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... life has been turned upside down. She’s lost her job, witnessed a murder, possibly committed a few felonies ... London’s Soho has always been home, but the lack of a job and entanglement in a murder offer little choice but to board the Queen Mary for New York. But first class on the luxury liner is no safe ...
... bad-ass experience that way. A friend suggests she get a job on The Glorious Fool, a ship that has seen a lot of ... much to my delight. Devi is initially pretty bored in her new job and isn't sure she'll make it a whole year if all she ...
... abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can ... and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this ... the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season. Katherine May Wintering: The Power of Rest and ...
Though Ann Leckie's new novel involves larger issues of political intrigue and ... from the home (and even the planet). They give Enae a job to do that will take hir out into the universe. Enae is ... where he comes from. He keeps his head down and does his job, but knows there's something missing. When he's ...
... memory, emotion, and time. Dirty Computers are feared in New Dawn, a totalitarian regime where thoughts are a ... memories: happy, sad, good or bad. This seems like a cool job, but the idea that whoever controls our memories ... dystopian novels like The Handmaid's Tale , Brave New World , Fahrenheit 451 , and 1984 where the government ...
... Things . In this novel set in early Twentieth Century New York, a young woman, who is displayed by her father as a ... life in Germany during World War II, a young teacher, newly married to a military surgeon, struggles to keep her ... food writer and restaurant critic, a young woman gets a job as an assistant at a food and cooking magazine in New ...
... at the height of and in the epicenter of the epidemic, 1988 New York City. Kevin Doyle lost his beloved partner, ... funeral, of one of his closest friends, Kevin loses his job and then drinks himself into the hospital. Now he's ... face his feelings and figure out how to start to build a new life without Francesco. The pain and rage of Kevin and ...
... Popular audiobook narrator and actress Julia Whelan's new novel is about a famous audiobook narrator and actress ... all too well. But really, the universal need to adjust to new realities is something we all face in different ways. ... back to Los Angeles and finds out that she's landed the job of a lifetime duet narrating the "lost" books of a ...
... man as part of a business transaction and moves with him to New York City. Danticat, Edwidge. Everything Inside . ... the lives of migrants from Haiti. Ellmann, Lucy. Ducks, Newburyport . This large stream-of consciousness novel is ... novel, an Indian-American pharmaceutical rep loses his job, renames himself after Don Quixote, and uses his old ...