College is the last stand for the enthusiasm and idealism of youth and for four friends in Bombay it was where they cemented the friendship they believed would last throughout their lives. Then the world stepped in and the passions of Laleh, Armaiti, Kavita, and Nishta gave way to the realities of life. It isn’t until decades later when Laleh hears from Armaiti, now living in ... Read More...
Wicked Pleasures
When it comes to British multi-generational family dramas no one does it better than Penny Vincenzi. Her books are Dynasty and Dallas on the page. In her latest, Wicked Pleasures, she follows the Praeger family through two generations and enough intrigue, romance and backstabbing for even the most jaded reader. The novel moves from the 1960s through the 1980s and travels, most ... Read More...
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
You are an outgoing, ambitious journalist already writing for The New York Post at age twenty-four. Suddenly, you start feeling a little off—no appetite, fatigue, and you’re pretty sure people are talking about you. The physical problems increase as do the mental ones—you know people are talking about you and you can see things that no one else can. Your confidence ebbs and ... Read More...
The Rhythm of Memory
Octavio met his beloved wife, Salomé, when she was 17, attending a convent school. He wooed her relentlessly despite her family’s objections to his low status and lack of any real means of supporting her. They marry anyway and with his good looks and charisma Octavio goes on to become one of the most well-known movie stars in Chile. Their life is blessed with three beautiful ... Read More...
Heads in Beds
Jacob Tomsky graduated from college with a degree in philosophy and no idea what he wanted to do. It is summer in New Orleans and before jumping a career and all that entails he decides to take a job at a new hotel as a valet—to test the working waters. With his personable nature and quick mind, Tomsky rapidly moves from valet to the underworld of housekeeping management while ... Read More...
Beside the Sea
Two young boys journey with their mother to see the ocean for the first time and have an adventure. Unfortunately, nothing is as planned and the trip is not what it seems. For their mother, finding herself out of sync with the world is not unusual, even regarding something as straightforward as sleep. …we’d suddenly find it was the next morning, like other people do, the ones ... Read More...
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