Books like Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
After a career of odd jobs, a newly graduated woman finds inspiration in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, feeling it speaks directly to her life. Believing the novel destined for her, she overhauls her path around its themes of boldness, determination, independence, and purpose. With her mother, sister, and a fiercely independent Amazon parrot that refuses to cooperate, she embarks on a domestic adventure that tests her resolve and creates new possibilities for self‑realization.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Sara Levine
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