The Spectacular
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
International bestseller Zoe Whittall brings us a fierce and tender novel about family and unconventional motherhood.
Zoe Whittall Bücher
Zoe Whittalls Schreibstil zeichnet sich durch eine kühne, kompromisslose Stimme aus, die sowohl von der Kritik als auch vom Publikum gefeiert wird. Ihre Erzählungen befassen sich mit der Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen und gesellschaftlicher Erwartungen mit scharfem Witz und tiefer Ehrlichkeit. Whittall verbindet meisterhaft die Sensibilität einer Dichterin mit scharfer Beobachtungsgabe und schafft Werke, die ebenso zum Nachdenken anregen wie tief menschlich sind. Ihr Stil, sowohl elegant als auch roh, zieht die Leser mit fesselnder Intensität in ihre Geschichten.
The Best Kind of People
- 416 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
What if someone you trusted was accused of the unthinkable?
A con artist walks into a grief support group. Chaos ensues. After the death of her wife, Shelby is suffering from prolonged grief. She's increasingly isolated, irritated by her family's stoicism and her friends' reliance on the toxic positivity of self-help culture. Then, in a grief support group, she meets Cammie, who gives Shelby permission to express her most hopeless, hideous feelings. Cammie is charismatic and unlike anyone Shelby has ever met. She's also recovering from cancer and going through several other calamities. Shelby puts all her energy into helping Cammie thrive--until her intuition tells her that something isn't right. Gibson is fresh from divorce, almost forty, and deeply depressed. Then he falls in love with Cammie. Not only is he having the best sex of his life with a woman so attractive he's stunned she even glanced his way, he feels truly known for the first time in his life. But Gibson's friends are wary of Cammie, and eventually he, too, has to admit that all the drama in Cammie's life can feel a bit over the top. When Gibson and Shelby meet, they realize Cammie's stories don't always add up. In fact, they're far from the truth. But what kind of a person would lie about having cancer? And what does it say about Shelby and Gibson that they fell for it? From the author of The Best Kind of People and The Spectacular comes a sharp, emotional novel about lies, liars and the people who love them.
The Middle Ground
- 119 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR ADULTS WITH LOW LITERACY SKILLS. Missy Turner thinks of herself as the most ordinary woman in the world. She has a lot to be thankful for—a great kid, a loving husband, a job she enjoys and the security of living in the small town where she was born. Then one day everything gets turned upside down—she loses her job, catches her husband making out with the neighbor and is briefly taken hostage by a young man who robs the local café. With her world rapidly falling apart, Missy finds herself questioning the certainties she's lived with her whole life.