![]() I like to think of this first book as The Princess Diaries meets Freaky Friday at Boarding School and it’s so much fun. My memory is atrocious so I’m super impressed by how much I remembered of book one considering I read them in 2017/8!! I’m glad I re-read as I’d definitely got the plots of the first two books in the series mixed in my head – which only leads me to be more excited to continue the re-read as I vaguely remember something that happens in book two – this is pretty miraculous in itself. Follow Connie on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr I Thought ![]() Connie now writes music and fiction full- time. After five years of publicly documenting her life and hobbies to an audience of 900,000 subscribers on YouTube, Connie closed the book on the Noodlerella project in a bid for more privacy and to pursue her original passions in the performing arts. ![]() It was at university that Connie started her hugely successful YouTube channel Noodlerella (named after her favourite food and favourite Disney princess). This passion for stories has never left her, and Connie recently finished a degree in film theory. ![]() ![]() She had a love for performing stories from a young age and attended Guildhall drama classes as a teenager. Connie Glynn has always loved writing and wrote her first story when she was six, with her mum at a typewriter acting as her scribe. ![]()
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When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. ![]() “The queen of beach reads” ( New York Magazine) and #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel.įresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. ![]() ![]() ![]() His wife, Valerie, with helping him find ''that often elusive voice - neither too sympathetic nor too sharp - that would best capture the complexities of Rockefeller's character.'' 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In this episode Sally shared a lot of valuable insights on the impediments preventing women from moving up and the behaviours and steps women need to take. Her most recent book, How Women Rise, became the top-selling title in its field within only a week of publication. She is a greatly sought after leadership coach cited in Forbes as the women’s premier expert on women’s leadership. ![]() She is also the author of the book, How women rise, co-authored by Marshall Goldsmith. Over the last 30 years she has worked with women leaders to recognize and act on their greatest strengths. Sally Helgesen is an international speaker and leadership consultant. Sally Helgesen is a best-selling author, speaker and women leadership expert. ![]() |