Posts Tagged ‘fiction’
The Paying Guest
Best Friends Forever
Addie Downs and Valerie Adler were close until a betrayal drove them apart, but twenty years later, Val shows up on Addie’s doorstep wearing a bloody coat, pushing them both into a wild adventure where they must rely on one another again.
Read MoreThe Martian
“Originally self-published as an ebook in 2011 and subsequently published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers … and as a trade paperback by Broadway Books … in 2014”–Title page verso.
Read MoreThe Best Kind of People
2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist What if someone you trusted was accused of the unthinkable? George Woodbury, an affable teacher and beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual impropriety at a prestigious prep school. His wife, Joan, vaults between denial and rage as the community she loved turns on her. Their daughter, Sadie, a…
Read MoreThe Gap of Time
October
Published to rave reviews, with weeks on the bestseller lists and a place as a Globe and Mail Book of the Year, October is an extraordinary meditation on mortality and memory, from Governor General’s Award-winning author Richard B. Wright. Visiting his gravely ill daughter, James Hillyer encounters by chance Gabriel Fontaine, whom he met as…
Read MoreInsurrection
The king of Scotland is dead. Civil war threatens as powerful Scottish families fight over the throne, unaware that King Edward of England has plans of his own. For years, Edward has nurtured a fierce vision of conquest, inspired by the words of an ancient prophecy from the time of the legendary King Arthur that…
Read MoreThe Storied Life of A.J. Firky
One More Thing
A collection of short stories by a writer best known for his work on the television series “The Office,” including the title story in which a boy’s sweepstakes win proves more harm than good for his family.
Read MoreShopaholic to the Rescue
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns with another laugh-out-loud Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) adventure: a hilarious road trip through the American West to Las Vegas. Becky is on a major rescue mission through the American West to Las Vegas! Her father has vanished from Los Angeles on a mysterious quest with the…
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