![]() ![]() The Great Vietnamese Novel(Port)Nguyen's Complaint A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. ![]() A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. ![]()
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![]() “Most days,” I say with a shrug, trying not to smile when Corbin’s lips twitch.Īt least all the makeup covers his black eyes. ![]() Her ingrained manners force her to acknowledge me. She’s elegant, sophisticated, polite… Everything I’m not. She’s a pretty girl-blonde, blue eyes, gorgeous, glowing skin. The Stepford’s eyes dart to me for the first time, and I swear I see resentment in them. If I touch your hand then hers, she could rub her eyes, and that could be bad. “You’ve had nuts,” he tells her, but she doesn’t understand, so he elaborates. “Hi,” the Stepford squeaks, reaching out to shake his hand as she stands. ![]() Sighing, I sit down in the little forgotten chair next to the door, and get comfortable. You’ve yet to even introduce yourself to Jill.” “Nonsense,” Lisa says, looking over at me again like she’s thinking of numerous ways to dispose of my body. “We’ll wait for you in the study,” he tells her, and I visibly relax. ![]() I stand like an awkward fixture in the corner, staying out of the way.Ĭorbin continues to stand instead of taking the only other seat at the bistro table. “We thought you would be too late for lunch,” his mother says dismissively, going on as though her son isn’t wearing makeup and leggings. She sits back down, acting as though she understands that explanation, so I assume that means she’s dealt with this reaction multiple times. “Nuts are in the salad,” he says when she eyes him. ![]() Income Protection Insurance: Detailed Discussion ![]() ![]() ![]() A galloping epistolary novel that takes us along for the adventures (and misadventures) of Fawn, the owner of the Curious Cat Book Emporium, Confessions of a Curious Bookseller is the perfect story for anyone who’s ever wondered if there was more to life. ![]() “Charming, witty, and daring-Elizabeth Green’s debut is all that and more. ![]() Now it’s time for her to dig deep and use every trick at her disposal if she’s to reclaim her beloved business-and her life. Through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, texts, and tweets, Fawn plans her next move. Misguided yet blindly resilient, Fawn readies for battle.īut as she wages her war, Fawn is forced to reflect on a few unavoidable truths: the tribulations of online dating, a strained relationship with her family, and a devoted if not always law-abiding intern-not to mention what to do about a pen pal with whom she hasn’t been entirely honest and the litany of repairs her aging store requires. When an amicable young indie bookseller invades her block, Fawn is convinced that his cushy couches, impressive selection, coffee bar, and knowledgeable staff are a neighborhood blight. ![]() Without question, Fawn Birchill knows that her used bookstore is the heart of West Philadelphia, a cornerstone of culture for a community that, for the past twenty years, has found the quirkiness absolutely charming. A heartening and uproariously funny novel of high hopes, bad choices, book love, and one woman’s best-and worst-intentions. ![]() ![]() ![]() In some ways, Leovy has completed the book that Simon began. But Ghettoside builds more forcefully to its conclusions, while Homicide tends to leave readers to draw their own. Both books tell rich and lively stories with vivid protagonists fighting enormous pain. Like Leovy, Simon wrote his opus after years reporting on his city’s homicide detectives for the local paper. ![]() If there are few crimes more serious than murder, and black and brown people can be murdered with few consequences for their killers, they will be killed more often, and their unavenged deaths will rot any chance of faith in their would-be protectors.Īnyone who read David Simon’s Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (or, yes, watched the TV shows it inspired) will recognize Leovy’s book as a sort of sequel. ![]() That argument is laid out very clearly from the get-go, and its airtight logic is given weight and texture by the tragic stories to which Leovy and her protagonists bear witness. ![]() Jill Leovy’s masterful volume, filled with hard-won insights from her years as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, is billed as a book about homicide, but the implications of Leovy’s argument reach much further. ![]() ![]() ![]() I read more of query letters for genres we represent, but I stop and either decline or just skim if it loses my interest/seems cliché/the writing is weak/the word count is insane etc. A lot of queries we get I can stop after the first few words-we don’t really do adult fiction anymore, and I don’t do picture or chapter books, so the moment I see that I can easily decline. It shows the writer is also a reader, which I find very important.ĭo you always read a query all the way through? If not, what would make you stop reading? I am also impressed with writers who have really good comparable books and/or super interesting “Think X meets Y”s. Voice! Check out the query I got from Hélène Boudreau for REAL MERMAIDS DON’T WEAR TOE RINGS (available here) It has such an amazing voice. ![]() Now for Lauren’s insight on querying, signing with an agent, and going on submission! ![]() To connect with and learn more about Lauren. There will be an auto response on your submission. She responds to all queries, but in case of overload, after about eight weeks it can be considered a no. Lauren represents middle grade and young adult fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() They love each other so much and this shines through in every book. His best friend, Piggie, is a light-hearted, fun-loving person who is brave. Gerald is a spectacle-wearing elephant who is a bit of an old fuddy-duddy. These Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems are SO POPULAR right now, and with good reason. ![]() He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family. ![]() Mo began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering 6 Emmy awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon's The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door. ![]() Mo’s work books have been translated into a myriad of languages, spawned animated shorts and theatrical musical productions, and his illustrations, wire sculpture, and carved ceramics have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation. The New York Times Book Review called Mo “the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the 00's." In addition to such picture books as Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Time to Pee, Mo has created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers, and published You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When it Monsoons, an annotated cartoon journal sketched during a year-long voyage around the world in 1990-91. #1 New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems is best known for his Caldecott Honor winning picture books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Knuffle Bunny: a cautionary tale. ![]() ![]() Speaking about the cover on Instagram, Sam said: "Whoo hooo!!!!!!!! COVER REVEAL: The Clanlands Almanac, published 9th November! US and UK versions, which is your favourite?! Go to to preorder.
![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:63159795 Scandate 20100323034758 Scanner . Joan Lowery Nixon Barbara Caruso - When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Childrens Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860. OL137736W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.00 Pages 184 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0440226767 Urn:lcp:familyapart00nixo:epub:cca4ae94-16c4-4a60-b1a0-656b5ba9d20f Extramarc University of Michigan Foldoutcount 0 Identifier familyapart00nixo Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0gt68278 Isbn 0553274783ĩ780553274783 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:familyapart00nixo:lcpdf:8f78e43a-d18d-40e4-badc-27bff77cfbf0 When their widowed mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent on the orphan train by the Childrens Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:58:05 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA114320 Boxid_2 CH106701 Camera Canon 5D City Toronto DonorĪlibris Edition Bantam pbk. ![]() ![]() ![]() “ Babette’s Feast shows us the banquet of life we all take for granted.” - Time Square Chronicles Downloads “Timeless and spiritual.” - Time Square Chronicles “Some kind of love affair, existing somewhere in between bodily and spiritual craving.” - Time Square Chronicles “ Babette’s Feast is a bundle of exciting contradictions: stark and lush, stunning and austere, mysterious and comic.” - TheaterMania “It's timely with a twist, in that it highlights the plight of a refugee seeking asylum, who through her munificence creates a lavish feast that becomes an abundant experience of forgiveness and connection that heals a fractured community.” - TheaterMania “Moving and poignant.” - Reflections in the Light “The play is short, sweet, and endearing.” - Theater Pizzazz “Deep, funny, dangerous, sensual, and beautiful.” - Portland Stage The actual royalty rate will be determined upon completion of a royalty application. ![]() * Please note the royalty rate listed is the minimum royalty rate per performance. High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | Touring Group High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Senior Adults ![]() |