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By Laurie Colwin. 1990
The enchanting and insightful story of a woman trying to reconcile her rock-and-roll past with her respectable present When Geraldine…
Colshares drops out of graduate school to become the only white backup singer in an R&B band, nobody thinks it is a good idea. Not her parents, who are sure she is on drugs. Not her best friend, who sees going on tour as a way of staving off real life. Not even Doo-Wah Banks, her Juilliard-trained bandmate and crush, who suggests she find a nice white husband. But to be a Shakette--as in Vernon and Ruby Shakely and the Shakettes--has been the burning desire of Geraldine's heart since puberty, and when she steps on stage in her chartreuse dress and luminescent shoes, she knows she is exactly where she belongs. All good things must come to an end, however, and after two years on the road Geraldine quits the band and settles down to the kind of conventional routine--marriage, children, dinner parties--she never expected. To her family and friends, Geraldine seems to have it all, but the question remains: Once you've been a Shakette, will anything else ever feel so right? A hilarious and touching novel about staying true to yourself while moving on with life, Goodbye Without Leaving stars one of Laurie Colwin's most distinctive and delightful heroines. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Laurie Colwin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.By Laurie Colwin. 1978
A witty, wise, and endearing portrait of two couples as they navigate the unsteady terrain of modern love Guido Morris…
and Vincent Cardworthy are third cousins and best friends. In college they dreamed of writing poetry (Guido) and winning the Nobel Prize in Physics (Vincent). Now in their late twenties, they are together again in Cambridge and on the verge of settling down to more prosaic pursuits. Vincent is headed to New York City to become the Board of City Planning's expert on garbage, while Guido is preparing to take over the management of his family's foundation. What they really want to know, however, is who their wives will be. Guido gets the first inkling of his romantic future when he spies a girl with the blackest, sleekest hair he has ever seen sitting on a bench at the Fogg Museum. When he tries to flirt with her, Holly Sturgis makes a cutting remark and leaves. For Guido, it is love at first sight. Vincent discovers Misty Berkowitz one morning at work. Stirring her coffee with a fountain pen, she tells him to get the hell away from her. Soon, cheerful, open-minded Vincent can't stop thinking about his bored, misanthropic, and very pretty colleague. Guido, Holly, Vincent, and Misty are lucky enough to find love. The question is, are they smart enough to hold on to it? From the terrifying uncertainty of courtship to the dull contentment of marriage, Happy All the Time is a dazzling tribute to the hard work and real courage it takes to create a storybook romance. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Laurie Colwin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.By Anne Tyler. 1982
Pearl Tull may be dying, but she remembers well the day her husband abandoned her and left her to raise…
their three children--Cody, Ezra, and Jenny--by herself. Now, as these three are brought together by Pearl's nearing death, each sibling recounts the bitter memories of their childhood: Cody, the oldest, who felt responsible as the cause for his father's departure, all the while hiding his envy for his younger brother Ezra, whom he believes to be his mother's favourite; Ezra, the kind, nurturing young son whose sole wish is to see his family be together and happy, trying repeatedly (and failing) to bring his splintered family together for a meal at the restaurant where he works; and Jenny, the willful scholar, who only encounters familial stability after her third marriage. Contending with the troubles of their past and present, Ezra makes a final attempt to bring the family together for a meal, where the Tull siblings will come together to hash out their repressed feelings--and encounter a surprise visitor--recounting with painful candor what the family meant to them.By Michael Williams. 2009
<P>Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered…
on by Deo's older brother, Innocent. <P>It is a day like any other . . . until the soldiers arrive and Deo and Innocent are forced to run for their lives, fleeing the wreckage of their village for the distant promise of safe haven. <P>Along the way, they face the prejudice and poverty that await refugees everywhere, and must rely on the kindness of people they meet to make it through. But when tragedy strikes, Deo's love of soccer is all he has left. Can he use that gift to find hope once more? <P><P>Relevant, timely, and accessibly written, Now Is the Time For Running is a staggering story of survival that follows Deo and his mentally handicapped older brother on a transformative journey that will stick with readers long after the last page.By Howard Fast. 1987
Howard Fast's 1987 New York Times bestseller, a tight political drama that remains just as relevant today as when it…
was first writtenFast's 1987 novel The Dinner Party confronts issues including American intervention in Latin America and the AIDS epidemic. Often compared to a play, The Dinner Party takes place during a single day, culminating in a party hosted by Richard Cromwell, a US Senator whose wealthy entrepreneur father-in-law is building a controversial highway across Central America, though powerful government interests want the highway stopped stopped. International politics become deeply personal in this novel, and unfailingly serve as a commentary on contemporary politics. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author's estate.By Tracy Mcmillan. 2016
What would you do if your ex-con father suddenly came to visit...indefinitely? Family drama ensues when Nicki's dad unexpectedly wants…
to move in with her, her son, and her boyfriend in this comedic novel from successful TV writer Tracy McMillan.Nicki Daniels owns a home appraisal business, but real estate is her true passion: she lives for open houses and really knows her way around a floor plan. And especially at this juncture of her life, real estate has come to signify the stability she is trying to build with her teenage son, Cody, and her much younger boyfriend, Jake. She's finally ready to find the perfect house for the three of them and work on a new business venture with Jake that she thinks will jump-start their lives together. Meanwhile, Ronnie, a longtime inmate at a nearby correctional facility, is getting some good news for once--there was a mistake in his sentencing, and he's eligible to get out of prison. Ronnie decides his best option to avoid homelessness is to move in with his estranged daughter: Nicki. Even though they haven't spoken in years, her door is always open to him, right? Imbued with wit and profound insight into relationships, Multiple Listings speaks poignantly--and often hilariously--about the ties that bind families of all types together.By Varina Denman. 2015
As a child, Ruthie was shunned by the local congregation. Thirteen years later, Ruthie's heart begins to stir when an…
attractive single preacher arrives. But their relationship is bitterly opposed--unearthing a string of secrets which threaten to turn the church, the town, and her world upside-down.Jaded is the rare novel that is both love story between a woman and man ... and God and His church. Plunging deep into the waters of shame, forgiveness and restoration, it will resonate with every woman who's experienced a loss of heart ... and a thirst for hope.By Linda Shute, Linda Walvoord Girard. 1989
By James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein, Laura Park. 2013
In this follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller I Funny, middle schooler Jamie Grimm has big dreams…
of being the best stand-up comic in the world--and he won't let the fact that he's wheelchair-bound stand in his way. After winning the New York state finals in the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest, Jamie's off to Boston to compete in the national semi-finals. But when one of his best buddies runs into trouble at school and a sudden family health scare rears its head, Jamie has to put his comedic ambitions on hold and stand by the people he cares about. Can Jamie pass up the big competition for the sake of his friends and family? (Includes more than 175 black-and-white illustrations.)By Emma Fraser. 2018
Once a home full of love, all that remains in Greyfriars House are secrets and lies . . .On a…
remote Scottish island sits Greyfriars House, a house haunted by unspoken words and family mysteries. But once it was a happy and comforting place and in the summer of 1939, family and friends gather to forget their fears about the impending war. Nine-year-old Olivia watches the grown-ups with fascination particularly her mother and her two aunts, the three daughters of the family who own the island. Then Olivia she sees something she isn't meant to and when the truth comes out it reverberates through the generations.Almost fifty years later, Olivia has fallen ill and urges her own daughter, Charlotte, to visit Greyfriars to reconnect the existing branches of the family. Charlotte is hesitant to get to know her great-aunts, women who have always shunned her mother, but curiosity and a desire to run from her own life get the better of her and she goes to the island.But Greyfriars House is a shadow of its former self and Charlotte finds her great-aunts tense and cautious. There is something they want to share with Charlotte, but in order to truly understand their secret Charlotte must first understand what happened to them before and during the war . . .By Carol Fenner. 1995
After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove…
that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.<P><P> Young Andrew creates beautiful music on his harmonica despite his reading difficulties, and when the bullies of his Chicago neighborhood destroy his harmonica, his older sister Yolanda struggles to replace it.<P> Newbery Honor BookBy Marjan Kamali. 2013
Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughters twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with…
her mothers endless matchmaking and grading of available Iranian American bachelors. After Daryas last ill-fated attempt to find Mina a husband, mother and daughter embark on a journey to Iran, where the two women gradually begin to understand each other. But after Mina falls for a young man who never appeared on her mothers spreadsheets and Darya is tempted by an American musician, will this mother and daughters tender appreciation for each other survive?By Nicole Helm. 2014
Mia Pruitt's done sacrificing. More geeky than glamorous in high school, she let Dell Wainright, the town's sexy party boy,…
overlook her while she waited for Mr. Right-who never came. Now it's time for some changes. Time to take control of her family's farm and her sex life. And Dell's the perfect guy to give her a hands-on lesson in passion.Only, Dell's her toughest rival at the local farmer's market. With developers circling his father's land, he'll do whatever it takes to prove he's responsible enough to take the reins. Whether it's stripping off his shirt to entice women to his stand or temporarily joining forces with Mia to rescue both of their businesses.But crossing the line between work and pleasure reaps more complications than either of them see coming. And they'll find out just how hot competition can get.By Patrick Mcgrath. 2013
The aloof and enigmatic Constance Schuyler lives alone in Manhattan. At a literary party she meets Sidney Klein, a professor…
of poetry twenty years her senior. Intoxicated by her chilly beauty, Sidney pursues the young woman with restless determination and soon proposes marriage. Constance accepts, and with some misgivings moves into his dark, book-filled apartment. But Constance is a haunted woman. When her father, a doctor, makes a devastating revelation, she is forced to revisit the childhood she spent with her dissipated sister Iris in a broken-down house on the Hudson River. Meanwhile Iris's lover, Eddie, who plays piano in a cocktail lounge, threatens Constance's already shaky marriage, and before long her world begins to fall apart. Her only consolation is the friendship of Sidney's boy Howard, a strange, delicate child, not unlike Constance herself. . . A compelling story of a troubled marriage and a damaged family, Constance is also a tale of resilience and loyalty, and of the sudden unexpected glimpse of moral inspiration in the midst of crisis that can lead even the most lost of souls back to the light.By Elvira Seminara. 2015
«Ten cuidado, cariño: hay un momento en que corremos el peligro de transformarnos en un vestido. Uno que, por si…
fuera poco, cubre el cuerpo de otra persona.» Eleonora es una mujer fuerte, dispuesta a pagar por los errores cometidos, pero intenta que su hija Corinne no caiga en las trampas sentimentales que le han obligado a ella a refugiarse en un piso de París, lejos de los suyos y muy cerca de una tristeza infinita. Corinne está en Italia y la relación entre madre e hija se ha desgarrado como una sábana vieja, usada y lavada demasiadas veces, pero de repente Eleonora encuentra la forma de coser la tela rota: día tras día, dibujará con palabras un mapa de las prendas que dejó en Florencia. Junto con la descripción minuciosa de faldas, blusas y vestidos, van unos consejos para que su hija entienda que la vida está hecha de injertos y remiendos, zurcidos y pespuntes, y sin embargo ahí, debajo de un dobladillo torcido o un cuello demasiado escotado, estamos nosotras, aún vivas y dispuestas. Las palabras de Eleonora son febriles, a veces desordenadas, pero su energía se contagia y el talento de Elvira Seminara, ávida lectora de Calvino, Perec y Borges, abre armarios y revuelve perchas que nos tocan muy de cerca.By Valerie Hockert, Margherita Leone. 2017
Katelyn, che è molto conscia sulla salute, si iscrive ad un centro benessere in una piccola città dove si è…
recentemente trasferita. Mentre si sta allenando al centro, lei ne osserva i vari clienti che vanno e vengono e che si allenano anche là. Alcuni di loro vengono con un compagno. Alcuni sembra che stiano provando a rimettersi in sesto dopo la fine di una relazione; altri per motivi di salute. Lei osserva queste persone, ognuna di loro rappresenta una parte della sua vita passata; la vita dalla quale pensava di scappare trasferendosi da un'area metropolitana ad una piccola città. Katelyn riflette e decide che la sua vita non è così male dopo tutto, e scopre il suo scopo di vita.By Rainbow Rowell. 2013
La deliciosa y emotiva historia de una nerd destinada a la grandeza... Cath y Wren son gemelas idénticas, y hasta…
hace poco lo hacían absolutamente todo juntas. Ahora están a la universidad. Wren le ha dejado claro que no piensa compartir habitación con ella. Para Wren es una oportunidad única de empezar de cero y conocer gente. Para Cath no es tan fácil. Es terriblemente tímida. Su único mundo es ser fan de Simon Snow, donde ella se siente a gusto, donde siempre sabe exactamente qué decir y donde puede escribir un romance mucho más intenso que cualquier cosa que haya experimentado en la vida real. Sin Wren, Cath se siente completamente sola, fuera de su zona de confort. Tiene una compañera de cuarto antipática, siempre acompañada de su atractivo novio, un profesor de escritura que piensa que el fan fiction es el fin del mundo civilizado, un guapo compañero de clase, que sólo quiere hablar de palabras...Y además no puede dejar de preocuparse por su padre, que es amoroso y frágil y nunca ha estado realmente solo. Ahora Cath tiene que decidir si está dispuesta a abrir su corazón a los nuevos amigos y a las nuevas experiencias, y se está dando cuenta de que hay mucho más que aprender sobre el amor de lo que nunca creyó posible. Reseñas: «Conmovedora. Absolutamente real.»Publisher's Weekly «Absolutamente cautivadora.»Kirkus Reviews «Los diálogos realmente auténticos, una notable empatía con los adolescentes, un retrato honesto de los jóvenes y el primer amor ofrecen una lectura fascinante.»Lancashire Evening Post «Una novela divertida, triste, inteligente y entretenida.»Armadillo Magazine «Una delicia para los adolescentes en la búsqueda del primer amor... lo suficientemente inteligente como para mantenerles leyendo.»The Daily TelegraphBy Matt J. Mckinnon, Margaret Hart. 2017
Edoardo Massini is an Italian executive, Head of Personnel at the most important oil company in Italy, who gains the…
world but suffers the loss of his own soul along the way. It shows the plight of the modern male executive who defines his life by his career and his work rather than by more solid values of relationships, love, loyalty and friendship. The novel shows the tragedy of human life where people live their life in the future and understand it in retrospect. The author plays neatly with the perspective of past and present to show the reader that time is not necessarily on their side.By Seré Halverson. 2017
Alaska doesn't forgive mistakesThat's what Kachemak Winkel's mother used to tell him. A lot of mistakes were made that awful…
day twenty years ago, when she died in a plane crash with Kache's father and brother--and Kache still feels responsible. He fled Alaska for good, but now his aunt Snag insists on his return. She admits she couldn't bring herself to check on his family's house in the woods--not even once since he's been gone.Kache is sure the cabin has decayed into a pile of logs, but he finds smoke rising from the chimney and a mysterious Russian woman hiding from her own troubled past. Nadia has kept the house exactly the same--a haunting museum of life before the crash. And she's stayed there, afraid and utterly isolated, for ten years.Set in the majestic, dangerous beauty of Alaska, All the Winters After is the story of two bound souls trying to free themselves, searching for family and forgiveness.By Isabel Allende. 2004