Research Paper On Sarah Blanding

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Sarah Blanding (IT director, Deadpool fan & goldfish-killer) has it all - amazing friends, mad coding skills, and a life-size replica of Dr. Who’s TARDIS in her parking spot at work. She also has a loving mother bent on seeing her get married. Desperate for a break in the nagging, Sarah ignores the adage, “Be careful what you wish for,” and posts a Tweet begging for 24 hours without her mom mentioning Match.com - and unwittingly lands the starring role in her very own fractured fairy tale. An unexpected request from Sarah's best friend (a writer from the New York Times), asking her to be the focus of a story on the big business of genealogy, leads Sarah believe her wish has come true. However, when she arrives in Ireland to discover her roots, Sarah instead finds her "orphaned" mother's family alive, well, and often under arrest. Stunned and angered by her mother's deceit, Sarah would consider matricide but an onslaught of strange hallucinations and a very attractive yet delusional detective prevent her from plotting in peace. …show more content…

When Conall realizes Sarah has the ability to see Fae folk, he must convince the quirky computer-hacking, realist that: her burgeoning ability to see fairies isn't an allergic reaction to Guinness; binary code isn't the only type of magic in existence; and without her help, the stolen Tara Brooch may never be found. Perhaps even more importantly, Conall has to find the courage to tell Sarah he’s fallen for her and accept the fact her penchant for getting into trouble, well, It's in the

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