The Matriarch
The Matriarch

Author: Gladys Bronwyn Stern

Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Viennese Jewish family settles in London.

Off the Road
Off the Road

Author: Carolyn Cassady

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2008-10-15

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1468305719

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This memoir by the woman at the center of the Beat movement is “a great book as well as a wonderful autobiography” (The Washington Post Book World). Written by the woman who loved them all—as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac, and friend of Ginsberg—this riveting and intimate memoir spans one of the most vital eras in twentieth-century literature and culture, including the explosive successes of Kerouac’s On the Road and Ginsberg’s Howl, the flowering of the Beat movement, and the social revolution of the 1960s. Artist, writer, and designer Carolyn Cassady reveals a side of Neal Cassady rarely seen—that of husband and father, a man who craved respectability, yet could not resist the thrills of a wilder, and ultimately more destructive, lifestyle. “To the familiar history of the Beat generation, Carolyn Cassady adds a proprietary chapter marked with newness, self-exposure, love and poignancy.” —Publishers Weekly “Rich with gossip, historically significant photographs, intimate memories, [and] unpublished letters.” —The New York Times “A poignant recollection—truthful, coarse, and inviting—teeming with the spirit of the men who inspired and symbolized the dreams of a generation.” —San Francisco Chronicle

The Blind Matriarch
The Blind Matriarch

Author: Namita Gokhale

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2021-09-20

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9354922414

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The blind matriarch, Matangi-Ma, lives on the topmost floor of an old house with many stories. From her eyrie, she hovers unseeingly over the lives of her family. Her long-time companion Lali is her emissary to the world. Her three children are by turn overprotective and dismissive of her. Her grandchildren are coming to terms with old secrets and growing pains. Life goes on this way until one day the world comes to a standstill-and they all begin to look inward. This assured novel records the different registers in the complex inner life of an extended family. Like the nation itself, the strict hierarchy of the joint-family home can be dysfunctional, and yet it is this home that often provides unexpected relief and succour to the vulnerable within its walls. As certainties dissolve, endings lead to new beginnings. Structured with the warp of memory and the weft of conjoined lives, the narrative follows middle India, even as it records the struggles for individual growth, with successive generations trying to break out of the stranglehold of the all-encompassing Indian family. Ebbing and flowing like the waves of a pandemic, the novel is a clear-eyed chronicle of the tragedies of India's encounter with the Coronavirus, the cynicism and despair that accompanied it, and the resilience and strength of the human spirit.

Devan Chronicles Series
Devan Chronicles Series

Author: Mark E. Cooper

Publisher: Impulse Books UK

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 1876

ISBN-13:

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Ripped from our world to theirs, will she be their savior or their destroyer? 3 books. 1,000+ pages of action-packed fantasy. In war-torn Deva a desperate lord struggles against the tide of invasion. His friend casts a spell to summon aid, and Julia Morton disappears from her gym in England. Will she be their savior or their destroyer? Devan Chronicles Series: Books 1-3 includes the first three books in Mark Cooper's four book fantasy series. Cooper evokes David Weber's Safehold books with his epic tale, which features devastating war, enthralling battles, vivid descriptions, strong female heroines, and gripping prose. If you enjoy sword and sorcery books steeped in an epic war, then you'll love Mark Cooper's Devan Chronicles Series. Buy the box set today to get started on this fantastical medieval adventure! An epic fantasy set in a world at war with historical fantasy overtones. Wizards battle with sorcerers and sorceresses while ordinary men fight to survive tumultuous times with nothing but their sword, dagger and bravery. This fantasy story is about a woman summoned to a magical world where she becomes a sorceress and champion for good.

Snapshot Chronicles
Snapshot Chronicles

Author: Barbara Levine

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2006-01-19

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1568985576

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'Snapshot Chronicles' is a visual exploration of the creative outpouring made possible by the camera.

All Change
All Change

Author: Elizabeth Jane Howard

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1504034953

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Written twenty years after the publication of Casting Off, the final volume of the Cazalet Chronicles begins in 1956 when the death of the family matriarch brings the scattered members of the extended clan back together The death of eighty-nine-year-old matriarch Kitty “the Duchy” Cazalet marks the end of an era—and the commencement of great change for the family. The long, difficult marriage of second son Edward to Villy has ended in divorce and Edward is contemplating wedlock with his longtime mistress, Diana. Hugh, the eldest son, wounded in the Great War and haunted by the death of his wife, Sybil, has finally found happiness with Jemima Leaf. Rupert, the youngest, who was missing-in-action during World War II, is now committed to rebuilding his relationship with his wife, Zoe. Rachel, who has spent a lifetime looking after others, has the chance to finally live for herself—even as she’s faced with the loss of all she cherishes most. And Home Place, the beloved Sussex estate where the Cazalets have gathered for years, is now a beloved relic that, with its faded wallpaper and leaky roof, has aged along with its occupants, including faithful servants like Mrs. Cripps, Mr. Tonbridge, and former governess Miss Milliment, now steadfast companion to Villy. Elizabeth Jane Howard’s critically acclaimed family saga comes to its conclusion as the Cazalets reflect on their past and begin the inexorable move forward.