From the internationally renowned author of In a Different Voice, a remarkable debut novel: a love story that introduces an unforgettable character in modern fiction, Kyra, and a superb new fiction writer, Carol Gilligan. Kyra is an architect designing a new city, a woman of humor and courage living in a vibrant world of family, friends, and colleagues and determined to break out of old structures. When she meets Andreas, a director staging an innovative production of Tosca, neither wants to fall in love–and yet, inevitably, they do. Their story takes us from Cambridge and an island off the coast of Massachusetts to Vienna, Thailand, Cyprus, and Wales as Kyra seeks the deepest truths about herself, other people, loyalty, and love. This reaching leads her to commit singular acts that startle and shock, inspiring new freedom for others as well as for Kyra herself. Rich with Carol Gilligan’s signature gifts–emotional wisdom, subtle renderings of the intricacies of human relationship, conflict and choice, and lyrical prose–Kyra is a luminous, magnificent novel by a writer realizing the range of her powers.

Run away with me is a profoundly romantic YA novel about two teenage boys finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome.

In 2425 London, most of which is underwater, Rafe and Jule, members of warring Houses, must keep their love a secret to survive, but their lives become even more complicated when mysterious foreigners arrive on shore.

In this powerfully moving novel, bestselling novelist Alice Hoffman paints a vivid portrait of the lives of three generations in a family separated by loneliness, hope, and betrayal. Esther the White is the cold matriarch who fled a cruel life in Russia only to rule lovelessly over her own family in an isolated compound on Long Island. Phillip is the son she cannot understand, a man with an overwhelming desire to drown himself in the ocean's inviting waters every summer. Phillip's daughter is barely eighteen and desperate to escape the confines of this isolated world and her grandmother's harsh critiscim. But as Phillip's suicidal urges grow stronger and as outside forces threaten to destroy the family, they must come together to dispel the lifetime of secrets that have kept them apart--or lose everything. This spellbinding novel is a brialliant evocation of the ghosts that haunt all families and a touching testament to the redemptive power of love.

An intriguing, compulsive romantic thriller from the highly acclaimed author of A Good Woman and Memory and Desire.

An Oscar-winning actress and the greatest actor of the English theater engage in a fairy-tale romance, until secrets of the past and crippling ambition threaten to destroy their legendary love in this passionate and scandalous international bestseller from the author of Horse People . Filled with scandal, gossip, passion, and romance, Curtain is the story of Robert Vane, a famous actor of the English theater, and Felicia Lisle, an award winning actress from Hollywood’s biggest film, as they ignite in a romance that burns through the pages. But as their relationship deepens, truths reveal themselves that might push the couple to their breaking point. Secrets about Robert’s involvement with another actor from the theater and Felicia’s darkening mental madness begin to rip the couple apart, shaking their careers and relationship to the core.

Spiritualist and extortionist Patrick Seton is coming up for trial. He's been accused of forgery, and suddenly West London's bachelors are all in a tizzy. Described by Evelyn Waugh as the 'cleverest and most elegant of all Mrs Spark's clever and elegant books', The Bachelors is a biting comedy of English manners.This is one of the 22 novels written by Muriel Spark in her lifetime. All are being published by Polygon in hardback Centenary Editions between November 2017 and September 2018.

From the author of The New York Times #1 bestselling novel The Carpetbaggers comes the gutwrenching story of one woman's battle to break free of the male-dominated, sexual pay-to-play culture of Hollywood.... THE LONELY LADY JeriLee Randall is a young girl with dreams of being a writer. While she is discovering her own sexuality, she meets Walter Thornton, Jr., son of the world-famous playwright, Walter Thornton, Sr., whom she idolizes. After a humiliating "near" sexual encounter with JeriLee, Walt, Jr. participates in a brutal assault that traumatizes her and triggers unfettered chaos in their small, gossipy town. Trying to make amends for the deplorable behavior of his son, Walt's father befriends JeriLee. Despite their age difference the two become close and eventually marry. Inevitably, their union unravels, and JeriLee embarks on a path of sexual liberation in her pursuit of success-from stints in sleazy strip clubs to rendezvous on the casting couches of Hollywood moguls and eventually to the twilight world of drugs-moving restlessly from man to man and woman to woman. Can she find success in a brutal world while retaining her dignity, honesty, and the self-respect developed in her youth? As she struggles to retain her dreams of stardom, can her strength and cunning save her from Hollywood's death grip, allowing her to beat the smooth talking power players at their own game? When it was originally published in 1976, The Lonely Lady spent 24 weeks on the bestseller list, turning Hollywood on its ear. Could anyone have predicted then that JeriLee's story would still be so shockingly relevant over forty years later?

England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up in a rural idyll. The beekeeper's daughter, she knows her place and her future -- that is until her father dies and leaves her alone. Alone, that is, except for one man who she just can't shake from her thoughts ... Massachusetts, 1973: Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable boy. He's wild and romantic, and in a band that might be going somewhere. But when tragedy strikes and he has to go home to England, he promises to come back to Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them. To find what they are longing for they must confront the secrets of the past, and unravel the lies told long ago.

Step into the enchanting world of "The Bishop's Wife" by Robert Nathan, the classic novel that inspired the beloved Christmas film featuring Cary Grant and Loretta Young - and later adapted as The Preacher's Wife starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance. Bishop Henry Brougham faces dual challenges—a burning desire to erect a grand cathedral for his overflowing parish and a lack of a suitable archdeacon to fund the ambitious project. As if providence intervenes, his prayers are answered with the arrival of Michael, a radiant angel with golden hair, taking on the role of archdeacon. However, the story unfolds beyond the ecclesiastical duties, delving into the intricacies of Bishop Brougham's marriage to the beautiful Julia. While she dutifully fulfills her marital obligations, the spark of passion is missing. The celestial presence of Michael brings a new dimension to their lives, awakening unexpected emotions in Julia with his boundless love. Yet, Michael grapples with the constraints of earthly responsibilities, involving financial manipulation from wealthy patrons. As the holiday season approaches, the narrative takes an intriguing turn, exploring the delicate balance between divine love and earthly commitments. The bishop senses a magnetic attraction between Julia and the angelic Michael. Will the purity of divine love lead Julia astray, or will the bonds of marital duty triumph? "The Bishop's Wife" weaves a tale of love, duty, and the transcendent magic of the holiday season, leaving readers captivated by the timeless narrative.

From the author of "Comeback Love," a sweeping, panoramic tale of twentieth-century America, chronicling the decades-long love affair between a Jewish immigrant and the granddaughter of a slave. Julian Rose is only fifteen when he leaves his family and Germany for a new life in 1920s America. Lonely at first, he eventually finds his way first by joining up with Longy Zwillman and becoming one of the preeminent bootleggers on the East Coast, and later by amassing a fortune in real estate. Kendall Wakefield is a free-spirited college senior who longs to become a painter. Her mother, the daughter of a slave and founder of an African-American college in South Florida, is determined to find a suitable match for her only daughter. One evening in 1938, Mrs. Wakefield hosts a dinner that reunites Julian with his parents who have been rescued from Hitler s Germany by the college and brings him together with Kendall for the first time. From that encounter begins a thirty-year affair that will take the lovers from the beaches of Miami to the jazz clubs of Greenwich Village to postwar life in Paris, where they will mingle with Sartre, Picasso, and a host of other artists and intellectuals. Through his years serving in American intelligence and as an interrogator at the Nuremberg trials, what Julian wants most is to marry and find the joy that eluded his parents. Kendall craves her freedom, and after trading her oil paints for a Leica camera, becomes a celebrated photographer, among the first American journalists to photograph the survivors of a liberated concentration camp. Yet despite distance, their competing desires, and the rapidly changing world, their longing for each other remains a constant in the ceaseless sweep of time. Captivating and infused with historical detail, this is the epic tale of three generations, two different but intertwined families, and one unforgettable love story."

Reminiscent of the novels of Nora Ephron, this brilliantly written, hilariously touching tale explores a contemporary woman's quirky love life. Katinka O'Toole has discovered that a degree from Harvard does not always lead to fame and fortune. Divorced and struggling to make a living as a writer, the highlight of her day has become the arrival of the mail. Or, more precisely, the mailman. Yes, she hopes for an acceptance letter, but she also has a fierce crush on Louie Capetti, her gorgeous postal carrier, who she hopes will carry her away to romantic bliss. So while she has taken to receiving her mail in "discount Dior", she also has to deal with her pretentious ex-husband (a noted Joycean scholar), her class-conscious mother, the unwanted affections of a corporate lawyer, and various other roadblocks to true love that plague smart women in today's society.

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Comedy Joseph Fields and Peter de Vries adapted from the novel by Mr. de Vries Characters: 2 male 4 female Interior Set Tom Ewell played the Broadway part of a suburban husband in a 5 year childless marriage. He and his wife decide to adopt a baby but a loud mouth neighbor upsets the apple cart when the adoption investigator comes to call. However not to be outdone Ewell finds himself in the clutches of the investigator who has suddenly turned color. Later she announces that she is pregnant and is going off to have the baby. She will see that the man and his wife receive the child in due time through the agency. Shortly after the baby arrives however the wife learns of the matter and starts packing to go home to Mother. But it turns out that the adopted baby was not fathered by the husband and also that the wife is now herself pregnant; and matters are mended. "It offers laugh after laugh." N.Y. World Telegram & Sun.

Lucas Baird is on the lam. He accidentally killed a man in LA. Totally defensible, but he chose to run, as he has done most of his aimless twenty-four years of life. This time Luke ends up in New York, making love to Daisy on a beach on Long Island. A sudden storm traps him under debris in a rain sewer where he is held captive by a gang of kids under the sway and prod of a fiendish twelve-year-old town bully. The kids, in dreadful fear of their tyrannical master, turn savage, heaping hideous acts of torment and cruelty upon poor Luke. P> How he manages to free himself becomes a redemptive tale woven into the fabric of a fraught, bizarre love story reminiscent of THE BEACH and LORD OF THE FLIES.

After Yair Berman left her and shattered all her dreams, the devastated Shlomtzion Drore escaped as far as possible from him and her intensely religious life in Jerusalem, becoming an interior designer in secular Tel-Aviv. Twenty-one years later, her daughter has become engaged to his son, and Shlomtzion is forced to visit the controversial settlement in which Yair lives, not only to plan the wedding but to confront her former love and the mistakes of her life. Set in Israel between the Six Day War and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, If You Awaken Love is the intensely moving story of a stormy and spiritual young girl and her love-hate relationships with her childhood sweetheart, with her father, and with God. Translated by David Hazony.

Four-time Edgar Award-winning author Lawrence Block's definitive essay collection on the art of writing fiction For ten years, crime novelist Lawrence Block funneled his wealth of writing expertise into a monthly column for Writer's Digest. Collected here for the first time are those pieces illuminating the tricks of the authorial trade, from creating vibrant characters and generating seamless plots, to conquering writer's block and experimenting with self-publishing. Filled with wit and insight, The Liar's Bible is a must-read for experts, amateurs, and anyone interested in learning to craft great fiction from one of the field's modern masters. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lawrence Block, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

In "Men in War," Andreas Latzko presents a poignant exploration of the psychological and moral complexities faced by soldiers during wartime. This powerful narrative is woven with vivid imagery and stark realism, reflecting Latzko's incisive observations of the human condition in the harrowing backdrop of conflict. Each narrative intertwines character-driven stories, portraying the profound sense of loss, camaraderie, and existential dread that permeate the battlefield. As a work deeply rooted in the early 20th-century literary context, it resonates with the growing disillusionment that emerged from the catastrophic impacts of World War I. Andreas Latzko, an Austrian writer and veteran of World War I, drew on his experiences and those of his comrades to craft this compelling collection. His own exposure to the brutal realities of war profoundly shaped his worldview, leading him to question notions of heroism and glory. Latzko's background in philosophy and his empathetic understanding of the soldier's plight inform his nuanced storytelling, revealing both the triumphs and tragedies inherent in the human experience. "Men in War" is an essential read for anyone seeking to comprehend the profound psychological scars left by war. Latzko's masterful prose invites readers to reflect on the shared humanity of those who endure conflict, making this book not only a historical account but a timeless meditation on the costs of warfare.

Dreams of Innocence is a lushly erotic, deeply intelligent love story that begins when beautiful, celebrated journalist Helena Latimer investigates the mysterious disappearance and possible death of the only man she has ever loved, eminent ecologist Max Bergmann. Her search takes her to Germany, where Max was last seen, and where she discovers a leather-bound, handwritten manuscript dedicated to him. It is titled "Anna's Book", and it leads her back to Europe on the brink of World War I, and to a tale of shining ideals and shattering deeds that will ultimately reveal the truth not only about Max but about Helena as well.

When Brooklyn-born Barnard graduate Kathy Ross travels to post-World War II Berlin to help displaced refugees, she never expects to fall instantly, irrevocably in love. But David Kohn, a young American physician, is tormented by the deaths of his parents in the Holocaust, and uncertain about the future. Kathy impulsively marries David's cousin Phil--a decision that will have far-reaching consequences for everyone involved. The charismatic heir apparent to a fur empire, Phil gives Kathy everything she could ever want, including a cherished son. But through the years--even as she forges her own career--Kathy is haunted by her yearning for the one man she can't forget.