Author: Paul Torday
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297866877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
An exclusive tale of the unexpected - a story of mystery, suspense and the psychology of memory From the bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Bobby Clarke arrives at a hotel on the Mediterranean shore. He is a former MP, unseated by the expenses scandal, who is now spending time abroad to recover from a major illness. The other purpose of his stay is to write his memoirs in order to demonstrate that he was unfairly pilloried for 'a minor accounting error', having valiantly served his country for 30 years. He settles into his new surroundings but soon it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. For a start Bobby seems to have no memory of the immediate past. Each time he sits down to continue his memoirs he finds only a blank page. Every morning as he comes downstairs the same scene replays itself in front of him: a young woman and her son pass him on the stairs. And what has become of his wife?
Breakfast at the Hotel Déjà vu
Author: Paul Torday
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297866877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
An exclusive tale of the unexpected - a story of mystery, suspense and the psychology of memory From the bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Bobby Clarke arrives at a hotel on the Mediterranean shore. He is a former MP, unseated by the expenses scandal, who is now spending time abroad to recover from a major illness. The other purpose of his stay is to write his memoirs in order to demonstrate that he was unfairly pilloried for 'a minor accounting error', having valiantly served his country for 30 years. He settles into his new surroundings but soon it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. For a start Bobby seems to have no memory of the immediate past. Each time he sits down to continue his memoirs he finds only a blank page. Every morning as he comes downstairs the same scene replays itself in front of him: a young woman and her son pass him on the stairs. And what has become of his wife?
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297866877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
An exclusive tale of the unexpected - a story of mystery, suspense and the psychology of memory From the bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Bobby Clarke arrives at a hotel on the Mediterranean shore. He is a former MP, unseated by the expenses scandal, who is now spending time abroad to recover from a major illness. The other purpose of his stay is to write his memoirs in order to demonstrate that he was unfairly pilloried for 'a minor accounting error', having valiantly served his country for 30 years. He settles into his new surroundings but soon it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. For a start Bobby seems to have no memory of the immediate past. Each time he sits down to continue his memoirs he finds only a blank page. Every morning as he comes downstairs the same scene replays itself in front of him: a young woman and her son pass him on the stairs. And what has become of his wife?
Hotel Déjà Vu
Author: Christine Betts
Publisher: Time Step Press
ISBN: 0648688011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
They say we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the dream we didn’t chase, the career, the lover but Is it really better to have loved and lost? Paris is in her darkest hour. It’s 1944 and the war is raging all around her. In an ancient stone house near Notre Dame, home to the distinguished de la Roche family, as Paris burns, Antoinette, a scientist working for the resistance, discovers a secret room that sends her back to 1933. Will her hastily scribbled memories help her change the outcome of the war? Only time will tell. Paris in the 1990s is still a hotbed of creativity and decadence for artists. Australian, Karen, finds herself in the quiet stone room in the house with the blue door, desperate to change her shattered life. She goes back to the last time she can remember being happy…and whole…her arms free of the marks left by the drug she used to escape the pain of being herself. She uses her second chance to make a better life but learns that not everyone wants to be saved. Now it’s 2016, tour guide Rachel, can’t believe she lost the man of her dreams - twice. She comes face-to-face with her past when her latest tour group arrives to stay in the luxurious home-turned private hotel in Paris, the ancient stone house with the blue door. Between touring all over Paris, the shopping, and the champagne, the women learn how to let their hair down and have fun again and remember what it is they really want from life and some find they need to do it all again.
Publisher: Time Step Press
ISBN: 0648688011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
They say we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the dream we didn’t chase, the career, the lover but Is it really better to have loved and lost? Paris is in her darkest hour. It’s 1944 and the war is raging all around her. In an ancient stone house near Notre Dame, home to the distinguished de la Roche family, as Paris burns, Antoinette, a scientist working for the resistance, discovers a secret room that sends her back to 1933. Will her hastily scribbled memories help her change the outcome of the war? Only time will tell. Paris in the 1990s is still a hotbed of creativity and decadence for artists. Australian, Karen, finds herself in the quiet stone room in the house with the blue door, desperate to change her shattered life. She goes back to the last time she can remember being happy…and whole…her arms free of the marks left by the drug she used to escape the pain of being herself. She uses her second chance to make a better life but learns that not everyone wants to be saved. Now it’s 2016, tour guide Rachel, can’t believe she lost the man of her dreams - twice. She comes face-to-face with her past when her latest tour group arrives to stay in the luxurious home-turned private hotel in Paris, the ancient stone house with the blue door. Between touring all over Paris, the shopping, and the champagne, the women learn how to let their hair down and have fun again and remember what it is they really want from life and some find they need to do it all again.
Two Eerie Tales of Suspense
Author: Paul Torday
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1780229259
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Two creepy, spine-tingling tales from the masterful storyteller and author of R&J book club selected SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN In BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL DÉJÀ VU, Bobby Clarke arrives at a hotel on the Mediterranean shore. A former MP, unseated by the expenses scandal, he is spending time abroad to recover from a major illness. The other purpose of his stay is to write his memoirs in order to demonstrate that he was unfairly treated, having valiantly served his country for 30 years. He settles into his new surroundings but it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems. For a start Bobby seems to have no memory of the immediate past. Each time he sits down to continue his memoirs he finds only a blank page. Every morning as he comes downstairs the same scene replays itself in front of him: a young woman and her son pass him on the stairs. And what has become of his wife? In THEO, John Elliott is the recently appointed vicar of St Joseph's - a dilapidated church with a congregation of 16 and a leaky roof. Having entered the Church more by default than through any great calling, he struggles to inject some life into his ailing parish. His wife Christine longs for them to escape the endless rounds of coffee mornings and cake sales. Then Theo, a child at her school, starts to exhibit strange marks on his hands and feet that vanish almost as soon as they have appeared. What has produced these marks - is it physical violence or something stranger? And what really did happen to the previous vicar of St Joseph's...
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1780229259
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Two creepy, spine-tingling tales from the masterful storyteller and author of R&J book club selected SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN In BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL DÉJÀ VU, Bobby Clarke arrives at a hotel on the Mediterranean shore. A former MP, unseated by the expenses scandal, he is spending time abroad to recover from a major illness. The other purpose of his stay is to write his memoirs in order to demonstrate that he was unfairly treated, having valiantly served his country for 30 years. He settles into his new surroundings but it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems. For a start Bobby seems to have no memory of the immediate past. Each time he sits down to continue his memoirs he finds only a blank page. Every morning as he comes downstairs the same scene replays itself in front of him: a young woman and her son pass him on the stairs. And what has become of his wife? In THEO, John Elliott is the recently appointed vicar of St Joseph's - a dilapidated church with a congregation of 16 and a leaky roof. Having entered the Church more by default than through any great calling, he struggles to inject some life into his ailing parish. His wife Christine longs for them to escape the endless rounds of coffee mornings and cake sales. Then Theo, a child at her school, starts to exhibit strange marks on his hands and feet that vanish almost as soon as they have appeared. What has produced these marks - is it physical violence or something stranger? And what really did happen to the previous vicar of St Joseph's...
Déjà Vu
Author: Katie S. Watson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468552414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In dj vu, Zach Montgomery and Ruth Harding take center stage as a romantic duo; replicating the former romantic interlude that existed between Zachs dad, and Ruths mom over 25 years ago. Zach, son of billionaire, Dennis Montgomery, hides his identity; as a poor guy seeks to work as a volunteer at an archeological site in Israel, for room and board. He meets and does not succumb to the beauty of the 15 year old daughter of the head archeologist. After allhes 19. Zach rescues Ruth from a near rape by a student at Hebrew University. She is sent packing to U.S. grandparents. Three years later they meet. Bells, whistles and clanging cymbals swirl round Zachs psyche. He is smitten; he is in love. He courts her via cell phone over the watery waves. She consents to marry him. A hitch occurs. He doesnt want a church affair; admits to being an evolutionist. Ruth demurs, prays, and breaks engagement. No harmony where two are unequally yoked spiritually. Devastated; determined to win her back, Zach enrolls for grad work at Hebrew University. She will have nothing to do with him. Terrorists change the dynamics! Zach and his two Jewish dorm mates are kidnapped and held for ransom. Brutally beaten, Zach uses his cell phone hed hidden in the earth, and calls Ruth, who hears and alerts IDF. Does Israels newest hero win his fair lady? Or is a replay of an old broken romance? A dj vu..? Read the book and see!!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468552414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In dj vu, Zach Montgomery and Ruth Harding take center stage as a romantic duo; replicating the former romantic interlude that existed between Zachs dad, and Ruths mom over 25 years ago. Zach, son of billionaire, Dennis Montgomery, hides his identity; as a poor guy seeks to work as a volunteer at an archeological site in Israel, for room and board. He meets and does not succumb to the beauty of the 15 year old daughter of the head archeologist. After allhes 19. Zach rescues Ruth from a near rape by a student at Hebrew University. She is sent packing to U.S. grandparents. Three years later they meet. Bells, whistles and clanging cymbals swirl round Zachs psyche. He is smitten; he is in love. He courts her via cell phone over the watery waves. She consents to marry him. A hitch occurs. He doesnt want a church affair; admits to being an evolutionist. Ruth demurs, prays, and breaks engagement. No harmony where two are unequally yoked spiritually. Devastated; determined to win her back, Zach enrolls for grad work at Hebrew University. She will have nothing to do with him. Terrorists change the dynamics! Zach and his two Jewish dorm mates are kidnapped and held for ransom. Brutally beaten, Zach uses his cell phone hed hidden in the earth, and calls Ruth, who hears and alerts IDF. Does Israels newest hero win his fair lady? Or is a replay of an old broken romance? A dj vu..? Read the book and see!!
Déjà Vu
Author: Robert G. Longpre
Publisher: Retired Eagle Books
ISBN: 1989019277
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Kathi and Réjean meet for the first time in Vienna, Austria where they embark on a journey of self discovery. So many things seem much too familiar, as if they are experiencing déjà vu. What they learn about themselves and their new friends changes them forever.
Publisher: Retired Eagle Books
ISBN: 1989019277
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Kathi and Réjean meet for the first time in Vienna, Austria where they embark on a journey of self discovery. So many things seem much too familiar, as if they are experiencing déjà vu. What they learn about themselves and their new friends changes them forever.
Déjà-Vu Echoes of the Past
Author: Rose Daniels
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524509884
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Dedicated and popular oceanographer, Danielle Carter returns from an overseas Global Warming Summit, enriched with ideas to continue her research. However, her return to the Great Barrier Reef is anything but glorious her family and well organized life had been shattered during her absence. With echoes from the past haunting Danielle, she begins a quest to find the truth and heads for the Bahamas and another Marine Research Centre. When she arrives there, not everything works out as she has planned, though determined to get her answers, she stays on the island, at least for a few more days. Her perseverance pays off ; she finds missing clues relating to her family. And then she meets a man she had seen but not spoken to at another location. He had intrigued her then, though knew that shed never see him again. Now, circumstances were different he was real and the first man in her life she wanted to get close to, even love or marry. But the answer to that is in the lap of fate.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524509884
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Dedicated and popular oceanographer, Danielle Carter returns from an overseas Global Warming Summit, enriched with ideas to continue her research. However, her return to the Great Barrier Reef is anything but glorious her family and well organized life had been shattered during her absence. With echoes from the past haunting Danielle, she begins a quest to find the truth and heads for the Bahamas and another Marine Research Centre. When she arrives there, not everything works out as she has planned, though determined to get her answers, she stays on the island, at least for a few more days. Her perseverance pays off ; she finds missing clues relating to her family. And then she meets a man she had seen but not spoken to at another location. He had intrigued her then, though knew that shed never see him again. Now, circumstances were different he was real and the first man in her life she wanted to get close to, even love or marry. But the answer to that is in the lap of fate.
Déjà Vu
Author: Robert LJ Borg
Publisher: Luminosity Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
An unmistakable unique woman’s laugh triggers a deep memory, and Victor desperately needs to discover who this stranger truly is. Victor Knight is an Australian veteran seeing out his retirement in the south of France. Despite trying to forget, the love of his life, Carla Bianchi, who dumped him for someone else some 40 years earlier in Melbourne, he had never forgotten their love affair, be it short, and her special qualities, particularly her unique laugh. When one day, he hears her special laugh again, at a café on the other side of the world and looks upon the woman who had emanated the sound, he is floored by recognising Carla…. Yet a ‘double-take’ makes him realise it is not her, but it is enough to draw him into finding out who she is. Isabelle and her mother, Victoria, are on vacation from Sydney. The deeper their conversation with Victor goes, the more they need to learn about each other, as it seems as though some paranormal forces may have been responsible for bringing them together. This was no chance meeting: it was meant to be…, but why? READER ADVISORY: Déjà Vu asks that all-important question of reincarnation. How would you react to learning that your daughter is, in truth, your long-dead mother reborn? PUBLISHER NOTE: Contemporary Paranormal with Romantic Elements. 49,500 words. All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.
Publisher: Luminosity Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
An unmistakable unique woman’s laugh triggers a deep memory, and Victor desperately needs to discover who this stranger truly is. Victor Knight is an Australian veteran seeing out his retirement in the south of France. Despite trying to forget, the love of his life, Carla Bianchi, who dumped him for someone else some 40 years earlier in Melbourne, he had never forgotten their love affair, be it short, and her special qualities, particularly her unique laugh. When one day, he hears her special laugh again, at a café on the other side of the world and looks upon the woman who had emanated the sound, he is floored by recognising Carla…. Yet a ‘double-take’ makes him realise it is not her, but it is enough to draw him into finding out who she is. Isabelle and her mother, Victoria, are on vacation from Sydney. The deeper their conversation with Victor goes, the more they need to learn about each other, as it seems as though some paranormal forces may have been responsible for bringing them together. This was no chance meeting: it was meant to be…, but why? READER ADVISORY: Déjà Vu asks that all-important question of reincarnation. How would you react to learning that your daughter is, in truth, your long-dead mother reborn? PUBLISHER NOTE: Contemporary Paranormal with Romantic Elements. 49,500 words. All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Author: Gary D. Chattman
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1948260166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
We live in a crazy world where anything is possible. Politics are upended; climate change is un-done; the stock market soars; and people concentrate only on themselves. This is a “me” world, and screw the next guy. Suppose, just suppose, that a visitor from your past nuclear family – your grandfather – suddenly and mysteriously appears. How do you handle it? How does your grandfather handle it? I mean, here he is, from the world of 1920s New York, transported to 2017. Imagine the culture shock! Déjà Vu All Over Again tackles this well-researched historical novel with humor and human interest, intermingled with the wonders of today. This novel brings back a soul from the past, long dead and buried, to meet his grandson, give him advice and guide him, and see the progress made in almost 100 years. Gary Chattman, age 70, is going about his business, still working, still wondering about the meaning of life, when he meets up with his grandfather, Nat Kornfeld, appearing as a lively 26-year-old! Can Nat answer the questions we all yearn to ask? Is there life after death? What happens when we die? And can Nat help Gary with the direction he seeks for his life?
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1948260166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
We live in a crazy world where anything is possible. Politics are upended; climate change is un-done; the stock market soars; and people concentrate only on themselves. This is a “me” world, and screw the next guy. Suppose, just suppose, that a visitor from your past nuclear family – your grandfather – suddenly and mysteriously appears. How do you handle it? How does your grandfather handle it? I mean, here he is, from the world of 1920s New York, transported to 2017. Imagine the culture shock! Déjà Vu All Over Again tackles this well-researched historical novel with humor and human interest, intermingled with the wonders of today. This novel brings back a soul from the past, long dead and buried, to meet his grandson, give him advice and guide him, and see the progress made in almost 100 years. Gary Chattman, age 70, is going about his business, still working, still wondering about the meaning of life, when he meets up with his grandfather, Nat Kornfeld, appearing as a lively 26-year-old! Can Nat answer the questions we all yearn to ask? Is there life after death? What happens when we die? And can Nat help Gary with the direction he seeks for his life?
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
Author: Gardner Dozois
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312353353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312353353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Collects short stories exploring themes of time and space travel, self-discovery, and science and technology.
Deja Vu, Again?
Author: Deborah Jones
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1436342635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Annie Dales has been intrigued her whole life by the strange legacy left by her great-great-grandmother. In 1884, Grandma Sarah was only twelve years old and foretold that the second daughter in Annie's generation was to be named Annie McGuire. WHY did Sarah insist on naming her? HOW did she know Annie would meet and fall in love with a man named McGuire over a century later, after having been married once before? WHY did Annie begin to feel that she had met Sarah before? WHAT had happened to the satchel full of gold coins worth forty thousand dollars in 1884, the same year Sarah named her? WHO was the Annie in Sarah's life who so influenced her? Annie Dales and David McGuire become obsessed with these questions after they meet. After they accidentally discover the portal to the past, they fall back through time one hundred and twenty years into Sarah's life in 1884. Joy, awe and astonishment-all vie for their attention. There, in the Terre Haute, Indiana of another century, an incredible unbelievable adventure begins. Annie and David visit the Terre Haute of the nineteenth century for only four wonderful, poignant days. The simplicity and joie de vivre of the times are captivating. The simple farm family and the sophisticated couple from the future bond almost immediately. Within days Sarah's grandfather and uncle are brutally murdered for their gold and Annie and David grieve with the family, knowing all the while that the deaths were predestined. A nasty hotel clerk trying to pin the murder of Sarah's grandfather and great-uncle on them is sidetracked at the last minute. Escaping one step ahead of the law, and breathing a sigh of relief, Annie and David are at last back in their own time. As if the hidden cache of gold has waited all these years for only Annie to find it, clues hidden in plain sight brilliantly make sense. The satchel is revealed behind a false wall in the basement of Annie's house. The final piece of Annie's happiness falls into place when David tells Annie he is just going to have to marry her, not everyone can say that their love was preordained over a century before their births. Sarah may have blessed their love by writing Annie's last name as David's in the journal, but Annie and David made their own love in this century and the last.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1436342635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Annie Dales has been intrigued her whole life by the strange legacy left by her great-great-grandmother. In 1884, Grandma Sarah was only twelve years old and foretold that the second daughter in Annie's generation was to be named Annie McGuire. WHY did Sarah insist on naming her? HOW did she know Annie would meet and fall in love with a man named McGuire over a century later, after having been married once before? WHY did Annie begin to feel that she had met Sarah before? WHAT had happened to the satchel full of gold coins worth forty thousand dollars in 1884, the same year Sarah named her? WHO was the Annie in Sarah's life who so influenced her? Annie Dales and David McGuire become obsessed with these questions after they meet. After they accidentally discover the portal to the past, they fall back through time one hundred and twenty years into Sarah's life in 1884. Joy, awe and astonishment-all vie for their attention. There, in the Terre Haute, Indiana of another century, an incredible unbelievable adventure begins. Annie and David visit the Terre Haute of the nineteenth century for only four wonderful, poignant days. The simplicity and joie de vivre of the times are captivating. The simple farm family and the sophisticated couple from the future bond almost immediately. Within days Sarah's grandfather and uncle are brutally murdered for their gold and Annie and David grieve with the family, knowing all the while that the deaths were predestined. A nasty hotel clerk trying to pin the murder of Sarah's grandfather and great-uncle on them is sidetracked at the last minute. Escaping one step ahead of the law, and breathing a sigh of relief, Annie and David are at last back in their own time. As if the hidden cache of gold has waited all these years for only Annie to find it, clues hidden in plain sight brilliantly make sense. The satchel is revealed behind a false wall in the basement of Annie's house. The final piece of Annie's happiness falls into place when David tells Annie he is just going to have to marry her, not everyone can say that their love was preordained over a century before their births. Sarah may have blessed their love by writing Annie's last name as David's in the journal, but Annie and David made their own love in this century and the last.