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»Joy Williams ist ein Geschenk.« Bernd Ulrich, Die Zeit Kate flieht - vor der unnachgiebigen Liebe ihres Predigervaters und um ihr Leben zu finden, die Wirklichkeit. An der sonnendurchglühten Golfküste jobbt sie als Kellnerin, schläft mit namenlosen Bekanntschaften. Im Herbst geht sie aufs College und tritt einer Studentinnenverbindung bei. Da ist, lebenszugewandter als sie, die Schar ihrer Mitstudentinnen, da ist ihr einziger Freund Corint...

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»Joy Williams ist einfach ein Wunder.« Raymond Carver Eine Nacht lang erkunden zwei Mädchen einen Zug mit Bar und Zauberbühne und lernen dabei ihr künftiges Leben kennen. Eine Frau, ratlos, plötzlich schlaflos, wird von der Faszination für eine nächtliche Radiosendung erfasst, in der, so glaubt sie, all ihre Fragen gelöst werden könnten. Von der Gesellschaft geächtet, schließen sich die Mütter mehrerer verurteilter Mörder zu einem Außense...

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A surreal and sublime new collection of very short stories, each tells of everyday human interaction with an increasingly elusive deity.

PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • In her first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Quick and the Dead, the legendary writer takes us into an uncertain landscape after an environmental apocalypse, a world in which only the man-made has value, but some still wish to salvage the authentic. "She practices ... camouflage, except that instead of adapting to its environment, Williams's imagination, by remaining true to itself, reveals new ...

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A fresh, powerful story of surviving ecological disaster and solidarity between the generations by a giant of American literature. Winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

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In her first novel since The Quick and the Dead (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), the legendary writer takes us into an uncertain landscape after an environmental apocalypse, a world in which only the man-made has value, but some still wish to salvage the authentic.Khristen is a teenager who, her mother believes, was marked by greatness as a baby when she died for a moment and then came back to life. After Khristen's failing boarding school...

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Hold on to your tiaras because Olivia's adventure is about to begin! Meet Olivia, a charming seven year old with BIG dreams of becoming a princess. There's just one problem-Olivia wears glasses. Even though she is full of sparkle and spirit, she has allowed her classmates to prove her doubts to be true: princesses do not wear glasses. But wait! Things take a surprising turn when she stumbles into an unexpected journey that whisks her away to a...

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Die US-amerikanische Sängerin und Songschreiberin wurde bekannt als eine Hälfte des Folk, Country & Americana-Duos Civil Wars. Die Gewinnerin von vier Grammy Awards hat seit ihrem selbstbetitelten Debüt im Jahr 2001 vier Solo-Alben und vier EPs veröffentlicht, tourte schon mit Adele und The Lumineers und sollte mit ihrem fünften "Front Porch" auch hierzulande deutlich mehr Freunde finden. Produziert wurde das Album von Matt Ross-Spang und Kenn...

Nominated for the National Book Award in 1974, this haunting, profoundly disquieting novel manages to be at once sparse and lush, to combine Biblical simplicity with Gothic intensity and strangeness. It is the story of Kate, despised by her mother, bound to her father by ties stronger and darker than blood. It is the story of her attempted escapesâˆ'in detached sexual encounters, at a Southern college populated by spoiled and perverse beauties...

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Proposed Chekhov heir Joy Williams emerges with a modern fairytale in which the young Pearl is forced by circumstances to return with her infant son to the northeastern island on which her husband abused her, with Pearl's alcoholism dimming the pain of this but accentuating the madness. Williams has been described in the "New York Times" as 'one of the great writers of her generation'.

(B&W, ) A Daily Dose of Inspiration: Quotes and Thoughts to Inspire was inspired by the challenges and persecution I faced after a marriage break up. It was conceived from the encouragement of friends and family who thanked me for my quotes and thoughts which I posted daily on social media and also sent via messages to them during times of hardships and trials. It aims to Inspire and Encourage anyone who sometimes lack in self-belief and confi...