1. Intelligent, lyrical and frankly sexual, this first novel by a young woman lawyer speaks to her generation about the clash between easy sexuality and the yearning for emotional fulfillment. 2. Its use of magic realism in a contemporary urban setting evokes a young Alice Hoffman. 3. Illuminates the world of MTV generation women for those generations whose whose lives are dissimilar but whose needs are the same. 4. First novel by a brilliant tw ...
A young mother fights impossible odds to be reunited with her child in this acutely insightful first novel about an intercultural marriage gone terribly wrong. Jill Parker is an American painter living in Japan. Far from the trendy gaijin neighborhoods of downtown Tokyo, she’s settled in a remote seaside village where she makes ends meet as a bar hostess. Her world appears to open when she meets Yusuke, a savvy and sensitive art galle ...
1. An author with name recognition in various genres: mystery, gay, Jewish, Holocaust Studies, self-help. 2. Although not a traditional mystery, this is a book that poses many questions as to the emotional turmoil suffered by a Jewish family–and answers them with a surprising twist. 3. Author has an active line-up of appearances to coincide with publication and we'll be sending excellent media packets to print and broadcast media in each ci ...
Гангстерское драмеди о любви, взаимных предательствах и вине, полное мрачного юмора и лиризма. Кевин Барри – ирландский писатель, лауреат Дублинской премии и премии Коста. Практически всю молодость Барри провел в путешествиях и к 36 годам сменил 17 адресов. Он жил в Корке, Санта-Барбаре и Ливерпуле до того, как осел в Слиго, покупая и реставрируя приходящие в упадок Королевские бараки ирландской полиции. Решение вести оседлую жизнь пришло к Ба ...
Nairobi in the 1990s. Three families. Their lives interweave as the find themselves living across from each other in an idyllic middle-class neighbourhood, Malaba Estate, South B. As the decade charges on, their lives begin to show similarities in the secrets they keep and the mistakes they make. Funny. Thought-provoking. Surprising. Endearing. This is a coming of age story about friendship in all of its varied shades and intrigues. It is the k ...
В комнате ожидания паромного терминала в испанском порту Альхесирас маются двое престарелых ирландцев – Морис и Чарли, давние партнеры-контрабандисты. Они ждут прибытия судна из Танжера. Или судна в Танжер? Они ищут дочь Чарли, сбежавшую из Ирландии после смерти матери. Чарли ждет встречи и примирения, ему неспокойно на душе. Это ночное бдение в духе Сэмюэла Беккета – лишь канва для путешествия во времени, веселого и грустного одновременно. Кеви ...
A pack of hell hounds are terrorizing the magical community, but does anyone know where they came from, or who has hold of their leash? Finn and Penny are asked to hunt the hounds down before anyone else gets hurt, but for a 6' 5" dwarf and a pint-sized dragon, a pack of hell hounds might be a little above their pay grade. Join your favorite giant dwarf and snarky dragon as they start the hunt of a lifetime. They thought finding lost trea ...
Hailey He's still in love with his ex, and I refuse to be a consolation prize. So why did I just agree to a spur-of-the-moment road trip with him? I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm doing this for me. It has nothing to do with the gorgeous man staring at me like I'm a crazy person. Tyler Why is she climbing into my car uninvited? I don't care how sweet her smile is-or how long her legs are. This isn't some ai ...
