Author: Susie Spanks
Publisher: Susie Spanks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
34 of the hottest taboo books you will ever read! Babysitter. Older Man. Virgin Brats and primed guys finishing inside... You have been warned! Only the horniest young brat and older man books in this amazing value bundle *** Contains *** Tangled Babysit On My Face! Ride Me Home! Father Figure Bent Over For My Brother’s Best Friend He Took My Cherry, While His Wife Slept Seduced In Seconds By An Older Man Barebacked By My Brother’s Best Buddy! My Brother’s Best Friend Gave Me A Baby! Daddy’s Best Friend Is So Big Bareback Our Fertile Nanny I Won’t Tell! Bareback Your Brat Daddy’s Best Friend Inside Me! Pounded By Daddy’s Best Buddy A Gift for the Sitter Obsessed By The Inexperienced Babysitter Stretching the Sitter Babysitting For The Billionaire Pounding Pollyanna Impregnated While Babysitting Feeding Him My Cream His Brat's Creamy Jugs Nursing An Older Man Nursing The Man Of The House Cheating With The Man Of The House Spreading The Sitter Fisting The Teen Babysitter Bareback My Virgin Hole! Break Me With It! Belinda The Bad Babysitter Clara’s Forbidden Double Our Secret Teach Me About Sex Mr Jones!
Taboo Erotica Massive Bundle 34 Books
Author: Susie Spanks
Publisher: Susie Spanks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
34 of the hottest taboo books you will ever read! Babysitter. Older Man. Virgin Brats and primed guys finishing inside... You have been warned! Only the horniest young brat and older man books in this amazing value bundle *** Contains *** Tangled Babysit On My Face! Ride Me Home! Father Figure Bent Over For My Brother’s Best Friend He Took My Cherry, While His Wife Slept Seduced In Seconds By An Older Man Barebacked By My Brother’s Best Buddy! My Brother’s Best Friend Gave Me A Baby! Daddy’s Best Friend Is So Big Bareback Our Fertile Nanny I Won’t Tell! Bareback Your Brat Daddy’s Best Friend Inside Me! Pounded By Daddy’s Best Buddy A Gift for the Sitter Obsessed By The Inexperienced Babysitter Stretching the Sitter Babysitting For The Billionaire Pounding Pollyanna Impregnated While Babysitting Feeding Him My Cream His Brat's Creamy Jugs Nursing An Older Man Nursing The Man Of The House Cheating With The Man Of The House Spreading The Sitter Fisting The Teen Babysitter Bareback My Virgin Hole! Break Me With It! Belinda The Bad Babysitter Clara’s Forbidden Double Our Secret Teach Me About Sex Mr Jones!
Publisher: Susie Spanks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
34 of the hottest taboo books you will ever read! Babysitter. Older Man. Virgin Brats and primed guys finishing inside... You have been warned! Only the horniest young brat and older man books in this amazing value bundle *** Contains *** Tangled Babysit On My Face! Ride Me Home! Father Figure Bent Over For My Brother’s Best Friend He Took My Cherry, While His Wife Slept Seduced In Seconds By An Older Man Barebacked By My Brother’s Best Buddy! My Brother’s Best Friend Gave Me A Baby! Daddy’s Best Friend Is So Big Bareback Our Fertile Nanny I Won’t Tell! Bareback Your Brat Daddy’s Best Friend Inside Me! Pounded By Daddy’s Best Buddy A Gift for the Sitter Obsessed By The Inexperienced Babysitter Stretching the Sitter Babysitting For The Billionaire Pounding Pollyanna Impregnated While Babysitting Feeding Him My Cream His Brat's Creamy Jugs Nursing An Older Man Nursing The Man Of The House Cheating With The Man Of The House Spreading The Sitter Fisting The Teen Babysitter Bareback My Virgin Hole! Break Me With It! Belinda The Bad Babysitter Clara’s Forbidden Double Our Secret Teach Me About Sex Mr Jones!
Anxious Sexy Hot Stories - 150 Taboo Books Bundle Collection for Women
Author: Aminah Ashley
Publisher: Ronnie Butler
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1595
Book Description
Needing a hot fix? These 150 stories are a sure bet to get the job done... This bundle is STUFFED with 150 naughty TABOO stories about exactly what it sounds like. These kinky stories are for ADULTS only...who also have a taste for the forbidden fruit. Sex Anthology of Adult Erotica for Women! Keywords: short sex stories, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology.
Publisher: Ronnie Butler
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1595
Book Description
Needing a hot fix? These 150 stories are a sure bet to get the job done... This bundle is STUFFED with 150 naughty TABOO stories about exactly what it sounds like. These kinky stories are for ADULTS only...who also have a taste for the forbidden fruit. Sex Anthology of Adult Erotica for Women! Keywords: short sex stories, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology.
Anal Lovers 4-Pack : Books 33 – 36 (Anal Sex Erotica First Time Anal Erotica Collection)
Author: Kimmy Welsh
Publisher: Taboo Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Dirty gals taking it deep for the first time in rough naughty sessions at the mercy of older men! It’s some of the naughtiest erotica on the planet – come see if you can handle it! Stories include Anal Lovers Books 33 – 36: ‘The Bidet Salesman,’ ‘Strapped In The Sex Swing,’ ‘Does My Butt Look Big, Mister?’ and ‘Putting In A Naughty Offer.’ (anal, anal sex, anal erotica, anal sex erotica, first time, first time erotica, first time sex, rough, rough sex, rough erotica, rough sex erotica, age gap, age gap sex, age gap erotica, collection, series, anthology, bundle, erotica collection, erotica series, erotica anthology, erotica bundle, xxx, xxx bundle, xxx collection, sex)
Publisher: Taboo Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Dirty gals taking it deep for the first time in rough naughty sessions at the mercy of older men! It’s some of the naughtiest erotica on the planet – come see if you can handle it! Stories include Anal Lovers Books 33 – 36: ‘The Bidet Salesman,’ ‘Strapped In The Sex Swing,’ ‘Does My Butt Look Big, Mister?’ and ‘Putting In A Naughty Offer.’ (anal, anal sex, anal erotica, anal sex erotica, first time, first time erotica, first time sex, rough, rough sex, rough erotica, rough sex erotica, age gap, age gap sex, age gap erotica, collection, series, anthology, bundle, erotica collection, erotica series, erotica anthology, erotica bundle, xxx, xxx bundle, xxx collection, sex)
Anal Lovers 24-Pack : Books 25 – 48 (Anal Sex Erotica First Time Anal Erotica Collection)
Author: Kimmy Welsh
Publisher: Taboo Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Naughty gals taking it deep for the first time in rough naughty sessions at the mercy of seasoned men! It’s some of the naughtiest erotica on the planet – come see if you can handle it! Stories include Books 25 – 48 of the series: ‘My Friend’s D In My A In The Moving Van,’ ‘Lodging His Length In The Ski Lodge,’ ‘Possessed By The Ghost Of A Annie,’ ‘You Don’t Take A Temperature Like That Doc,’ ‘I Saw His Length By Accident – Now I Want It In My A,’ ‘Breaking And Entering My A,’ ‘Up All Night On His Length,’ ‘Her D’s Magic Hands,’ ‘The Bidet Salesman,’ ‘Strapped In The Sex Swing,’ ‘Does My Butt Look Big, Mister?’ ‘Putting In A Naughty Offer,’ ‘The Lingerie Photoshoot,’ ‘The Neighbor’s Daughter’s New Yoga Pants,’ ‘The Masked Woman He’s Inside Is His Friend’s D’ ‘A With Her Boss And A View,’ ‘My Lodger Friend’s A Obsession,’ ‘I Love To Watch,’ ‘The Great A Gape,’ ‘Teach Me How To Take It In My A,’ ‘Anal For Christmas,’ ‘His Wife’s Christmas Gift Was A B Plug,’ ‘Squatting On My Friend’s Length,’ and ‘A From My Friend At The Circus.’
Publisher: Taboo Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Naughty gals taking it deep for the first time in rough naughty sessions at the mercy of seasoned men! It’s some of the naughtiest erotica on the planet – come see if you can handle it! Stories include Books 25 – 48 of the series: ‘My Friend’s D In My A In The Moving Van,’ ‘Lodging His Length In The Ski Lodge,’ ‘Possessed By The Ghost Of A Annie,’ ‘You Don’t Take A Temperature Like That Doc,’ ‘I Saw His Length By Accident – Now I Want It In My A,’ ‘Breaking And Entering My A,’ ‘Up All Night On His Length,’ ‘Her D’s Magic Hands,’ ‘The Bidet Salesman,’ ‘Strapped In The Sex Swing,’ ‘Does My Butt Look Big, Mister?’ ‘Putting In A Naughty Offer,’ ‘The Lingerie Photoshoot,’ ‘The Neighbor’s Daughter’s New Yoga Pants,’ ‘The Masked Woman He’s Inside Is His Friend’s D’ ‘A With Her Boss And A View,’ ‘My Lodger Friend’s A Obsession,’ ‘I Love To Watch,’ ‘The Great A Gape,’ ‘Teach Me How To Take It In My A,’ ‘Anal For Christmas,’ ‘His Wife’s Christmas Gift Was A B Plug,’ ‘Squatting On My Friend’s Length,’ and ‘A From My Friend At The Circus.’
An Explicit Taboo Hot Stories - Best Women's Erotica Anthology Bundle Collection
Author: Ayesha Hill
Publisher: April Bryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Delectable tales of older women imparting their lustful knowledge on inexperienced lovers... come get a taste of these 180 stories, right now! Keywords: short sex stories, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt,fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished.
Publisher: April Bryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Delectable tales of older women imparting their lustful knowledge on inexperienced lovers... come get a taste of these 180 stories, right now! Keywords: short sex stories, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt,fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished.
Anal Lovers 8-Pack : Books 33 – 40
Author: Kimmy Welsh
Publisher: Taboo Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Naughty gals taking it for the first time in rough sessions at the mercy of seasoned men! It’s some of the naughtiest erotica on the planet – come see if you can handle it! Stories include Anal Lovers Books 33 – 40.
Publisher: Taboo Ink
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Naughty gals taking it for the first time in rough sessions at the mercy of seasoned men! It’s some of the naughtiest erotica on the planet – come see if you can handle it! Stories include Anal Lovers Books 33 – 40.
Adult Sex Stories - Mega Huge Bundle of 180 Taboo Sex Tales Box Set
Author: Ayesha Hill
Publisher: April Bryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Do you feel excited and curious? Are you looking for true sex stories? Do you want new hot ideas for your bedroom, or any where you desire? Keep reading, here! Keywords: short sex stories, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt,fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished.
Publisher: April Bryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Do you feel excited and curious? Are you looking for true sex stories? Do you want new hot ideas for your bedroom, or any where you desire? Keep reading, here! Keywords: short sex stories, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt,fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished.
Sexy Anthology - Smut Bundle of Hottest Adult Sex Stories for Women
Author: Julie Huber
Publisher: April Bryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
A 180 story adult collection, featuring all the explicit and off-limits details you could ever hope for... We won't tell if you don't!! Keywords: short sex stories, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt,fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished.
Publisher: April Bryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
A 180 story adult collection, featuring all the explicit and off-limits details you could ever hope for... We won't tell if you don't!! Keywords: short sex stories, bondage, spanked, spanking, vibrator, dildo, erotic breeding, bareback, ebooks series, schoolgirl, young teen, girl, teenager, examination, lgbt,fiction, bdsm, interracial, bisexual, milf short erotica, xxx adults, sexy women, filthy, best taboo, mommy, virgin, smut, collection, compilation, anthology, anal, daddy, bbw porn, bbw sex, free BBW, xxx bbw, adult short stories free, box set, threesome, threesome erotica, threesome bundle, threesome collection, taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology, cuckold, anal, toy, rough, sexy short erotica, xxx, taboo, wife, fuck, hot, lesbian, toys, sister step, sexy women, milf collection, 18, dp, books, daddy erotika, gay, erotic, butt, men, dirty, big black cock, sex, forced, mommy, her, bisexual, romance, for, sexy, dick, menage, first time, adult, erotica short stories, free erotica books, older man younger woman, victorian erotica, historical erotica, multiple partners, first time erotica, virgin erotica, free eroctica, sex, erotic domination, submission, humiliation, punishment, humiliated, punished.
Taboo Erotica (10 Story Bundle)
Author: J.Wilde
Publisher: J.Wilde
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
*Previously published as Taboo Erotica, Taboo Temptations, and Taboo Decisions by Ana Grey This bundle is STUFFED with 10 naughty TABOO stories about exactly what it sounds like. These kinky stories are for ADULTS only...who also have a taste for the forbidden fruit. keywords: taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology
Publisher: J.Wilde
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
*Previously published as Taboo Erotica, Taboo Temptations, and Taboo Decisions by Ana Grey This bundle is STUFFED with 10 naughty TABOO stories about exactly what it sounds like. These kinky stories are for ADULTS only...who also have a taste for the forbidden fruit. keywords: taboo, forbidden, kinky, sexy, man of the house, erotica, erotic stories, bundle, collection, anthology
I Know This Much Is True
Author: Wally Lamb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780060391621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780060391621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.