![]() ![]() Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. ![]() Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled, by their stepmother, from the house where they grew up. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. We were sitting in her car, parked in front of the Dutch House in the broad daylight of early summer."Īt the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. "Do you think it’s possible to ever see the past as it actually was?" I asked my sister. ![]() A powerful novel and richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Out of the Box Regifted is a Women's contemporary romance, centering on second chances, family and life after divorce.Ĭontains adult language and situations, and is intended for readers over the age of 18.Ĭontemporary Romance New Adult Romance Paranormal Romance Romance Women's Fiction Humor Can she maintain the courage to seek what she needs to be free from the past, while hanging on to the future Ash offers? And is Ash her Mr. ![]() Demands and more betrayals force her to come to grips with things she can't change and try to forgive, not only those in her past, but herself as well.įaced with his own hidden secrets, will Ash allow Olivia to stand by him? How long can he keep parts of his life hidden from those who love him?Ĭan Olivia gain the confidence she needs to explore the new life Ash is offering and still remain true to herself?įollow Olivia on this next chapter of her journey as a re-gifted woman and watch as she discards the meek, obedient wife role and morphs into a free spirited, determined woman who commands respect from those in her life. In order to move on, Olivia must face the haunting demons from her past life with her ex-husband. With a new beginning on the horizon for Olivia Petersen and Ash Harper, what could possibly stop them from finding their happy ever after? In the midst of joy, this blended family finds they have to trust in love and family bonds to get them through what is coming next.or self-destruct. Book OverviewBetrayal, Lies, Loss, Hurt, Secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His work also appeared in many other magazines, including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post, and in a nationally syndicated daily feature. Along the way he finds a school full of kids. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. ![]() Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design. Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous children’s books, including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal, The Horse in Harry’s Room, and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. 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Indyk portrays Kissinger as extremely clever and intelligent, a deft strategist whose maneuverings ultimately establish the United States as the preëminent peacemaker in the region. engagement in the region-specifically through an in-depth analysis of the former Secretary of State’s attempts to forge peace between Israel and its neighbors after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. ![]() In his new book, “ Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy,” Indyk examines the history of U.S. Indyk’s efforts to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a process that included secret negotiations between Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the Palestinian Authority, ended in disappointment. special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. In 2013, Barack Obama appointed Martin Indyk, a former ambassador to Israel in the Clinton Administration, and a well-known foreign-policy voice in Washington, to be the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once Anniston Bennet is installed in his basement, Charles is cast into a role he never dreamed of. But financial necessity leaves him no choice. There is something deeper and darker about his request, and Charles does not need any more trouble. ![]() But Charles Blakey is black and Anniston Bennet is white, and it is clear that the stranger wants more than a basement view. The beautiful house has been in the Blakey family for generations, but Charles has just lost his job and is behind on his mortgage payments. The stranger offers him $50,000 in cash to spend the summer in Charles's basement, and Charles cannot even begin to guess why. The man at Charles Blakey's door has a proposition almost too strange for words. This masterpiece by celebrated New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley is the mysterious story of a young Black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his family for generations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was the kind of kid that people always sighed over and said, "She has such a wild imagination," which usually meant "I wish Sarah would try to stick to the truth." I have a tendency to embellish: I think it’s just a weakness of fiction writers. When I was eight or nine my parents gave me an old manual typewriter and a little desk in the corner of our den, and I’d sit there and type up my stories. I used to get frustrated with my mom because she bought me books for Christmas when what I really wanted were the gifts my friends got, things like sweaters and jewelry. ![]() I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were. ![]() "I’ve been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember. My parents were both professors at the University of North Carolina: my mom is a classicist (which means she knows everything you could ever imagine about myths, Latin, and words) and my dad teaches Shakespeare (which means I’d seen As You Like It about five times by the age of 18.) I have one brother, who is a musician and lives in California with his son and his wife, an artist who designed my personal website. "I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I’ve spent in Chapel Hill, NC. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Sunny doesn’t like running, never has. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad’s eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny’s dad treats him-ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never “Dad”-it’s no wonder Sunny thinks he’s to blame. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. ![]() But his life hasn’t always been sun beamy-bright. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. ![]() Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold’s electrifying middle grade series. They all have a lot to lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that could take them to the state championships. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That line dividing King from Bachman collapsed with Thinner, which throws its hat firmly into the supernatural ring almost from the first. King's work at this point utilised more traditional horror tropes – the haunted or possessed whatevers that drove the stories along. Rage, Running Man, The Long Walk, Roadwork: while they might trip into SF territory, they all exist by focusing on the human side of their protagonists, backing them into corners and making them fight their way out. The four Bachman books were about broken, trapped men, desperately clinging to humanity while the world they inhabited pushed them further away from it. Until this point, Bachman wrote human stories. But before it: a novel that summed up the rest of King's Bachman-attributed output, while adding in just enough evidence of its real author to raise suspicions. But all things have to come to an end, and soon after Thinner was released, that end arrived. So, the pseudonym had been necessary to stop King looking suspiciously prolific. We're on entry 19 now in this rereading experiment, and yet only 10 years into King's career. ![]() But he was writing faster than publishers could cope with. He couldn't put a foot wrong: bestseller begat bestseller. By 1984, everything that King wrote was selling by the truckload. His voice – rich in language, nasty in tone – was never going to be a bestseller, really, but King's was. Richard Bachman could only have lived so long, I suppose. ![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t think I ever would have gotten through this book without having it read by Audible. So it takes forever for me to read a book (in the physical form). ![]() I love story, but damn it if I can’t sit still for long. That’s one of the great things about Audible. Something compelling but over all disappointing ![]() Lot 49 is also very accessible and even V., and i'm looking forward to Against the Day to see which way it leans, Gravity or Vice. Gravity's Rainbow is another kettle of fish entirely. I found myself getting nostalgic with all the late 60's pop-culture references to movies and television shows and music of the time. There are many Pynchonesque themes ( paranoia enhanced perhaps by the drugs entropy and communication and mechanization/computerization government conspiracy) but these won't get in the way for non-Pynchon-ers. There are plenty of allusions and puns and word plays, but again not for the most part obtrusive. There are some funny moments along the way and the plot gets convoluted like the old noirs, but the stoned surfer type detective and the dialogue is really what's of interest. ![]() Think Big Lebowski crossed with a noir-ish mystery, a little Chinatown, a little Big Sleep.etc. The "plot" echoes Crying of Lot 49 a little and there are allusions to other novels, Vineland, Against the Day, Gravity's Rainbow, but they are unobtrusive nods, and the story is very linear and enjoyable. This is a rather un-Pynchon-like Pynchon, but very good. ![]() ![]() ![]() Matched by Design (coming soon)Kiss Me Series:1. Each book in this series by USA Today bestselling author Lindzee Armstrong can be read as a stand-alone.Read everything by USA Today bestselling author Lindzee Armstrong!No Match for Love Series:1. All that’s standing in their way is a fake boyfriend, a jealous ex-fiancee, and being afraid to risk their hearts.This is a full-length sweet/clean contemporary romantic comedy that will delight readers who love Hallmark movies. High school was ages ago, but as they team up again to teach ballroom dance, old feelings flair to life-just as his ex-fiancee shows up on New Year’s Eve, determined to win him back.Dating the wrong people has convinced both Ben and Andi that what they really want is each other. ![]() ![]() Desperate for a new beginning, he flees to Los Angeles and moves in across the hall from Andi. ![]() Too bad the celebrity client she’s matched with can’t make her heart flutter or limbs turn to mush the way Ben, Rachel’s totally off-limits brother, can with a simple smile.Ben’s fiancee just called off their wedding for the third time. When Rachel gifts Andi a professional matchmaking service out of guilt, Andi agrees to give it a try. Can a ballroom dance partnership be their key to finding love?Andi’s long-term boyfriend just dumped her, and it’s all her best friend Rachel’s fault. A high school science teacher fleeing from his possessive ex-fiancee. A divorce attorney fake-dating a billionaire. ![]() |