A turf war between neighbors leads to a small-town crisis in this sharply observed debut novel perfect for fans of Tom Perrotta, Meg Wolitzer, and Celeste Ng.
The critically acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller A Land More Kind Than Homehailed as "e;a powerfully moving debut that reads as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird"e; (Richmond Times Dispatch)returns with a resonant novel of love and atonement, blood and vengeance, set in western North Carolina, involving two young sisters, a wayward father, and an enemy determined to see him pay for his sins.
In this beautifully crafted novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world on New York Citys Upper West Side as she slowly loses her once whip-smart husband to dementiaperfect for fans of Still Alice.
In April 2020, at the height of the pandemic in New York City, Andrew, the assistant director of a funeral home one mile from Elmhurst Hospital, the epicenter of the epicenter, meets a legendary Coney Island witch doctor (Lelya Dorche), who makes him an offer that could better his chances of keeping his COVID-positive elderly parents and his severely asthmatic 13-year-old son, Miro, off the ever-expanding list of virus mortalities.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEThe Dinner Guest is Gabriela Ybarra s prizewinning literary debut: a singular autobiographical novel piecing together the kidnap and murder of her grandfather by terrorists, reflecting on the personal impact of private pain and public tragedy.
In school playgrounds across the country parents huddle in worried packs, desperately putting together their final plans to survive the summer weeks of mayhem - school is officially out!
Evans interweaves the strands of her three-generation narrative with an exhilarating sense of place and period Daily TelegraphRead the dazzling family mystery from the Women s Prize-shortlisted author of Ordinary PeopleAs a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water.
'A poignant read with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments' HEAT magazine'A great holiday read whether you're escaping to sunnier climes or curled up in front of a log fire' DAILY EXPRESS'I Must Stand Up for Myself More', promises Maggie Storm, who spends her days cleaning houses for people who often have more money than manners.
A Tangled Web is a captivating novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, following the lives of two interconnected families over the course of a tumultuous year, filled with both heartbreak and hilarity.
Kunstvoll verwebt Mirrianne Mahn die Schicksale von fünf Frauen miteinander, deren Leben mehr als ein Jahrhundert auseinanderliegen und doch über die Linien kolonialer Ausbeutung und dem Streben nach Selbstbestimmung verbunden sind.
Ein scharfzüngiger und dabei höchst unterhaltsamer Roman über die Absturz-Ängste der Mittelschicht von Karin Ernst für die Leser von Yasmina Reza ("Der Gott des Gemetzels") - intelligente Unterhaltung mit gesellschaftlichem HintergrundClaire und ihr Mann Niko glauben, es geschafft zu haben.
NAMED ARECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY:Buzzfeed The Boston Globe The Millions InStyle Southern Living Vogue Popsugar Kirkus The Washington Post Library Journal Real Simple NPRWith his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alams second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking.
Bits and Ash were children when the kidnapping of their younger sister, Alenaan incident for which Ash blames himselfcaused an irreparable family rift.
