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Author |
: Alina Bronsky |
Publisher |
: Europa Editions UK |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2014-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781609459703 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1609459709 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Broken Glass Park by : Alina Bronsky
17-year-old Sascha Naimann lives in Berlin's Russian ghetto with her two younger siblings and, until recently, her mother. She is precocious, independent, street-wise, and, since her stepfather murdered her mother several months ago, an orphan. Unlike most of her companions, she doesn't dream of escaping from the tough housing project where they live. Sascha's dreams are different: she longs to write a novel about her beautiful but nave mother and kill her stepfather. Sacha's story, candid and self confident, relates her struggle.
Author |
: Alina Bronsky |
Publisher |
: Europa Editions |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2010-03-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781609459703 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1609459709 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Broken Glass Park by : Alina Bronsky
In this “riveting debut” a Russian teenager living in Berlin dreams of taking revenge on the man who killed her mother—“A stark, moving tale of resiliency” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A finalist for the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize Now an award-winning motion picture Seventeen-year-old Sascha Naimann was born in Moscow, but now lives in Berlin with her two younger siblings. She is precocious, independent, streetwise, and ever since her stepfather Vadim murdered her mother several months ago, an orphan. Unlike most of her peers, Sascha doesn’t dream of escaping the grim housing project where they live. Sascha’s dreams of writing a novel about her beautiful but naïve mother . . . and of taking Vadim’s life. In a voice that is candid and self-confident, by turns childlike and mature, Sascha relates the internal struggle between those forces that can destroy us, and those that lead us out of sorrow and back to life. Broken Glass Park goes straight to the heart of what it means to be young, alive, and conscious in these first decades of the new millenium. “A gripping portrayal of life on the margins of society.” —Freundin magazine (Germany)
Author |
: Odessa Rose |
Publisher |
: La Caille Nous |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0964763575 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780964763579 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Water in a Broken Glass by : Odessa Rose
Talented sculptress Tonya Mimms puts her artwork before everything, including her thirst for love. One drizzly morning she meets handsome accountant Malcolm Holland and beautiful bookstore owner Satin Pierce, and Tonya becomes the centerpiece of an erotic love triangle.
Author |
: Alina Bronsky |
Publisher |
: Europa Editions |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2011-04-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781609459581 |
ISBN-13 |
: 160945958X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by : Alina Bronsky
“In this acidly funny novel” of life in Soviet Russia, “a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience” (The New Yorker). A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A German Book Award Finalist A Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal Favorite Read of the Year When Rosa Achmetowna discovers that her seventeen-year-old daughter, Sulfia, is pregnant, she tries every bizarre home remedy there is to thwart the pregnancy. But despite her best efforts, the baby girl Aminat is born—and immediately wins Rosa’s heart. The dark-eyed Aminat is a Tartar through and through, just like Rosa, and the devious grandmother wastes no time in plotting to steal her away from the woefully inept Sulfia. When Aminat, now a wild and willful teenager, catches the eye of a sleazy German cookbook writer researching Tartar cuisine, Rosa is quick to broker a deal that will guarantee all three women a passage out of the Soviet Union. But as soon as they are settled in the West, the dysfunctional ties that bind mother, daughter, and grandmother begin to fray.
Author |
: Ka Hancock |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2012-03-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781451637380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1451637381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dancing on Broken Glass by : Ka Hancock
A powerfully written novel offering an intimate look at a beautiful marriage and how bipolar disorder and cancer affect it, Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock perfectly illustrates the enduring power of love. Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn’t have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They’re both plagued with faulty genes—he has bipolar disorder, and she has a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy’s twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there’s no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work—and they put it all in writing. Mickey promises to take his medication. Lucy promises not to blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, they have good days and bad days—and some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is. An unvarnished portrait of a marriage that is both ordinary and extraordinary, Dancing on Broken Glass takes readers on an unforgettable journey of the heart.
Author |
: Deborah Crombie |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2013-02-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062201607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062201603 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sound of Broken Glass by : Deborah Crombie
Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are on the case in Deborah Crombie’s The Sound of Broken Glass, a captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past with a powerful danger in the present. When Detective Inspector James joins forces with Detective Inspector Melody Talbot to solve the murder of an esteemed barrister, their investigation leads them to realize that nothing is what it seems—with the crime they’re investigating and their own lives. With an abundance of twists and turns and intertwining subplots, The Sound of Broken Glass by New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie is an elaborate and engaging page-turner.
Author |
: Madeleine Kuderick |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2014-09-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062306586 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062306588 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kiss of Broken Glass by : Madeleine Kuderick
In the next 72 hours, Kenna may lose everything—her friends, her freedom, and maybe even herself. One kiss of the blade was all it took to get her sent to the psych ward for 72 hours. There she will face her addiction to cutting, though the outcome is far from certain. When fifteen-year-old Kenna is found cutting herself in the school bathroom, she is sent to a facility for a mandatory psychiatric watch. There Kenna meets other kids like her—her roommate, Donya, who's there for her fifth time; the birdlike Skylar; and Jag, a boy cute enough to make her forget her problems . . . for a moment. Madeleine Kuderick's gripping debut is a darkly beautiful and lyrical novel in verse, perfect for fans of Sonya Sones and Laurie Halse Anderson. Kiss of Broken Glass pulses with emotion and lingers long after the last page. Supports the Common Core State Standards
Author |
: Iain Banks |
Publisher |
: Abacus |
Total Pages |
: 183 |
Release |
: 2008-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780748109968 |
ISBN-13 |
: 074810996X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Walking On Glass by : Iain Banks
'Establishes beyond doubt that Iain Banks is a novelist of remarkable talents' Daily Telegraph Graham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him, a creature of almost perverse mystery. Steven Grout is paranoid - and with justice. He knows that They are out to get him. They are. Quiss, insecure in his fabulous if ramshackle castle, is forced to play interminable impossible games. The solution to the oldest of all paradoxical riddles will release him. But he must find an answer before he knows the question. Park, Grout, Quiss - no trio could be further apart. But their separate courses are set for collision. Praise for Iain Banks: 'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times 'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian 'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman 'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Author |
: Alex Beam |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780399592713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0399592717 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Broken Glass by : Alex Beam
"In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the German architect Mies van der Rohe, already renowned for his avant-garde buildings, to design a weekend home for her outside of Chicago. Edith was a woman ahead of her time--unmarried, she was a distinguished medical researcher, whose discoveries put her in contention for the Nobel Prize, as well as an accomplished violinist, translator, and poet. The two quickly began an intimate relationship, spending weekends together, sharing interests in transcendental philosophy, Catholic mysticism, wine-soaked picnics, and architecture. Their collaboration would produce one of the most important works of architecture of all time, a blindingly original house made up almost entirely of glass and steel. But the minimalist marvel, built in 1951, was plagued by cost over-runs and a sudden chilling of the two friends' mutual affection. Though the building became world-famous, Farnsworth found it impossible to live in the transparent house, and she began a public campaign against him, cheered on by Frank Lloyd Wright. Mies, in turn, sued her for unpaid monies. The ensuing trial covered not just the missing funds and the structural weaknesses of the home, but turned into a trial of modernist art and architecture itself. Interweaving personal drama and cultural history, Alex Beam presents a stylish, enthralling tapestry of a tale, illuminating the fascinating history behind one of the twentieth-century's most beautiful and significant architectural projects"--
Author |
: Alina Bronsky |
Publisher |
: Europa Editions UK |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 2016-06-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781787700413 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1787700410 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Baba Dunja's Last Love by : Alina Bronsky
Baba Dunja is a Chernobyl returnee. Together with a motley bunch of former neighbours, they set off to create a new life for themselves in the radioactive no-man's land. Geiger counter and irradiated forest fruits be damned, there in that abandoned patch of Earth they have everything they need. Terminally ill Petrov passes the time reading love poems in his hammock; Marja takes up with 100-year-old Sidorow; Baba Dunja whiles away her days writing letters to her daughter... rural bliss reigns, until one day a stranger turns up in the village, and the small settlement faces annihilation once again. With her trade-mark wry humour Bronsky tells the story of a community that shouldn't exist, and of a very unusual woman who late in life finds her own version of paradise.