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5 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
382 kr
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Winner of the 2014 Drue Heinz Literature PrizeThe flight path of The Spirit Bird traces many landscapes and different transitory lives. A young man scratches out a living from the desert; a woman follows a rarely seen bird in the far reaches of Alaska; a poor single mother sorts out her life in a fancy mountain town. Other protagonists yearn to cross a racial divide, keep developers from a local island, explore their sexuality, and mourn a lost loved one. The characters in this collection are compelled to seek beyond their own horizons, and as the stories unfold, the search becomes the expression of their desires. The elusive spirit bird is a metaphor for what we’ve lost, for what we hope for, and for what we don’t know about ourselves.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
235 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2025131 kr
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Juliet Ruskin, married with a young child, finds herself troubled by the lies she's told her husband and the larger secret of her past. To cope, Juliet decides to write down her story, hoping to find forgiveness at the end. The story Juliet writes tells of the disintegration of a family who leave their seventeen-year-old daughter behind when they move across the country. Soon expelled from private school, the daughter has no place to go but to her parents' new house where the older couple have happily joined the local community. At a hearing of the county commissioners, the daughter's father hears of a proposed landfill near their home but finds his concerns rapidly silenced. Meanwhile, the daughter's mother who has recently accepted the starring role in a play begins behaving oddly and adapting behaviors of her volatile character. The only breath of fresh air the daughter has is Antoine, a Black exchange student from the Central African Republic. Finding his naivety charming, the daughter resumes hobbies she'd left behind and they quickly become friends. Unfortunately, Antoine finds himself a catalyst for trouble and racial hatred in the city while the daughter finds herself embroiled in things that will haunt her for years to come. When the story reaches its conclusion, and Juliet has written her sins, will she be able to find peace?
E-bok
Engelska, 2025136 kr
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In Death Valley, a man picks up a Dutch woman hitchhiker, and things go from bad to worse. A father in South Carolina receives a goodbye call from his daughter, prompting him to fly to New Mexico to look for her. A couple from Minnesota with a sordid past spend the winter in an RV park in Texas. A truant kid and his girlfriend in Nebraska find a moose that's wandered into the state. A Black woman in Florida who goes to live on her father's abandoned farm discovers a White woman has been staying there. In this compelling collection of heart-wrenching stories, narrators of disparate ages and backgrounds grapple with odd and unexpected circumstances that awaken understanding and self-discovery. Readers who appreciate beautiful and meaningful prose will savor The Mercy of Others.
E-bok
Engelska, 2025156 kr
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The Beauty Closer By is an environmental novel set in the small town of Calhan, Colorado, on the plains thirty miles east of Colorado Springs. Calhan's bleak, but nearby are bluffs and the Paint Mines, a geological formation of colorful clays that were used in olden days by Native Americans for paints and pottery. These are favorite places for Terry Pendletonm who's landed in Calhan after disappearing from his previous life as a successful building contractor in California. Terry's hiding out from his wife, working as a handyman doing odd jobs around town. He doesn't need money, so he often charges less than others for projects or repairs. The discounts are helpful to many, but no good deed goes unpunished, and Terry's acts of kindness frequently lead him into random trouble. For example, he stops to help a woman whose Land Rover with New York plates is broken down on the side of the road. He takes her to Colorado Springs and promises to call her when he fixes the car. But he soon realizes she's lied about her phone number. He traces the owner in New York, which leads on to further disasters. Terry's mother lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. The neighbors there think his mother should be in assisted living, but Terry is reluctant to do anything for fear he might be traced by his wife's lawyers through his mother. But he goes to Rapid City, tours the Badlands with his mother, and then takes her to look at a room in Aspen Siesta. The upshot is Terry brings his mother back to live with him in Calhan--not at all what he'd planned. Terry also has a son in Southeast Asia, who frequently sends Terry cryptic photographs without any explanation or message. Throughout, Terry is repairing washing machines, computers, broken pipes, and dealing with electrical problems, as well as building barbecues and fences and a dance venue. The people and families in need of Terry's services are the characters scattered throughout the novel. Among these are two sisters, one with two children, and the other a dance teacher. Another group is a Latinx family whose son doesn't speak. Yet another is an old Latina who has problems with her roof. In addition, Terry has a penchant for building swimming pools, which he did in California, and the town wants to draw tourists with a rec center and swimming pool! Terry's expert at this, but he'd have to divulge his other life to make it happen.