Author: Lily Tuck
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802193617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
From the National Book Award-winning author of I Married You for Happiness: “Tuck packs a small universe and decades of emotional history into each story.”—Entertainment Weekly (A-) An artist learns that her deceased ex-husband had an especially illicit affair years before his death. A couple living in Thailand worries about the mental stability of their best friend, a U. S. army captain. On a ship bound for Antarctica, a retired couple strains to hold their forty-year marriage together. And a French family flees to Lima in the 1940s, with devastating consequences for their daughter’s young nanny. These “evocative stories of beautiful language and masterful economy” (The Boston Globe) span the better part of the twentieth century and almost every continent, excavating both the opportunities that arise from loss and the moments that knock lives onto a collision course and an uncertain future. “Reminiscent of the exquisite short stories of Edith Pearlman...We become intimate witnesses to these private lives falling apart and, in some cases, coming back together.”—The Boston Globe “For me, the most thrilling short stories conjure the psychological depth and chronological sweep typical of the novel. The ten stories in Lily Tuck’s The House at Belle Fontaine all do this.”—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) “Tuck is a genius”—Los Angeles Times
The House at Belle Fontaine
Author: Lily Tuck
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802193617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
From the National Book Award-winning author of I Married You for Happiness: “Tuck packs a small universe and decades of emotional history into each story.”—Entertainment Weekly (A-) An artist learns that her deceased ex-husband had an especially illicit affair years before his death. A couple living in Thailand worries about the mental stability of their best friend, a U. S. army captain. On a ship bound for Antarctica, a retired couple strains to hold their forty-year marriage together. And a French family flees to Lima in the 1940s, with devastating consequences for their daughter’s young nanny. These “evocative stories of beautiful language and masterful economy” (The Boston Globe) span the better part of the twentieth century and almost every continent, excavating both the opportunities that arise from loss and the moments that knock lives onto a collision course and an uncertain future. “Reminiscent of the exquisite short stories of Edith Pearlman...We become intimate witnesses to these private lives falling apart and, in some cases, coming back together.”—The Boston Globe “For me, the most thrilling short stories conjure the psychological depth and chronological sweep typical of the novel. The ten stories in Lily Tuck’s The House at Belle Fontaine all do this.”—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) “Tuck is a genius”—Los Angeles Times
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802193617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
From the National Book Award-winning author of I Married You for Happiness: “Tuck packs a small universe and decades of emotional history into each story.”—Entertainment Weekly (A-) An artist learns that her deceased ex-husband had an especially illicit affair years before his death. A couple living in Thailand worries about the mental stability of their best friend, a U. S. army captain. On a ship bound for Antarctica, a retired couple strains to hold their forty-year marriage together. And a French family flees to Lima in the 1940s, with devastating consequences for their daughter’s young nanny. These “evocative stories of beautiful language and masterful economy” (The Boston Globe) span the better part of the twentieth century and almost every continent, excavating both the opportunities that arise from loss and the moments that knock lives onto a collision course and an uncertain future. “Reminiscent of the exquisite short stories of Edith Pearlman...We become intimate witnesses to these private lives falling apart and, in some cases, coming back together.”—The Boston Globe “For me, the most thrilling short stories conjure the psychological depth and chronological sweep typical of the novel. The ten stories in Lily Tuck’s The House at Belle Fontaine all do this.”—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) “Tuck is a genius”—Los Angeles Times
Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes
Author: Carol Ferring Shepley
Publisher: Missouri History Museum
ISBN: 1883982650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"The history of Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis is told through the stories of those who are buried there. Cemetery records and interviews with insiders inform the research"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Missouri History Museum
ISBN: 1883982650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
"The history of Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis is told through the stories of those who are buried there. Cemetery records and interviews with insiders inform the research"--Provided by publisher.
The Double Life of Liliane
Author: Lily Tuck
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This National Book Award–winning author’s autobiographical novel is a “layered portrait of a family and the historical eras it lived through” (The Boston Globe). “Tuck is a genius.” —Los Angeles Book Review Her father is a German movie producer who lives in Italy. Her mother is a beautiful, artistically talented woman who resides in New York. As their child, Liliane’s life is divided between those two very different worlds—worlds that inspire her to find herself in both the present and in her ancestors’ pasts. A shy and observant only child with a vivid imagination, Liliane finds herself exploring her family’s vibrant history—which includes such renowned and diverse figures as the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the tragic Mary Queen of Scots—and piecing together their vivid lives. And in doing so, what is revealed is an astonishing and riveting exploration of self, humanity, and family. Told with Lily Tuck’s inimitable elegance and peppered with documents, photos, and a rich and varied array of characters, “this autobiographical novel creates a portrait of the writer as a young woman” (The New Yorker).
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This National Book Award–winning author’s autobiographical novel is a “layered portrait of a family and the historical eras it lived through” (The Boston Globe). “Tuck is a genius.” —Los Angeles Book Review Her father is a German movie producer who lives in Italy. Her mother is a beautiful, artistically talented woman who resides in New York. As their child, Liliane’s life is divided between those two very different worlds—worlds that inspire her to find herself in both the present and in her ancestors’ pasts. A shy and observant only child with a vivid imagination, Liliane finds herself exploring her family’s vibrant history—which includes such renowned and diverse figures as the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the tragic Mary Queen of Scots—and piecing together their vivid lives. And in doing so, what is revealed is an astonishing and riveting exploration of self, humanity, and family. Told with Lily Tuck’s inimitable elegance and peppered with documents, photos, and a rich and varied array of characters, “this autobiographical novel creates a portrait of the writer as a young woman” (The New Yorker).
ABC of Canada
Author: Kim Bellefontaine
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553376854
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Follow acclaimed artist Per-Henrik Gürth's colorful cast of animal characters on this alphabet tour across Canada.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553376854
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Follow acclaimed artist Per-Henrik Gürth's colorful cast of animal characters on this alphabet tour across Canada.
Heathcliff Redux
Author: Lily Tuck
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802147607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The National Book Award winner explores the hidden dynamics of relationships with “lean, intriguing, formally inventive prose” in this collection (Kirkus Reviews). A New York Times Editor’s Choice In Heathcliff Redux, the novella that begins this collection, a married woman reads Wuthering Heights—just as she falls under the erotic and destructive spell of her own Heathcliff. In the stories that follow, a single photograph illuminates the intricate web of connections between friends at an Italian café; a forgotten act of violence in New York’s Carl Schurz Park returns to haunt the present; and a woman is prompted by a flurry of mysterious emails to recall her time as a member of the infamous Rajneesh cult. With keen psychological insight and delicate restraint, Lily Tuck pries open the desires, doubts, and secret motives of her characters and exposes their vulnerabilities to the light. Sharp and unflinching, the novella and stories together form an exquisitely crafted collection.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802147607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The National Book Award winner explores the hidden dynamics of relationships with “lean, intriguing, formally inventive prose” in this collection (Kirkus Reviews). A New York Times Editor’s Choice In Heathcliff Redux, the novella that begins this collection, a married woman reads Wuthering Heights—just as she falls under the erotic and destructive spell of her own Heathcliff. In the stories that follow, a single photograph illuminates the intricate web of connections between friends at an Italian café; a forgotten act of violence in New York’s Carl Schurz Park returns to haunt the present; and a woman is prompted by a flurry of mysterious emails to recall her time as a member of the infamous Rajneesh cult. With keen psychological insight and delicate restraint, Lily Tuck pries open the desires, doubts, and secret motives of her characters and exposes their vulnerabilities to the light. Sharp and unflinching, the novella and stories together form an exquisitely crafted collection.
The Undoing of Saint Silvanus
Author: Beth Moore
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1496416511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Exciting fiction premiere from beloved New York Times bestselling author Beth Moore. 2017 Christy Award finalist (General Fiction category) Only God knew why Jillian Slater agreed to return to New Orleans on the news that her father had finally drunk himself to death. It’s not like they were close. She hadn’t seen him—or her grandmother, the ice queen—in almost 20 years. But when Adella Atwater, the manager of her grandmother’s apartment house, called and said Jillian’s expenses would be paid if she’d fly in for the burial, a free trip to New Orleans was too intriguing to resist. What Adella didn’t tell her was that the apartment house wasn’t a house at all and, whatever it was, bore the dead weight of a long and painful history. As soon as Jillian meets the odd assortment of renters and realizes that her grandmother had no idea she was coming, she hatches a plan to escape. But the investigation into her father’s death quickly unfolds and Jillian is drawn into the lives of the colorful collection of saints and sinners who pass through Saint Silvanus. She soon discovers there is more at stake than she ever imagined. Who is behind the baffling messages and the strange relics left on the steps? Is it possible that her family is actually cursed? Or is it just this crazy old house that holds them all under its spell? Jillian walks into a web of spiritual and personal danger borne out of her family’s broken history, and despite Adella’s wiliest efforts, only God himself can orchestrate the undoing of all that is going on at Saint Silvanus.
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 1496416511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Exciting fiction premiere from beloved New York Times bestselling author Beth Moore. 2017 Christy Award finalist (General Fiction category) Only God knew why Jillian Slater agreed to return to New Orleans on the news that her father had finally drunk himself to death. It’s not like they were close. She hadn’t seen him—or her grandmother, the ice queen—in almost 20 years. But when Adella Atwater, the manager of her grandmother’s apartment house, called and said Jillian’s expenses would be paid if she’d fly in for the burial, a free trip to New Orleans was too intriguing to resist. What Adella didn’t tell her was that the apartment house wasn’t a house at all and, whatever it was, bore the dead weight of a long and painful history. As soon as Jillian meets the odd assortment of renters and realizes that her grandmother had no idea she was coming, she hatches a plan to escape. But the investigation into her father’s death quickly unfolds and Jillian is drawn into the lives of the colorful collection of saints and sinners who pass through Saint Silvanus. She soon discovers there is more at stake than she ever imagined. Who is behind the baffling messages and the strange relics left on the steps? Is it possible that her family is actually cursed? Or is it just this crazy old house that holds them all under its spell? Jillian walks into a web of spiritual and personal danger borne out of her family’s broken history, and despite Adella’s wiliest efforts, only God himself can orchestrate the undoing of all that is going on at Saint Silvanus.
ABC of America
Author: Kim Anne Bellefontaine
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554539587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
An alphabet book of American places and things.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554539587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
An alphabet book of American places and things.
Lemp
Author: Stephen P. Walker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578481128
Category : Brewing industry
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578481128
Category : Brewing industry
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
History of Logan County and Ohio
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logan County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Logan County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
THINK LIKE A WINNER.
Author: Norman Vincent Peale
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 8184959524
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 8184959524
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description