Hunter When my business partner asked me to do him a favor, I had no idea he was sending me on the blind date his mother had arranged for him. I walked into the bar, saw the woman drinking her third martini, and knew I was in for an eventful night. After an unexpected second date, she didn't know my real name or who I really was. By that time, the lie was too far gone, and I wanted her too much to admit the truth. Laney It's not e ...
In this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of the Millennial Generation-the twenty-five-year olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncated emotional reactions, unsure of what's public and what's private. Holding Still explores an unusual love triangle involving Billy, a former teen idol, now an anxiety-ridden agoraphobic; Josh, a shy tra ...
When Beth, Megan, and Joanne meet at university, they become inseparable friends who'd do anything for one another-even agreeing to keep what happens one shocking night a secret. Now in their forties and outwardly successful, each of the three has dealt with what happened in their own way. But secrets and lies leave their mark.When Megan decides to tell her fiance the truth about that night, it threatens to ruin the lives of everyone around ...
“Cross How Stella Got Her Groove Back with Under the Tuscan Sun, and you've got Gaining Visibility, a novel that is at times beautiful, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting.” –Wendy WebbJulia Berkwith’s daughter has moved to Alaska, her beloved mother-in-law is in a nursing home, and her ex-husband is in Hawaii—with a younger woman. In her late forties, Julia is now used to being invisible. But even if she has to do it alo ...
It's one thing when you go up against crooks, gangsters, and businesses. It's a completely different situation when your enemy can send black-ops teams to end your existence. Jia and Erik need to uncover the truth-but is revealing the truth good for those around them? When their path leads into halls of power beyond their existing resources, will they be forced to end their chase, or will others support them? Two years ago, a small moo ...
There's no road map for what to do when your husband dies-when he jumps off a bridge to escape mistakes that he made, or even welcomed, into your lives. But Lily doesn't need to consult a map for this particular part of her journey; she knows the way back to the small town she left behind. With a precocious seven-year-old who reminds her too much of his father tucked safely in the back seat, Lily leaves New York with everything she own ...
«Африканец» – это больше чем воспоминания о тех годах, которые Жан-Мари Гюстав Леклезио провел в Африке, где его отец работал врачом. Это рассказ об истоках его мыслей, стремлений, чувств. Именно здесь, в Африке, будущий нобелевский лауреат почувствовал и в полной мере осознал, что такое свобода – бескрайняя, безграничная. Свобода, которую можно ощутить только на этом континенте, где царствует дикая природа, а люди не знают условностей. ...
