People or personnel : decentralizing and the mixed systems ; and, Like a conquered province : the moral ambiguity of America
by Paul Goodman
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In this delectable novel--complete with recipes--Jennifer Ross frosts a sweet story of a young woman fulfilling her dreams, one delicious cupcake at a time. In Ansley Waller's world of Southern belles and gentlemen, getting a diamond ring isn't just important--it's the ultimate goal. So when her fiancE, Parish, unceremoniously kicks her to the curb and cancels their upcoming wedding, Ansley is so ashamed that she decides to leave Dallas and make a fresh start. In a surprise move, she heads show more to New York City to live with her recently widowed grandmother, Vivian, whom she's never met. In turn, Vivian gives Ansley a no-nonsense ultimatum: Rather than wallow in misery, either get a job or go home. The Waller women have a tradition of baking their way out of sorrow. So Ansley mixes batch after batch of creative cupcakes--Black Bottom Heartache, Moving Blues Banana Caramel, Tres Leches Made Small. Before long, she's opening up her own cupcake shop and even trying her hand at dating. But the ways of Manhattan's eligible bachelors are altogether different from their Southern counterparts, and Ansley's nearly fail-safe tactics fall flat. And worse, someone's got a half-baked scheme to sabotage Ansley's new life. It'll take a cup of courage and a dash of Southern charm, plus a few secret ingredients, if Ansley hopes to pull off her recipe for success. "From the Trade Paperback edition." show lessTags
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Paul Goodman, known in his day as "the philosopher of the New Left," set the agenda for the youth movement of the Sixties with his best-selling Growing Up Absurd. During this same heady period of his fame he also published his public letters and his journals, the Living Theatre performed his plays, his poems were set to music, and his fiction was show more chosen for book club distribution. Taylor Stoehr, Paul Goodman's friend and literary executor, has edited many volumes of his fiction, poetry, and social commentary. A professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Stoehr is also the author of half a dozen other books of literary and cultural criticism, and translator of two collections of poetry. show less
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- People or personnel : decentralizing and the mixed systems ; and, Like a conquered province : the moral ambiguity of America
- Original publication date
- 1968 (combined volume) (combined volume)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 301.3
- Disambiguation notice
- Single volume edition containing the two works People or Personnel: Decentralizing and the Mixed Systems and Like a Conquered Province: The Moral Ambiguity of America. Please do not combine with either of the i... (show all)ndividual books.
LCCN 68-11410
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 301.3 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology Formerly: Ecology and community
- LCC
- HN58 .G58 — Social sciences Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Social history and conditions. Social problems. By region or country
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