Helen Ellis: 12 books

*"I loved it." —Ann Patchett * The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts, gunshots,...

Afraid for her life, Mary Illingford abandons her home in Sydney and her abusive and violent husband, Paul. With her daughter, Jenni, she embarks on a journey to a place where she thinks he will never find her - the island of Santorini, Greece. She is deeply concerned about her decision to run away,...

Planning a holiday to Greece? Go the easy way with "GREECE - 100 Travel Tips." It's a must-read for independent travelers. This is not a guide book, but it contains guidelines and helpful advice, liberally sprinkled with personal experiences and descriptions. Here's a quote: "Greece...

"What Curiosity Kills...cracks open the world of Upper East Side prep-schoolers and literally turns it wild, bringing together the best parts of Gossip Girl, Twilight, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer... funny, fierce, and full of surprises." -Hannah Tinti, ALA Alex Award-winning auth or of...

This novella is to introduce four individual seniors – Rosanne, her cousin Dorrie, her lifelong friend Ethel, and their companion, Charmaine. There comes a time in life when friendship is not only important, but necessary, for age is not for sissies, and the four friends have to make lifetime decisions....

Christmas is imminent. Ethel decides to festoon the front of the new house and garden with Christmas themed decorations. It’s not as easy as it seems, but Ivan and Bert, new friends, help in their own shambolic way. As Christmas Day approaches, each day throws up a new challenge: from Rosanne’s...

One of the commands of our Lord Jesus is, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel". All the world includes the prisons. It is a huge and largely underserved mission field. I endeavor to shed light on the mission field of prisons, delve into statistics on women in prison and share...

Make mine a moussaka? Yes, please. Let me whisk you to beautiful Greece, and we’ll eat dinner at sunset overlooking a tiny beach, while listening to waves lapping on the pebbles at our feet.Here's a sample from the chapters of this great travel read:AthensMaybe it’s not the...

An adventure story with a difference!Monifieth Maximilian is a pedigree Burmese cat, who lives with his people (his Giants), the Marshalls. Life with the Marshalls is good, until one day Max jumps the back fence, and life is never the same.On this day like no other, Max meets Blotch,...

A sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity, American Housewife features murderous ladies who lunch, celebrity treasure hunters, and the best bra fitter south of the Mason Dixon line. Meet the women of American Housewife: they wear lipstick,...

The debut novel by the author of American Housewife. Eating the Cheshire Cat lures us into a world of perfectly planned parties and steep social ladders, where traditional rites of passage take unpredictable and horrifying turns as three girls and their overbearing mothers collide. In...

How ritualized public ceremonies affirm or challenge cultural identities associated with the American South * A Choice Outstanding Academic Title "From the jazz funeral processions in the streets of New Orleans to the annual Natchez Pilgrimage in Mississippi and the Scottish Highland...