Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine

Author: Ann Hood

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1998-07-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780312195557

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This novel begins in 1969, and as Peter, Paul and Mary croon on the radio and poster paints are splashing the latest anti-war slogans. Suzanne, a poet, lives in a Maine beach house awaiting the birth of a love child she will name Sparrow. Claudia, who weds a farmer during college, plans to raise three strong sons. And Elizabeth and Howard marry, organize protest marches, and try to raise their two children with their own earthy, hippie values. By 1985, things have changed. Suzanne, now with a M.B.A., has taken to calling Sparrow "Susan." After personal tragedy, Claudia spirals backward into her sixties world—and into madness. And Elizabeth, fatally ill, watches despairingly as her children yearn for a split-level house and a gleaming station wagon. In this beloved, critically acclaimed first novel, Hood's clear, brave, and penetrating voice captures the spirit of three friends struggling to resolve their lives in a complicated time warp called lost youth.

Somewhere Along the Way
Somewhere Along the Way

Author: Jodi Thomas

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-11-02

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1101445149

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Second in the trilogy that's captured America's heart. Ever since she claimed Harmony, Texas, as her home, eighteen-year-old Reagan Truman finds herself drawn to others who have made their way here. Shaped by the loneliness she's known most of her life, Reagan has finally found a place she belongs-and doesn't want anything to get in her way. But when her life is put in jeopardy and the whole town comes together to save her, she'll discover that learning to trust the love that's come into our hearts is the greatest gift of all.

Grandma's Cookie Jar
Grandma's Cookie Jar

Author: Terrence Edward Creek

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1493116746

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Ray Renshaw retires and plans a leisurely travelling holiday around Australia. Things don't always go to plan and Ray finds himself in some unexpected and difficult situations. The characters of the Australian outback feature prominently along with other not so savoury characters. A plane crash sets up Ray's first adventure as he tries to survive in the bush. He also has some good times as a hotel owner and country gentleman. His travels allow him to meet and get to know many different true Aussies.

Remembering 1942
Remembering 1942

Author: Liu Zhenyun

Publisher: Skyhorse

Published: 2016-10-11

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1628727152

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Sweeping, humorous, and moving tales from one of contemporary China’s greatest writers. The bestselling and award-winning author of novels satirizing contemporary China, Liu Zhenyun is also renowned for his short stories. Remembering 1942 showcases six of his best, featuring a diverse cast of ordinary people struggling against the obstacles—bureaucratic, economic, and personal—that life presents. The six exquisite stories that comprise this collection range from an exploration of office politics unmoored by an unexpected gift to the tale of a young soldier attempting to acclimate to his new life as a student and the story of a couple struggling to manage the demands of a young child. Another, about petty functionaries trying to solve a mystery of office intrigue, reads like a survival manual for Chinese bureaucracy. The masterful title story explores the legacy of the drought and famine that struck Henan Province in 1942, tracing its echoes in one man’s personal journey through war and revolution and into the present. Each story is rich in wit, insight, and empathy, and together they bring into focus the realities of China’s past and present, evoking clearly and mordantly the often Kafkaesque circumstances of contemporary life in the world’s most populous nation. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.