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The Accomplished Guest
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Author : Ann Beattie
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-06-13
The Accomplished Guest written by Ann Beattie and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-13 with Fiction categories.
* A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year A magnificent collection from award-winning author Ann Beattie—“profoundly intriguing and unsettling stories that abound in delectably witty and furious inner monologues, barbed dialogue, ludicrous predicaments, many faceted heartaches, and abrupt upswellings of affection, even love...always on point, funny, and poignant” (Booklist, starred review). Ann Beattie’s “seamless combination of biting wit and mordant humor, precise irony, and consummate cool” is on full display in this astutely observed collection set along the East Coast from Maine to Key West, that explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality, and aging. In The Accomplished Guest, people pay visits or receive visitors, travel to see old friends, and experience the joys and tolls of hosting company (and of being hosted). In some stories, as in life, what begins as a benign social event becomes a situation played for high stakes. “Ann Beattie slips into a short story as flawlessly as Audrey Hepburn wore a Givenchy gown” (Oprah Daily), and the pieces in The Accomplished Guest—featuring recent O. Henry, Pushcart, and Best American Short Story selections—are marked by an undercurrent of loss and an unexpected element of violence, with Beattie’s signature mordant humor woven throughout. Some guests provide welcome diversions, others are uninvited interruptions, all are indelibly drawn. Beattie “punctures her characters’ pretensions and jadedness with an economy and effortless dialogue that writers have been trying to emulate for three decades” (The New York Times Book Review). The Accomplished Guest is fresh, funny, and overwhelmingly “brilliant at furnishing the precise level of niggling complexity that is tragicomically real” (San Francisco Chronicle).
The Accomplished Guest
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Author : Ann Beattie
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-06-13
The Accomplished Guest written by Ann Beattie and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-13 with Fiction categories.
"Set along the East Coast from Maine to Key West, this collection of stories explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality, and aging"--
The Guest Book
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Author : Sarah Blake
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2019-05-07
The Guest Book written by Sarah Blake and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with Fiction categories.
Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.
Guests On Earth
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Author : Lee Smith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-10-15
Guests On Earth written by Lee Smith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with Fiction categories.
“Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work.” —Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It’s 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital’s most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses cascading events that lead up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. Author Lee Smith has created, through a seamless blending of fiction and fact, a mesmerizing novel about a world apart--in which art and madness are luminously intertwined.
100 Lunches With Strangers
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Author : Kaley Chu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03-18
100 Lunches With Strangers written by Kaley Chu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-18 with categories.
Have you ever thought to yourself, "Mylife is fine, but is that all? How can I havea better life? I don't know what I want but Iknow there's something missing¿"Doesn't matter if you're 18 or 75, thisbook is going to transform your life.In 2018, Kaley pushed herself to accomplish a remarkable challenge: to have lunch with 100 complete strangers. "100 Lunches" shares how a shy immigrant girl became a successful 'People Connector' in just one year. Featuring 15 eye-opening life lessons, an in-depth look at relatable life struggles, and inspirational tips that will offer any reader a way to forge their own happier way of living.
The Night Guest
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Author : Fiona McFarlane
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-01-16
The Night Guest written by Fiona McFarlane and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-16 with Fiction categories.
Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award Winner of the inaugural Voss Literary Prize Joint winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award In an isolated house on the New South Wales coast, Ruth, a widow whose sons have flown the nest, lives alone. Until one day a stranger bowls up, announcing that she's Frida, sent to be Ruth's carer. At first, Ruth welcomes Frida's vigorous presence and her willingness to hear Ruth's tales of growing up in Fiji. She even helps reunite Ruth with a childhood sweetheart. But why does Ruth sense a tiger prowling through the house at night? Is she losing her wits? Can she trust the enigmatic Frida? And how far can she trust herself?
Chilly Scenes Of Winter
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Author : Ann Beattie
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-05-18
Chilly Scenes Of Winter written by Ann Beattie and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-18 with Fiction categories.
This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa and former coat salesman; and Charles' mother, who spends a lot of time in the bathtub feeling depressed.
The Last
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Author : Hanna Jameson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2019-04-09
The Last written by Hanna Jameson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Fiction categories.
This propulsive post-apocalyptic thriller “in which Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None collides with Stephen King’s The Shining” (NPR) follows a group of survivors stranded at a hotel as the world descends into nuclear war and the body of a young girl is discovered in one of the hotel’s water tanks. Jon thought he had all the time in the world to respond to his wife’s text message: I miss you so much. I feel bad about how we left it. Love you. But as he’s waiting in the lobby of the L’Hotel Sixieme in Switzerland after an academic conference, still mulling over how to respond to his wife, he receives a string of horrifying push notifications. Washington, DC, has been hit with a nuclear bomb, then New York, then London, and finally Berlin. That’s all he knows before news outlets and social media goes black—and before the clouds on the horizon turn orange. Two months later, there are twenty survivors holed up at the hotel, a place already tainted by its strange history of suicides and murders. Jon and the rest try to maintain some semblance of civilization. But when he goes up to the roof to investigate the hotel’s worsening water quality, he is shocked to discover the body of a young girl floating in one of the tanks, and is faced with the terrifying possibility that there might be a killer among the group. As supplies dwindle and tensions rise, Jon becomes obsessed with discovering the truth behind the girl’s death. In this “brilliantly executed...chilling and extraordinary” post-apocalyptic mystery, “the questions Jameson poses—who will be with you at the end of the world, and what kind of person will you be?—are as haunting as the plot itself.” (Emily St. John Mandel, nationally bestselling author of Station Eleven).
History Of Alameda County California
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
History Of Alameda County California written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Alameda County (Calif.) categories.
Hints On Life
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Author : C. B. C. Amicus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
Hints On Life written by C. B. C. Amicus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with Conduct of life categories.