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Though their friendship seemed unlikely being from different generations, they nonetheless had the same goal. Fame and fortune in country music for her, and for him redeeming of an unaccomplished life. This strange circumstance tied their fate together and each gave it all to see it through.Author Fred Preiss came to know country music scene through a good friend who was in public relations for some of the biggest country stars. Drawing on that inside knowledge enabled him to write Country Singer in a realistic way. It's perfect for the reader who is already a fan of country music or one who is curious.

A survivor of an attack in his home that put him in a 10-day coma, Brice Dunn is trying to put back the pieces. He has a long road ahead of him. Worse, his pregnant girlfriend, Mary, who was there the night he was attacked, has fled. Police soon connect her to human traffickers from a little known Community in the mountains of Colorado.Is she a victim? Member?Determined to get answers, Brice sets out to locate Mary and the baby. But the Community doesn't like interference in their affairs. And Brice is only one man.

Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn is a collection of poems centred around a coming-of-age nomad-story that was conceived and weaved into place far from the speaker's family and the world he has previously known.

The latest twist-filled novel in award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's Depression-era Alabama saga tells the riveting tale of identical twin sisters with a talent for switching lives and hiding the scandalous results - until one risk too many changes the game forever.

The 25-acre property in central New South Wales is Johnny Dedman's private retreat - where he goes to spend time alone, thinking, reading, immersed in nature, before returning to family, friends and his job as a driving instructor. And it's where he once watched in awe as a giant bird flew overhead. But without a photo or any other evidence to substantiate his claim, no one believes him. So when Johnny is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he resolves to prove the bird exists, even if it's the last thing he does. Hiding his illness from his wife and two sons, he gets his old Triumph motorcycle fixed and stocks up with supplies, all under the guise of taking a long overdue holiday on the property - when really he will be chasing the bird he's called Ezra.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great DepressionHurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he's landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office.A wealthy art lover named John Long and his wife Eve have agreed to host Val at their sprawling ranch. Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band. Long holds shady political aspirations, but was once a WWI sniper?and his right hand is a mysterious elder cowboy, a vestige of the violent old west. Val quickly finds himself entranced by their lives.One day, Eve flees home with a valuable painting in tow, and Long recruits Val to hit the road with a mission of tracking her down. Journeying from ramshackle Hoovervilles to San Francisco nightclubs to the swamps of Florida, Val's search for Eve narrows, and he soon turns up secrets that could spark formidable changes for all of them.In The Trackers, singular American writer Charles Frazier conjures up the lives of everyday people during an extraordinary period of history that bears uncanny resemblance to our own. With the keen perceptions of humanity and transcendent storytelling that have made him beloved for decades, Frazier has created a powerful and timeless new classic.

”… nu kommer de ikke i kirken længere, de går til bjergsøen igen, de fortæller andre historier …”Indbyggerne i bjerglandsbyen drømmer urolige om røde papegøjer. En ung kvinde er forsvundet. En forsvunden mand er dukket op. Man forsøger at holde sig til traditionerne og samle sig om fejringen af byens grundlæggelse for 370 år siden. Og dog, for måske ligger en ny start endnu længere tilbage?Bjergets mund er en kollektivroman om en fattig sydamerikansk landsby, hvis primære indtægtskilde er rosenfarme, men som samtidig er på sporet af en anden og ældre rigdom.Dea Sofie Kudsk (f. 1990) er cand.mag. i kultur- og sprogmødestudier og historie. Sammen med sin colombianske mand og deres søn bor hun delvis i Salling, delvis i Colombia. Hun debuterede med romanen Bogotana (2017) og er siden udkommet med romanerne fjorden kysten (2018) og Udstrakt landskab (2020). Forfatterskabet bærer bl.a. præg af Kudsks arbejde med antikoloniel teori og af livet på to kontinenter.

"The Greaves family is the pillar of Germantown, a small South Carolina community that nestles in the folds of the Appalachian Mountains. Richard and Clara Greaves live in a stone manor paid for by the bank Richard founded three decades ago. Their oldest son, Jack, is the high school athletic director, their daughter, Emily, the county solicitor. Their youngest son, Tom, is a former champion on American Ninja. Their lives appear charmed, at least until the October weekend when they begin to unravel, quickly and publicly. In the wake of shady business transactions, a floundering marriage, and Tom' s new Leonard Cohen tattoo-- the Greaves are so harried no one seems to have realized the family matriarch has suffered a stroke. Into this chaos comes Nayma, a young Mexican-American woman in a very white town, lonely Elvis, war veteran and high school groundskeeper, and Dr. Elias Agnew, a high school teacher existing behind a facade of dissimulation-- all of whom challenge traditional notions of what it means to be southern, and what it means to be accepted, particularly when the old ways begin to crumble."--Page [4] of cover.

A collection of short stories describing working class life in London.

Two women, brought together by tragedy, strive to find themselves on Martha's Vineyard. But it's not easy to heal old wounds in a powerful novel about family, secrets, motherhood, and the cold grip of the past.A desperate murder committed by Angela Miller's mother tore Angela's life apart and brought her to Martha's Vineyard to live with her wealthy grandparents. It's where her cousin, Kiki King, was born and raised, and Kiki now wants nothing more than to see the world beyond its sandy perimeter. Kiki's mother escaped it. She took a late-night swim off Tashmoo Beach and was never seen again.Once bound by broken childhoods, Angela and Kiki have grown up divided--by their obsessions, their love for the same man, and their own conflicted journeys of motherhood. But when a small box of bones is unearthed in the woods, Angela and Kiki discover there's so much more to learn about each other, their families, and the dark side of the picturesque island they call home.It's time for Angela and Kiki to expose their secrets, to finally end a cycle of family drama and anguish, and to forgive and make peace with the past on their own terms.

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

"In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love-leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she's built. Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and by the surprising, transformative love of another teenage girl, Mel, who sees through Tessa's tough exterior to the vulnerable, scarred, loving woman inside. When she suddenly loses Mel, too, Tessa stumbles into a saving grace of a different kind with Henry and his mama, Angie, becoming a mother and finding herself in a familial existence that somehow carries her into adulthood-until the day she runs into Mel, who has just returned to Perris after years away"--

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER og forlæg for serien Detektiv ved et tilfælde på TV2 PlayAgatha Raisin bliver forbavset, da hun opdager, at hendes attraktive — og hidtil enlige — nabo James Lacey har et nyt damebekendtskab. Den smukke Mary Fortune er Agatha overlegen i utallige sammenhænge, men særligt, når det kommer til havearbejde — og da den årlige Åben have-dag i Carsely står for døren, udstilles Agathas mangel på grønne fingre. Da det viser sig at hun ikke er den eneste med en trang til at se Mary død og begravet, må Agatha nok engang pudse sine evner som snushane af. Med vanlig mangel på finfølelse begynder hun at rykke landsbyhemmeligheder op med rode og grave i det stakkels offers fortid. Men også Agathas eget liv rummer sager, der ikke tåler dagens lys — og måske bør hun vogte sig for at stikke snuden i en morders sager.Agatha Raisin og mordet i Haveselskabet er tredje bind i serien om AGATHA RAISINS COTSWOLDSMYSTERIER, der er elsket verden over for deres slagkraftige heltinde, charmerende mordgåder og mosgrønne idyl i ærkebritiske Cotswolds.

A survivor of an attack in his home that put him in a 10-day coma, Brice Dunn is trying to put back the pieces of his life. He has a long road ahead of him. Worse, his pregnant girlfriend, Mary, who was there the night he was attacked, has fled. Police soon connect her to human traffickers from a little known Community in the mountains of Colorado.Is she a victim? Member?Determined to get answers, Brice sets out to locate Mary and the baby. But the Community doesn't like interference in their affairs. And Brice is only one man.

Complete strangers. A bustling B&B. Can two women help each other find their dreams? Boston. Joanie Wilson has played it safe her whole life. But her fifteen years of loyalty to the newspaper seem like they count for nothing when her boss announces the business's impending sale. And though she doesn't really enjoy her job, the frightened reporter fights to save it by accepting a remote assignment to write articles on local flavor. Block Island, RI. Carly Davis longs to live on her own terms. But with her father deceased and her mother's dementia dominating her world, the gregarious young woman feels trapped into running the family's bed-and-breakfast. So when a desperate journalist arrives and swaps her rent for assistance with the property, Carly seizes the chance to finally take a deep breath. As Joanie becomes immersed in the relaxed atmosphere and meets a handsome police officer, she wonders if her need for safety is costing her happiness. And as Carly grows close to her big-city tenant, she sees a new future opening before her.Will this accidental friendship trigger the changes both women crave? An Unfinished Story is the charming first book in The Block Island Saga women's fiction series. If you like relatable characters, sweet romances, and beautiful settings, then you'll love E.D. Hackett's escape to paradise.

'Simone St. James knows how to haunt you. The Book of Cold Cases is St. James at the top of her game' JENNIFER McMAHON'No one writes a ghost story like Simone St. James' LAURA McHUGH--In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun.Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house, and never commented publicly on the case.40 years later, Shea Collins is a receptionist by day, and a true crime blogger by night. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To her surprise, Beth says yes.But when they meet in Beth's mansion, Shea immediately senses something isn't right. Things start happening she can't explain. And she could swear she keeps seeing a figure lurking outside the window . . .Is she working with a manipulative murderer, or is there an even darker secret lurking in Greer house?

*This is the special edition cover for Reckless Abandon by Ashley Cade*¿¿¿Single and pregnant at eighteen was not what I had planned for my life, but after my fiancé skipped town on our wedding day, I had no choice. When his best man handed me the goodbye note, I thought my life was over.Three years later, his best man is now my best friend. My family likes him. My daughter adores him. And me? Well, I'm hopelessly in love with him. Too bad I can never tell him how I feel.A drunken kiss after our friend's birthday party threatens to reveal my secret. I have two choices: confess my feelings for him or pretend I was too wasted to remember. Lying could mean missing out on a future with the man I love. Telling the truth could ruin our friendship forever. Should I play it safe or risk it all for our happily ever after?"Sexy, sweet, and with the right amount of angst. Reckless Abandon has it all." - NYT Best Selling Author, Heidi McLaughlin¿*Reckless Abandon is the first book in the Willow Brook Falls Series and is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger

Learning to Be Oneself has two stories and two authors.¿¿Good Providence! by Mabel MoyanoOn a tiny farm in the countryside of old Spain, a boy is already showing promise in his young life when his father suddenly takes ill. As Peter embarks on an unexpected solo journey to take his family's vegetables to market, he must call upon their Good Providence to help as he faces an unforeseen obstacle. Now only time will tell if Peter can learn to rely on his inner wisdom in enough time to solve a big problem.Sarah and Ravi by Daniella Barbery Ravi is doing his best to adjust to his new country and 3rd grade. Unfortunately, he does not understand much of anything about the American culture. While his teacher discusses the Thanksgiving holiday, Ravi is mentored by a fellow student, Sarah, who teaches him about the traditions of this special day. After Ravi tells Sarah about a similar celebration in his homeland of Sri Lanka, there are two cultures that soon intertwine in a beautiful celebration of acceptance.

Efter morens tidlige død er en kernefamilie i middelklassen på vej i opløsning. Den kendte og flamboyante advokatfar kaster en lang skygge, som romanens fortæller forsøger at finde en vej ud af, men er det muligt? Kan hun stå fast, mens faren og broren pendulerer ud ad hver deres selvdestruktive akse, eller har også hun en rem af grænseløsheden og galskaben i sig?Det bundløse handler om at findes i slægtskabets grænseløse rum, hvor ingen for alvor passer på hinanden. Om store egoer, flosset moral, alkoholisme og blomstrende mug.Det bundløse er en uafhængig fortsættelse af Jeg udånder spøgelser fra 2022 og udgør anden del i en trilogi om en dansk middelklassefamilies opløsning.Susanne Cordes, f. 1971, er freelance kulturjournalist og forfatter. Hun debuterede i 2022 med romanen Jeg udånder spøgelser.Anmelderne skrev om Jeg udånder spøgelser: "Det spirende liv og den snarlige død krydser hinanden på smuk og smertelig vis."**** BERLINGSKE"Medrivende, velskrevet og vedkommende fortælling, som jeg kun nødtvungent lagde fra mig." ****** BOGMARKEDET

"The Mississippi River. Petrochemical plants. New Orleans Saints football. Chlorine gas ghost ships. Cancer Alley. Hazmat symbols. The pink flamingos of Spanish Town. Radio Free Dixie. The removal of the General Robert E. Lee statue at Lee Circle - Set in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Petrochemical Nocturne explores themes of environmental justice, climate change, and community erasure. Two narrators, one Black and one White, mutually disentangle their family histories which flow as gnarled and turbid as the Mississippi River"--

"A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town"--

From the author of The Arsonists' City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that traces the fragmentation of memory, archive, and family-past, present, future-in the face of displacement and war.A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection--a multiplicity of voices, bodies, and houses hold archival material for one another, tracing paths between Brooklyn, Beirut, and Jerusalem. Boundaries and borders blur between space and time and poetic form--small banal moments of daily life live within geopolitical brutalities and, vice versa, the desire for stability lives in familiarity with displacement.These poems take stock of who and what can displace you from home and from your own body--and, conversely, the kind of resilience, tenacity, and love that can bring you back into yourself and into the context of past and future generations. Hala Alyan asks, What stops you from transforming into someone or something else? When you have lived a life in flux, how do you find rest?

Days after graduating high school, Freddie McDougal escapes his small North Carolina mountain hometown to pursue a dream of rock and roll stardom. Seventeen years later, his mother pleads for him to come home. His father has only days to live.Returning forces Freddie onto a path of self-discovery as he unravels the truth behind the tragic car crash that claimed the life of his popular and athletic brother, Dean. Everything he thought he knew about that awful night turns out to be false.Caught in a whirlwind of emotions, Freddie must come to terms with his failures as a musician and decide how to navigate the murky waters of old friends, enemies, and family. With newfound clarity and understanding of his past, he faces the difficult choices that lie ahead.Will Freddie let the ghosts of the past continue to haunt him, or will he find the strength to forge a new path, guided by the lessons learned from his long overdue homecoming? In this poignant tale, Sour Notes takes readers on a journey of self-discovery, reminding us that the power to shape our future lies in understanding and embracing our past.