Small Holes in the Silence

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742288197
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
This is a fine new collection of short stories by the much-loved Patricia Grace, probably never more popular since the great commercial success of the novel Tu. The feast of stories is varied: urban, rural, New Zealand, overseas, tribal, contemporary. An elderly woman, whose husband has died, gathers firewood on the beach while the appliances in her house fall to bits one by one. Willie falls in love with a statue. Great-grandmother reveals how she chose her husband-to-be both of them. Rona curses the Moon. Petina tells Raycharles she's looking for a father for her baby. The thread that runs through all the stories, though, is Grace's huge sympathy for the underdog and the perspective of the outsider. The world she depicts is often a stark and unsentimental place, in which people struggle against ageing, rejection, violence and betrayal. Also available as an eBook

Small Holes in the Silence

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 145962467X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

The Silent Patient

Author: Alex Michaelides
Publisher: Celadon Books
ISBN: 1250301718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

Standardising English

Author: Linda Pillière
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110719105X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.

S is for Silence

Author: Sue Grafton
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330507176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
S is for Silence is the nineteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. Just after Independence Day in July 1953 Violet Sullivan, a local good time girl living in Serena Station Southern California, drives off in her brand new Chevy and is never seen again. Left behind is her young daughter, Daisy, and Violet's impetuous husband, Foley, who had been persuaded to buy his errant wife the car only days before . . . Now, thirty-five years later, Daisy wants closure. Reluctant to open such an old cold case Kinsey Millhone agrees to spend five days investigating, believing at first that Violet simply moved on to pastures new. But very soon it becomes clear that a lot of people shared a past with Violet, a past that some are still desperate to keep hidden. And in a town as close-knit as Serena there aren't many places to hide when things turn vicious . . .

Greta & Valdin

Author: Rebecca K Reilly
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668028069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
For fans of Schitt’s Creek and Sally Rooney’s Normal People, an irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and the dramas big and small of their entangled, unconventional family, all while flailing their way to love. It’s been a year since his ex-boyfriend dumped him and moved from Auckland to Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a good career where his colleagues only occasionally remind him that he is the sole Maaori person in the office, and a good friend who he only sleeps with when he’s sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and he’s thrown back in his former lover’s orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the feelings he’s been trying to ignore—and the future he wants. Greta is not letting her painfully unrequited crush (or her possibly pointless master’s thesis, or her pathetic academic salary...) get her down. She would love to focus on the charming fellow grad student she meets at a party and her friendships with a circle of similarly floundering twenty-somethings, but her chaotic family life won’t stop intruding: her mother is keeping secrets, her nephew is having a gay crisis, and her brother has suddenly flown to South America without a word. Sharp, hilarious, and with an undeniable emotional momentum that builds to an exuberant conclusion, Greta & Valdin careens us through the siblings’ misadventures and the messy dramas of their sprawling, eccentric Maaori-Russian-Catalonian family. An acclaimed bestseller in New Zealand, Greta & Valdin is fresh, joyful, and alive with the possibility of love in its many mystifying forms.

I Had a Right to Remain Silent

Author: Sylvia Cooper
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662433662
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Sylvia takes us on a journey from her life’s childhood to being an adult. Her private battles in and out of the public’s eye, and her struggles were full of highs and lows. One night, she suffered another beating that led to two black eyes and a knot the size of an egg on her forehead. She was extremely exhausted from all the tossing, banging and hard blows to her body. She could barely get out of the bed, and she was a scheduled panelist for the CT Commission on Women discussing HR Bill 5207 Ban the Box. There were great panelist on the program, including a CT State Representative sitting right next to her. How would she explain all the bruises to her face? She applied as much make up as she could, but there were no hiding these scars. This problem was closing in on her, and she felt as if she was losing not just the battle, but the war. Who was this abuser? Her silence had now turned its back on her.

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Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description

None the Wiser

Author: Sterling Carmichael
Publisher: Sterling Carmichael
ISBN: 1738725049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
They thought they had seen the worst. They were wrong. Coaxed out of retirement by a crucial mission, the old crew is back together. They have already faced the treachery of their own kind, but now they confront a far more nefarious adversary. By supplying Harazos with advanced weaponry through a magical portal, a group of sinister underground creatures are not only fueling a brutal war but also breaching the very laws of their world. Kaimana, Laurenze, and their comrades must rally once more, for the stakes have never been higher. With each encounter, they unravel deeper layers of a conspiracy that could change the fabric of their society forever. They have unfinished business with their old enemies, and they are determined to see it through. Yet new enemies lurk in the shadows. As they venture further into this perilous quest, they must confront the question — can they stop those who seek to play god? On behalf of their enemies, Seppen, a dogged investigator working for the nation's intelligence agency, is assembling a crew of bounty hunters to track them down. As each group is enacting their own plans, neither is fully aware of the other, or who has the upper hand. They are none the wiser. The hunt is on. Fans of epic fantasy, crime fiction, and suspense will be captivated by None the Wiser, a thrilling fantasy saga where loyalty, wit, and sheer will are the only weapons against a world on the brink of chaos. In NONE THE WISER, the second installment of The Fixers series, Kaimana, Laurenze, and their team of seasoned adventurers find themselves entangled in a web of deception that threatens to shatter the fragile peace of Arian. With the shadow of a manipulative politician still looming over them, they now face an even greater threat. Join our heroes in their fight against all odds and discover if they can restore balance before it’s too late.

The Anatomy of Silence

Author: Cyra Perry Dougherty
Publisher: Red Press Limited
ISBN: 9781912157105
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Before #MeToo, there was silence. Let's talk about that silence. The Anatomy of Silence is a collection of voices speaking out loud - often for the first time - about what it means to stay silent, to be silenced, and to break the silence that surrounds sexual violence. About how we are all complicit in creating that silence. It offers an unflinching account of how a culture of shame perpetuates a culture of violence against our bodies--and reflects on what it would take to create a world in which that silence -- once broken -- stays broken.