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Boy in the World by Niall Williams
epub |eng | 2008-01-15 | Author:Niall Williams [Niall Williams]

TWENTY-TWO In the morning the boy was awake and sitting on his bed writing in his journal when Sister Bridget arrived with a breakfast of coffee and a length of ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
Monster Love by Carol Topolski
epub |eng | 2005-01-15 | Author:Carol Topolski

Marilyn and Sherilyn Dear Linda, I have to stick to Linda, I’m afraid, even though I know you changed your name, because when I see Sherilyn splashed all over the ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
The Burnt Ones by Patrick White
epub |eng | | Author:Patrick White

2 After the evening meal of mince collops and bread pudding, the old ladies, and gentlemen too, would retire to the Chinese Room of what had been the cement millionaire’s ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller. Thomas
epub |eng | 2008-01-15 | Author:Debbie Fuller. Thomas [Thomas, Debbie Fuller]

On New Year’s Eve I took down the tree and the decorations and put them in my closet. Just before Carl got there on New Year’s Day, I remembered to ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
The Morning Tide by Audrey Howard
epub |eng | | Author:Audrey Howard

Chapter Twenty-Two JENNY KNEW NO one. Her own brothers who had tossed her in the air when she was a baby, who had guarded their little dear, their golden-eyed, tumble-legged, ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui Zhou
epub |eng | | Author:Wei Hui Zhou [Zho, Wei Hui]

18 Two Sides of Love ‘We’re lovers. We can’t stop loving each other.’ Marguerite Duras Two years ago I was sent to Hong Kong to do a series of interviews ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
Fen by Freya North
epub |eng | 2012-05-09 | Author:Freya North [Freya North]

TWENTY-FIVE ‘She’s switched her phone off,’ Matt said, having tried Fen for the fourth time that day. He scratched his head. Otter shrugged. He hadn’t told Matt what he’d told ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
Columbus Day by Janette Jenkins
epub |eng | 2011-02-04 | Author:Janette Jenkins [Janette Jenkins]

My mother was miles away. Every Friday night she telephoned, her voice disappearing as she pressed in her purseful of coins. ‘Devon really is lovely at this time of year. ...
( Category: Contemporary January 9,2023 )
The Last Attachment by Iris Origo
epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Iris Origo [Iris Origo]

( Category: Contemporary January 7,2023 )
Livability by Jon Raymond
epub |eng | 2019-11-24 | Author:Jon Raymond

WORDS AND THINGS AFTER TWO INTERVIEWS, neither of which were recorded and both of which took place at frowsy, dimly lit old-man bars, Jen still couldn’t tell whether David, the ...
( Category: Contemporary January 6,2023 )
Bride Included by Janelle Denison
epub |eng | 2011-06-11 | Author:Janelle Denison

He’d underestimated Josie’s ability to remain unresponsive, and that rankled Seth more than he cared to admit. He’d gone to sleep in a surly mood, though getting a few hour’s ...
( Category: Contemporary January 5,2023 )
Yanto's Summer by Ray Pickernell
epub |eng | | Author:Ray Pickernell

Fourteen BACK TO WORK Nat Asnett was feeling good. His transition back to life on the tugs was progressing smoothly. On the Monday morning, he had joined his old tug, ...
( Category: Contemporary January 5,2023 )
Coming Home by Annette Lyon
epub |eng | | Author:Annette Lyon

Chapter 16 Kim—Paying It Forward Monday, October 18 Return + 8 weeks, 5 days Baby Bri splashed in his morning bath water, practically covering Kim and the tiny floor of ...
( Category: Women's Fiction January 5,2023 )
An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
epub |eng | 2008-12-03 | Author:Mark Spragg

HE DOESN’T SEE Jean until they’re across the workyard. She’s on a ladder leaned against the side of his house, and he might not have seen her at all except ...
( Category: Contemporary January 5,2023 )
Laughing in the Dark by Susan Swartz
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:Susan Swartz [Swartz, Susan]

CHAPTER SIXTEEN “HAVE TO PEE,” SAID Jude, after they finished lunch. She headed down the hall, pausing to look, as she always did, at the family photo lineup on the ...
( Category: Contemporary January 5,2023 )

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