The Girl In The Flammable Skirt Av Aimee Bender

Hvor mye trenger, og ønsker vi, egentlig å vite om de vi elsker? Rose er en beskjeden, still jente med uvanlige evner: Hun kan smake folks følelser. Hun oppdager denne evnen som niåring, da hun tar en bit av morens hjemmelagde sjokoladesitronkake...

She drinks it before the babysitter can see. Twenty years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment, and two other incidents - her discovery of a desiccated beetle from a school paper, and a bouquet of dried roses from some curtains.

On the eve of her ninth birthday, Rose Edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. All at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of...

Celebrate the beauty of curls in a buoyant how-to, manifesto, and curly girl support group all in one.