Showing results for "Ever" in Literary Fiction

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Everything You Ever Wanted written by Luiza Sauma, read by Stephanie Racine. You wake up. You go to work. You don't go outside for twelve hours at a time. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work you order expensive drink after...

Far from the savage remnants of humanity, Henry and his family have managed to survive the grip of desolate, perpetual winter on a vast tundra that was once an ocean teeming with life. When the family is discovered, their peaceful existence is shattered and their lives changed forever. Henry’s siblings are kidnapped, leaving him alone in the ruins of their home. Broken, altered, and tormented by all that has befallen him, he is driven to wreak vengeance upon those who assume him dead...by any means necessary.

In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella’s ""evil"" stepmother. We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess...

New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands enthralls with Immortal Ever After, the latest entry in her sizzling paranormal vampire series featuring the wickedly alluring Argeneau family. When Valerie is saved by the Argenau rescue team after being kidnapped by an immortal madman, Anders...

Ready to get a little crept out with this collection of real ghost stories? In this collection of true ghostly encounters you will hear from people all over the world and the experiences that turned them from skeptics to believers. These stories will delve into haunted homes, businesses, and even eerie 911 calls and police sightings.

Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation. What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers and...

Life doesn't always go as planned, but sometimes, that's where the magic happens. Enter me: Zoe Harper. Let me tell you, life has a funny way of flipping you upside down when you least expect it. Case in point: I’m currently packing up my life into cardboard boxes after leaving my long-term, commitment-phobic ex-boyfriend. Just when I think things can’t get worse, I find myself at a destination wedding with a grumpy but ridiculously handsome bodyguard, Maximillian McCallister.

มีเทพนิยายเรื่องไหนมั้ย… ที่สุดท้าย 'นางฟ้า' จะได้มีคู่อย่างใครๆ เขาบ้าง เหอะ! ก็ขนาดในนิทานยังไม่มี...

Eighty-three-year-old Edna Edleton has lived much of her life on her own. After a painful adolescence and a few failed relationships left her lonelier than ever, she built a shield around her heart knowing it was best not to let people get too close to her for fear they would leave her just like everyone she ever loved. Now a well-aged woman, she lives at the end of a quiet street, in a quiet house, with a sometimes quiet cat, Daisy.

In 2004, almost 20 years after the fatal bombing of Air India Flight 182 from Vancouver, two suspects are - finally - on trial for the crime. Ashwin Rao, an Indian psychologist trained in North America, comes back to do a "study of comparative grief", interviewing people who lost loved ones in the attack. What he neglects to mention is that he, too, had family members who died on the plane. Then, to his delight and fear, he becomes embroiled in the lives of one family that remains unable to escape the undertow of the tragedy.

By turns tender and punk-tough, Shine of the Ever is a literary mixtape of queer voices out of 1990s Portland. This collection of interconnected short stories explores what binds a community of queer and trans people as they negotiate love, screwing up, and learning to forgive themselves for being young and sometimes foolish.

As Martine and Jacques Le Guennec prepare for their annual family Christmas dinner, Martine reminds her husband to be on his best behavior. Their son Nicolas is bringing his girlfriend, Jeanne, to their home for the first time, and she doesn't want Jacques to scare this one off. Jacques has always ruled his roost with patriarchal bravado, and he can't help but verbally antagonize everyone - especially the wives of his sons.

It is said that a thing does not exist until we examine it, measure it. Fairy tales ask us what it means to be human, but it doesn't really answer the question. That is why we keep coming back to them, retelling them, exploring them again. Karen Nelson researched the stories in this collection in their many versions, often moving them forward in linear time or to other geographic locations, and retells them keeping their original themes and morals. Most notably, she looks at what might happen after the traditional closing of the original version.

The Best Boots I Ever Ate is a 70,000 word, literary, historically accurate saga of the Alaska Gold Rush novel of three years in the life of an Alaska Gold Rush boomtown, from formation to demise, 1903 to 1906. The drama is told via 31 interconnected short stories focusing on the unique characters and events of the Alaska Gold Rush.

Can Amy's rocky start in Paris turn into a happy ever after? Amy didn't realize how stale her life was until she jetted off to Paris without telling a soul - not even her husband - and had the adventure of a lifetime. Now as she tries to establish herself in the City of Light, she finds that despite a fun (and quirky) group of friends and the ability to indulge in French pastries whenever she wants, reinventing her life is much harder than she imagined.

In Hardly Ever Otherwise, Maria Matios crafts a richly layered narrative that explores the lives of several Western Ukrainian families during the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s twilight years. Matios’s storytelling combines intricate character portraits with philosophical musings on fate, honor, and human frailty.

Charlie, a weak-chinned Englishman, doesn't belong in San Francisco, but he's stuck - in an excruciatingly boring job at a junk-mail company and in a failing marriage that couples therapy seems to be making even worse. Then a new salesman joins Charlie's office and turns out to be the world's most annoying coworker. He practices yoga in his cube and eats only raw fruit and vegetables, and his mantra is "I am the best ever!" But once Charlie realizes the true meaning of those five little words, he is inspired.

It's the summer of 1967 and in Glen Allen, Virginia, something is happening. Nine-year-old Shirley isn't sure exactly what, though. More and more it seems her mother wants them to do nothing at all. But as her older sister Patty's 12th birthday approaches, Shirley can sense change looming on the horizon and is convinced it's up to her to protect her family.

Luke Russo moved to Seaside City at the age of 12 in 1992, growing up with an unforgettable group of friends in the age of corded phones, CD players, and the first days of the Internet. Now with a family and a 12-year-old of his own, Luke looks back on the 90s with dismay at how kids these days are so different. Then, an unexpected encounter with an old friend opens the door to recapturing his past.

To everyone who knows her, 28-year-old Marcia leads the perfect life. But beneath the shiny surface lurks another reality. Plagued by panic attacks brought on by her family's wartime legacy and exacerbated by the news, Marcia is convinced that "demons" occupy her closet - and her mind. Determined to conceal her secret life, Marcia is pushed closer and closer to a breaking point. Desperate to rid herself of her "demons", she concocts a plan, hoping to be reborn as a new person. Soon, she discovers this creates its own problems. Can she find another path out of her psychic pain?