Author: John Green Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359811213 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 151
Book Description
Lies can hurt. Lies can kill. The most dangerous often the ones we tell ourselves. Four tales of addiction about fictional and not-so-fictional people and places. THE TRAIN FROM TUCUMCARI Max had been to Clayton, New Mexico many times by car and stayed at the Eklund hotel often. This time, perhaps his last, he came on the train from Tucumcari. BOOZE & BETRAYAL Two love affairs and two betrayals. The story of a man with two consuming loves. The one pushed him further down a dark road and altered the course of his life, and the other, his one true love that almost destroyed him. KAYLEE NIGHTBIRD A young Native American girl - a victim of drugs, alcohol and sexual abuse, finds her own way out. THE TAVERN They say you can never go back, and maybe you shouldn't. Twelve years after he left his hometown a man returns to visit his dying father. One afternoon he takes a trip down memory lane and perhaps finds a date with destiny.
Author: Catherine Lloyd Burns Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 0374300429 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 253
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Catherine Lloyd Burns's The Half-True Lies of Cricket Cohen is an outlandish tale of a grandmother and her granddaughter whose us-against-the-world friendship teaches them both about what it means to tell the truth. Cricket Cohen is not a liar. She just enhances the truth. Often. Cricket is a natural-born storyteller. She is also a part-time geologist, a Greek professor, and a certified brain surgeon with a thriving private medical practice. Yes, her patients are all stuffed animals, but the work is still very demanding. Despite her busy schedule, Cricket always has time for Dodo, her equally imaginative grandmother. And one Manhattan weekend when Cricket finds herself in hot water with her teacher and thoroughly fed up with her controlling parents, she and Dodo hit the pavement. What could possibly go wrong when two people with a habit of confusing fact and fantasy take off looking for adventure? Lots, it turns out, and eleven-year-old Cricket finds herself face-to-face with some hard truths about love, family, and getting home again.
Author: Samuel Amago Publisher: Bucknell University Press ISBN: 9780838756614 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 224
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Rosa Montero : metafiction, literary cannibalism, and the construction of personal identity -- Mapping the storied self : consciousness and cartography in the fiction of Juan Jose Millas -- Narrative schizophrenia and the anxiety of influence in the novels of Nuria Amat -- Indeterminacy for indeterminacy's sake : textual narcissism and the fiction of Javier Marías -- Narrative truth and historical truth in Javier Cercas's Soldados de Salamina -- Carlos Caneque turns metafiction against Itself
Author: Rachel Stuhler Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 147676302X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
A fledgling entertainment writer stumbles into the gig of a lifetime writing a teenage pop star’s memoir and soon realizes that the young celebrity's squeaky-clean image is purely a work of fiction. Struggling writer Holly Gracin is on the verge of moving back home to upstate New York when she gets hired to write the memoirs of eighteen-year-old Daisy Mae Dixson, a former Nickelodeon child star who has moved seamlessly into both blockbuster movies and pop music. Holly quickly realizes that Daisy’s wholesome public image is purely a work of fiction, as Holly finds herself trailing the star as she travels around the world on yachts, gets stalked by paparazzi, and sneaks out of five-star hotels in the dead of night. As Holly struggles to write a flattering portrait of a teenage millionaire who only eats “nightshades” and treats her employees like slaves, Daisy has a public meltdown—and suddenly, her book is the cornerstone of resurrecting her image. But working at all hours trailing a pop star has taken its toll, and Holly must decide if becoming the ultimate insider is worth losing a starring role in her own life. Fun, juicy, and inspired by Rachel Stuhler’s own stranger-than-fiction experiences as a celebrity ghost writer, Absolutely True Lies is an entertaining look at how the lifestyles of the rich and famous aren’t always what they seem.
Author: Phil Chalmers Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 1622303652 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
TRUE LIES is a book that attempts to counter the culture and the lies that the media is sending our young generation today, messages about sex, substance abuse, violence, and suicide. These "lies" as Chalmers calls them are having a major impact on today's young people, as they begin to believe these lies as truth. The effects are evident, with the high rates of suicide, violence, homicide, self-abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and a general feeling of hopelessness among young people today. Chalmers not only dismantles these lies, but also addresses other important topics that are close to his heart, like bullying, crime prevention, and internet safety. Chalmers passionately addresses these lies on a level and in a way that teens not only understand, but more than that, are moved to want to make changes in their lives. If you are a teenager, this book will open your eyes and make you think. If you are a parent, this book is a must for your son or daughter PHIL CHALMERS has been studying youth culture and speaking to teens for 25 years. He has written several books over those years directed at teens, including the best seller "Can You Handle The Truth?" He has appeared on numerous media outlets, including Montel Williams, Howard Stern The E! Network, and Spike TV. Chalmers recent book "Inside the Mind of a Teen Killer" is getting rave reviews nationwide, changing the way people think about teen violence. Chalmers knows how to speak to teens, and addresses them in school assemblies nationwide, which he has been doing or over 20 years. For more information about Phil Chalmers and his school assembly program, log on to TrueLiesAssembly.com or PhilChalmers.com.
Author: Anders Cullhed Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110303205 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
People of all times and in all cultures have produced and consumed fiction in a variety of forms, not only for entertainment, but also to spread knowledge, religious or political beliefs. Furthermore, fiction has taken part in reflecting and shaping the cultural identity of communities as well as the identity of individuals. This volume aims to explore the concept and the use of fiction from different epochs, in different cultures and in different forms, both ancient and more recent. It covers a broad field of interests, from ancient literature, art, philosophy and theater to Bollywood productions, television series and modern electronic media. Twenty-three scholars from ten countries and from different areas and fields of interests in the Humanities assembled in Stockholm on a conference in August 2012 to exchange views on "Fiction in Global Contexts". This volume presents the results of their discussions. It contains fresh perspectives on issues and topics such as: the nature of fiction fiction and its relationship to "truth" the demand for and the function and uses of fiction the development of fiction from ancient to modern times different forms of fiction fiction in social contexts or in a gender perspective
Author: Philip Ross Publisher: Crossroad Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 231
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David and Eva meet and fall in love in London, but their relationship is marked by less-than-honest communication, which becomes a minor matter when a group of men begins pursuing them with an intention to kill.
Author: George Shannon Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062035711 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
In this collection of "lies" from many nations, the challenge is to find the slippery truth. By reading with care and not jumping to conclusions, readers will delight in discovering how these characters lie while at the same time they tell the truth.
Author: Marina Mander Publisher: Hogarth ISBN: 0770436862 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 121
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An utterly compelling, heartbreaking novel that introduces a revelatory young voice to the U.S. market. Meet Luca, a curious young boy living with his mother, a taciturn woman who every now and then tries out a new father. Luca keeps to himself, his cat, Blue, and his favorite toys—words. One February morning his mom doesn't wake up to bring him to school, so Luca—driven by a deep fear of being an orphan—decides to pretend to the world that his mom is still alive. At first it's easy. Luca dresses himself for school, makes sure Blue gets his dinner, and manages to avoid nosy neighbors. He and Blue camp out in the living room and embark on imaginary expeditions to outer space, and Luca dreams about marrying his school crush, Antonella. Soon, however, the laundry starts piling up, the fridge emptying—and the smell of Mama's decaying body begins to permate the apartment. As Luca grapples with what to do, we ultimately witness something much more poignant than the morbid circumstance—a young boy's journey to the point at which he can say: “I am no longer an orphan. I am a single human being. It's a matter of words.”
Author: John Green
Author: Catherine Lloyd Burns
Author: Catherine Lloyd Burns
Author: Samuel Amago
Author: Rachel Stuhler
Author: Phil Chalmers
Author: Anders Cullhed
Author: Philip Ross
Author: George Shannon
Author: Marina Mander