Author: Mindy Neff
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Love's Unexpected Delivery: A Playboy Cowboy’s Redemption in Shotgun Ridge Wealthy horse breeder, Ethan Callahan, is about to face a life-altering surprise when the town's matchmakers maneuver him into a bachelor auction. Known for his wild ways and an aversion to commitment, Ethan's world is rocked when a precious bundle of joy arrives in his life—a baby who shares his bloodline and is hand-delivered by none other than the preacher's daughter! Though skilled in the art of wooing women, Ethan is utterly clueless when it comes to parenthood. But fate has other plans. Dora Watkins, a poised and proper young woman, is entrusted with the task of ensuring that Ethan undergoes a transformation into a responsible father--and she's moving in with him to make sure! As they navigate the challenges of raising a child together, sparks fly between Ethan and Dora. The playboy may have met his match in the preacher's daughter. Mindy Neff weaves a delightful tale in this enchanting bachelor auction romance, where love and laughter are never far away. Can two unlikely souls find a way to rewrite their destinies and discover the true meaning of family? Join Ethan and Dora on a journey where humor, romance, and unexpected twists abound in Mindy Neff's latest heartwarming tale. “With her flair for humor intact, Mindy Neff will once again delight.” –Romantic Times Magazine (4 ½ GOLD MEDAL) TOP PICK. From an award-winning USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 30 romance novels comes a series all about cowboys, community spirit and feel-good emotions. What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Small town romance filled with laughter and emotion, tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind, and secondary characters—both human and animal—who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart. Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 2--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
The Playboy's Own Miss Prim: A small-town, secret baby, millionaire western romance
Author: Mindy Neff
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Love's Unexpected Delivery: A Playboy Cowboy’s Redemption in Shotgun Ridge Wealthy horse breeder, Ethan Callahan, is about to face a life-altering surprise when the town's matchmakers maneuver him into a bachelor auction. Known for his wild ways and an aversion to commitment, Ethan's world is rocked when a precious bundle of joy arrives in his life—a baby who shares his bloodline and is hand-delivered by none other than the preacher's daughter! Though skilled in the art of wooing women, Ethan is utterly clueless when it comes to parenthood. But fate has other plans. Dora Watkins, a poised and proper young woman, is entrusted with the task of ensuring that Ethan undergoes a transformation into a responsible father--and she's moving in with him to make sure! As they navigate the challenges of raising a child together, sparks fly between Ethan and Dora. The playboy may have met his match in the preacher's daughter. Mindy Neff weaves a delightful tale in this enchanting bachelor auction romance, where love and laughter are never far away. Can two unlikely souls find a way to rewrite their destinies and discover the true meaning of family? Join Ethan and Dora on a journey where humor, romance, and unexpected twists abound in Mindy Neff's latest heartwarming tale. “With her flair for humor intact, Mindy Neff will once again delight.” –Romantic Times Magazine (4 ½ GOLD MEDAL) TOP PICK. From an award-winning USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 30 romance novels comes a series all about cowboys, community spirit and feel-good emotions. What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Small town romance filled with laughter and emotion, tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind, and secondary characters—both human and animal—who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart. Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 2--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Love's Unexpected Delivery: A Playboy Cowboy’s Redemption in Shotgun Ridge Wealthy horse breeder, Ethan Callahan, is about to face a life-altering surprise when the town's matchmakers maneuver him into a bachelor auction. Known for his wild ways and an aversion to commitment, Ethan's world is rocked when a precious bundle of joy arrives in his life—a baby who shares his bloodline and is hand-delivered by none other than the preacher's daughter! Though skilled in the art of wooing women, Ethan is utterly clueless when it comes to parenthood. But fate has other plans. Dora Watkins, a poised and proper young woman, is entrusted with the task of ensuring that Ethan undergoes a transformation into a responsible father--and she's moving in with him to make sure! As they navigate the challenges of raising a child together, sparks fly between Ethan and Dora. The playboy may have met his match in the preacher's daughter. Mindy Neff weaves a delightful tale in this enchanting bachelor auction romance, where love and laughter are never far away. Can two unlikely souls find a way to rewrite their destinies and discover the true meaning of family? Join Ethan and Dora on a journey where humor, romance, and unexpected twists abound in Mindy Neff's latest heartwarming tale. “With her flair for humor intact, Mindy Neff will once again delight.” –Romantic Times Magazine (4 ½ GOLD MEDAL) TOP PICK. From an award-winning USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 30 romance novels comes a series all about cowboys, community spirit and feel-good emotions. What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Small town romance filled with laughter and emotion, tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind, and secondary characters—both human and animal—who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart. Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 2--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
Something Borrowed
Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250011862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Giffin's smash-hit debut novel--basis for the 2011 film--is for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250011862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Giffin's smash-hit debut novel--basis for the 2011 film--is for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship.
Shotgun Ridge: A small-town, single mother, forced proximity western romance
Author: Mindy Neff
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Wanted: Women and Babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! She’s on the run for her daughter’s life…and her own. Abbe Shea witnesses the mob hit of her fiancé and the killer’s warning is clear: talk and he’ll be back for her two-year old daughter. Abbe flees Las Vegas and makes her way to Shotgun Ridge, Montana…and to the safety of Grant Callahan’s horse ranch. Grant rents Abbe the ranch guest house, but he has his suspicions. She’s sexy and intelligent—and her little girl wins his heart immediately. Still, years as an elite member of the U.S. Special Forces tells him Abbe is hiding something. Then the FBI comes looking for her, and Grant wants the truth. When Abbe admits her connection to Vegas crime boss—and to him—Grant is stunned. Her revelations could destroy his reputation as a breeder of million-dollar horses. Yet right now, all that matters to Grant is protecting Abbe and her daughter. Because if the feds have found her, the mob isn’t far behind… “Mindy Neff weaves a tale with lots of action, twists and surprises. Abbe and Grant are well developed characters put in their places by an all too cute two-year-old with a doll named Lambie-pie. This is a must read.” Amazon Reviewer “Fans of Neff's will enjoy catching up with their favorite characters…new readers are in for a sinful and sexy treat.” Romantic Times Review 4 ½ stars, TOP PICK Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Wanted: Women and Babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! She’s on the run for her daughter’s life…and her own. Abbe Shea witnesses the mob hit of her fiancé and the killer’s warning is clear: talk and he’ll be back for her two-year old daughter. Abbe flees Las Vegas and makes her way to Shotgun Ridge, Montana…and to the safety of Grant Callahan’s horse ranch. Grant rents Abbe the ranch guest house, but he has his suspicions. She’s sexy and intelligent—and her little girl wins his heart immediately. Still, years as an elite member of the U.S. Special Forces tells him Abbe is hiding something. Then the FBI comes looking for her, and Grant wants the truth. When Abbe admits her connection to Vegas crime boss—and to him—Grant is stunned. Her revelations could destroy his reputation as a breeder of million-dollar horses. Yet right now, all that matters to Grant is protecting Abbe and her daughter. Because if the feds have found her, the mob isn’t far behind… “Mindy Neff weaves a tale with lots of action, twists and surprises. Abbe and Grant are well developed characters put in their places by an all too cute two-year-old with a doll named Lambie-pie. This is a must read.” Amazon Reviewer “Fans of Neff's will enjoy catching up with their favorite characters…new readers are in for a sinful and sexy treat.” Romantic Times Review 4 ½ stars, TOP PICK Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
Cat's Cradle
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307567273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307567273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly
Courted by a Cowboy: A FREE small-town, second chance, western romance
Author: Mindy Neff
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Bamboozled Into Going Home Again… When veterinarian Sunny Carmichael left her rural Texas home nearly a decade ago, she vowed never to return to it . . . or to the man who broke her heart. But when a string of mysterious cattle deaths threatens the very fabric of the town she once called home, her meddling, matchmaking mother convinces her she has no choice but to come to Hope Valley's rescue. Will her own heart survive? He has no idea he’s been set up… Cowboy rancher, Jackson Slade never forgot the girl who got away. But he had to put the painful past behind him and move on with his life. Now a widowed, single-father, he is raising his quiet little girl alone on his ranch that is suddenly losing cattle. With his livelihood and life in possible jeopardy, the last person he expects to find nosing around his herd is the very same woman he's tried to forget—Sunny Carmichael. Now what? A second chance at love...? Although this Texas Sweetheart is not home to stay, it isn’t long before the passionate spark that fired their youthful romance quickly blazes into a scorching flame. Now Sunny and Jack have two problems on their hands: a deadly cattle epidemic and their undeniable attraction! Texas Sweethearts series--Book One--Courted by a Cowboy As young girls, they vowed to be best friends forever—a promise they kept through happiness and heartbreak! Now these four Texas Sweethearts are all turning thirty. In spite of busy lives, full-time careers, and an assortment of beloved animals and meddling townsfolk, true love is destined to surprise each one of them in the magical little world of their own hometown. “Mindy Neff weaves a wonderful romance!” —Romantic Times Review What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Award-winning small town romances filed with laughter and emotion; tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind; and secondary characters--both human and animals--who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart.
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319004
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Bamboozled Into Going Home Again… When veterinarian Sunny Carmichael left her rural Texas home nearly a decade ago, she vowed never to return to it . . . or to the man who broke her heart. But when a string of mysterious cattle deaths threatens the very fabric of the town she once called home, her meddling, matchmaking mother convinces her she has no choice but to come to Hope Valley's rescue. Will her own heart survive? He has no idea he’s been set up… Cowboy rancher, Jackson Slade never forgot the girl who got away. But he had to put the painful past behind him and move on with his life. Now a widowed, single-father, he is raising his quiet little girl alone on his ranch that is suddenly losing cattle. With his livelihood and life in possible jeopardy, the last person he expects to find nosing around his herd is the very same woman he's tried to forget—Sunny Carmichael. Now what? A second chance at love...? Although this Texas Sweetheart is not home to stay, it isn’t long before the passionate spark that fired their youthful romance quickly blazes into a scorching flame. Now Sunny and Jack have two problems on their hands: a deadly cattle epidemic and their undeniable attraction! Texas Sweethearts series--Book One--Courted by a Cowboy As young girls, they vowed to be best friends forever—a promise they kept through happiness and heartbreak! Now these four Texas Sweethearts are all turning thirty. In spite of busy lives, full-time careers, and an assortment of beloved animals and meddling townsfolk, true love is destined to surprise each one of them in the magical little world of their own hometown. “Mindy Neff weaves a wonderful romance!” —Romantic Times Review What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Award-winning small town romances filed with laughter and emotion; tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind; and secondary characters--both human and animals--who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart.
Arrowsmith
Author: Sinclair Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788382266405
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788382266405
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
White Trash
Author: Nancy Isenberg
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143129678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The New York Times Bestseller, with a new preface from the author “This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times “This eye-opening investigation into our country’s entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant.”—O, The Oprah Magazine “White Trash will change the way we think about our past and present.” —T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Custer’s Trials In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg, co-author of The Problem of Democracy, takes on our comforting myths about equality, uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if occasionally entertaining—poor white trash. “When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says Isenberg of the political climate surrounding Sarah Palin. And we recognize how right she is today. Yet the voters that put Trump in the White House have been a permanent part of our American fabric, argues Isenberg. The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today's hillbillies. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds. Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over four hundred years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America’s supposedly class-free society––where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early nineteenth century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery. Reconstruction pitted poor white trash against newly freed slaves, which factored in the rise of eugenics–-a widely popular movement embraced by Theodore Roosevelt that targeted poor whites for sterilization. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and LBJ’s Great Society; they haunt us in reality TV shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty. Marginalized as a class, white trash have always been at or near the center of major political debates over the character of the American identity. We acknowledge racial injustice as an ugly stain on our nation’s history. With Isenberg’s landmark book, we will have to face the truth about the enduring, malevolent nature of class as well.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143129678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The New York Times Bestseller, with a new preface from the author “This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times “This eye-opening investigation into our country’s entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant.”—O, The Oprah Magazine “White Trash will change the way we think about our past and present.” —T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Custer’s Trials In her groundbreaking bestselling history of the class system in America, Nancy Isenberg, co-author of The Problem of Democracy, takes on our comforting myths about equality, uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing—if occasionally entertaining—poor white trash. “When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says Isenberg of the political climate surrounding Sarah Palin. And we recognize how right she is today. Yet the voters that put Trump in the White House have been a permanent part of our American fabric, argues Isenberg. The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today's hillbillies. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds. Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over four hundred years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America’s supposedly class-free society––where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early nineteenth century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery. Reconstruction pitted poor white trash against newly freed slaves, which factored in the rise of eugenics–-a widely popular movement embraced by Theodore Roosevelt that targeted poor whites for sterilization. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and LBJ’s Great Society; they haunt us in reality TV shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty. Marginalized as a class, white trash have always been at or near the center of major political debates over the character of the American identity. We acknowledge racial injustice as an ugly stain on our nation’s history. With Isenberg’s landmark book, we will have to face the truth about the enduring, malevolent nature of class as well.
The Doctor's Instant Family: A Small-Town, heartwarming, holiday, western romance
Author: Mindy Neff
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Wanted: Women and babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! A doctor in her stocking? Kelly Anderson had heard of the notorious Shotgun Ridge matchmakers. She just never dreamed they’d pair her with her new boss, the town’s own sexy, single M.D., Chance Hammond. The man was one potent male package with a wicked bedside manner—surely not what the doctor ordered for a widow with two scared little girls and one big secret! But the carefree playboy had his own secret side. For when they had no place to go just days before Christmas, it was Chance who opened his home, Chance whose gentle ways made her daughters smile. She’d prayed for a Christmas miracle—had she instead found a man whose tender care could heal all their broken hearts? “Delightful reading. A refreshing and honest novel filled with the challenges of betrayal, healing, and compromise . . . Highly recommended! –Cindy Penn, Word Wrap “Ms. Neff has blended family traditions and fantastic characters to create a warm, tender love story . . . complete with passion, charm and everlasting love.” –The Romance Reader Connection 4 plugs—excellent Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 5--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
Publisher: Mindy Neff
ISBN: 1948319136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Wanted: Women and babies. Where: Shotgun Ridge, Montana. When: As soon as possible! A doctor in her stocking? Kelly Anderson had heard of the notorious Shotgun Ridge matchmakers. She just never dreamed they’d pair her with her new boss, the town’s own sexy, single M.D., Chance Hammond. The man was one potent male package with a wicked bedside manner—surely not what the doctor ordered for a widow with two scared little girls and one big secret! But the carefree playboy had his own secret side. For when they had no place to go just days before Christmas, it was Chance who opened his home, Chance whose gentle ways made her daughters smile. She’d prayed for a Christmas miracle—had she instead found a man whose tender care could heal all their broken hearts? “Delightful reading. A refreshing and honest novel filled with the challenges of betrayal, healing, and compromise . . . Highly recommended! –Cindy Penn, Word Wrap “Ms. Neff has blended family traditions and fantastic characters to create a warm, tender love story . . . complete with passion, charm and everlasting love.” –The Romance Reader Connection 4 plugs—excellent Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Book 5--Single, sexy and soon-to-be wed!
Columbia Pictures
Author: Bernard F. Dick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813153212
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Drawing on previously untapped archival materials including letters, interviews, and more, Bernard F. Dick traces the history of Columbia Pictures, from its beginnings as the CBC Film Sales Company, through the regimes of Harry Cohn and his successors, and ending with a vivid portrait of today's corporate Hollywood. The book offers unique perspectives on the careers of Rita Hayworth and Judy Holliday, a discussion of Columbia's unique brands of screwball comedy and film noir, and analyses of such classics as The Awful Truth, Born Yesterday, and From Here to Eternity. Following the author's highly readable studio chronicle are fourteen original essays by leading film scholars that follow Columbia's emergence from Poverty Row status to world class, and the stars, films, genres, writers, producers, and directors responsible for its transformation. A new essay on Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood rounds out the collection and brings this seminal studio history into the 21st century. Amply illustrated with film stills and photos of stars and studio heads, Columbia Pictures is the first book to integrate history with criticism of a single studio, and is ideal for film lovers and scholars alike.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813153212
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Drawing on previously untapped archival materials including letters, interviews, and more, Bernard F. Dick traces the history of Columbia Pictures, from its beginnings as the CBC Film Sales Company, through the regimes of Harry Cohn and his successors, and ending with a vivid portrait of today's corporate Hollywood. The book offers unique perspectives on the careers of Rita Hayworth and Judy Holliday, a discussion of Columbia's unique brands of screwball comedy and film noir, and analyses of such classics as The Awful Truth, Born Yesterday, and From Here to Eternity. Following the author's highly readable studio chronicle are fourteen original essays by leading film scholars that follow Columbia's emergence from Poverty Row status to world class, and the stars, films, genres, writers, producers, and directors responsible for its transformation. A new essay on Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood rounds out the collection and brings this seminal studio history into the 21st century. Amply illustrated with film stills and photos of stars and studio heads, Columbia Pictures is the first book to integrate history with criticism of a single studio, and is ideal for film lovers and scholars alike.
The Early Stories of Truman Capote
Author: Truman Capote
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812998235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The early fiction of one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and In Cold Blood. This collection of more than a dozen pieces showcases the young Capote developing the unique voice and sensibility that would make him one of the twentieth century’s most original writers. Spare yet heartfelt, these stories summon our compassion and feeling at every turn. Capote was always drawn to outsiders—women, children, African Americans, the poor—because he felt like one himself from a very early age. Here we see Capote’s powers of empathy developing as he depicts his characters struggling at the margins of their known worlds. A boy experiences the violence of adulthood when he pursues an escaped convict into the woods. Petty jealousies lead to a life-altering event for a popular girl at Miss Burke’s Academy for Young Ladies. In a time of extraordinary loss, a woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover’s eyes. In these stories we see early signs of Capote’s genius for creating unforgettable characters built of complexity and yearning. Young women experience the joys and pains of new love. Urbane sophisticates are worn down by cynicism. Children and adults alike seek understanding in a treacherous world. There are tales of crime and violence; of racism and injustice; of poverty and despair. And there are tales of generosity and tenderness; compassion and connection; wit and wonder. Above all there is the developing voice of a writer born in the Deep South who will use and eventually break from that tradition to become a literary figure like no other. With a foreword by the celebrated New Yorker critic Hilton Als, this volume of early stories is essential for understanding how a boy from Monroeville, Alabama, became a legend in American literature. Praise for The Early Stories of Truman Capote “Succeeds at conveying the writer’s youthful rawness . . . These stories capture a moment when Capote was hungry to capture the rural South, the big city, and the subtle emotions that so many around him were determined to keep unspoken.”—USA Today “A window on the young writer’s emerging voice and creativity . . . Capote’s ability to conjure a time, place and mood with just a few sentences is remarkable.”—Associated Press
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812998235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The early fiction of one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and In Cold Blood. This collection of more than a dozen pieces showcases the young Capote developing the unique voice and sensibility that would make him one of the twentieth century’s most original writers. Spare yet heartfelt, these stories summon our compassion and feeling at every turn. Capote was always drawn to outsiders—women, children, African Americans, the poor—because he felt like one himself from a very early age. Here we see Capote’s powers of empathy developing as he depicts his characters struggling at the margins of their known worlds. A boy experiences the violence of adulthood when he pursues an escaped convict into the woods. Petty jealousies lead to a life-altering event for a popular girl at Miss Burke’s Academy for Young Ladies. In a time of extraordinary loss, a woman fights to save the life of a child who has her lover’s eyes. In these stories we see early signs of Capote’s genius for creating unforgettable characters built of complexity and yearning. Young women experience the joys and pains of new love. Urbane sophisticates are worn down by cynicism. Children and adults alike seek understanding in a treacherous world. There are tales of crime and violence; of racism and injustice; of poverty and despair. And there are tales of generosity and tenderness; compassion and connection; wit and wonder. Above all there is the developing voice of a writer born in the Deep South who will use and eventually break from that tradition to become a literary figure like no other. With a foreword by the celebrated New Yorker critic Hilton Als, this volume of early stories is essential for understanding how a boy from Monroeville, Alabama, became a legend in American literature. Praise for The Early Stories of Truman Capote “Succeeds at conveying the writer’s youthful rawness . . . These stories capture a moment when Capote was hungry to capture the rural South, the big city, and the subtle emotions that so many around him were determined to keep unspoken.”—USA Today “A window on the young writer’s emerging voice and creativity . . . Capote’s ability to conjure a time, place and mood with just a few sentences is remarkable.”—Associated Press