Laura H Pedersen

Best Bet: A Novel (The Hallie Palmer Series)

Since Hallie's father died and left behind ten children, money at the Palmer household is tighter than ever. And just when Hallie thought she was graduating from college, it turns out she's four credits short. A professor needs one more student for a project that will take her around the world, only...

Buffalo Unbound: A Celebration

Writing about the economic collapse and social unrest of her 1970s childhood in Buffalo, New York, Laura Pedersen was struck by how things were finally improving in her beloved hometown. As 2008 began, Buffalo was poised to become the thriving metropolis it had been a hundred years earlier—only inst...

Hallie Palmer

The Hallie Palmer series is a humorous and heartfelttale of affirmation and belonging. This compendium contains all four of the bestselling and award-winning books: BEGINNER'S LUCK, HEART'S DESIRE, THE BIG SHUFFLE and BEST BET. Beginner's Luck was chosen byBarnes & Noblefor their "Discover Great New...

Heart's Desire: A Novel

Card sharp and former wild child Hallie Palmer is in college now–and Bernard Stockton, her legal guardian, has suddenly appeared during final exams. He’s hysterical about his recent breakup with his longtime boyfriend, Gil, and wants to enlist Hallie in a scheme to win Gil back. So Hallie returns to...

Beginner's Luck: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

“There could be no doubt left in anyone’s mind that my life had all the makings of a country-and-western song.” The second of seven children (with another on the way), Hallie Palmer has one dream: to make it to Vegas. Normally blessed with an uncanny gift for winning at games of chance, she’s just h...

The Big Shuffle: A Novel

“We’re approaching Cat in the Hat level chaos and no one’s even had breakfast yet.”When the death of her father leaves her mother bereft and incapacitated, card shark Hallie Palmer returns home from college to raise Hallie’s eight younger siblings. Hallie’s older brother has a scholarship and a sens...

Unplugged: Ella Gets Her Family Back

Ella is really frustrated. Lately it seems like the whole family has forgotten how to be together. Instead of playing Hangman and making waffles, everyone is talking on cell phones, playing video games, and using the computer. What's a girl to do?When Ella finally makes her move, it gets everyone s ...

Last Call (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Having descended from a long line of indomitable, good-humored Scots, Hayden MacBride sees no reason to take his own death lying down. In fact, he now spends his days crashing funerals for the free food and insight into the Great Beyond. Then he meets Rosamond, a nun playing hooky from the Holy Orde...

Laura Pedersen

Laura Pedersen (born October 8, 1965) is an American author, journalist, and playwright. Contents. 1 About; 2 Career; 3 References; 4 External links. About[ edit].

Beginner's Luck

Beginner's Luck: A Novel

Last Call

Heart's Desire

The Big Shuffle

Play Money : My Brief but Brilliant Career on Wall Street

Street-Smart Career Guide: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Career Development

Last Call