Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.
Are you a tired ass woman who has a sense of humor and gets motivation from keeping it real? This funny 2021 Monthly and Daily Planner features profanity-laced sayings for each month. Perfect for the woman or mom who isn't offended by a perfectly placed "fuck" or "shit!" Keep your shit together with the following features throughout: 1 page yearly calendar view Monthly Snapshot page - includes space for Monthly Goals, Priorities, etc. Monthly Calendar View (with space to keep track of events, etc) Daily Tasks Pages per month 8.5 x 11" - lots of space to keep track of to-do lists, your monthly schedule, and more! 145 pages (front and back)
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
This is about the poetic journey of three beautiful women, all living their lives in a poetic way. They each have a special love for the art of writing through journaling, poetry, or both. Cynn, Pauline, and Dena all live totally different lives; but their love, desire, and need for something more seems to pull them together in a poetic type of way. The twist and turns of their lives lead them together, making it a reality of what women today are faced with, poetically speaking through truth, love, lies, and disappointments.
If you're looking for a unique and creative gift for that crazy coworker, best friend, or wacky relative that shares your sick sense of humor, then you've come to the right place.Our journals measure 6x9 inches and come with 120 pages (60 sheets) to write down notes, to-do lists, goals to achieve, or just space to vent about life.
Palmer and Connor Johnson, two brothers with a lot of jealously between them. Palmer has taken a small inheritance and turned it into millions, while Connor has very little of his left. Since they were children, Connor has wanted everything that Palmer has and has taken whatever he wants. Now Palmer has Zoe, a young woman who respects and loves him for the man he is. Will Connor take her too, and what will Palmer do if he tries?!
The true story of my addiction to cocaine and meth and the control it had over my life for over ten years. Beginning at the age of three when my brother dies in a car accident to my first incarceration and beyond.It is gritty and brutally honest, and sometimes uncomfortable to read. Discover the events that lead me away from a promising career in football college to a prison cell. I care for nothing, including my mortality. I willingly risk losing the respect of family and friends to take and supply drugs. During all of this I had a child, and even that didn't change my ways. This story will enlighten you on the mindset of an addict and the control addiction has over you.
Haunted. This word lurks within our deepest emotions. It’s a fear we can’t let go of, or that won’t let go of us. It’s a place we dream of going, or a place we can never leave. An LAPD detective is haunted by the case she never solved. A Century City financial advisor is haunted by the greed he cannot escape. A bridge is haunted by ghosts of despair. In a city of 10 million people, the haunted could be the man waiting to cross the street, or the memory that keeps you awake at night. Fatally Haunted, a Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles anthology, includes original stories by Julie G. Beers, Julia Bricklin, Roger Cannon, Tony Chiarchiaro, Lisa Ciarfella, Cyndra Gernet, B. J. Graf, Mark Hague, A. P. Jamison, Micheal Kelly, Alison McMahan, Peter Sexton, Gobind Tanaka, and Jennifer Younger.
Craig McIntyre, ex-military turned bodyguard, has a powerful and uncontrollable affliction: his mere presence can transform people’s darkest thoughts into action. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been destroyed by a white supremacist group called the Factor. The attack has been hushed-up and time is of the essence if national and global economic meltdown is to be avoided. McIntyre’s nemesis, Senator Tampoline, wants McIntyre to track down those to blame for the terrorist attack and, using his unique ability, kill them. But things are not as they seem. McIntyre struggles to determine who are his allies and who are his enemies and, forced to go on the run, discovers that to save his own life he must tread well beyond the furthest reaches of his moral code and kidnap the future president of America. Praise for FURTHEST REACHES: “A thriller as taut and urgent s a killer’s garrotte. Tough, tight and utterly compelling.” —Neil Broadfoot, author of No Man’s Land “Grabs you by the throat, punches you in the body then gives you a good slapping.” —Caro Ramsay, author of The Suffering of Strangers
