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The interestings: A novel
Par Meg Wolitzer. 2023
Named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly , Time , and The Chicago Tribune , and named…
a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”— The New York Times Book Review "A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in her work hit you harder than the big ideas. This isn't women's fiction. It's everyone's."— Entertainment Weekly (A) From Meg Wolitzer, the New York Times –bestselling author of The Female Persuasion, a novel that has been called "genius" ( The Chicago Tribune ), “wonderful” ( Vanity Fair ), "ambitious" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), and a “page-turner” ( Cosmopolitan ). The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings , Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules’s now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken. Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a lifeOther voices, other rooms
Par Truman Capote. 1994
Twelve-year-old Joel Knox goes to live with his invalid father in a dilapidated Louisiana mansion. There the sensitive boy encounters…
a perverse stepmother, a pathetic uncle, and a tomboy who becomes his fast friend. 1948Legacy of silence
Par Belva Plain. 1998
When it becomes obvious that World War II is imminent, Caroline Hartzinger and her adopted older sister, Lore, flee from…
Berlin to Geneva. Walter, who plans to wed Caroline, goes with them. Life takes a dramatic turn and Caroline and Lore escape to America alone. But their time in Switzerland provides a legacy that affects several generations. BestsellerLifted up by angels
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1997
In this sequel to Angels Watching Over Me (BR 11918), Leah is seventeen, her bone cancer is miraculously in remission,…
and she chooses to spend her summer working in a town near the Amish friends she met at the hospital. Her feelings for Ethan increase, but the reality of their differences is always present. For junior and senior high readersThe bridge over Flatwillow Creek
Par Lance Wubbels. 1998
Minnesota, 1900s. Annie and Stuart's lives change the day that Stuart rescues her from drowning in Flatwillow Creek. Even though…
Annie's father insists that she marry the banker's son and Stuart is torn between a career in the ministry versus one in medicine, God's love shows them the wayAs I lay dying: the corrected text (Vintage international)
Par William Faulkner. 1990
The Bundrens, poor whites in Mississippi, face numerous obstacles as they trek across the countryside to deliver their mother's body…
for burial in her home town. First published in 1930; this edition includes changes made by Noel Polk in 1985 based on the author's notesThree women
Par Marge Piercy. 1999
Successful attorney Suzanne Blume's contented, solitary life is disrupted when her troubled older daughter loses another job and returns home.…
Then, as Suzanne warily pursues an in-person meeting with an online friend, her political-activist mother suffers a crippling stroke and moves in. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1999Necessary roughness
Par Marie Lee. 1996
Korean-American teenager Chan Kim and his twin sister, Young, work hard to be assimilated into their new high school after…
their father moves the family from L.A. to rural Minnesota. Chan switches from soccer to football to gain acceptance, but then tragedy strikes the family. For junior and senior high readersLa vie comme une image: roman (Romanichels)
Par Jocelyne Saucier. 1996
Un papa fugueur dans une famille modèle. Comment s'en tirent la mère (devenue incontinente) et la fille adolescente (aux rêves…
meurtriers) après trois années d'attente et d'illusions? (cf. p. 60). Un premier roman à la fois intense et sobre, riche en non-dit, comme le signale R. Martel. L'histoire d'une absence cruellement ressentie mais occultée par le souci de n'en rien dire. [SDMAngels watching over me
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1996
While her mother is honeymooning in Japan with husband number five, sixteen-year-old Leah is in the hospital undergoing tests. After…
a frightening diagnosis, she finds comfort in her young Amish roommate, Rebekah; Rebekah's appealing brother Ethan; and a mysterious night nurse. Prequel to Lifted Up by Angels (BR 11919). For junior and senior high readersLook homeward, angel: a story of the buried life
Par Thomas Wolfe. 1929
In this largely autobiographical novel, Wolfe describes Eugene Gant, who longs to escape his drab existence with his alcoholic father…
and neurotic mother in a provincial North Carolina town. Finally, through his fascination with literature and ideas, Eugene escapes to the university and later to Harvard. Some strong languageThe diary of a country priest
Par Georges Bernanos. 1937
The mother-in-law diaries: a novel
Par Carol Dawson. 1999
Her son has eloped--and made her a mother-in-law! This news causes Lulu to contemplate the unfortunate relationships she had with…
the mothers of her boyfriends and her four husbands. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexYou can't get there from here
Par Earl Hamner. 1993
Sixteen-year-old Wes tells of a day spent combing New York in search of his father. As he recalls incidents of…
family life and various friends and relatives from Virginia, the juxtaposition of easy Southern country ways with the hectic pace of New York makes a droll contrastMonkey bridge
Par Lan Cao. 1997
In 1975 teenager Mai Nguyen and her mother escape from Vietnam to live in northern Virginia's Little Saigon neighborhood. Mai,…
although tortured by nightmares, adjusts to the strange culture; her mother cannot escape her past and blames bad karma. After her mother's death, Mai discovers the family history of sin, betrayal, and murderKa
Par Roberto Calasso. 1998
Retells ancient stories that are a part of India's spiritual tradition. In this translation by Tim Parks, Calasso looks at…
Indian mythology through descriptions that build image upon image, beginning with the creation of the universe and continuing to the spiritual awakening of the BuddhaThis time last year
Par Douglas Hobbie. 1998
Mourning his daughter's death, writer Henry Ash retreats to his late brother-in-law's house in Vermont while his wife, Elizabeth, travels…
abroad. Henry discovers computer files chronicling the owner's private thoughts and regrets. Visiting relatives arrive and they, too, are trying to cope with life's losses. Another tragedy strikes at summer's end. Strong languageThe unspeakable: a novel
Par Charles Calia. 1998
When word reaches the Bishop of St. Paul that Reverend Jim Marbury can heal the sick, Reverend Peter Whitmore is…
sent to investigate. During the Holy Week that Whitmore spends with Marbury, the men come to share some dark, painful secrets and discover divine healing. Some strong language. 1998Dancing in the light: a novel
Par Anita Stansfield. 2006
As trials come thick and fast, Wade finds himself facing devastating loss and a desperate loneliness greater than he ever…
could have imagined. Thankfully he has a large and loving family, without whose support he could not survive. Ultimately, however, Wade's greatest source of strength comes through his faith and reliance on the Savior's unconditional and atoning love.A reluctant bride: the bride ships, book one (The bride Ships Ser. #1)
Par Jody Hedlund. 2019
In 1862, Mercy escapes a bleak future in London and joins a bride ship, agreeing to marry when she arrives…
in Vancouver. Wealthy and titled, Joseph becomes the ship's surgeon to avoid the pain of losing his family. When Mercy becomes his assistant, they fight their growing affection. 2019