Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1391525828
FORTNIGHT IN SEPTEMBER.
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Fortnight In September
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The Fortnight in September
R.C. Sherriff
Author : R.C. Sherriff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982185244
The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff Pdf
This charming, timeless classic about a family of five setting out on their annual seaside vacation is “the most uplifting, life-affirming novel I can think of...the beautiful dignity to be found in everyday living has rarely been captured more delicately” (Kazuo Ishiguro). Meet the Stevens family, as they prepare to embark on their yearly holiday to the coast of England. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens first made the trip to Bognor Regis on their honeymoon, and the tradition has continued ever since. They stay in the same guest house and follow the same carefully honed schedule—now accompanied by their three children, twenty-year-old Mary, seventeen-year-old Dick, and little brother Ernie. Arriving in Bognor they head to Seaview, the guesthouse where they stay every year. It’s a bit shabbier than it once was—the landlord has died and his wife is struggling as the number of guests dwindles every year. But the family finds bliss in booking a slightly bigger cabana, with a balcony, and in their rediscovery of the familiar places they visit every year. Mr. Stevens goes on his annual walk across the downs, reflecting on his life, his worries and disappointments, and returns refreshed. Mrs. Stevens treasures an hour spent sitting alone with her medicinal glass of port. Mary has her first small taste of romance. And Dick pulls himself out of the malaise he’s sunk into since graduation, resolving to work towards a new career. The Stevenses savor every moment of their holiday, aware that things may not be the same next year. Delightfully nostalgic and soothing, The Fortnight in September is an extraordinary novel about ordinary people enjoying life’s simple pleasures.
The Fortnight in September
Robert Cedric Sherriff
Author : Robert Cedric Sherriff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Families
ISBN : UOM:39015059410152
The Fortnight in September by Robert Cedric Sherriff Pdf
English family of five spends vacation at the seashore.
A Little Hope
Ethan Joella
Author : Ethan Joella
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982171209
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella Pdf
"How do you hold onto hope in a difficult time? In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are beginning to unravel. A woman loses the love of her life. A son struggles with addiction. A widow misses her late spouse. A husband betrays his wife. At the heart of these interlinking stories is one couple: Freddie and Greg Tyler. Greg has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a brutal form of cancer. He has never been dependent or weak, and wants to overcome this the way he has succeeded at everything else: through grit and determination. But can Greg fight his illness? How will Freddie and their daughter cope if he doesn't? How do the other residents of Wharton learn to live with loss and to find happiness again? A debut that pulls at the heartstrings and immerses readers in a community, A Little Hope broadcasts the joy and hope to be found in the everyday acts of loving, forgiving, and surviving"--
Searching for Caleb
Anne Tyler
Author : Anne Tyler
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307788382
Searching for Caleb by Anne Tyler Pdf
The beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author brings us a novel that is “funny and lyric and true" (The New Yorker). Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle class—Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes—they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that’s why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother Daniel is still wondering. No longer willing to live without answers, he turns to his daughter-in-law, Justine, another Peck family eccentric. A studied tarot card reader, Justine comes across one message over and over in the cards: change is coming. With Daniel’s help, she’s hoping to find the courage to embrace whatever happens next. An unlikely pair struggling against a stifling family, Daniel and Justine believe they’ll find freedom in just the right mix of magic, music, and mystery.
The Women in Black
Madeleine St John
Author : Madeleine St John
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982134082
The Women in Black by Madeleine St John Pdf
“The book I most often give as a gift to cheer people up.” —Hilary Mantel “A deceptively smart comic gem.” –The New York Times Book Review “Witty and delicious.” –People The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at Goode’s department store, are busy selling ladies’ dresses during the holiday rush. But they somehow find time to pursue other goals… Patty, in her mid-thirties, has been working at Goode’s for years. Her husband, Frank, eats a steak for dinner every night, watches a few minutes of TV, and then turns in. Patty yearns for a baby, but Frank is always too tired for that kind of thing. Sweet, unlucky Fay wants to settle down with a nice man, but somehow nice men don’t see her as marriage material. Glamorous Magda runs the high-end gowns department. A Slovenian émigré, Magda is cultured and continental and hopes to open her own boutique one day. Lisa, a clever and shy teenager, takes a job at Goode’s during her school break. Lisa wants to go to university and dreams of becoming a poet, but her father objects to both notions. By the time the last marked-down dress is sold, all of their lives will be forever changed. A pitch-perfect comedy of manners set during a pivotal era, and perfect for fans of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Women in Black conjures the energy of a city on the cusp of change and is a testament to the timeless importance of female friendship.
Someone at a Distance
Dorothy Whipple
Author : Dorothy Whipple
Publisher : Persephone Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Adultery
ISBN : 1906462003
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple Pdf
J. B. Priestly describes Dorothy Whipple as a "Jane Austen of the Twentieth Century."
A House in the Country
Jocelyn Playfair
Author : Jocelyn Playfair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Country homes
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112847327
A House in the Country by Jocelyn Playfair Pdf
The great interest of Jocelyn Playfair's book for modern readers is its complete authenticity. Set sixty years ago at the time of the fall of Tobruk in 1942, one of the low points of the war, and written only a year later when we still had no idea which way the war was going.
House-bound
Winifred Peck
Author : Winifred Peck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Home economics
ISBN : 1903155622
House-bound by Winifred Peck Pdf
'House-bound' was written during the war and the war is both in the background and foreground: one of the questions that the reader is asked throughout the book is - what is courage? Winifred Peck is also funny and perceptive about Rose Fairlaw's decision to manage her house on her own.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Winifred Watson
Author : Winifred Watson
Publisher : Persephone Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Governesses
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131673746
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson Pdf
A governess is sent by an employment afency to the wrong address, where she encounters a glamourous night-club singer, Miss LaFosse.
Greenery Street
Denis George Mackail
Author : Denis George Mackail
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 1903155258
Greenery Street by Denis George Mackail Pdf
A story set in Walpole Street London where a newly-wed couple set up residence. In the novel Ian and Felicity struggle with their neighbours (who borrow without asking, and fail to return, first a step-ladder then a fish-kettle and finally fruit knives) and negotiate 'the chasm which separates the sexes'.
Vera
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Author : Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015035824963
Vera by Elizabeth Von Arnim Pdf
The Persephone Book of Short Stories
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Short stories
ISBN : 1903155908
The Persephone Book of Short Stories by Anonim Pdf
To celebrate having reached their one hundredth volume, here is Persephone's marvelous collection of short stories by women. They are very well chosen: some are by first-rank authors, including Katherine Mansfield, Edith Wharton, Dorothy Parker, Irène Némirovsky and Penelope Fitzgerald; others from well-known writers who have been championed by the imprint and deservedly gained fresh recognition, such as Dorothy Whipple and Mollie Panter-Downes. There are 30 stories in all, and all remarkably unhampered by their time. The first, Susan Glaspell's story of love and lexicography from 1909, seems as bold as the last, by Georgina Hammick (from 1986), though you might not have found such an unflinching description of a gynaecological procedure 103 years ago. Put-upon mothers, exasperated wives, discarded mistresses - shared tropes bind these disparate stories into a coherent whole. A stand-out is Norah Hoult's 1938 story of a wife whose husband is grateful for the money her gentleman friend pays her for sex.
Greenbanks
Dorothy Whipple
Author : Dorothy Whipple
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112001312260
Greenbanks by Dorothy Whipple Pdf
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Book burning
ISBN : 067187229X
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Pdf
A fireman in charge of burning books meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Depicts a future world in which all printed reading material is burned.