Motherest

Author : Kristen Iskandrian
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455594450

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Motherest by Kristen Iskandrian Pdf

Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, MOTHEREST is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship -- all through the lens of a fraying daughter-mother bond. It's the early 1990s, and Agnes is running out of people she can count on. A new college student, she is caught between the broken home she leaves behind and the wilderness of campus life. What she needs most is her mother, who has seemingly disappeared, and her brother, who left the family tragically a few years prior. As Agnes falls into new romance, mines female friendships for intimacy, and struggles to find her footing, she writes letters to her mother, both to conjure a closeness they never had and to try to translate her experiences to herself. When she finds out she is pregnant, Agnes begins to contend with what it means to be a mother and, in some ways, what it means to be your own mother.

Author : Kristen Iskandrian
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1455594431

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Motherest by Kristen Iskandrian Pdf

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2017 Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, MOTHEREST is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship -- all through the lens of a fraying daughter-mother bond. It's the early 1990s, and Agnes is running out of people she can count on. A new college student, she is caught between the broken home she leaves behind and the wilderness of campus life. What she needs most is her mother, who has seemingly disappeared, and her brother, who left the family tragically a few years prior. As Agnes falls into new romance, mines female friendships for intimacy, and struggles to find her footing, she writes letters to her mother, both to conjure a closeness they never had and to try to translate her experiences to herself. When she finds out she is pregnant, Agnes begins to contend with what it means to be a mother and, in some ways, what it means to be your own mother.

Author : Kristen Iskandrian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 1538744503

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Motherest by Kristen Iskandrian Pdf

Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, MOTHEREST is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship -- all through the lens of a fraying daughter-mother bond. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} It's the early 1990s, and Agnes is running out of people she can count on. A new college student, she is caught between the broken home she leaves behind and the wilderness of campus life. What she needs most is her mother, who has seemingly disappeared, and her brother, who left the family tragically a few years prior. As Agnes falls into new romance, mines female friendships for intimacy, and struggles to find her footing, she writes letters to her mother, both to conjure a closeness they never had and to try to translate her experiences to herself. When she finds out she is pregnant, Agnes begins to contend with what it means to be a mother and, in some ways, what it means to be your own mother.

Author : United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies,Robert Alan Johnson,John P. Hoffmann,Dean R. Gerstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Drug abuse surveys
ISBN : PURD:32754066746565

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The Relationship Between Family Structure and Adolescent Substance Use by United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies,Robert Alan Johnson,John P. Hoffmann,Dean R. Gerstein Pdf

Author : Annette Wilson
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781481066

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Blessed of the Earth by Annette Wilson Pdf

The small inland town of Motherest has existed peacefully behind the Web for many years, ruled wisely by the seven members of the Witan. There had never been a problem they could not solve, until a strange and terrible sickness invades the town, and the people begin to die. But it is to the spirit world they must look for help, for the sickness comes from a creature whom most believed to be but a legend, the Chaos Wolf, who wishes to destroy the world and everything in it.

Author : Dachima Inaka
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781975318420

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Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?, Vol. 9 (light novel) by Dachima Inaka Pdf

A new kind of momcom role-playing adventure! Merry Mom-mas! The holiday season brings a special yuletide event to strengthen the bonds between parents and children…specifically, that is, between Hahako and the Libere Rebellion’s Heavenly Kings! The time is ripe for making precious family memories and bringing smiles to children’s faces. But when the situation takes a turn for the worse, will Santa Mamako come dashing through the snow to save the day?!

Author : Robert A. Johnson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788145988

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The Relationship Between Family Structure and Adolescent Substance Use by Robert A. Johnson Pdf

This study uses data from approximately 22,000 respondents to the 1991, 1992, and 1993 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Particular topics explored include: the particular family types that are most highly associated with adolescent substance use, dependence, and the need for treatment; the interaction between gender, race, ethnicity and family structure in substance abuse; the effects of family structure on type and pattern of substance use; and the effect of the gender of the custodial parent on the risk of substance use. Tables, references, and a technical appendix.

Author : Ryan Ruby
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455565191

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The Zero and the One by Ryan Ruby Pdf

A gothic twist on the classic tale of innocents abroad, THE ZERO AND THE ONE is a meditation on the seductions of friendship and the power of dangerous ideas that registers the dark, psychological suspense of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley and the intellectual and philosophical intrigue of John Banville's The Book of Evidence. A shy, bookish scholarship student from a working-class family, Owen Whiting has high hopes of what awaits him at Oxford, only to find himself adrift and out of place among the university's dim aristocrats and posh radicals. But his life takes a dramatic turn when he is assigned to the same philosophy tutorial as Zachary Foedern, a visiting student from New York City. Rich, brilliant, and charismatic, Zach takes Owen under his wing, introducing him to a world of experiences Owen has only ever read about. From the quadrangles of Oxford to the seedy underbelly of Berlin, they practice what Zach preaches, daring each other to transgress the boundaries of convention and morality, until Zach proposes the greatest transgression of all: a suicide pact. But when Zach's plans go horribly awry, Owen is left to pick up the pieces in the sleek lofts and dingy dives of lower Manhattan. Now he must navigate the treacherous boundary between illusion and reality if he wants to understand his friend and preserve a hold on his once bright future.

Author : Jeffrey Bartsch
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455554607

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Two Across by Jeffrey Bartsch Pdf

Highly awkward teenager Stanley Owens meets his match in beautiful, brainy Vera Baxter when they tie for first place in the annual National Spelling Bee-and the two form a bond that will change both of their lives. Though their mothers have big plans for them-Stanley will become a senator, Vera a mathematics professor-neither wants to follow these pre-determined paths. So Stanley hatches a scheme to marry Vera in a sham wedding for the cash gifts, hoping they will enable him to pursue his one true love: crossword puzzle construction. In enlisting Vera to marry him, though, he neglects one variable: she's secretly in love with him, which makes their counterfeit ceremony an exercise in misery for her. Realizing the truth only after she's moved away and cut him out of her life, Stanley tries to atone for his mistakes and win her back. But he's unable to find her, until one day he comes across a puzzle whose clues make him think it could only have been created by Vera. Intrigued, he plays along, communicating back to her via his own gridded clues. But will they connect again before it's all too late?

Author : Shashi Bhat
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771094972

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The Most Precious Substance on Earth by Shashi Bhat Pdf

2022 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Shortlist A humorous coming-of-age novel-in-stories and a sharp-edged look at how silence can shape a life, from the winner of the Journey Prize. A Chatelaine Summer Reads pick. “But wait, what happened to the girl?” “I don’t know,” I say. I don’t tell him that what will happen to her is what happens to every girl. Bright, hilarious, and sensitive fourteen-year-old Nina doesn’t say anything when her best friend begins to pull away, or when her crush on her English teacher intensifies. She doesn’t say anything when her mother tries to match her up with local Halifax Indian boys unfamiliar with her Saved by the Bell references, or when her worried father starts reciting Hindu prayers outside her bedroom door. (“How can your dad be happy when his only daughter is unsettled?”) And she won’t speak of the incident in high school that changes the course of her life. The Most Precious Substance on Earth tells stories of Nina’s life from the nineties to present day, when she returns to the classroom as a high school teacher with a haunting secret. And whether she’s pushing herself to deliver speeches at Toastmasters meetings, struggling through her MFA program, enduring the indignities of online dating, or wrestling with how to best guide her students, she will discover that the past is never far behind her. Darkly funny, deeply moving, unsettling, and at times even shocking, Shashi Bhat’s irresistible novel-in-stories examines the fraught relationships between those who take and those who have something taken. The Most Precious Substance on Earth is a sharp-edged and devastating look at how women are conditioned to hide their trauma and suppress their fear, loneliness, and anger, and an unforgettable portrait of how silence can shape a life.

Author : Benjamin Hale
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857895424

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The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2011 Bruno Littlemore; linguist, artist, philosopher. A life defined by a soaring mind, yet bound by a restrictive body. Born in down-town Chicago, Bruno's precocity pulls him from an unremarkable childhood, and under the tuition of Lydia, his intellect dazzles a watching world. But when falls in love with his mentor, the world turns on them with outrage: Bruno is striving to be something he is not, and denying everything that he is. For despite his all too human complexities, dreams and frailties, Bruno's hairy body, flattened nose and jutting brow are, undeniably, the features of a chimpanzee. Like its protagonist, this novel is big, abrasive, witty, perverse, earnest and accomplished. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore goes beyond satire by showing us not what it means, but what it feels like be human - to love and lose, learn, aspire, grasp, and, in the end, to fail.

Author : Jaques-Émile Blanche
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752402384

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Aymeris by Jaques-Émile Blanche Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Aymeris by Jaques-Émile Blanche

Author : Dale M. Kushner
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455519767

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The Conditions of Love by Dale M. Kushner Pdf

Dale M. Kushner's novel The Conditions of Love traces the journey of a girl from childhood to adulthood as she reckons with her parents' abandonment, her need to break from society's limitations, and her overwhelming desire for spiritual and erotic love. In 1953, ten-year-old Eunice lives in the backwaters of Wisconsin with her outrageously narcissistic mother, a manicureeste and movie star worshipper. Abandoned by her father as an infant, Eunice worries that she will become a misfit like her mother. When her mother's lover, the devoted Sam, moves in, Eunice imagines her life will finally become normal. But her hope dissolves when Sam gets kicked out, and she is again alone with her mother. A freak storm sends Eunice away from all things familiar. Rescued by the shaman-like Rose, Eunice's odyssey continues with a stay in a hermit's shack and ends with a passionate love affair with an older man. Through her capacity to redefine herself, reject bitterness and keep her heart open, she survives and flourishes. In this, she is both ordinary and heroic. At once fable and realistic story, The Conditions of Love is a book about emotional and physical survival. Through sheer force of will, Eunice saves herself from a doomed life. This engaging examination of a mother and daughter's relationship will appeal to the same audience that embraced Mona Simpson's acclaimed classic Anywhere But Here and Elizabeth Strout's bestselling Amy and Isabelle.

Author : Graham Moore
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0446573957

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The Sherlockian by Graham Moore Pdf

Hurtling from present day New York to Victorian London, The Sherlockian weaves the history of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into an inspired and entertaining double mystery that proves to be anything but "elementary." In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes-adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines, anticipating the detective's next adventure, only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off. London spiraled into mourning-crowds sported black armbands in grief-and railed against Conan Doyle as his assassin. Then in 1901, just as abruptly as Conan Doyle had "murdered" Holmes in "The Final Problem," he resurrected him. Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his days and work, Conan Doyle never explained this sudden change of heart. After his death, one of his journals from the interim period was discovered to be missing, and in the decades since, has never been found.... Or has it? When literary researcher Harold White is inducted into the preeminent Sherlock Holmes enthusiast society, The Baker Street Irregulars, he never imagines he's about to be thrust onto the hunt for the holy grail of Holmes-ophiles: the missing diary. But when the world's leading Doylean scholar is found murdered in his hotel room, it is Harold-using wisdom and methods gleaned from countless detective stories-who takes up the search, both for the diary and for the killer.

Author : Michael Bernhart
Publisher : Hough Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Night Sweats: How Moral Philosophy Failed by Michael Bernhart Pdf

In this, the final volume in the Max Brown Tetralogy (+1), Sally and Max Brown encounter the inconveniences that accompany advancing age: declining health, concern over diminished appeal, a loss of optimism – and sometimes hope. These challenges pale, however, when they go in pursuit of the most ruthless and unprincipled criminals on earth: recruiters and surgeons who harvest and sell human organs. Set against the backdrop of honor crimes against women, Sally and Max fight to stay alive and protect the victims of honor crimes from further attack. The action takes place in Switzerland and Jordan. Sally, for the first time in the series, is a co-narrator.