When Mecca's parents are killed in front of her by a family friend, she learns that true friends are few and far between. She is taken in by her aunt, and soon finds out who is really riding for her and who is just around because they fear the wrath of Aunt Ruby. Making a deal with the devil doesn't seem all that bad when you're sitting on top of the world, with endless amounts of money and designer everything, but it's not l ...
Ten years after their home was almost torn apart by infidelity, Mona and Shawn Black are just getting back to normal . . . or so it seems. Both Shawn and Mona are still keeping secrets from each other and their immediate family. Back to his old tricks, James Parks exits prison older but not wiser, and his bitter rage seeks revenge. He again manipulates the lives of the Black family with knowledge of secrets that they hold locked away. He uses an ...
В течение трех лет медленно проходящей грусти Мэгги Нельсон обращается к заметкам Гёте и Витгенштейна о цвете, перебирает в памяти цитаты из Леонарда Коэна, Джони Митчелл, Маргерит Дюрас и Джона Бёрджера, окружает себя синими предметами и исследует личные воспоминания и сны. Итогом этого пристального изучения искусства, литературы и одиночества становится лирическое, философское, откровенное эссе; 240 утверждений о горе, любви, их ограничениях и ...
