Miss Lamp
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When a mad dentist steals people's teeth, Miss Lamp comes to town. Miss Lamp, a young and savvy lawyer, is holed up in Room 32 of the Peachland Hotel, waiting for a perfect grilled cheese sandwich and reviewing the case of Delano, the teeth-stealing dentist everybody loves to hate. Meanwhile, the narrator takes us on a tour of Miss Lamp's memories, stories of her family, the adventures of those who knock on her door. There's Miss Lamp's mother, Abby, and her mean grandmother. There's the supremely lovable Paper Boy, abused by Delano and in love with a younger Miss Lamp. There's naive Room Service Boy, on the hunt for the perfect tomato soup to accompany Miss Lamp's grilled cheese; at the grocery store he meets the assertive Banana Tray Hair – could it be love? These characters' stories weave together into a tangle – like moths to a light, they all kaleidoscope back to our Miss Lamp in her floral hotel room. She invites you in to smell the flowers, to walk in someone else's shoes, to eat a peach, to watch a magpie pick for gold.
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Christopher Ewart. Miss Lamp
Miss Lamp
Miss Lamp
The Cheque’s in the Mail
Service with a Smile
Squeak Goes the Wagon
Sprung Flowers
That’s What Friends Are For
Soup Is Good Food
The Tooth, the Whole Tooth
Hangnail for a Wink
Half-Pint
Dreaming of a White Christmas
Rin-Tin-Tin
Breathing Is Good for You
The Dog’s Breakfast
Berrylicious
Lost and Flowered
The Pickle
Smiles Are Always Free
The Polka-Dot Door
Mmm, Mmm, Good
Double Your Pleasure
She Has the Freshest Mouth in Town
Lip Service
The Egg
The Craneal Nerve
Music Box Dancers
Polish Those Pearly Whites
Lay Off of My Red Suede Shoes
In the White Room
Work Union, Live Better
Banana Splints
The Early Bird
How ’Bout Them Apples?
Skin Deep
The Sweet Tang of Success
Ride Like the Wind
A Sprinkle Will Do Just Fine
Pancake Banter
To Be a Mountie
A Good Girl Scout
Aromatherapy
Window Dressing
Go Fish
It Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking
All Peaches and Cream
Bingo Collar
Give Trees a Chance
Pica Boo
A Drop in the Bucket
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
Miss Lamp Eats a Peach
The Price Is Right
Mining for Yukon Gold
Long in the Tooth
The Quicker Picker-Upper
Pretty as a Peach
Delano Gets an Escort
A Little Dab’ll Do Ya
Lollipop, Lollipop, Oh Lolli-lollipop
Flower Child
Pennies from Heaven
’Cause Band-Aid’s Stuck on You
Back from the IGA
Manners To Spare
Magpie Surprise
The Hollywood Bowl
Say It with Flowers
Lucy’s Diamond Necklace Cabaret
Facts of the Day
How Much Are Those Shoes in the Alley?
When a Stranger Calls
Miss Lamp Reads Herself
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Отрывок из книги
Ewart, Chris
‘It’s okay to talk to yourself,
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Paper Boy squeezed the rusty black handle of his red paper wagon, squeaking it away from the smelly, spitty man.
‘Now get off my property, and don’t forget to be on time, Paper Boy.’
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