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Author: Tracy Guzeman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451689780 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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A debut novel already destined to be a book club favorite. “With its deft interweaving of psychological complexity and riveting narrative momentum, with its gorgeous prose and poetic justice, The Gravity of Birds is about sibling rivalry, tragedies, and resurrections. And it’s irresistibly exquisite” (San Francisco Chronicle). Forty-four years after the brilliant young painter, Thomas Bayber, first meets Alice and Natalie Kessler, Bayber unveils a never-before-seen work, Kessler Sisters—a provocative painting depicting the young Thomas, Alice, and Natalie. Bayber asks Dennis Finch, an art history professor, and Stephen Jameson, an eccentric young art authenticator, to sell the painting. But their task becomes more complicated when the artist requires that they first locate Alice and Natalie, who seem to have disappeared. Told in alternating chapters that weave revelations about the sisters’ past with clues Finch and Jameson discover in the present, this story sets three characters on a collision course with their histories, showing how families tear themselves apart and then try to bind themselves together again, not always creating the same fabric. The Gravity of Birds “combines the drama of warring sisters, the mystery of a missing painting, and the sorrow of lost love into a haunting elegy that will…leave you breathless” (Tiffany Baker, author of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County).
Author: Tracy Guzeman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451689780 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
A debut novel already destined to be a book club favorite. “With its deft interweaving of psychological complexity and riveting narrative momentum, with its gorgeous prose and poetic justice, The Gravity of Birds is about sibling rivalry, tragedies, and resurrections. And it’s irresistibly exquisite” (San Francisco Chronicle). Forty-four years after the brilliant young painter, Thomas Bayber, first meets Alice and Natalie Kessler, Bayber unveils a never-before-seen work, Kessler Sisters—a provocative painting depicting the young Thomas, Alice, and Natalie. Bayber asks Dennis Finch, an art history professor, and Stephen Jameson, an eccentric young art authenticator, to sell the painting. But their task becomes more complicated when the artist requires that they first locate Alice and Natalie, who seem to have disappeared. Told in alternating chapters that weave revelations about the sisters’ past with clues Finch and Jameson discover in the present, this story sets three characters on a collision course with their histories, showing how families tear themselves apart and then try to bind themselves together again, not always creating the same fabric. The Gravity of Birds “combines the drama of warring sisters, the mystery of a missing painting, and the sorrow of lost love into a haunting elegy that will…leave you breathless” (Tiffany Baker, author of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County).
Author: John Larison Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN: 1616082550 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 257
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Hank Hazelton, a fifty-nine-year-old river guide, struggles to reconnect with his daughter after a long estrangement. Before his daughter's arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat stranded below a rapid, its oarsman missing. Within days, the sheriff has opened a murder investigation, one that to Hank appears more about old grudges than objective evidence. When Hank himself becomes a suspect, he's forced to confront the violent past of his home valley and his own culpability.--From publisher description.
Author: Sarah Deming Publisher: Make Me a World ISBN: 0525581065 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 402
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Rocky meets I'm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter in this YA novel about a young female boxer who learns to fight for what she wants. *"A riveting pugilistic must-read." --Kirkus Reviews, starred Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado is good at breaking things. Maybe she learned it from her broken home. But since she started boxing with a legendary coach at a gym in Brooklyn, Gravity is finding her talent for breaking things has an upside. Lately, she's been breaking records, breaking her competitors, and breaking down the walls inside her. Boxing is taking her places, and if she just stays focused, she knows she'll have a shot at the Olympics. Life outside the ring is heating up, too. Suddenly she's flirting (and more) with a cute boxer at her gym--much to her coach's disapproval. Meanwhile, things at home with Gravity's mom are reaching a tipping point, and Gravity has to look out for her little brother, Ty. With Olympic dreams, Gravity will have to decide what is worth fighting for.
Author: R. E. Stearns Publisher: S&S/Saga Press ISBN: 1481476939 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 432
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Adda and Iridian have survived the murderous AI that tried to kill them in Barbary Station and an evil megacorporation in Mutiny at Vesta but now they’ll need all of their ingenuity to make it to the end of this epic trilogy. Adda Karpe and Iridian Nassir are on the run—both from the authorities who want to imprison them and the artificial intelligence that want to control their minds. Trapped on a desolate black-market space station on the edge of Jupiter, they’re nearly out of allies—and out of luck. Now, they have one last shot to find a safe haven where they can live together in peace—across the interstellar bridge to another galaxy. Getting onto that mission will take everything they’ve got and more. But on the other side of that bridge lies the life they’ve always dreamed of...if they can survive long enough to reach it.
Author: Tabitha E. Stevens Publisher: Evermore Divine Publishing ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 114
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On Planet Light, the world is divided by air, land, and sea with two factions ruling it. After an ecological and polar shift on the planet five thousand years ago, only two factions survived. Divided by their environment, they live in the secrecy of one another. Tainted secrets of the past rule both sides of the Gravity and Lie Faction. The elite knows of the broken history while the lower class is forbidden to know the truth. The history of five hundred years ago is missing from the historical archives. One event leads two teens to slowly piece the mystery together with fragments of information from the past. Tisi from the Lie Faction lives in the sky atmospheres and finds a book with the ancient text from long ago. This leads her to find out about the lower world from which Nolan from the Gravity Faction lives on land and sea. Nolan stumbled upon item a puzzle box with mysterious markings and ancient text. This has him to question as to why their worlds are apart. Both find themselves piecing the history together until Tisi finds a way to travel below passed the barrier between their two worlds. Although they find out about the other forbidden faction, Tisi and Nolan are at the center of their detrimental futures between their factions. Chaos abrupts on both sides for the rule to expand and for resources. A tug of war begins as each faction dares to move outward. Nolan and Tisi are thrust into the politics of their faction with the surge in resources, trade wars and political scandals appear. Hidden scandals with the political median come to light as each faction is waring against other individuals for power. More weary problems begin to arise as it begins to shift the nature of the planet similar to five thousand years ago. As they find about each culture, a war is coming for both sides as a key element weighs as a political checkmate for both sides.
Author: Brittainy C. Cherry Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781545117439 Category : Man-woman relationships Languages : en Pages : 0
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Graham Russell and I weren't made for one another. I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed. Despite his frozen heart and my readiness to run, we sometimes shared seconds. Seconds when our eyes locked and we saw each other's secrets. Seconds when his lips tasted my fears, and I breathed in his pains. Seconds when we both imagined what it would be like to love one another. Those seconds left us floating, but when reality knocked us sideways, gravity forced us to descend. Graham Russell wasn't a man who knew how to love, and I wasn't a woman who knew how to either. Yet if I had the chance to fall again, I'd fall with him forever. Even if we were destined to crash against solid ground.
Author: Susanne Davis Publisher: Madville Publishing ISBN: 1956440070 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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Jordan's town is wrecked by the deaths of 3 boys on Gravity Hill. It's tied to a mystery that has plagued the town for years. Can Jordan clear her brother's name?
Author: Stephen Sandford Publisher: Gavia Books ISBN: 9780996242295 Category : Astronautics Languages : en Pages : 0
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THE ANSWER TO AMERICA'S RENEWAL LIES DIRECTLY ABOVE US. The Gravity Well reveals an astronomical mystery and offers the best promise for our nation's future. Humans have been trying to escape the Well for more than a century. Today, our greatest entrepreneurs are building a space economy, accomplishing remarkable technological feats, while climbing only a tiny fraction of the way. What will it take to break out of the Well? The entire nation. The cost? It will surprise you. The Gravity Well explains the true, poorly understood challenge of space, while making an inspiring case for meeting that challenge.
Author: Sarah Lyu Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1481498843 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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“A gripping story of love, obsession, and the space in between.” —Kirkus Reviews Gone Girl meets Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls in this mesmerizing debut novel about a toxic friendship that turns deadly. Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn’t even know what tomorrow will look like. She was happy once. Remy had her boyfriend Jack, and Elise, her best friend—her soulmate—who understood her better than anyone else in the world. But now Jack is dead, shot through the chest… And it was Elise who pulled the trigger. Was it self-defense? Or something darker than anything Remy could imagine? As the police investigate, Remy does the same, sifting through her own memories, looking for a scrap of truth that could save the friendship that means everything to her. Told in alternating timelines, this twisted psychological thriller explores the dark side of obsessive friendship.
Author: Meg Leder Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534403183 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 363
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“[An] absorbing novel that will appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell.” —Booklist “A poignant and carefully crafted story.” —School Library Journal “A gorgeous, sad, funny, and wise book about letting go and finding your place in the world.” —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces Parker struggles to reconnect with her twin brother, Charlie—who’s recovering from cancer—as she tries to deal with her anxiety about the future in this powerful new novel. Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites. Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful. Charlie is confident while Parker aims to please. Charlie is outgoing and outspoken; Parker is introverted and reserved. And of course, there’s the one other major difference: Charlie got cancer. Parker didn’t. But now that Charlie is officially in remission, life couldn’t be going better for Parker. She’s landed a prestigious summer internship at the hospital and is headed to Harvard in the fall to study pediatric oncology—which is why the anxiety she’s felt since her Harvard acceptance is so unsettling. And it doesn’t help that her relationship with Charlie has been on the rocks since his diagnosis. Enter Finn, a boy who’s been leaving strange graffiti messages all over town. Parker can’t stop thinking about those messages, or about Finn, who makes her feel free for the first time: free to doubt, free to make mistakes, and free to confront the truth that Parker has been hiding from for a long time. That she keeps trying to save Charlie, when the person who really needs saving is herself.
Author: Tracy Guzeman
Author: Tracy Guzeman
Author: John Larison
Author: Sarah Deming
Author: R. E. Stearns
Author: Tabitha E. Stevens
Author: Brittainy C. Cherry
Author: Susanne Davis
Author: Stephen Sandford
Author: Sarah Lyu
Author: Meg Leder