A "profound and provocative" new work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish : an immigrant father and his son search for belonging -- in post-Trump America, and with each other ( Kirkus Reviews).
"Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." -- Salman Rushdie
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
Ayad Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear, and where the nation's unhealed wounds wreak havoc around the world. Akhtar attempts to make sense of it all through the lens of a story about one family, from a heartland town in America to palatial suites in Central Europe to guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, and spares no one -- least of all himself -- in the process. Views: 235
In this heartwarming story of holiday romance, one cowboy is ready for love—whether he knows it yet or not . . . Horse whisperer Parker doesn't drink, smoke, or gamble, and he doesn't have much to do with women, either. But that may change when a runaway Palomino leads him to his small Colorado town's new schoolteacher. Widowed Katy, and her sweet daughter, are new in Benton. But while the little girl can't even ride yet, Katy's not new to horses or ranching. It seems she and Parker have a few things in common—including hearts in need of healing. With Christmas around the corner, could kisses under the mistletoe bring the handsome wrangler the gift of his very own family? "No one beats this author for sensual anticipation."—Rave Reviews Views: 235
The zombie apocalypse has arrived, the virus has been dubbed as AM13, and the human race is struggling to survive. Here are some short stories to accompany Lockdown, Forgotten, Extinct, and Not Dead Yet (but they can be read as standalone)...delve in and enjoy life among the undead! Views: 235
Port Danby residents, including grumpy Mayor Price, are giddy with the prospect of a live theater show in town. Everyone dons their best outfits for opening night of The Wizard of Oz but when the lead actress is found dead, an exciting night out morphs into a full blown murder mystery. The traveling theater group has brought many new faces to town and finding the killer proves tricky. Despite a head cold, Lacey's super nose is on the case.Book 12 of the Port Danby Cozy Mystery seriesMore in the series:1. Marigolds and Murder2. Carnations and Chaos3. Mistletoe and Murder4. Roses and Revenge5. Tulips and Trouble6. Dahlias and Death7. Peonies and Poison8. Hyacinths and Homicide9. Crocuses and Crime10. Sunflowers and Sabotage11. Lavender and Lies12. Freesias and Foul Play13. Cornflowers and Corpses14. Jasmine and Jealousy15. Shamrocks and Shenanigans16. TBA Views: 235
From Arthur Ellis Award–winning, Grand Master of Crime Writers, and “the queen of Canadian crime fiction” (Winnipeg Free Press) comes the newest installment in the Joanne Kilbourn series. A dark secret threatens the future of the Shreve family. It’s August 24 and Joanne Shreve and her husband, Zack, are savoring the last lazy days of summer and looking forward to the birth of a new grandchild; involvement in the campaign of Ali Janvier, a gifted politician with a solid chance of becoming the province’s next premier; and the debut of Sisters and Strangers, the six-part series Joanne co-wrote that focuses on her early life. The series is the flagship of a new slate of programming, and MediaNation is counting on a big return. Joanne and Zack’s stake in the series’s success is personal. Their daughter, Taylor, is in a relationship with one of the show’s stars, and Vale Frazier is already like family to them. It seems the “season of mist and mellow fruitfulness” will be a bountiful one for the Shreves. But when a charismatic young woman wearing a grief amulet that contains a lock of her dead brother’s hair and a dark secret becomes part of their lives, the success of Sisters and Strangers and the future of Taylor and Vale’s relationship are jeopardized, and only Joanne and Zack can put an end to the threat. Views: 235
A charming and nostagic read, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love stories set in wartime. Vera Sharples, the over-protected daughter of Ena Sharples, longs for independence, and while her mother wants to marry her off, she isn't keen on Bob Lomax, Vera's own choice for matrimony. Her friend, Lily Longhurst, has found herself on the wrong side of a doomed romance and decides it's high time that she and Vera take their lives into their own hands. With Ena unable to deny her daughter the chance to do her bit for King and Country, the girls sign up for the Land Army, where life is very different from the familiar cobbles of Coronation Street. But even with her daughter far away down South, Ena can't stop meddling in Vera's life and hatches a plan that will could put paid to all of Vera's hopes ... will the two plucky Lancashire lasses come home to Coronation Street with their dreams intact, or is Ena about to shatter them forever...? Views: 234
