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... disclosure of a dark secret ended their friendship, gets a job in the same laboratory she works in. Arthurs, Alexia. ... Turkish husband loses his residency status, abandons her job in San Francisco, and takes her daughter with her to a ... stories centers on a family from Sri Lanka, who settle in New Jersey during their homeland’s violent civil war. Li, ...
... describes the experiences of five members of a mixed-race New Orleans family during Hurricane Katrina and its ... fired from the latest in a series of menial landscaping jobs, sets out to find success and his true self. Haig, ... move to Tucson to train as a boxer. Winnette, Colin. The Job of the Wasp . In this gothic thriller, a boy whose ...
... its down time consuming pop culture - while also doing the job it was assigned, guarding a team of scientists on a survey mission to a new planet. So far that job has been super-boring so MB has plenty of time to catch ...
... of everyday life. Every day (I mean, night ) features a new topic with three related math challenges at different ... Parents read the introductory information to learn about a new topic, then kids can choose which level of question ... are never simple flashcards, but instead do a nice job of working a math question into a story-like scenario. ...
... 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 ...
Sera Fleece is recently divorced, out of a job and at extreme loose ends. Her only emotional outlet is ... and loneliness. When Rachel suddenly stops posting new episodes and there are no new updates on her social media, Sera is thrown for a loop. ...
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 ...