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A novel about past mistakes and betrayals that ripple throughout generations, The Guest Book examines not just a privileged American family, but a privileged America. An ambitious novel that looks at the racism and power that has been systemically embedded in the US for generations. It is a literary triumph.

Instant New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction"The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt." -The Washington PostThe thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah BlakeAn exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white,...

A dreamy and transgressive feminist retelling of the Great Flood from the perspective of Noah's wife as she wrestles with the mysterious metaphysics of womanhood at the end of the world." --O, The Oprah MagazineWith the coming of the Great Flood--the mother of all disasters--only one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape. Now, i...

If you're looking for a way to bring environmental science lessons to life for your students, this can help. Teachers seeking new ways to integrate Earth science, chemistry, physical geography, and life science into a study of the environment should just step outside, say the authors of Inside-Out, who provide thought-provoking, interesting activities to help teachers and students leave the classroom and learn outside.

Sarah Blake follows up her previous book of poetry, Mr. West, with a stunning second collection about anxieties and injury. Blake uses self-consciousness as a tool for transformation, looking so closely at herself that she moves right through the looking glass and into the larger world. Fear becomes palpable through the classification of monsters and through violences made real. When the poems find themselves in the domestic realm, something i...

Sarah Blake follows up her previous book of poetry, Mr. West, with a stunning second collection about anxieties and injury. Blake uses self-consciousness as a tool for transformation, looking so closely at herself that she moves right through the looking glass and into the larger world. Fear becomes palpable through the classification of monsters and through violences made real. When the poems find themselves in the domestic realm, something i...

1940. De Amerikaanse radiojournaliste Frankie Bard verslaat vanuit Londen als eerste vrouw de oorlog. Terwijl er elke nacht bommen vallen en joodse vluchtelingen in paniek door Europa vluchten, probeert Frankie het juiste verhaal te vinden dat Amerika tot actie zal bewegen.Aan de andere kant van de oceaan, in Franklin, Massachusetts, luistert Iris James naar Frankies uitzendingen. Ze weet dat het een kwestie van tijd is voor de oorlog ook haar...

In 1940, the postmistress of a small town on Cape Cod does the unthinkable: she doesnt deliver a letter. During the London blitz, Frankie, an American radio gal, vows to deliver a letter when she returns from Germany and France. When Frankie arrives in Cape Cod, the two stories collide in a way no one could have foreseen.

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The Colour Code Gang is sent to a Spanish Academy to perform in an international orchestra, with the unique purpose of bringing together countries of conflict. Trouble is, some have never played instruments before! Can they trust Shakita's promise that all will be well?

Filled with stunning parallels to today's world, "The Postmistress" is a sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and of two countries torn apart by war.

Sarah Blake lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, the poet Josh Weiner, and their two sons.

It is 1940. While war rages in Europe President Roosevelt promises he won't send American boys to fight. In the small Cape Cod town of Franklin postmistress Iris James firmly believes that her job is to deliver and keep people's secrets. Meanwhile seemingly fearless American radio gal Frankie Bard is reporting from the Blitz in London imploring listeners to pay attention to what is going on. The Postmistress is a tale of lost innocence.

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Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities - to their portrayal in the media - and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyri...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A beautifully written, thought-provoking novel."-Kathryn Stockett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Help In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it, and doesn't deliver it. Meanwhile, Fran...

Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West¿s life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities¿to their portrayal in the media¿and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person¿s public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake¿s aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyrics t...

American radio gal Frankie Bard is reporting on World War II from London when she meets a doctor from Cape Cod and promises to deliver a letter for him, in this unforgettable tale of love during war-time.