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The award-winning author of Matilda Savitch and Edgar and Lucy introduces an unforgettable woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Oliver Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less in this brilliant, poignant literary breakout about a glamorous octogenarian--the daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster--who returns to the home she'd long ago rejected, a world very different from the one she left behind. Though she's a...

Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer's Arthur Less: Honey Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past.As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father's circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. N...

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Full Length, Drama Drama / Characters: 2m, 2f (Conceived for African-American actors, but casts of other races are possible) / Multiple sets The play follows an African-American family in a low-income neighborhood whose lives are ultimately ruined by their surroundings. Clive arrives unexpectedly at the house of his mother and his sister. He says that he is fleeing from the police - but perhaps it's another one of his delusions. Unbeknownst t...

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Eight-year-old Edgar remembers nothing of the terrible accident people still whisper about. A family epic about a desperate search for a little boy who's lost.

A thrilling new family epic adventure, with an unexpected love story, about the journey of a little boy who's lost. *Also appeared in January Buyer's Notes*

A rich novel about a mother's complicated love for a non-standard-issue child--and the complicated love that child feels for her--and their drive to create family wherever they can find it.

Fear doesn't come naturally to Mathilda Savitch. She prefers to look right at the things nobody else can bring themselves to mention: for example, the fact that her beloved older sister is dead, pushed in front of a train by a man who is still on the loose. But after a year of spying and provocations, she's no closer to the truth than she was the day it happened. When Mathilda finally cracks Helen's e-mail password, a secret life opens up, one...

Encuadernación: Rústica Colección: Nefelibata«Quiero ser mala. ¿Por qué no? Mi vida es aburridísima. Es de noche, todavía es temprano para acostarse pero demasiado tarde para estar fuera, y ellos dos leyendo, moviendo los ojos como la luz interior de una fotocopiadora. Esta noche, cuando metía los platos en el lavavajillas, he roto un plato. He dicho lo siento mamá me ha resbalado. Pero no me había resbalado, soy así a veces, y quiero ser peor...

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The young Mathilda Savitch is furious, awkward, and tender. The book Mathilda Savitch is a compelling must-listen and the debut of an extraordinary novelistic talent.

The young Mathilda Savitch is furious, awkward, and tender. The book Mathilda Savitch is a compelling must-listen and the debut of an extraordinary novelistic talent.

A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR BEST BOOK OF 2009A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF 2009A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2009WINNER OF THE PEN USA AWARD FOR FICTIONFear doesn't come naturally to Mathilda Savitch. She prefers to look right at the things nobody else can bear to mention: for example, the fact that her beloved older sister is dead, pushed in front of a train by a man still on the loose. Her grief-stricken parents have basically been sleepwalking ev...