Author: Hillary Jordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan’s provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
When She Woke
Author: Hillary Jordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan’s provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan’s provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
When She Woke She Was an Open Field
Author: Hilary Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998761060
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
*Finalist for the Charlotte Mew Prize These poems have an incredibly beautiful and painful landscape. The body becomes the field splayed open, as does memory, as does love, as does language. The imagery of the body is sensual and electric and you can feel the speaker risking so much as they turn from one line to another. -Natalie Diaz, judge of the Charlotte Mew Prize Hillary Brown's When She Woke She Was an Open Field are poems written on the surface of the body to be felt in the reverberations of our bones. They are necessary poems written in these times to remind us of our humanity. This is the perilous work of poetry. They are not easy to read and even more difficult to write. These are poems of unflinching bravery, full of complications and difficult truths. -Truong Tran "Remember your landmarks," writes Hilary Brown, whose poems are at once lyric imperatives and stirring invocations, all of them asking us to reckon with the body of our landscape and vice versa. When She Woke She Was an Open Field arrives with a fresh and clear voice that invites its reader to remember they are always already a viewer, a visitor, a voyeur, too. Brown writes the best kind of short poem-careful in its lyricism and reckless with imagistic surprise-& this collection is nothing if not a memorable landmark. -Meg Day "Cleave" means both to cut something in half and to hold fast to a body or object we hold dear. Hillary Brown's poems investigate the remade female self after brain surgery: an operation that cleaves her vision of herself and the world, but also allows her to imagine a self more fully cleaved to the world she inhabits, where the tongue becomes a "prickly pear/ blossom open/ for rain," and any anonymous young woman can still "be fearless, full to bursting, free." -Paisley Rekdal Hilary Brown is one of those poets who doesn't look away. Who invites you to stare and meets your eyes with her own always steady gaze-even when the world is unsteady, full of loss and all the slow death capitalism has on offer. These poems provide something else, aching bright and sharp. They sing the queer body, the disabled body. They know about not having enough to eat, about country roads, about church and how to live through it. These poems know, most of all, "There's power in there, holding / the discomfort of it close." -Stephanie Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998761060
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
*Finalist for the Charlotte Mew Prize These poems have an incredibly beautiful and painful landscape. The body becomes the field splayed open, as does memory, as does love, as does language. The imagery of the body is sensual and electric and you can feel the speaker risking so much as they turn from one line to another. -Natalie Diaz, judge of the Charlotte Mew Prize Hillary Brown's When She Woke She Was an Open Field are poems written on the surface of the body to be felt in the reverberations of our bones. They are necessary poems written in these times to remind us of our humanity. This is the perilous work of poetry. They are not easy to read and even more difficult to write. These are poems of unflinching bravery, full of complications and difficult truths. -Truong Tran "Remember your landmarks," writes Hilary Brown, whose poems are at once lyric imperatives and stirring invocations, all of them asking us to reckon with the body of our landscape and vice versa. When She Woke She Was an Open Field arrives with a fresh and clear voice that invites its reader to remember they are always already a viewer, a visitor, a voyeur, too. Brown writes the best kind of short poem-careful in its lyricism and reckless with imagistic surprise-& this collection is nothing if not a memorable landmark. -Meg Day "Cleave" means both to cut something in half and to hold fast to a body or object we hold dear. Hillary Brown's poems investigate the remade female self after brain surgery: an operation that cleaves her vision of herself and the world, but also allows her to imagine a self more fully cleaved to the world she inhabits, where the tongue becomes a "prickly pear/ blossom open/ for rain," and any anonymous young woman can still "be fearless, full to bursting, free." -Paisley Rekdal Hilary Brown is one of those poets who doesn't look away. Who invites you to stare and meets your eyes with her own always steady gaze-even when the world is unsteady, full of loss and all the slow death capitalism has on offer. These poems provide something else, aching bright and sharp. They sing the queer body, the disabled body. They know about not having enough to eat, about country roads, about church and how to live through it. These poems know, most of all, "There's power in there, holding / the discomfort of it close." -Stephanie Young
A Stricken Field
Author: Martha Gellhorn
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226286959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Martha Gellhorn was one of the first—and most widely read—female war correspondents of the twentieth century. She is best known for her fearless reporting in Europe before and during WWII and for her brief marriage to Ernest Hemingway, but she was also an acclaimed novelist. In 1938, before the Munich pact, Gellhorn visited Prague and witnessed its transformation from a proud democracy preparing to battle Hitler to a country occupied by the German army. Born out of this experience, A Stricken Field follows a journalist who returns to Prague after its annexation and finds her efforts to obtain help for the refugees and to convey the shocking state of the country both frustrating and futile. A convincing account of a people under the brutal oppression of the Gestapo, A Stricken Field is Gellhorn’s most powerful work of fiction. “[A] brave, final novel. Its writing is quick with movement and with sympathy; its people alive with death, if one can put it that way. It leaves one with aching heart and questing mind.”—New York Herald Tribune “The translation of [Gellhorn’s] personal testimony into the form of a novel has . . . force and point.”—Times Literary Supplement
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226286959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Martha Gellhorn was one of the first—and most widely read—female war correspondents of the twentieth century. She is best known for her fearless reporting in Europe before and during WWII and for her brief marriage to Ernest Hemingway, but she was also an acclaimed novelist. In 1938, before the Munich pact, Gellhorn visited Prague and witnessed its transformation from a proud democracy preparing to battle Hitler to a country occupied by the German army. Born out of this experience, A Stricken Field follows a journalist who returns to Prague after its annexation and finds her efforts to obtain help for the refugees and to convey the shocking state of the country both frustrating and futile. A convincing account of a people under the brutal oppression of the Gestapo, A Stricken Field is Gellhorn’s most powerful work of fiction. “[A] brave, final novel. Its writing is quick with movement and with sympathy; its people alive with death, if one can put it that way. It leaves one with aching heart and questing mind.”—New York Herald Tribune “The translation of [Gellhorn’s] personal testimony into the form of a novel has . . . force and point.”—Times Literary Supplement
True Allegiance
Author: Ben Shapiro
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1682610780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1682610780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Elijah's Tears
Author: Pearl, Sydelle
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455603817
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The prophet Elijah appears in five stories about special Jewish days, including Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Succot, Pesach, and shabbat.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455603817
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The prophet Elijah appears in five stories about special Jewish days, including Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Succot, Pesach, and shabbat.
Only Us Billionaire Romance Series Collection
Author: Ellie Hall
Publisher: Ellie Hall
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
From USA Today Bestselling romance author Ellie Hall, comes a four book collection of sweet billionaire romance novels. ♥Contains a bonus scene and material not included in the individual books!♥ Fall in love with your next billionaire book boyfriend. This collection includes books 2-5 from the Only Us Billionaire Romance Series. They’re sweet, “clean and wholesome” romance without swearing or mature content and contain a happily ever after. If you like hate to love romance, mistaken identities, opposites-attract love, off the charts chemistry, and a dash of clever suspense, then you’ll adore this series. ♥Only a Kiss with a Billionaire: She prefers cookies and nights in with Netflix. He's a model and would rather be out on the town. Forced to stage a fake relationship will they keep running toward the past or into each other's arms? ♥Only a Night with a Billionaire: She wants to forget about her ex and live a fairytale life if only for a night. He wants to be free of his royal duties and find true love forever. They’re from different worlds. Can they break the rules and make it work? ♥Only Forever with a Billionaire: She’s a single mom trying to make ends meet and protect her fragile heart. He’s a rough-around-the-edges cowboy with no interest in marriage or family life. What they really need is each other. ♥Only Love with a Billionaire: She’s a princess. He’s a spy. Time is against them along with a distant relation, vying for the crown, and it’s up to the unlikely couple to fight for their relationship or say goodbye forever. Click to start reading this series today! Each book stands alone, but don't miss Only a Date with a Billionaire, book 1 in the series. or the two holiday romance novellas♥
Publisher: Ellie Hall
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
From USA Today Bestselling romance author Ellie Hall, comes a four book collection of sweet billionaire romance novels. ♥Contains a bonus scene and material not included in the individual books!♥ Fall in love with your next billionaire book boyfriend. This collection includes books 2-5 from the Only Us Billionaire Romance Series. They’re sweet, “clean and wholesome” romance without swearing or mature content and contain a happily ever after. If you like hate to love romance, mistaken identities, opposites-attract love, off the charts chemistry, and a dash of clever suspense, then you’ll adore this series. ♥Only a Kiss with a Billionaire: She prefers cookies and nights in with Netflix. He's a model and would rather be out on the town. Forced to stage a fake relationship will they keep running toward the past or into each other's arms? ♥Only a Night with a Billionaire: She wants to forget about her ex and live a fairytale life if only for a night. He wants to be free of his royal duties and find true love forever. They’re from different worlds. Can they break the rules and make it work? ♥Only Forever with a Billionaire: She’s a single mom trying to make ends meet and protect her fragile heart. He’s a rough-around-the-edges cowboy with no interest in marriage or family life. What they really need is each other. ♥Only Love with a Billionaire: She’s a princess. He’s a spy. Time is against them along with a distant relation, vying for the crown, and it’s up to the unlikely couple to fight for their relationship or say goodbye forever. Click to start reading this series today! Each book stands alone, but don't miss Only a Date with a Billionaire, book 1 in the series. or the two holiday romance novellas♥
Brigid Does Bleak
Author:
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595314058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595314058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
30 Years West 30 Years East
Author: Weijia Wang
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365276775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Lu Jiang goes to the United States to study in 1989 when her marriage breaks up. On the airplane, she happens to sit by a sad Chinese writer, also a political exile. Their story starts to develop and ends a decade later when he dies in her arms. In New York, she meets a group of Chinese students who become her lifelong friends. Two years later, Lu Jiang returns to China to teach and to bring up her son. When routing through Europe, Lu Jiang meets an ambitious man in London whose aspiration is to build a strong and prosperous China. Their friendship evolves into love after they meet again in China. Yet their relationship brings them more pain than they can possibly foresee. Years later, many of her friends return to China, too, and become pillars of society. This book tells the life stories of Lu Jiang and her friends over a span of thirty plus years. Tasting all flavors that life has to offer, they age as they witness in pride the advancement of their motherland, which their generation helps to bring about.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365276775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
Lu Jiang goes to the United States to study in 1989 when her marriage breaks up. On the airplane, she happens to sit by a sad Chinese writer, also a political exile. Their story starts to develop and ends a decade later when he dies in her arms. In New York, she meets a group of Chinese students who become her lifelong friends. Two years later, Lu Jiang returns to China to teach and to bring up her son. When routing through Europe, Lu Jiang meets an ambitious man in London whose aspiration is to build a strong and prosperous China. Their friendship evolves into love after they meet again in China. Yet their relationship brings them more pain than they can possibly foresee. Years later, many of her friends return to China, too, and become pillars of society. This book tells the life stories of Lu Jiang and her friends over a span of thirty plus years. Tasting all flavors that life has to offer, they age as they witness in pride the advancement of their motherland, which their generation helps to bring about.
Astrid and Veronika
Author: Linda Olsson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101536942
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Readers of Anne Tyler and Jodi Picoult will appreciate the lyrical prose and expert rendering of the themes of heartbreakk and loss."—Booklist An unforgettable novel about friendship, love and loss. With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson’s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika’s life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss, and a story that will remain with readers long after the characters’ secrets are revealed.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101536942
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Readers of Anne Tyler and Jodi Picoult will appreciate the lyrical prose and expert rendering of the themes of heartbreakk and loss."—Booklist An unforgettable novel about friendship, love and loss. With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson’s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika’s life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss, and a story that will remain with readers long after the characters’ secrets are revealed.
A Place Called Sweet Shrub
Author: Jane Roberts Wood
Publisher: Jane Roberts Wood
ISBN: 1574410792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
It is 1915 in the sleepy hamlet of Sweet Shrub. Lucy Richards has a full and busy life. Then Lucy finds out that the town hides tensions and unrest that will result in tragedy.
Publisher: Jane Roberts Wood
ISBN: 1574410792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
It is 1915 in the sleepy hamlet of Sweet Shrub. Lucy Richards has a full and busy life. Then Lucy finds out that the town hides tensions and unrest that will result in tragedy.