Being black, the right kind of black, was difficult. It was like being in a cult–a secret society with rules as fluid as waves. . . In the six years that Angela Wright has been with her fiance Keith Redfield, her life has settled neatly into place. Keith, a professor of African-American history, has helped her become comfortable in her own skin. And Angela's career at Desire magazine is thriving. She's got nothing to worry about–or so ...
In the exclusive cul de sac known as Maple Court, luxurious mansions nestle among sweeping, landscaped gardens. But beyond the tree-lined driveways lies a secret, sensual world. In the first in a two-book series, Joan Elizabeth Lloyd escorts readers on a journey into the heart of desire, as one woman learns the joy of reinventing herself–and of giving and receiving pure, delicious pleasure. . . When Pam DePalma's husband, Dom, dies, she&apo ...
"I will not turn into one of those Wedding Girls. . ." This is Emily Briggs' mantra from the minute her boyfriend, Henry, proposes. Although she's crazy in love and has waited for this moment since she was a little girl, she is dead-set against becoming the Bride from Hell. She is not going to wallpaper her kitchen with wedding magazine tear sheets. She is not going to obsess over the date, tracking weather patterns for the sligh ...
It's the late 1960s. The Pinch, once a thriving Jewish community centered on North Main Street in Memphis, has been reduced to a single tenant. Lenny Sklarew awaits the draft by peddling drugs and shelving books – until he learns he is a character in a book about the rise and fall of this very Pinch. Muni Pinsker, who authored the book in an enchanted day containing years, arrived in the neighborhood at its height and was smitten by an allu ...
Nice guys finish last…or at least that's what they say. Boon, a lawyer from Chicago, is a hopeless romantic; however, life keeps dealing him a shady hand when it comes to the opposite sex. It seems as though Every woman Boon finds interest in, tears him down.
CiCi, Boon's best friend and former high school sweetheart, tries to be there for him throughout his trials and tribulations, but she isn't quite over h ...
Piekna, osobista proza o losach pewnej zydowskiej rodziny naznaczonej dlugim cieniem historii. Podazajac za narratorem, sledzimy sceny z codziennego zycia, pelne czulosci i humoru, niekiedy trudne, przepelnione doswiadczeniem choroby i straty. Tutaj przeszlosc bywa obciazeniem, ale takze powodem do wyzwalajacego smiechu, a ironia i milosc pozwalaja radzic sobie z gorzkim dziedzictwem. Bohater, kiedys maly chlopiec, syn i wnuk, teraz ojciec i maz ...
Nichts wunscht Layla sich sehnlicher, als ein ganz normaler Teenager zu sein. Aber wahrend ihre Freundinnen sich Gedanken um Jungs und erste Kusse machen, hat sie ganz andere Sorgen: Layla gehort zu den Wachtern, die sich nachts in Gargoyles verwandeln und Damonen jagen. Doch in ihr flie?t auch damonisches Blut – und mit einem Kuss kann sie einem Menschen die Seele rauben. Deshalb sind Dates fur sie streng tabu, erst recht mit ihrem heimlichen S ...
One night Don, a father of three, leaves his house for an evening stroll, only to wake up the next morning stoned, and sleeping in a hammock next to a young woman he barely knows. His wife, Claire, leaves the house on this same night to go on a midnight run – only to find herself bumming cigarettes and beer outside the all-night convenience store. As the summer lingers and the temperature rises, this quotidian town's adults grow wilder and ...
The internationally acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street gives us a deeply moving tale of loss, grief, and healing. The word 'orphan' might not seem to apply to a fifty-three-year-old woman. Yet this is exactly how Sandra feels as she finds herself motherless, alone like 'a glove left behind at the bus station.' What just might save her is her search for someone else gone missing: Marie, the black-and-white cat of he ...
