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The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid's most admired creations--newly available in paperback

Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to North America to work as an au pair for Lewis and Mariah and their four children. Lewis and Mariah are a thrice-blessed couple--handsome, rich, and seemingly happy. Yet, alomst at once, Lucy begins to notice cracks in their beautiful facade. With mingled anger and compassion, Lucy scrutinizes the assumptions and verities of her employers' world and compares them with the vivid realities of her native place. Lucy has no illusions about her own past, but neither is she prepared to be deceived about where she presently is.

At the same time that Lucy is coming to terms with Lewis's and Mariah's lives, she is also unravelling the mysteries of her own sexuality. Gradually a new person unfolds: passionate, forthright, and disarmingly honest. In Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid has created a startling new character possessed with adamantine clearsightedness and ferocious integrity--a captivating heroine for our time.

After the death of her husband, Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball) and her friend, the recently divorced Vivian Bagley (Vivian Vance), move into a house together with their children. The series follows the adventures of the widow Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own.

Stills from The Lucy Show: Season 1 (Click for larger image)

The Whole McGillicuddy: All 9 Seasons! All 194 Episodes!
Fall in love again and again with the timeless comedy that entertains generation after generation. This special 34-disc DVD collection contains every hilarious episode of every classic season of I Love Lucy--from the Lost Pilot to the The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour shows. Join Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel for non-stop laughter as you savor every magical moment of the greatest sitcom of all time.

Includes all new special features including I Love Lucy: The Movie, the first Fully-Colorized I Love Lucy episode, I Love Lucy at the 6th Annual Emmy® Awards, highlights of Lucy & Desi's First Joint TV Appearance, and hours of bonus features from the individual complete season releases!

An utterly absorbing novel about a famous political marriage and an epic infidelity.

On the eve of World War I, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt, fiercely ambitious and still untouched by polio, falls in love with his wife's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. Eleanor stumbles on their letters and divorce is discussed, but honor and ambition win out. Franklin promises he will never see Lucy again.

But Franklin and Lucy do meet again, and again they fall in love. As he prepares to run for an unprecedented third term and lead America into war, Franklin turns to Lucy for the warmth and unconditional approval Eleanor is unable to give.

Ellen Feldman brings a novelist's insight to bear on the connection of these three compelling characters. Franklin and Lucy did finally meet, across the divide of his illness and political ascendancy, her marriage and widowhood. They fell in love again. As he prepared to run for an unprecedented third term and lead America into war, Franklin turned to Lucy for the warmth and unconditional approval Eleanor was unable to give.

Drawing on recently discovered materials to re-create the voice of a woman who played a crucial but silent role in the Roosevelt presidency, Lucy is a remarkably sensitive exploration of the private lives behind a public marriage. Reading group guide included.

Movie DVD

Get 360 degree of nightlight for your campsite. A steel mesh globe protects your mantle offering extra durability for packing with no glass to break. Expect about 8.5 hours of burn time on one can of Bruntane fuel. Throw it in the included stuff sack and hit the trail for an overnighter.

Illuminate your campsite with 360 degrees of night light with the Brunton Lucy backpacking lantern. The Lucy, which weighs a mere 5.8 ounces and fits inside a handy stuff sack, offers a brightness rating of 65 watts/27 candlepower--more than enough for reading, cooking, or playing cards in the tent. Meanwhile, the lantern's steel mesh globe is glass-free, so it not only protects your mantle, but won't break during the packing process. Best of all, the Lucy offers roughly 8.5 hours of consecutive burn time on a single can of isobutane fuel, so you needn't worry about losing your only light source after a couple of hours of darkness.

The Lucy, which comes with two mantles in addition to the stuff sack, measures 4.5 by 2.6 inches and is backed by a one-year warranty.

What's in the Box?
Lucy lantern, two mantles, stuff sack, user's manual

Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance star as Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz dolls, captured here in hilarious detail dressed as chocolate factory employees from the famous?"Job Switching" episode. Includes a portion of the original TV soundtrack from the show where their antics land them in trouble, and with serious bellyaches, as the pace picks up on the production line. Dolls cannot stand alone. Dolls measure 12". Requires 3 AG13 (LR44) button cell batteries, included.

Radiate good vibes in this bad boy.

• Tiger & Cheetah prints.
• Ribbed chest detailing.
• Black Trim.