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May has arrived in the tiny hamlet of Glenville, Vermont, bringing with it currents of rejuvenation and rebirth. For 3 families, though, the year ahead will prove to be a roller coaster of life-changing events, promises, and tragedies. Liquid, Fragile, Perishable unspools via a chorus of unforgettable voices: an old-school Christian beekeeping family and newly transplanted New Yorkers; a trio of teenage girls and a deeply rooted family of ne'er-do-wells; and one woman who just wants to live alone in the woods. The shifting set of relations among the citizens of this community encompasses teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, poverty--and a cavalcade of thwarted dreams, young love in bloom, and poignant missed connections.

In 1 volume, 3 classic early works by the Southern physician-turned-novelist who galvanized American literature with stories of spiritual searching amid modern angst Includes the landmark, National Book Award-winning The Moviegoer, in a fully annotation edition A physician-turned-writer and self-described diagnostician of "the malaise," Percy plumbed the depths of modern American angst and alienation as few other writers have. Now he joins the Library of America series with a volume collecting his first 3 books. The Moviegoer (1961), winner of the 1962 National Book Award for Fiction, is the story of John Bickerson "Binx" Bolling, a New Orleans stockbroker who finds in movies a resplendent reality that lifts him, for a time, out of the mire of everydayness. Binx is a modern-day pilgrim whose progress unfolds in what editor Paul Elie calls "the first work of what we call contemporary American fiction, the earliest novel to render a set of circumstances and an outlook that still feel recognizably ours." In The Last Gentleman (1966), Percy portrays another troubled, searching young man, this time a southerner living in New York whose intermitent amnesia and odd moments of déjà vu lead him to imagine that the world catastrophe everyone fears has already occurred. A satirical work of speculative fiction, Love in the Ruins (1971) introduces lapsed-Catholic psychiatrist Dr. Thomas More, inventor of the lapsometer, a devise that measures the spiritual sickness of a near-apocalyptic America torn apart by the forces of the far right and left. Rounding out the volume are three short nonfiction pieces by Percy: his speech upon accepting the National Book Award, his special message to readers of the Franklin edition of The Moviegoer, and his address to the Publicists' Association of the National Book Awards concerning Love in the Ruins.

Helt alene på et sjællandsk næs ligger Næssekongens gård, Flintegården. Da hans eneste søn gifter sig med en bypige af ringe herkomst, skaber det røre på gården, og det er først, da den unge kvinde har præsteret at føde fem drenge – et par tvillinger og et hold trillinger – at ægteskabet for alvor godkendes. De fem drenge vokser op, men til forældrenes store skuffelse ønsker ingen af dem at følge slægtens gang og blive bønder. Den danske forfatter Lars Nielsen (1892-1963) debuterede i 1938 med bogen "Bo", og siden da er det blevet til over 60 romaner. Langt de fleste af Lars Nielsens bøger foregår i landdistrikter og følger slægters gang, men de har også ofte en udpræget psykologisk vinkel, der gør dem tidløse og relevante uanset hvilket miljø, de læses i. Udgivelsen er en storskrift-udgave til svagsynede i serien MAGNUMBØGER Lindhardt og Ringhof.

Ny bog af forfatteren til Haren med de ravgule øjne“Fra Proust og parisiske rigdomme til Holocausts rædsler …en fremragende og følsom fortælling” The GuardianDen jødiske familie Camondo fra Konstantinopel etablerede sig 1870’erne i Paris som bankfolk, filantroper og kunstsamlere, en fast bestanddel af belle époque-kultureliten, men blev med tiden mål for voldsom antisemitisme – ligesom Edmund de Waals slægtninge, familien Ephrussi, der boede i samme gade. Grev Moïse de Camondo skabte et spektakulært hus og fyldte det med kunst. Efter sønnen Nissims død i Første Verdenskrig blev huset testamenteret til den franske stat som museum for Nissim. Og så rykkede nazisterne ind.Da den verdenskendte britiske keramiker Edmund de Waal blev inviteret til at skabe en udstilling i Musée Nissim de Camondo, begyndte han at skrive breve til den afdøde greve: 58 breve med dybt personlige overvejelser om assimilation, melankoli, familie, kunst, historiens omskiftelser, skønhed og værdien af erindring.

Shelby McIntyres femogtyve år lange liv har ikke været præget af ret meget frihed og eventyr, men nu vil hun udleve sine store drømme om rejser, studier og romantik – og forhåbentlig møde den eneste ene undervejs.I Virgin River møder hun Luke Riordan, men han er bestemt ikke den type, hun havde i tankerne. Luke forlod hæren efter mange barske år som Black Hawk-pilot, han er desillusioneret, specialist i korte affærer og skyer enhver form for forpligtelser.Shelby og Luke burde på ingen måde passe sammen. Men de skal snart opdage, at det, man ønsker sig, og det, man faktisk har brug for, ikke altid er det samme.VIRGIN RIVER – Dage med længsel er sjette bind i Robyn Carrs romanserie bag Netflix’ kæmpehit, hvor kærlighed, familiedramaer og hjertevarme venskaber udspiller sig i den naturskønne californiske bjerglandsby.

Lucas Murdoch isn't what he seems to be: a successful New York City salesman, retired at the age of 53, and searching for his roots in the quiet New England town of Pennington. But Lucas is a man with an obsession that governs everything he says and does. With subtle skill, he inserts himself into the lives of the townspeople, coldly analyzing the weaknesses of everyone he meets: Henry Smythe, a seminary drop-out who sees himself as the town's religious leader; Leo Sage, a loner with a mysterious past; Fay Geneen, a librarian who has learned to live without love; Sarge Schreiner, a policeman who had to leave the force; and Emily Schuyler Grant, the wealthy dowager who rules the town and her teen-aged granddaughter, Jeanette, with an iron hand. By the time he leaves Pennington, Lucas has forever changed their lives--and his.

Known for her impeccable fashion sense, Lori Robertson's award-winning boutique, Couturier on the Pier, quickly becomes the talk of the Highlands. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Lori's rekindled romance with high school sweetheart Callum Macrae is put to the test.With the opportunity of a lifetime dangling before her, Lori must skillfully navigate the intricate tapestry of work, love, and family.Can Lori weave the perfect pattern for her future, or will the threads of her life unravel under mounting pressure?In this heartwarming tale of second chances and self-discovery, Lori must confront her inner demons to find out where her true happiness lies.

Something So Good It Can Never Be Enough is a testament to Shuly Xóchitl Cawood's belief that it's the moments that matter-the ones you want to relive, the ones you want to take back, the ones you can never forget. Her poems often hone in on a particular story where life took a turn, or a truth was revealed. They mine regret and longing, travel through joy and sorrow, and hold on to a vision of the future while trying to let go of the past.

Justin Cameron has some explaining to do.The summer and the Gnome Lake protests in Port Russell are over, but Song Liu and Justin Cameron are still dealing with the fallout. Song is struggling with her guilt over her best friend Courtney's accident, trying to scrape together the money to stay in Port Russell. Justin is alone and faces criminal charges for his role in manipulating the protests.After returning to Port Russell, Justin asks Song to pose as his girlfriend to boost his image and convince the court he's innocent. Facing the prospect of a cold winter in her van, she reluctantly agrees.As their relationship grows, Song inspires Justin. For the first time in his life, he feels like he can become a better man. Then Justin's father returns and bullies him back into the con they ran over the summer, putting his relationship with Song in jeopardy.Will Justin choose love and redemption in Port Russell or duty to his father? Redemption is a contemporary, small- town, fake relationship, second chance, medium heat, fade to black romance, set in the fictional west coast town of Port Russell, British Columbia. It's the second book in the Port Russell romance series.

"When a local pickleball player is shot in the head while practicing at an abandoned tennis court with his partner-slash-lover, Sheriff Lew Ferris suspects that the bullet was a stray shot from hunters in the area. It's not until a second player--the first victim's mistress and pickleball partner--is killed that Sheriff Ferris realizes this is no hunting accident. Someone is hunting people, and it's up to her to find out who. With the first victim's crazed widow breathing down Lew's neck, there's no room to breathe, let alone to find time to appreciate the beautiful Loon Lake fall and go fishing. Adding to Sheriff Ferris' difficulties are three pickleball players convinced someone has targeted them, someone who will do anything, even murder, to frighten them away from the courts where they play--but why? Who is really at risk? The pickleball players, or Lew and the people close to her?" --

"Amelia and Kylee, two young sisters, were found unharmed in their upstairs bedroom the night their teenage cousin Grace, who was babysitting them, vanished from the farmhouse in rural Missouri, leaving behind evidence of a violent struggle. Grace had been on the verge of escaping their dead-end town--the first in their family to go to college instead of getting married and going to work at the meatpacking plant. Her disappearance is a warning to any local girl who dared hope for better. Now about to graduate high school, Amelia and Kylee dream about getting out of their small town of Beaumont one day, but the likelihood of that happening seems as low as that of Grace being found. When a discovery of human remains reveals a disturbing connection to Grace, the sisters think they finally know who took her, but as they dig deeper into Grace's past, they unearth long-buried secrets and a growing list of suspects. In a town no one ever leaves, there are only so many places to hide, and the sisters vow to find Grace, dead or alive"--

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious young man work to bring a community together in this uplifting novel for readers of The Chicken Sisters.Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years. Known locally as the ?funeral ladies,? she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed?it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix. But, after falling for an internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days.Iris, Esther's whip-smart Gen Z granddaughter, would do anything for her family and her community. As she watches her friends and family move out of their lakeside town onto bigger and better things, Iris wonders why she feels so left behind in the place she is desperate to make her home. But when Cooper Welsh shows up, she finally starts to feel like she's found the missing piece of her puzzle. Cooper is dealing with becoming a legal guardian to his younger half-sister after his beloved stepmother dies. While their celebrity-chef father is focused on his booming career and top-ranked television show, Cooper is still hurting from a public tragedy he witnessed last year as a paramedic and finding it hard to cope. With Iris in the gorgeous Ellerie County, though, he hopes he might finally find the home he's been looking for.It doesn't seem like a community cookbook could possibly solve their problems, especially one where casseroles have their own section and cream of chicken soup mix is the most frequently used ingredient. But when you mix the can-do spirit of Midwestern grandmothers with the stubborn hope of a boy raised by food plus a dash of long-awaited forgiveness?things might just turn out okay.Includes Recipes