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My Life as a Rat

Joyce Carol Oates
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062899903

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“A painful truth of family life: the most tender emotions can change in an instant. You think your parents love you but is it you they love, or the child who is theirs?” --Joyce Carol Oates, My Life as a Rat Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one’s family ever justified? Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers. In a succession of vividly recalled episodes Violet contemplates the circumstances of her life as the initially beloved youngest child of seven Kerrigan children who inadvertently “informs” on her brothers, setting into motion their arrests and convictions and her own long estrangement. Arresting and poignant, My Life as a Rat traces a life of banishment from a family—banishment from parents, siblings, and the Church—that forces Violet to discover her own identity, to break the powerful spell of family, and to emerge from her long exile as a “rat” into a transformed life.

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Lynne Jonell
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Author : Lynne Jonell
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466824669

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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell Pdf

Emmy was a good girl. At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet, some days. She really was a little too good. Which is why she liked to sit by the Rat. The Rat was not good at all . . . Hilarious, inventive, and irresistably rodent-friendly, Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat is a fantastic first novel from acclaimed picture book author Lynne Jonell.

Rat

Andrzej Zaniewski
Rat Book PDF

Author : Andrzej Zaniewski
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1559702621

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To be published simultaneously in nine countries, Rat is an allegorical novel--about the laws that govern society, about our mythologies, truths and lies, behaviors and institutions, love and hope--as reflected in the gutters, drains and sewers where our close relative, the rat, lives.

Rat Girl

Kristin Hersh
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Author : Kristin Hersh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101459027

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"One of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time” --Rolling Stone Magazine (#8) “Sensitive and emotionally raw… it’s also wildly funny”--The New York Times Book Review A powerfully original memoir of pregnancy and mental illness by the legendary founder of the seminal rock band Throwing Muses, 'a magnificently charged union of Sylvia Plath and Patti Smith' - The Guardian Kristin Hersh was a preternaturally bright teenager, starting college at fifteen and with her band, Throwing Muses, playing rock clubs she was too young to frequent. By the age of seventeen she was living in her car, unable to sleep for the torment of strange songs swimming around her head - the songs for which she is now known. But just as her band was taking off, Hersh was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Rat Girl chronicles the unraveling of a young woman's personality, culminating in a suicide attempt; and then her arduous yet inspiring recovery, her unplanned pregnancy at the age of 19, and the birth of her first son. Playful, vivid, and wonderfully warm, this is a visceral and brave memoir by a truly original performer, told in a truly original voice.

Three Years with the Rat

Jay Hosking
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Author : Jay Hosking
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143193630

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Shortlisted for the 2017 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, Speculative Fiction Category A young man's quest to find his missing sister will catapult him into a dangerous labyrinth of secrets in this provocative, genre-bending, and page-turning debut. After several years of drifting between school and go-nowhere jobs, a young man is drawn back into the big city of his youth. The magnet is his beloved older sister, Grace: always smart and charismatic even when she was rebelling, and always his hero. Now she is a promising graduate student in psychophysics and the centre of a group of friends who take "Little Brother" into their fold, where he finds camaraderie, romance, and even a decent job. But it soon becomes clear that things are not well with Grace. Always acerbic, she now veers into sudden rages that are increasingly directed at her adoring boyfriend, John, who is also her fellow researcher. When Grace disappears, and John shortly thereafter, the narrator makes an astonishing discovery in their apartment: a box big enough to crawl inside, a lab rat, and a note that says This is the only way back for us. Soon he embarks on a mission to discover the truth, a pursuit that forces him to question time and space itself, and ultimately toward a perilous confrontation at the very limits of imagination. This kinetic novel catapults the classic noir plot of a woman gone missing into the 21st century city, where so-called reality crashes into speculative science in a novel reminiscent of Danielewski's House of Leaves. Three Years with the Rat is simultaneously a mind-twisting mystery that plays with the very nature of time and the story of a young man who must face the dangerously destructive forces we all carry within ourselves.

Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.

Joyce Carol Oates
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062797605

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“Timely, monumental. . . . Yet another piercing examination of American culture by the writer this reviewer considers our country's greatest living novelist. . . . It is brilliant. How blessed we are to have her as a novelist in our chaotic, confusing times. Night is spot on for these times of racial divide, as well as in portraying the fractious family dynamic that many of us know all too well. . . . Night deserves the top spot on your quarantine nightstand. Here's a fervent salute to Oates, our finest American novelist, for this one.” -- Star Tribune The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker side of our society by one of our most enduringly popular and important writers Night Sleep Death The Stars is a gripping examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all. Stark and penetrating, Joyce Carol Oates’s latest novel is a vivid exploration of race, psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and eventual healing, as well as an intimate family novel in the tradition of the author’s bestselling We Were the Mulvaneys.

Nightshade City

Hilary Wagner
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Author : Hilary Wagner
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780823426867

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Nightshade City by Hilary Wagner Pdf

Deep beneath a modern metropolis lies the Catacombs, a kingdom of remarkable rats of superior intellect . . . Juniper and his maverick band of rebel rats have been plotting ever since the Bloody Coup turned the Catacombs, a once-peaceful democracy, into a brutal dictatorship ruled by decadent High Minister Killdeer and his vicious henchman, Billycan, a former lab rat with a fondness for butchery. When three young orphan rats—brothers Vincent and Victor and a clever female named Clover—flee the Catacombs in mortal peril and join forces with the rebels, it proves to be the spark that ignites the long-awaited battle to overthrow their oppressors and create a new city: Nightshade City. This digital edition now includes the first chapter of The White Assassin, the second book in the Nightshade Chronicles.

Rat Life

Tedd Arnold
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Author : Tedd Arnold
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781440678394

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The dead body found in the Chemanga River has nothing to do with Todd. He’s been busy making beds at the family motel and writing alien stories to entertain his friends. Sure, a murder is big news, but what would really interest him? A paying job and a story line free of UFOs and poop jokes. And then he meets Rat. Just a little older than Todd, Rat’s already been to Vietnam and back. He’s got a tattoo and a messed-up family life. And when he offers Todd a gig at the drive-in theater, Todd takes it. After all, it pays actual money. But hanging out with Rat leads to a host of strange experiences and perplexing questions. More and more, that corpse from the river is on Todd’s mind, and no matter how he shifts the pieces around, Rat is always part of the puzzle.

I Was a Rat!

Philip Pullman
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Author : Philip Pullman
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524765002

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I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman Pdf

“I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a budding thief? That’s what Billy thinks. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. And it may take a royal intervention—and a bit of magic—to convince the rest of the world. Set against the backdrop of a Royal Wedding—and a playful parody of the press, I Was a Rat! is a magical weaving of humor, fairy tale, and adventure.

Beyond the Rat Race

Arthur G. Gish
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Author : Arthur G. Gish
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579109073

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Beyond the Rat Race by Arthur G. Gish Pdf

ÒThe daily grind,Ó Òthe treadmill,Ó Òback to the salt mines.Ó The very words so many of us use to describe our work and our lives show a deep discontent. Why? And is there a way out? Art Gish says yes, there is - simplicity. Simplify your wants, your life style, your concerns and the way is open to a fuller, more rewarding life - infinitely rich in joy. But, Gish does not advocate the fake simplicity of the hippy, or the martyrdom of the ascetic. He suggests a true application of the things of the world as well as of the spirit, a radical change in goals and values. Practical as well as inspirational, Art Gish presents specific techniques for simplifying your life as you live it now - ways and means which are well within the reach of every one who wants to live their life - ÒBeyond The Rat Race.Ó

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara
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Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804172707

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

What My Bones Know

Stephanie Foo
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Author : Stephanie Foo
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593238127

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A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life “Achingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, NPR, Mashable, She Reads, Publishers Weekly By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. Both of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD. In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on the community, and she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, to learn how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don’t move on from trauma—but you can learn to move with it. Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.

The Year of the Rat

Grace Lin
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Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316029285

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The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin Pdf

A fresh new look for this modern classic by the Newbery-Award winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon In this sequel to Year of the Dog, Pacy has another big year in store for her. The Year of the Dog was a very lucky year: she met her best friend Melody and discovered her true talents. However, the Year of the Rat brings big changes: Pacy must deal with Melody moving to California, find the courage to forge on with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and learn to face some of her own flaws. Pacy encounters prejudice, struggles with acceptance, and must find the beauty in change. Based on the author's childhood adventures, Year of the Rat, features the whimsical black and white illustrations and the hilarious and touching anecdotes that helped Year of the Dog earn rave reviews and satisfied readers.

Trip Wire

CJ Lyons
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Author : CJ Lyons
Publisher : CJ Lyons+ORM
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939038722

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Trip Wire by CJ Lyons Pdf

A serial killer’s daughter fights to escape her past in this explosive thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Look Away. Heartless killer—or helpless victim? It’s perfectly normal to be a little shaky on your first day back to work. Especially if you’re Morgan Ames, returning to work after killing her serial killer father, waking up from a coma, fighting back through rehab . . . and, with the help of her boyfriend, keeping her vow never to kill again. Except when Morgan walks into the Galloway and Stone offices, she finds her boss holding a bomb. Definitely no time for the shakes as Morgan jumps right back into her old life and saves the day. But the bomber has other ideas, igniting a killing spree targeting those Morgan holds most dear. Morgan must decide what to sacrifice: her promise to never kill again or the lives of everyone she loves. Praise for CJ Lyons’ thrillers “Everything a great thriller should be—action packed, authentic, and intense.” —Lee Child, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “A pulse-pounding adrenalin rush!” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “A high stakes adventure with dire consequences.” —Steve Berry, New York Times–bestselling author “A compelling new voice in thriller writing . . . I love how the characters come alive on every page.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times–bestselling author

Triumph of the Spider Monkey

Joyce Carol Oates
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785657726

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Triumph of the Spider Monkey by Joyce Carol Oates Pdf

New York Times–bestselling author Unavailable for 40 years, this seminal crime novel of madness and murder is a powerful trip into the mind of a maniac—and features a never-before-seen companion novella. “Oates’ tale of criminal psychosis draws on the druggy decadence, greed, sexism, and violence of Hollywood in the Charles Manson-Roman Polanski era.” —Booklist Abandoned as a baby in a bus station locker—shuttled from one abusive foster home and detention center to another—Bobbie Gotteson grew up angry, hurting, damaged. His hunger to succeed as a musician brought him across the country to Hollywood, but along with it came his seething rage, his paranoid delusions, and his capacity for acts of shocking violence. Unavailable for 40 years, The Triumph of the Spider Monkey is an eloquent, terrifying, heartbreaking exploration of madness by one of the most acclaimed authors of the past century. This definitive edition for the first time pairs the original novel with a never-before-collected companion novella by Joyce Carol Oates—unseen since its sole publication in a literary journal nearly half a century ago—which examines the impact of Gotteson’s killing spree on a woman who survived it, as seen through the eyes of the troubled young man hired by a private detective to surveil her...