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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. BestsellerMind's eye
Par Paul Fleischman. 1999
A novel in play form in which sixteen-year-old Courtney, paralyzed in an accident, learns about the power of the mind…
from an elderly blind woman who takes Courtney on an imaginary journey to Italy using a 1910 guidebook. For senior high and older readers. 1999As 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. 1999The lucky gourd shop: a novel
Par Joanna Scott. 2000
Three adopted Korean-American teenagers are curious about their roots. What they do not know is that their birth mother had…
been a foundling raised in a Seoul coffeeshop. After the death of their father, the children's grandmother saved them from starvation by taking them to an orphanage. 2000Necessary 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 readersLadyGold
Par Angela Amato. 1998
NYPD detective Gerry Conte is leery of her new assignment: posing as the girlfriend of Eugene, a young gangster who…
is being forced to help bring down a mob boss. When it becomes clear that the force doesn't plan to protect Eugene, Gerry fights for him. Strong language and some violenceAsylum for Nightface
Par Bruce Brooks. 1996
Fourteen-year-old Zimmerman's parents are always mocking him for his religious beliefs until they join a cult while vacationing in Jamaica.…
When their minister decides to use him as a "poster boy" for his church, Zimmerman steals a valuable trading card in order to tarnish his reputation. For junior and senior high readersSummer of storms
Par Judith Kelman. 2001
Thirty-three-year old photographer Anna Jameson returns to work in New York City three decades after her sister Julie is murdered…
there during a hurricane. As she investigates the past and uncovers family secrets, she becomes a target of the killer, who is still very much alive. Some violence and some strong language. 2001Sneakers: a novel
Par Dewey Gram. 1992
In 1969, college student Martin Bishop escapes being arrested for politically motivated computer crimes. But in 1992, the feds catch…
up with Bishop, who is running a security consulting firm. They offer him immunity if he and his group will commit a crime for them. Strong language and some violenceLook 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 languageMr. White's confession
Par Robert Clark. 1998
St. Paul, Minnesota; 1939. When two dance hall girls are murdered, the police accuse Herbert White, a lonely, daffy clerk…
and amateur photographer. But recently widowed police lieutenant Wesley Horner has doubts. When White runs, Horner follows him. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sexThe jasmine trade: a novel of suspense introducing Eve Diamond
Par Denise Hamilton. 2001
Los Angeles reporter Eve Diamond, investigating the murder of a Chinese teenager, discovers an underground world of "parachute kids"--wealthy Asians…
left unsupervised in America by their parents, who live abroad. She also uncovers sexual slavery, gangs, and other criminal activity. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2001A perfect arrangement: a novel
Par Suzanne Berne. 2001
Howard and Mirella, an upwardly mobile New England couple, think that they have finally found the perfect nanny in Randi.…
But as their difficult preschoolers become abnormally attached to her and their marriage begins crumbling, they realize they need to reassess their priorities. Some strong language. 2001Gull island: A novel
Par Anna Porter. 2023
A haunting psychological suspense novel about a young woman who visits her remote family cottage seeking answers to a murky…
past—for fans of Catherine McKenzie and Amber Cowie. When her estranged father goes missing, Jude is persuaded by her mother to find his will. She travels to the family cottage on remote Gull Island, glad to be away from the city and to have the chance to sort through old memories, but is unsettled by what she finds there. While contending with the neglected cottage and encroaching wild animals, Jude looks not only for her father's will, but also for photographs of herself as a baby, desperate for proof that she was loved as a child. However, loneliness and terrifying dreams soon wear on her, bringing back frightening memories. Thoughts of her distant mother and intimidating father, her jealous sister, and her mother's mysterious friend infest Jude's increasingly clouded mind. Then a fierce storm sweeps away her boat and severs her from the outside world. Forced to reckon with long-buried truths and filled with the terrible sense that the cottage may be haunted by more than the past, Jude begins to fear for her sanity—and her lifeThe hunt club: a novel
Par Bret Lott. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Huger Dillard and his blind uncle Leland discover a murdered man on their land. The two run a hunt…
club for the wealthy men of Charleston to patronize on weekends. Within days the Dillard family is threatened and kidnapped by men who want to possess what the Dillards own. Some violence and some strong languageThe girl who loved Tom Gordon: a novel
Par Stephen King. 1999
While her brother and mother argue up ahead on the Maine hiking trail, nine-year-old Trisha stops to relieve herself and…
becomes lost for days in the wilderness. Her imaginary conversations with Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon help her cope with the evil thing that's following her. Some strong language. BestsellerLeaving Pico: a novel
Par Frank Gaspar. 1999
Award-winning poet Gaspar's autobiographical tale of Josie Carvalho, who grows up in the Portuguese fishing village in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Abandoned…
by his mother, Josie is raised by an aunt and his seldom-sober grandfather, who regales him with the adventures of an ancestor who supposedly discovered America before Columbus. 1999