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Like A House On Fire
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Author : Cate Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2012
Like A House On Fire written by Cate Kennedy and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Fiction categories.
Taking ordinary lives and dissecting their ironies, injustices, and pleasures, this collection possesses a humane eye and wry sense of humor. A young woman working as a maid in a hospital helps an elderly patient defy doctor's orders; a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex's new life; and a son accompanies his mother on a journey to scatter his father's remains, while lifelong resentments simmer in the background. This poignant compilation of short stories finds the beauty and tragedy in illness and mortality, life and love.
Like A House On Fire
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Author : Lauren McBrayer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2023-04-18
Like A House On Fire written by Lauren McBrayer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-18 with Fiction categories.
A Belletrist Book Club Pick What would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again? After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life. She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy cups and monthly sex. So, she returns to her career at Jager + Brandt, where a brilliant and beautiful Danish architect named Jane decides to overlook the “break” in Merit’s résumé and give her a shot. Jane is a supernova—witty and dazzling and unapologetically herself—and as the two work closely together, their relationship becomes a true friendship. In Jane, Merit sees the possibility of what a woman could be. And Jane sees Merit exactly for who she is. Not the wife and mother dutifully performing the roles expected of her, but a whole person. Their relationship quickly becomes a cornerstone in Merit’s life. And as Merit starts to open her mind to the idea of more—more of a partner, more of a match, more out of love—she begins to question: What if the love of her life isn’t the man she married. What if it’s Jane?
Like A House On Fire
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Author : Caroline Hulse
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-04-23
Like A House On Fire written by Caroline Hulse and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-23 with Fiction categories.
'Joyously wicked... I loved it' RUTH JONES 'Warm, witty & brilliantly realised' DAILY MAIL 'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie' JOSIE SILVER ALL STELLA AND GEORGE HAVE TO DO IS... Hide their breakup After a series of blazing rows about everything from Jurassic Park to installing car seats for their (hypothetical) children, Stella and George are getting divorced. Catch a murderer* But first, Stella's mum is throwing a murder mystery party - and with her dad losing his job and her mum's recent diagnosis, now is hardly the time to tell everyone. Make it through one last family party Stella and George just have to get through the day without their breakup being discovered - though it will soon turn out that keeping secrets runs in the family... *pretend murderer * * * * * Praise for LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE: 'When it comes to personal relationships, Caroline Hulse dares to show us what we humans are really like. Her sparkling dialogue, astute observations and gloriously irreverent humour make Like A House On Fire a joyously wicked read that will cheer you up no end. A genuine tonic. So clever, so funny and so refreshingly different. I loved it' RUTH JONES 'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie, Like A House On Fire is everything I love in a book' JOSIE SILVER 'Painfully astute and brilliantly funny' BETH O'LEARY 'A deliciously dark comedy of manners' DAILY EXPRESS 'Acutely observed... Very Nina Stibbe' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Funny and sad and relatable and deeply human' HARRIET TYCE
Like A House On Fire
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Author : Cate Kennedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Like A House On Fire written by Cate Kennedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Interpersonal relations categories.
From prize-winning short-story writer Cate Kennedy comes a new collection to rival her highly acclaimed Dark Roots. In Like a House on Fire, Kennedy once again examines ordinary lives and dissects their ironies and injustices with her humane eye and wry sense of humour. In 'Laminex and Mirrors', a cleaner at a nursing home helps a patient to escape, if only temporarily. In 'Cross Country', a jilted lover manages to misinterpret her ex's new life. And in 'Whirlpool', two sisters bond in the face of their mother's resentment at the life she's been given. ate Kennedy's poignant short stories reveal the beauty and tragedy of everyday life.
Set This House On Fire
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Author : William Styron
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2010-05-04
Set This House On Fire written by William Styron and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-04 with Fiction categories.
A New York Times bestseller by the author of Sophie’s Choice: Two Americans search for the truth about a mysterious long-ago murder in Italy. Shortly after World War II, in the village of Sambuco, Italy, two men—Virginia attorney Peter Leverett and South Carolina artist Cass Kinsolving—crossed paths with Mason Flagg. They both had their own reactions to the gregarious and charismatic movie mogul’s son. For the impressionable Peter, it was something close to awe. For the alcoholic Cass, it was unsettled rage. Then, after the rape and murder of a peasant girl, Mason’s body was found at the base of a cliff—an apparent suicide. He’d been distraught, the authorities said, over committing such a heinous crime. Peter and Cass went their separate ways, and never spoke of it again. Now, years later, Peter is still haunted by what he knows—and by what he doesn’t. He’s sought out Cass in Charleston for closure, and something close to the truth. Together both men will share their tales of that terrible season in Italy, each with their own ghosts—and their own reasons to exorcise them. But neither Peter nor Cass is prepared for where this path of revenge, complicity, and atonement will take them. A profound exploration of the evil that men do, and what the innocent must endure to accommodate it, Set This House on Fire is more than a byzantine murder mystery, it’s “one of the finest novels of our times” from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Confessions of Nat Turner, Darkness Visible, and other modern classics (San Francisco Chronicle). This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.
Once In A House On Fire
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Author : Andrea Ashworth
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2007
Once In A House On Fire written by Andrea Ashworth and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'One of the most extraordinary stories you will ever read of the triumph of the human spirit' Daily MailSet in 1970s Manchester, Once in a House on Fire tells the true story of three sisters and their mother, a close-knit and loving family forced to battle with poverty, abuse and the effects of depression. Beautifully written and deeply inspiring, with a new afterword by Andrea Ashworth, it is a book that will stay with its readers for ever.
Like A House On Fire
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Author : Lauren McBrayer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2022-04-26
Like A House On Fire written by Lauren McBrayer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with Fiction categories.
A JULY 2022 BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK What would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again? After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life. She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy cups and monthly sex. So, she returns to her career at Jager + Brandt, where a brilliant and beautiful Danish architect named Jane decides to overlook the “break” in Merit’s résumé and give her a shot. Jane is a supernova—witty and dazzling and unapologetically herself—and as the two work closely together, their relationship becomes a true friendship. In Jane, Merit sees the possibility of what a woman could be. And Jane sees Merit exactly for who she is. Not the wife and mother dutifully performing the roles expected of her, but a whole person. Their relationship quickly becomes a cornerstone in Merit’s life. And as Merit starts to open her mind to the idea of more—more of a partner, more of a match, more out of love—she begins to question: What if the love of her life isn’t the man she married. What if it’s Jane?
Our House Is On Fire
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Author : Malena Ernman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-03-05
Our House Is On Fire written by Malena Ernman and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-05 with Science categories.
The profoundly moving story of how love, courage and determination brought Greta Thunberg's family back from the brink 'Urgent, lucid, courageous ... a must-read message of hope ... It is a glimpse of a saner world' David Mitchell, Guardian This is the story of a happy family whose life suddenly fell apart, never to be the same again. Of two devoted parents plunged into a waking nightmare as their eleven-year-old daughter Greta stopped speaking and eating, and her younger sister struggled to cope. They desperately searched for answers, and began to see how their children's suffering reached far beyond medical diagnoses. This crisis was not theirs alone: they were burned-out people on a burned-out planet. And so they decided to act. Our House is on Fire shows how, amid forces that tried to silence them, one family found ways to strengthen, heal, and gain courage from the love they had for each other - and for the living world. It is a parable of hope and determination in an emergency that affects us all.
Dark Roots
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Author : Cate Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2008-02-12
Dark Roots written by Cate Kennedy and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-12 with Fiction categories.
“Heartbreakingly detailed . . . vibrant—and vital” prize-winning stories by an Australian contributor to The New Yorker (Entertainment Weekly). In this “coolly exact . . . sharp, evocative and often poetic” collection of award-winning short fiction, Cate Kennedy daringly travels to the deepest depths of the human psyche to explore the collision between simmering inner lives, the cold outside world, and the hidden motivations that propel us all to act (The New York Times Book Review). Kennedy captures entire lives, expertly documenting the risks and compromises made in both forging and escaping relationships. Her “17 standout stories” are populated by people on the brink: whether it’s a woman floundering with her own loss and emotional immobility as her lover lies in a coma; a neglected wife who cannot convince her husband of the truth about his two brutish, shamelessly libidinous friends; or a married woman who comes to realize that her too-tight wedding ring isn’t the only thing that’s stuck in her relationship (Elle). Each character must make a choice and none is without consequence—even the smallest decisions have the power to destroy or renew, to recover and relinquish. Devastating, evocative, richly comic, and “full of provocative messages, tantalizingly revealed”, Dark Roots deftly unveils the traumas that incite us to desperate measures and the coincidences that drive our lives (O, The Oprah Magazine). “With an effortless talent for the comic and the chilling, Cate Kennedy has crafted stories that are sly, seductive, and surprising. A standout debut” (Alicia Erian, author of Towelhead).
House On Fire
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Author : Bonnie Kistler
language : en
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date : 2019-12-03
House On Fire written by Bonnie Kistler and has been published by Atria Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-03 with Fiction categories.
“A masterfully written saga of family drama in the vein of Celeste Ng, Liane Moriarty, and Sally Hepworth” (Book Reporter) about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves one parent’s daughter dead—and the other’s son charged with manslaughter. Divorce lawyer Leigh Huyett knows all too well that most second marriages are doomed to fail. Yet five years in, she and Pete Conley couldn’t be happier with their blended family. But one rainy Friday night, on the way back from celebrating their anniversary, Peter and Leigh receive horrific news. Peter’s son Kip, a high school senior, has crashed his truck and been arrested for drunk driving. And Leigh’s fourteen-year-old daughter, Chrissy, was with him. Twelve hours later, Chrissy is dead and Kip is charged with manslaughter. Reeling with grief, Leigh nonetheless does her best to rally behind Peter and Kip. That is, until Kip changes his story and claims that he wasn’t driving after all—Chrissy was, and he swears there is a witness. As they hurtle toward Kip’s trial date, husband and wife are torn between loyalty to their children and to each other, while the mystery of what really happened that night looms large.