A superb new collection from the greatly admired storyteller whose work "recall[s] such past masters as Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Mansfield" (Jim Baker,Newsweek). The Last Lovely City begins with nine stories whose settings range from San Francisco to a North Carolina college town to a run-down Mexican resort. In "His Women," a college professor and his ex-wife play an extended game of let's-kiss-and-make-up, revealing the history of their flirtations and infidelities. In "The Islands," a young widow mourns the loss of her cat more profoundly than the recent death of her husband. And in the title story, a view of San Francisco from the beach brings an old doctor, known for his generosity, to the sudden realization that the glory, innocence, and passion the city once represented to him are now lost forever, as he faces up to the way he has accrued the money to support his good works. The four stories in part two take on the shape of a novel. Lila Lewisohn, a divorced psychiatrist, finds her private life beginning to fuse with the lives of her patients, their husbands, and their lovers. A brilliant collection that envelops us in the richness of the worlds that Alice Adams has so masterfully created. Views: 47
A Wildly Funny and Shockingly True Compendium of the Bad Boys (and Girls) of Western LiteratureRock stars, rappers, and actors haven't always had a monopoly on misbehaving. There was a time when authors fought with both words and fists, a time when poets were the ones living fast and dying young. This witty, insightful, and wildly entertaining narrative profiles the literary greats who wrote generation-defining classics such as The Great Gatsby and On the Road while living and loving like hedonistic rock icons, who were as likely to go on epic benders as they were to hit the bestseller lists. Literary Rogues turns back the clock to consider these historical (and, in some cases, living) legends, including Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, Hunter S. Thompson, and Bret Easton Ellis. Brimming with fasci- nating research, Literary Rogues is part nostalgia, part literary... Views: 46
Magic will return to the human realm of Earth. And Earth will burn as the ground shakes and mankind will perish under the combined fists of pestilence and disease. And magic will rule the land. And so it begins... Take one broodingly hot vampyre. Add one gorgeous New Born. And this is just the beginning... Views: 46
How did I become a Jett Girl?Hell if I know, one moment I’m working at the premiere spot for creepy men and sloppy drunks and the next, I’m being whisked away by a moody ex-boxer and a mysterious man in a suit that overlooks his girls from the third floor of the Lafayette Club.It wasn’t easy but now that I’m a Jett Girl, there is only one thing on my mind and that is Jett Colby.He has captured me, stolen my heart and entwined my soul into his at such an alarming rate that it seems almost difficult to breathe without him holding me, touching me, kissing me...He won’t give me his heart though, he won’t let me own every last inch of him and not because he doesn’t want to, but because he doesn’t want to jeopardize my ambiguity.Because of this, there is only one thing standing in my way when it comes to completely and utterly living my life with Jett Colby and it’s called Lot 17. Views: 46
Spend Christmas at Ludlow Hall.It's
the time of year for friends and families, love and laughter... and
romance. All burned-out film star Mathias Carter wants for Christmas is
peace and a quiet place to brood on the disaster of his love-life. But
when that disaster in the shape of Eve Langan arrives on his doorstep,
Matt finds one kiss rocks his world... and now he has a fight on his
hands to convince Eve he's the man of her dreams.As
Christmas approaches all Bronte Ferranti wants is to spend it with Nico
and her twins, while she awaits the birth of her third child...
everything is going to plan... until her baby decides to be born too
soon... is Bronte and Nico's Christmas going to be filled with
heartbreak? Or will the magic of the festive season create a miracle?Meanwhile
Rosie is having fun preparing for her first Christmas as Mrs. Alexander
Ludlow... she's got everything organised and ready for the
festivities... except she's forgotten something crucial... Rosie's going
to give Alexander a Christmas he'll never forget. Views: 46
