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... boy loses his mother, a 28-year-old man loses his job, and a 48-year-old man, who has been mute for many ... novel, which spans more than two centuries, begins in New York state in the 1830s, when a young girl loses her ... also lost the ability to speak. In the hope that studying a new language may help, she signs up for a class in Greek, ...
... novel narrated by a writer from Sri Lanka serving time in a New York prison, who edits an in-house magazine which has ... who is unexpectedly given extra vacation leave at her job, decides to travel to visit four old friends she has not ... from a disadvantaged background works her way up to a good job at a cable news network, but her success is threatened ...
... a loveless future? The Duchess Deal launches Tessa Dare’s new Girl Meet Duke series on a solid note. Dare takes the ... liked both Emma and Ash as people, Dare doing an excellent job drawing out their spirited natures underneath the insecurities. The story is hardly new or surprising and there’s a bit of silliness about ...
... . A struggling theatrical set-designer in Chicago lands a job that could be her big break, but then an unexpected act ... is a man who, after his wife leaves him and he loses his job, delivers a load of marijuana for his brother, with ... to fame as an inventor of minimalist nouvelle cuisine. Newitz, Annalee. The Future of Another Timeline . In this ...
... the constant racism and harassment she experiences on her job. Ebook Cash, Wiley. When Ghosts Come Home . In ... of realism and the supernatural, the appearance of a new bright light in the night sky sets off a series of ... which has been hired to evaluate the special effects in a new science fiction film. Miller, Nathaniel Ian. The ...
This 1986 classic has found a new audience through a popular adaptation on Hulu. This is ... of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred's persistent ...
From the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My ... black Americans left their rural homes in the South for jobs in cities in the North, West, and Midwest in a movement ... the complexion of America and provided black people with new economic opportunities, it also disconnected them from ...
... in England tries to make friends and fit into her new life, but she still has strong attachments to her old ... heritage. Ebook Gillham, David R. Shadows of Berlin . In New York in the 1950s, a Jewish German woman who survived ... in the 1970s, an idealistic young Black nurse takes a job at a family planning clinic, and is horrified to realize ...
... screams for help, the woman disappears under her bed. I knew immediately what was going on at this point. But sweet ... We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson And a new young adult book I'm looking forward to: The Tenth Girl ... a haunting twist. A young teacher named Mavi starts a new job at the Vaccaro School located in a haunted Argentinian ...
... series featuring Thai journalist Jimm Juree. Jimm loves her job as a reporter and is just about to be named head crime ... coast of Thailand. Jimm is less then thrilled with her new life. "We'd moved to a village surrounded by coconut ...