Nisha, an American, on the other hand, is living with an extremely wealthy and powerful husband,frequent fliers, while their son is living in an American boarding school. So it’s with a shock that she discovers her gym bag with her clothes and her husband’s favorite red Louboutin shoes ...
by Roni Teson Following years of living in an alcoholic fog, Joe becomes an upstanding member of societybut only after he experiences a trip through Hell itself. Teresa creates her own Hell in current day Los Angeles where she struggles with her past while trying to raise her teenage son. ...
she looks in the mirror and finds a person looking back at her that she doesn’t recognize, an older version of herself. She sees pictures on the mirror of this older self with the man in the bed. That terrifying beginning is the set up for a book that deals with memory and identity...
Scythian was an old Iranic language, and 2,700 years ago, speakers of the language were active around Asia on horseback. Beckwith makes the case that this was the largest empire the world had seen up to that point; even if you disagree it's an interesting read about a period many of ...
Angelique considers herself an opportunist, choosing her partners and the occasions based on the advantages she expects to realize as a result. Unfortunately, she has no exit strategy, and at the ripe age of 38, finds herself more and more isolated: like “she was living in an elevator — ...
In 1964, the eponymous narrator of ‘Eileen’ by Ottessa Moshfegh is twenty-four years old, living with her alcoholic father and working as a secretary at a correctional facility for teenage boys. During the week leading up to Christmas, Eileen Dunlop is planning to disappear from her coastal...
You have to have just a little patience withThe Woman in the Window, which starts off somewhat irritating because it reads like a combination ofRear WindowandThe Girl on the Train.Hang in there and you’ll find it’s really an excellent thriller with exciting plot twists. ...
Desperate to break free, he embarks on an illicit relationship with his co-worker Julia, which has devastating consequences. 13. To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) – Harper Lee Set in the American deep south, To Kill A Mockingbird combines issues of social injustice with a gentle coming-of-age...
11 with her new school friends, Ben and Sabeen. What she discovers is that the events of the terrorist attacks have a far-reaching impact on those around her, including her classmates and family. She also begins to understand that the past and present are connected. It’s living history. ...
Lifelong remorse, the horror of war and devastating twists are to follow in an elegant, deeply felt meditation on the power of love and art. 40 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005) With cold, clear, precise prose, Didion gives an account of the year her husband, the ...