A Frozen Woman charts Ernaux's teenage awakening, and then the parallel progression of her desire to be desirable and her ambition to fulfill herself in her chosen profession - with the inevitable conflict between the two. And then she is thirty years old, a teacher married to an executive, mother of two infant sons. She looks after their nice apartment, raises her children. And yet, like millions of other women, she has felt her enthusiasm and curiosity, her strength and her happiness, slowly ebb under the weight of her daily routine. The very condition that everyone around her seems to consider normal and admirable for a woman is killing her. While each of Ernaux's books contain an autobiographical element, A Frozen Woman, one of Ernaux's early works, concentrates the spotlight piercingly on Annie herself. Mixing affection, rage and bitterness, A Frozen Woman shows us Ernaux's developing art when she still relied on traditional narrative, before the shortened form emerged that... Views: 597
Baker Katie Lightfoot is crafting her own magical wedding cake and tracking down a malicious murderer in the newest installment of this New York Times bestselling series. Katie will be marrying firefighter Declan McCarthy in less than a week, and she's still finding time to run the Honeybee Bakery, where she infuses sweets and treats with special spells and cheerful charms. But her hope of getting hitched without a hitch is short-lived. When Declan's family shows up early to enjoy a few extra days in Savannah, his youngest sister finds an unsavory surprise: her ex-husband, dead in a hotel room hours after they argued. The ex was scam artist with a lot of enemies, but the argument puts Declan's sister under suspicion. Between dress fittings and dough-kneading, Katie—along with her witchy friends in the spellbook club—will really have to work some magic to figure out who killed the con man...or there may not be a wedding. Views: 597
From the "genius of the short story," a collection illuminating the lives of the Egyptian lower class by one of the most important and innovative voices of Egyptian literatureA Penguin ClassicOne of Egypt's most acclaimed and well-known authors, Yusuf Idris is heralded as a "renovator and genius of the short story" whose signature stylistic device—the combination of literary and colloquial language à la Huckleberry Finn—transformed Arabic literature. The Cheapest Nights is a collection of some of his most important works, the title story of which follows a man who, unable to sleep, angrily meditates on the state of his life and the extreme poverty in which he finds himself. With compassion, astute observational skills, and biting humor, Idris explores the fraught lives of the Egyptian lower class, all the while turning a critical eye on the power structures that oppress them. His collection of short stories, with a foreword by author... Views: 597
The time has come for the showdown against the wicked god. There's just one problem... Touya and company need to purify the venom surrounding Isengard first! But fret not, Uncle Kousuke is here to help. He just needs a little assistance nurturing a very special sapling. Meanwhile, Touya thinks back to Earth and finds his thoughts returning to the family he left behind. The final battle begins at last, ringing in a story of swords, sorcery, and very unhelpful Unicorns. Views: 597
Montana 1880: From the moment they met as teenagers, Marigold Davis had a crush on Luke Jensen. But now she's an adult, and has fallen hard for the charismatic Luke. Long known as a bad boy, she's mostly kept her distance, but he's far too handsome and well, she likes him. A lot.Luke's emotions went far beyond the bounds of a regular crush. He'd even stolen a kiss behind the church hall when her parents weren't looking. The memory of that kiss stayed with him through adulthood, and now that he's hooked up with Marigold again, he doesn't want to let her go. He finds a way to keep her in his life, and things are good. Until she is told a bunch of lies about him. Now their relationship is on the rocks.Can Luke prove his worth to the love of his life, the only woman he has ever wanted, or are they doomed to be apart forever? Or will the Lovelorn help Marigold find a man who is not forbidden fruit? Views: 597
