Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah. Rachel Cohn
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Название: Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah

Автор: Rachel Cohn

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Учебная литература

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isbn: 9781780317526

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      First published in Great Britain in 2018

      by Electric Monkey, an imprint of Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      First published in the USA in 2018

      by Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books,

      a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York

      Text copyright © 2018 Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

      The moral rights of the authors have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2018

      ISBN 978 1 4052 8401 1

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1752 6

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       To my Bubbe and my Bebe grandmas

      R.C.

       To Grandma Grace and Grandma Alice

      D.L.

       People need, demand fantasy. I try to help them do this for a little while, to help them forget work and problems and enjoy, vicariously, a folderol of fun, good music and fancy dress. I give them a little recess from the humdrum.

      Liberace

      Invitation

      WHAT: Recess from the Humdrum! Dinner Party

      WHO: Sam & Ilsa

      WHEN: May 16, 8 p.m.

      WHY: Last dinner party at Czarina’s Palais de Rent Control!

      Sad face!

      Also, Liberace’s birthday.* Sequin face!

      WHERE: Sam & Ilsa’s grandma’s.** (map attached)

      WEAR: Garish.***

       * If you don’t know who Liberace is, we don’t know how you got invited to this party. But you can ask Mr Google if you need help.

       ** Don’t worry, Czarina is out of town and will leave us alone for the evening!

       *** Ask yourself, WWLW: What Would Liberace Wear?

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       6: SAM

       7: ILSA

       8: SAM

       9: ILSA

       10: SAM

       11: ILSA

       12: SAM

       13: ILSA

       14: SAM

       15: ILSA

       16: SAM

       17: ILSA

       18: SAM

       19: ILSA

       20: SAM

       21: SAM & ILSA

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       ILSA

      My brother is way too obsessed with our grandma’s sex life.

      “I think Czarina has taken a lover,” Sam says, holding out his hand to me. “Spatula. Stat.” My job is to maximize the chef ’s surgical efficiency by passing him the gadgets he requests. I hand him the spatula. “That’s an egg-turner spatula. The spoon spatula, Ilsa,” he says, like it’s so obvious. “Observe!”

      I look at his bowl, filled with cheese and spinach. Seems like any old spatula could work in that bowl, but if it were up to me, we’d order takeout from Zabar’s and not bother with DIY cooking СКАЧАТЬ