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Vor den Drogen war Danielle Reeves Charlotte Fords treueste und lebhafteste Freundin. Sie half Charlotte durch die Krankheit und den Tod ihrer Mutter und sprach offen über ihre eigene unruhige Familie. Die beiden Freundinnen waren unzertrennlich und schwelgten in Houstons schattigen Ecken. Aber dann wurde Danielle von ihrer Sucht übermannt und sie kam für vier Jahre ins Gefängnis. Nach ihrer Entlassung verbinden sie und Charlotte sich wieder. ...

With lush imagery and surprising syntactical turns, the poems in Doll Apollo merge mythology with close attention to the patterns, colors, and contours of the material world. Through the figure of the paper doll, the hoax conspiracy surrounding the Apollo moon landing, and lyrics embedded with violence and beauty, Melissa Ginsburg's feminist ecopoetics weaves the domestic and celestial into considerations of female identity, desire, spiritual ...

After the sudden death of her mother, Ava finds herself headed cross-country to live with the only relative she has left. But Lane, her grandmother, doesn't seem to have much room in her heart for a teenage girl, barely acknowledging Ava between obsessive painting sessions.

Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother.Ava, fourteen years old and totally on her own, has still not fully processed her mother's death when she finds herself on a train heading to New Orleans, to stay with Lane, the grandmother she barely remembers.Lane is a well-known artist in the New Orleans art s...

After the sudden death of her mother, Ava finds herself headed cross-country to live with the only relative she has left. But Lane, her grandmother, doesn't seem to have much room in her heart for a teenage girl, barely acknowledging Ava between obsessive painting sessions.

For fans of Megan Abbott and Laura Lippman, Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother. Ava, 14 years old and totally on her own, has still not fully processed her mother's death when she finds herself on a train heading to New Orleans, going to stay with Lane, her grandmother whom she's never met.Lane is...

Twenty-two-year-old Charlotte Ford reconnects with Danielle, her best friend from high school, a few days before Danielle is found bludgeoned to death in a motel room. Scary, funny and almost unbearably sad, Sunset City is written with rare grace and empathy holding you transfixed, praying for some kind of escape for Charlotte.

Danielle Reeves was Charlotte Ford’s most loyal and vibrant friend, until Danielle’s drug problem landed her in prison. When she gets out, the two reconnect, hoping for a fresh start. Then, a detective shows up at Charlotte’s apartment. Danielle has been murdered, bludgeoned to death.Overwhelmed by grief, Charlotte is determined to discover what happened, but the deeper Charlotte descends into Danielle’s dark world, the less she understands. W...

A powerful and atmospheric crime thriller debut, "Sunset City" is set in the lesser known south area of Houston. When an old friend from school is found murdered, Charlotte spins into the city's underbelly where she's surrounded by strippers, drug dealers and pornographers.

Poems of exile rooted in classic images and a distinct lyrical style

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