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After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself alone amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War--pregnant and adrift, forced to rely on her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child and eventually make her way back to her native city, Petrograd.After two years of revolution, the city that was once St. Petersburg is almost unrecognizable, the haunted, half-e...

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The story of THE REVOLUTION OF MARINA M. continues in bestselling author Janet Fitch's sweeping epic about a young woman's coming into her own against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

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St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides, Marina will join the marches for workers' rights, fall in love with a radical young poet, and betray everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn.As her country goes through almost unimaginable ...

From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman. St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides, Marina will join the marches for wor...

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A bestselling first novel about a young woman growing up the hard way, this is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, and the search for love and identity. When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality--that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers. "A ferocious, risk-loving novel."--"Los Angeles Times Book ...

Los Angeles, 1980. Während der Tod John Lennons die Menschen erschüttert, genießt Josie zum ersten Mal höchstes Glück. Die Liebe von Michael überstrahlt ihr Leben - bis sie durch seinen Freitod aus der Welt zu fallen droht. Verzweifelt auf der Suche nach Michaels Motiven, gerät sie in den gefährlichen Bannkreis seiner Mutter. Die berühmte Konzertpianistin scheint alles zu haben ? nur keine Seele. Sie gehorcht der Maxime Oscar Wildes: Man töte...

Annelerle kizlar arasindaki ortak yönler ve uyusmazliklarin, onlarin sevgi ve kimlik arayislarinin öyküsü olan BEYAZ ZAKKUM, genc bir kadinin yasadigi zorlu cocukluk ve ilk genclik dönemini kusursuz bir dil, zengin bir ifadeyle anlatiyor. Astridin, güzel, dikkafali bir sair olan annesiyle iliskisinde hem sevgi hem de tuhaf bir yalnizlik vardir. Ingrid, eski sevgilisini öldürüp ömür boyu hapse mahkm olana kadar ikisi birbirlerinden hic ayrilmaz...

This follow-up to Fitchs successful novel "White Oleander" presents a portrait of Josie Tyrell--a teenage runaway, an artists model, and an habitu of the '80s punk rock scene, where sex, drugs, and rock n roll inform her days and nights.

This debut novel from an American writer is about the relationship between a mother and daughter, and the murder of an ex-lover. There are currently over one million copies in print, due in part to exposure on Oprah Winfrey's Bookclub. It will be advertised in the national press. "Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating" "Publisher's Weekly".

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What is snow?" Araba, a Ghanaian child, asks her Canadian pen pal. The response unfolds as a letter in poetry, rich in lyricism and in what author Sheree Fitch would call "lipslipperiness." Janet Wilson's glowing pastel illustrations revel in all the sensory experiences, the color, associated with the cold white stuff. Through the asking and the telling, two children reach halfway around the world and touch one another.