of colour but there isn’t enough books like this. It took me a little longer than expected to get to it and to devour it but it was everything I needed and more.įrom the off I loved Laurie and I really love the fact she’s a high flying woman of colour. I remember pre-ordering this as soon as I had read the blurb. Sometimes life and book blogger problems have got in the way but whenever I delve into a Mhari novel I know I will be sucked in from the off. Review: Mhari McFarlane literally had me at Hello….ever since devouring that novel I’ve been such a fan. ![]() You can’t break your heart in a fake relationship – can you? Revenge will be sweet…īut this fauxmance is about to get complicated. So when she gets stuck in the lift with handsome colleague Jamie, they hatch a plan to stage the perfect romance. ![]() Not only does she feel humiliated, they still have to work together. When Laurie is dumped by her partner of eighteen years, she’s blindsided. ![]() Laurie and Jamie have the perfect office romance ![]() The brand new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane Blurb: If faking love is this easy… how do you know when it’s real? ![]() ![]() The sky glowed red with promise before the sun peeked above the horizon of choppy sea. ![]() The Sea of Cortez, usually glassy calm in the morning, was a mire of waves hooded in white. The sailor-take-warning weather put my senses on high alert-the sea air smelled like salt and fresh rain. A warm thanks goes out to Extasy Books author Ellen Cross for her constant encouragement and support during the best and worst of times-she’s become a dear friend even though we’ve never met and live on distant continents. I also would like to thank my husband, Christopher Ferko, for his ongoing support of my writing career, despite the oddities this work presents for our relationship and family. I wish to thank my editor, Priyanka Mehta, for her diligent work on this manuscript. Seaside Seduction Copyright © 2015 Sabrina Devonshire Smashwords Edition ISBN: 9781310051906 Cover art by Jaycee DeLorenzo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ![]() Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throwing herself into the task at hand, little does Sam realise that the keys to love and happiness may also be found at Hedgehog Hollow, when she least expects it. Glad to have a distraction from family feuds and match-making, Sam vows to fulfil Thomas and his wife, Gwendoline's, dreams of restoring Hedgehog Hollow to its former glory, and to open a hedgehog rescue centre. But when a chance encounter leads Sam to find friendship in Thomas - a lonely, grumpy elderly widower living at derelict Hedgehog Hollow - her life is about to change forever. Very highly recommended.' Della Galton Can love really be found when you stop looking for it.? As Samantha Wishaw watches the love of her life marry another woman, she's ready to give up hope of finding her happy ever after. An emotional read, full of twists and turns' Heidi Swain 'A warm hug of a book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Promotional events will cover much of the United States, starting in San Francisco and continuing with Seattle, Dallas, Houston and New York. At the end of February, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes announced the finalists for the prizes to be awarded on April 21, including Solenoid," ICR New York said in a statement. "A true revelation of the current literary season, Solenoid was named one of the best books of 2022 by New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, The Financial Times, Words Without Borders. The book rapidly captured the imagination of American critics and public alike, receiving raving reviews and seeing the initial printing sold out shortly after publication. ![]() Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu will go on a tour in the US to promote the release in English of his novel Solenoid. The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in New York, in partnership with Deep Vellum, will organize the tour between April 3 and April 14 in five cities in North America - San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas, Houston and New York.ĭeep Vellum published the English edition of the novel Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu at the end of 2022, in the translation of Sean Cotter. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would leave a printed sample of my work wherever I had been. ![]() ![]() Joe Mathieu: Actually, I had been freelancing as a children’s illustrator for about a year ( I graduated from RISD in ’71) and I was constantly showing my portfolio to anyone who would see me. ToughPigs: How did you get your start as an illustrator for Sesame Street? I’m sure you’ve all fallen in love with your fair share of Sesame Street books, which is why we’re so proud to present our interview with illustrator Joe Mathieu, along with some samples of his artwork, which you can click on to see in a larger format. He’s drawn practically every Sesame character, both puppet and human, and is responsible for such classic books as Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree, The Ernie and Bert Book, The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover, and many more (which you’ll read about below). Joe Mathieu has been illustrating Sesame Street books for the last 38 years and shows no sign of stopping. And if you were to pore through your collection, the name you’d see most (y’know, after Big Bird and Ernie and Grover) is Joe Mathieu. As Sesame Street fans, just about every one of us has a stack of Sesame books that rival any library or used book store. ![]() ![]() It is a radical call for justice, and a testament to the power of finding one's voice. Written in luminous prose, with searing honesty and flashes of dark humour, Corrections in Ink shines a light on a broken prison system, and the cruelty and kindness Blakinger experienced there. ![]() Shortly afterwards, she is convicted and sent to prison.įorced to confront her addiction, Keri finally manages to break free of it, and finds herself in a place unlike anything she has experienced before: a world built on senseless brutality, but whose inhabitants, her fellow inmates, will change her life forever. Keri Blakinger’s new memoir details an early figure skating career with an abrupt end, her subsequent spiral into heroin addiction and a felony arrest and prison term in New York. But on a cold December day, Keri is arrested with a Tupperware container full of heroin. In ‘Corrections in Ink,’ Texas journalist shares her journey from incarceration to investigating prisons & jails. ![]() Whether flying through the air, chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink surviving on as few calories as she could or balancing a heroin addiction with pursuing a degree at an Ivy League university. Keri Blakinger had always lived at full throttle. 'A raw, fast-paced portrait of one woman's descent into a mental abyss' Keri Blakinger's brave, brutal memoir, Corrections in Ink, is a riveting story about suffering, recovery and redemption' PIPER KERMAN, New York Times bestselling author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK a testament to where a woman can go after rock-bottom' ![]() 'A groundbreaking debut from an extraordinary writer. ![]() Corrections in Ink: Dispatches from an American Prison Keri Blakinger € 28.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days. ![]() |