It’s not a genre that I normally read, although I do love mysteries, but tend to avoid ones with gruesome scenes. The Night Shift ( Amazon US) ( Amazon UK) ( Audible) ( AbeBooks) is the second Alex Finlay book I’ve devoured, the first being the newly released What Have We Done?. On a collision course toward the truth, all three lives will forever be changed, and not everyone will make it out alive. In the aftermath, three lives intersect: the survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive her tragedy the brother of the original suspect, who’s convinced the police have it wrong and the FBI agent, who’s determined to solve both cases. Police quickly identify a suspect who flees and is never seen again.įifteen years later, in the same town, four teenage employees working late at an ice cream store are attacked, and again only one makes it out alive.īoth surviving victims recall the killer speaking only a few final words… “Goodnight, pretty girl.” But at a Blockbuster Video in Linden, New Jersey, four teenage girls working the night shift are attacked. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing.
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Tess drives to market in her father's place, but falls asleep at the reins the wagon crashes and the family's only horse is killed. When the local parson tells John that "Durbeyfield" is a corruption of "D'Urberville" and that he is descended from an ancient Norman family, John celebrates by getting drunk. Tess Durbeyfield, a country girl of 16, is the eldest child of John Durbeyfield, a haggler, and his wife Joan. The novel is set in an impoverished rural England, Thomas Hardy's fictional Wessex. Tess was portrayed as a fighter for her rights and for the rights of others. Although now considered a major novel of the 19th century, Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891, then in book form in three volumes in 1891, and as a single volume in 1892. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman is a novel by Thomas Hardy. Various eligible bachelors are introduced, among them Gus, Lucy's unreliable lover Daniel, her oldest friend Chuck, a handsome American and Adrian, the video shop man. Lucy spends the following 12 months looking for Mr Right. When the fortune-teller's prophecies for her friends come true, Lucy begins to suspect that she will soon be marrying. Lucy visits a fortune teller with her three mis-matched friends, and a marriage is predicted in her future. The series has aired internationally and has been released on DVD. It aired on the ITV network, but struggled with numerous scheduling changes. The novel was adapted into a television series in 1999. The book is written in the first person and is described by Keyes as a "sideways" sequel to her first novel Watermelon. It chronicles the life of Lucy Sullivan, a 26-year-old perpetually broke, unlucky-in-love office worker from London, who has a penchant for bad boys, a needy, alcoholic and flawed father, a dead-end job and exasperating flatmates (dippy Charlotte and bossy Karen). Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married is an international best selling 1996 novel by Irish author, Marian Keyes. A college friend of Helen’s, Adam exemplifies perfect manhood-and helpfully takes a liking to her, too. But it is only when Gorgeous Adam appears on the scene that Claire begins to recover a sense of purpose. And drunken anguish does have its rewards, for in no time Claire sheds her extra weight, thanks to a steady liquid diet and nights spent on the family rowing machine fantasizing James’s ruin. Wandering around her childhood home in her mother’s old nightgowns, a vodka bottle in one hand and the bawling Kate in the other, Claire tries to banish images of the frolicking James and his “other woman.” Her two younger sisters prove to be a comfort’sweet Anna, a hippie drug-dealer, loans Claire money for booze, and haughty Helen deigns to buy it for her. The stunned Claire, with new baby in tow, and feeling as big as a summer melon, hightails it back to her family in Dublin to sort out her life. Both elated and exhausted after giving birth to a daughter, the 29-year-old Claire is shocked senseless when her husband James comes to the London hospital not to celebrate, but instead to break the news that he’s leaving her for their dowdy downstairs neighbor. A grand first novel by Irish writer Keyes is a hilarious treatise on love’s roller coaster. And so Luce, desperate to unlock the curse that condemns their love, must revisit her past incarnations in order to understand her fate. What if Daniel's version of the past isn't true? Is it really their destiny to be together? Or is Luce actually meant to be with someone else?īefore Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross, before they fought the Immortals, they had already lived many lives. But the more she discovers, the more she suspects Daniel is hiding something. During their separation, Luce learns about her mysterious past lives. Now they are forced apart again, to protect Luce from the Outcasts - immortals who want her dead. It took Lucinda an eternity to find her beloved angel, Daniel. Will her attempt to find out why enlighten her - or destroy her? and with him - a boy she doesn't remember ever setting eyes on. Except she can't shake the feeling that she has. The moment Luce looks at Daniel she knows she has never felt like this before. This scene in particular immediately drew me into the book because I have almost the exact same memory. The book begins with the wonderment Orlean felt entering a library with her mother as a child. photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library Collection It must seem like Orlean jumps around quite a bit as you read this summary of topics, which she does, but to bibliophiles like myself it’s all interesting it comes together to form a lovely little picture of the ‘library that could’. Interspersed with the ‘fire’ story, we learn about the beginnings of the library, who the city librarians were, the gender politics of the time, the ever-changing view of what a library should contain. We learn about some interesting elements of the fire, including: random facts about arson, the life of the man who was suspected of setting it, the way the LA community bands together to save the waterlogged books after being sprayed by the fireman’s hoses for such a long period of time, and the fundraising efforts that went into restocking the collection before the re-opening. There are two main storylines running through it-the first and overarching line focuses on the 1986 fire at the library how it happened, who was thought to have set it, and what the consequences of it were. New Calgary Public Library Central Branch! Photo Credit: Mary Kapusta What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence, in a novel that bears witness to the traditions, suffering, and wisdom of an entire people. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti-to the women who first reared her. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own.Īt the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, now an established classic. The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, now an established classic-revised and with a new introduction by the author. Set in the island's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat: 9781616955021 : Books. At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become a writer who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti-and the enduring strength of Haiti's women-with a vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's suffering and courage. Russell explains that Fenny, who is sitting in a drugged state in the back seat of the car, became delusional after worldwide mass hysteria, in which everyone hallucinated "big yellow spaceships" (the Vogon destructor ships that "demolished" the Earth). He hitches a lift with a man named Russell and his sister Fenchurch (nicknamed "Fenny"). He has been gone for several years, but only a few months have passed on Earth. He appears to be in England on Earth, even though he had seen the planet destroyed by the Vogons. While hitchhiking through the galaxy, Arthur Dent is dropped off on a planet in a rainstorm. A song of the same name was featured in the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy of six books" written by Douglas Adams. Like many press photographers, Didier Lefèvre (1957-2007) takes hundreds more shots than are ever published. Suddenly Afghanistan, a distant land, a foreign culture, a courageous and resilient people seem closer, more familiar - more human. Turning its pages, the reader begins to understand what it means to lose everything as a refugee of war, to cross mountains to help someone you never met, to feel the intense responsibility of being the only one able to capture the last moments of a child’s stolen life. Didier Lefèvre’s photography, paired with the art of Emmanuel Guibert, tells the powerful story of a mission undertaken by men and women dedicated to mending the wounds of war.Īn unflinching and gripping photographic memoir, The Photographer takes you on a breathtaking journey through the best and worst humanity has to offer in times of war. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter’s arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan, accompanying the Doctors Without Borders. In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. With Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter. Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra improvised, made the role her own, and got the job on the spot. Nearing age 30, a struggling actress considered past her prime, she auditioned at local LA channel KHJ as hostess for the late night vintage horror movies. She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group, The Groundlings, and worked alongside Phil Hartman and Paul “Pee-wee” Reubens, honing her comedic skills. Then a chance encounter with her idol Elvis Presley, changed the course of her life forever, and led her to Europe where she worked in film and traveled Italy as lead singer of an Italian pop band. Run-ins with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tom Jones helped her grow up fast. While her sisters played with Barbie dolls, Cassandra built model kits of Frankenstein and Dracula, and idolized Vincent Price.ĭue to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Feeling like a misfit led to her love of horror. Burned and scarred, the impact stayed with her and became an obstacle she was determined to overcome. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn’t good. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. **Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller** |