This looks like nirvana to me, minus a comfortable chair, but what do you think? Exciting? Intimidating? In desperate need of organization? Or hoarder? ... Read More...
Scenes from Early Life
The first year of Saadi’s life was spent being held almost constantly by aunts, his mother, grandmother and his sisters. If he even looked about to cry he was fed tiny amounts of a local, sweet delicacy, making him one of the fattest and most content of babies by his first birthday. All of this caution was necessary because Saadi and his family live in Dacca, the capital of ... Read More...
Y: A Novel by Marjorie Celona
In my head, late at night, I draft letters to my mother and my father. I say everything I want to say, everything that needs to be said. In my head I am so eloquent. Abandoned on the steps of a YMCA Shannon is destined to become a foster care statistic. She is an unusual child with special needs due to her mother’s drug use before her birth. By the time she is five she has ... Read More...
Hijacked by Your Brain
It is possible to prepare your brain to truly manage stress. And the result is well worth the effort: discovering a sense of calm and confidence that makes life ultimately worthwhile. Strong words for an introduction and ones that will certainly grab a lot of readers. In today’s world of chaos and unpredictability our brain’s alarm center is firing at DEFCON 1 all the time. ... Read More...
Me and Mr. Booker
Me and Mr. Booker is sixteen-year-old Martha’s story of her affair with a married man. It’s Lolita from Lolita’s perspective which is physically less disconcerting but still likely to evoke moral discomfort. The story takes place in a small town in Australia which is notable only for being so unremarkable. As Martha says early on I also think that what happened had a lot to ... Read More...
Finding Camlann
The legend of King Arthur and the search for proof of his existence has occupied fiction and non-fiction authors for decades. Sean Pidgeon jumps into the fray with his debut novel Finding Camlann. Donald Gladstone is an archeologist preparing for the publication of his latest book on the true origins of the Arthurian legend. After meeting with his publisher and being given ... Read More...
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