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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish mother-in-law, as she wrestles with grief, loss, and-- strangest of all-- joy. Shortly after her husband Levi's untimely death, Kyoko decides to raise their young son, Alex, in San Francisco, rather than return to Japan. Her nosy yet loving Jewish mother-in-law, Bubbe, encourages her to find new love and...
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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"To her own dismay, Lou is a natural model: tall, thin, captivatingly androgynous, and with a striking look. Out of nowhere, every agent in the Portland area wants to represent her. But Lou doesn't care for fashion, nor does she wish to be seen. Fresh out of high school, Lou's plan is to spend the summer taking photographs and hoping to catch the attention of Ivy, her close friend and secret crush. But when an afternoon hiking trip ends in a tragic...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Dos novelas extraordinarias. Una obra maestra. El pasajero 1980, Mississippi. Son las tres de la madrugada cuando Bobby Western se sumerge en el mar del golfo de México con su traje de neopreno e ilumina el avión hundido con la linterna de buceo: nueve cuerpos con el cinturón de seguridad aún abrochado. Faltan la caja negra y el décimo pasajero. Pero ¿cómo es posible? Testigo colateral de maquinaciones que solo pueden perjudicarle,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Emily y su madre siempre tenían suerte, hasta que se les acabó: hace tres años su madre murió de cáncer y nada ha ido bien desde entonces. Todo cambia cuando Emily encuentra la lista de deseos para el verano que su madre escribió cuando tenía su edad, y emprende un viaje para marcar cada casilla y enfrentarse al mideo de perder la conexión con ella. Pero la lista la acerca cada vez más a su nueva amiga Blake...de maneras que su madre...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the "sweet, airy novel" (Publishers Weekly) The Color of Tea comes a resonant new book about a woman starting over following the tragic loss of her fiancé́. Frankie is a runaway bride. Or rather, she is running away from her fiancé́'s funeral, the unthinkable event that has thrown her entire life into crisis. Frankie and Alex were high school sweethearts and each other's first loves. They should have been together forever....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Wendell Combs is as local as they come. Born and raised in the small town of Saybrook, Connecticut, his venture into the larger world was met with heartbreak. Now, middle-aged and a confirmed bachelor, he seeks solitude from his tour of duty as a soldier back in his hometown, working as head caretaker for wealthy Alan Lancaster's forty-acre estate, White Pines, a place he has come to love for its beauty, peace, and quiet. Alan's eldest daughter,...
547) Dos vidas para Lydia
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La vida de Lydia da un vuelco cuando Freddie, su alma gemela y su pareja desde hace más de diez años, muere. Lydia sabe que Freddie habría querido que siguiera adelante y viviera al máximo, así que, con la ayuda de su mejor amigo, Jonah, y su hermana, Elle, decide abrirse de nuevo al mundo (y tal vez, al amor). Pero entonces sucede algo increíble: Lydia tiene la oportunidad de volver atrás y seguir viviendo junto a Freddie. La elección...
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