Hooper's steady hand creates the perfect setup for the unexpected." -The New York Times Book Review "Quirky, offbeat. " sweet, disarming story of lasting love. Moving from the hot and dry present of a quiet Canadian farm to a dusty, burnt past of hunger, war, and passion, from trying to remember to trying to forget, Etta and Otto and Russell and James is an astounding literary debut about friendship and love, hope and honor, and the romance of last-great-adventures. And James-well, James you have to meet on the page. With Etta gone, Otto struggles with his demons of war, while their friend Russell initially pursues the woman he has loved from afar. He took his own journey once before, to fight in a faraway land. Eighty-three-year-old Etta will be walking 3,200 kilometers to see the ocean, but somehow, Otto understands. Otto finds the note left by his wife in the kitchen of their farmhouse in windswept Saskatchewan. I've never seen the water, so I've gone there. Otto, The letter began, in blue ink, I've gone. A gorgeous literary debut about unlikely heroes, lifelong promises, and last great adventures.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia's writing is unforgettable." -Christina Henry, author of Alice and The Ghost Tree "A fresh, stunning interpretation of vampire lore. "A tense crime plot wrapped in grim, glittering vampire lore and perfectly delivered with Moreno-Garcia’s unflinching prose, Certain Dark Things is a bloody neon dream of a book." -Hannah Whitten, author of For the Wolf Certain Dark Things will make you think about vampires in a whole new way." -Charlie Jane Anders, Hugo Award-winning author of The City In the Middle of the Night "One of my favorite books by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and one of my all-time favorite horror books. Moreno-Garcia has created a world that pulses with life and terror and honesty.” -Daniel José Older, New York Times bestselling author “ Certain Dark Things is a delicious, elegant, gritty vampire noir. And then she walks out without looking back." -Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians "Silvia Moreno-Garcia pulls zero punches, bares all the fangs, and goes for every throat in the room with Certain Dark Things. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author “With its vibrant prose and stellar world building, Certain Dark Things is one of the best books I’ve read in years.” -V.E. Certain Dark Things packs a wallop.” -Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts “Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s gritty novel is steeped in the history of Mexico City and vampire lore and yet manages to deftly re-invent the bloodsucker. While the logistics for Good Burger sequel are being worked out, Kel is keeping busy with many endeavors including his latest book, Prank Day, a comedy-fantasy illustrated novel for kids and tweens. ‘Cause I need them numbers,” the Saturday Night Live star said. “We are working harder on it than ever, so it’s about meeting the numbers, letting them numbers match up. 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This book kept me on my toes and anxious for more.” - Book Riot About halfway through there is a pretty darn huge plot twist, too. “Readers get all the benefits of a modern road trip (forced proximity, lots and lots of dialogue, and uninterrupted time for the hero and heroine’s love to grow) without technology or secondary characters interrupting the main story arc. Despite all their differences, despite the danger-he will face death itself to make her his. But the longer he’s with her, the harder it becomes to think of letting her go. The only way to keep the lass safe is to ensure she’s by his side day and night. Geordie knows if Akira ever discovers he’s the Duke of Gordon, both her life and his will be forfeit in a heartbeat. Yet she can never learn his true identity. Though Akira is as fierce and brave as any of her clansmen, even she’s intimidated by the fearsome, brutally handsome Highlander who refuses to reveal his name. Even if it means fleeing with him across the Highlands to tend to his wounds while English redcoats are closing in. When Akira Ayres finds the brawny Scot with a musket ball in his thigh, the healer has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to save his life. It launched Alice on a series of signing sessions, talks and readings the length and breadth of Ireland. It was an immediate success, and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. To School Through the Fields was published in May 1988. In 1986 she published an illustrated collection of her own verse. In 1984 she edited and published the first issue of Candlelight, a local magazine which has since appeared annually. She and her husband, Gabriel Murphy, who sadly passed away in 2005, had four sons and one daughter. When she married, she moved to Innishannon where she ran a guesthouse at first, then the supermarket and post office. 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Donoghue excavates the long-obscured tradition of friendship between women, one that is surprisingly central to our cultural history. Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature Paperback details from bookaddaĮmma Donoghue, consummate scholar and novelist of astonishing originality, examines how desire between women in literature has been portrayed?from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murderesses. With its island gothic sensibility, sexy suspense, and spine-tingling reimagining of an Agatha Christie classic, Reckless Girls will wreck you. When one person goes missing and another turns up dead, the remaining friends wonder what dark currents lie beneath this impenetrable paradise-and who else will be swept under its secluded chaos. 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