The Boy in the Field

The Boy in the Field
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9780062946416
ISBN-13 : 0062946412
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy in the Field by : Margot Livesey

“[An] exquisite . . . whodunit. . . . But the real mysteries lie . . . compellingly with the characters who are witnesses to the crime. . . . quiet, observant . . . cinematic.” —New York Times Book Review One September afternoon in 1999, teenagers Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan Lang are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy’s life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed. Matthew, the oldest, becomes obsessed with tracking down the assailant, secretly searching the local town with the victim’s brother. Zoe wanders the streets of Oxford, looking at men, and one of them, a visiting American graduate student, looks back. Duncan, the youngest, who has seldom thought about being adopted, suddenly decides he wants to find his birth mother. Overshadowing all three is the awareness that something is amiss in their parents’ marriage. Over the course of the autumn, as each of the siblings confronts the complications and contradictions of their approaching adulthood, they find themselves at once drawn together and driven apart. The Boy in the Field showcases Margot Livesey’s unmatched ability to “tell her tale masterfully, with intelligence, tenderness, and a shrewd understanding of all our mercurial human impulses” (Lily King, author of Euphoria). “Luminous, unforgettable, and perfectly rendered.” —Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River “Filled with dazzling insights and beauty.” —People Magazine “[Livesey’s novels are] successful at making the rich subtext of feeling, memory, and difficult life decisions mulled over, the main event of her stories.” —New York Journal of Book “Powerfully affecting.” —Kirkus, starred review “A masterful tapestry of emotion and action.” —Booklist, starred review

The Flight of Gemma Hardy

The Flight of Gemma Hardy
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780062064240
ISBN-13 : 006206424X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Flight of Gemma Hardy by : Margot Livesey

New York Times Bestseller “An exceptionally well-plotted, well-crafted, innovatively interpreted modern twist on a timeless classic, one that’s sure to delight the multitudes of Brontë fans, and the multitudes of fans that Livesey deserves.” —The Boston Globe “A suspenseful, curl-up-by-the-fire romance with a willfully determined protagonist who’s worthy of her literary role model.” — People The resonant story of a young woman’s struggle to take charge of her own future, The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a modern take on a classic story—Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre—that will fascinate readers of the Gothic original and fans of modern literary fiction alike, with its lyrical prose, robust characters, and abundant compassion. Set in early 1960s Scotland, this breakout novel from award-winning author Margot Livesey is a tale of determination and spirit that, like The Three Weissmanns of Westport and A Thousand Acres, spins an unforgettable new story from threads of our shared, still-living literary past.

The Boy on the Bridge

The Boy on the Bridge
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Publisher : Orbit
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9780316300315
ISBN-13 : 0316300314
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy on the Bridge by : M. R. Carey

One exceptional boy journeys into the ashes of society to find the cure for a devastating plague in this riveting post-apocalyptic standalone set in the same world as the USA Today-bestselling The Girl With All the Gifts. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. "Strange and surprising and humane" (Lauren Beukes), The Boy on the Bridge is a gripping, powerful story that will make you question what it means to be human.

The Boy of Hearts

The Boy of Hearts
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 1737524600
ISBN-13 : 9781737524601
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy of Hearts by : Sirbrian Spease

"I was a skinny Black kid from the projects, but I was determined to transition from a poor, nappy-headed boy into a princess even prettier than my mother." The Boy of Hearts is a deeply touching autobiography detailing the experience of a young child from the "hood" navigating homophobia, poverty, abuse and PTSD. Readers will come to know a young Sirbrian, his childhood love Prince, his protective older-brother Chris, and his dark alter-ego Devon in this gripping story of a child whose imagination was his greatest defense against the adversities of an abusive home and the foster care system.

The Boy in the Box

The Boy in the Box
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 171
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ISBN-10 : 9781600080340
ISBN-13 : 1600080340
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy in the Box by : Jim Hoffmann

Late morning. It is a cold Monday, February 25, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The battered body of a young boy is found nude in a J.C. Penny Bassinet box. Was it murder? Or a terrible accident? Forever known as the Boy in the Box Case, many seasoned investigators have tried and failed to determine exactly what happened to this child now known as America's Unknown Child. This case caught the attention of a nation fifty years ago. Find out why it still does today.

Accounts and papers

Accounts and papers
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 992
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ISBN-10 : BSB:BSB10637216
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Accounts and papers by : Great Britain House of Commons

Abstracts [of] the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child

Abstracts [of] the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : CORNELL:31924014059327
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Abstracts [of] the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child by : National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information (U.S.)

The Boy in the Attic

The Boy in the Attic
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781780571621
ISBN-13 : 1780571623
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boy in the Attic by : David Malone

Ireland 1973: a very different world. But a tiny village in County Dublin was about to lose its innocence for ever. On a bright and sunny June afternoon, a seven-year-old boy was left in the care of his teenage neighbour. No one knew, or would even have dreamed of suspecting, that the teenager was a Satanist. The two went out to the fields to look for rabbits. The child was never seen alive again. For the first time, in The Boy in the Attic, David Malone reveals the exact events of that summer day: how the youngster was lured to his death, how the teenager came to delve so deeply into the occult and the nightmarish scene awaiting police when they entered the attic. But there is another disturbing question - how is it that this murder, which was easily one of the most shocking and horrific in living memory, was barely reported upon at all? Why have you never heard of the boy in the attic until now?